The Numbers Game – #121

And the number is: 243 A small sign in progress. the top is graced by a amall carved sloop. A large cherry bowl being carved. This piece was done by my wife's great grandfather who was very skilled carver. This was one of the rejects! The "good" stuff was sold. Intruders beware! Not only do …

The Numbers Game: #120

and Judy's number today is: 242 This carving of a hand and upraised finger is not one of mine, but I greatly admire it. It is simple, well-designed, and very expressive. Fond on the street in Sherbourne Falls, Massachusetts. This evocative bird is on a shorefront walk along the Merrimack River in Newburyport, Massachusetts. I'm …

The Numbers Game – #119

and the number is: 241 Before it broke, this was the cat's favorite toy; it rolled around in seemingly random patterns, waiting for a cat to pounce. One of a series of interesting sculptures along a pathway in Burlington, Vermont paralleling Lake Champlain. Sabrina on her favorite Afghan. Argh Matey, a pirate Dashound on a …

The Numbers Game – #118

And the number is: 240 A boiling pot of maple sap A problem carving. It's the carving that proved the rule - if you have a problem at the start, solve it. It can't wait till later! Pavonia multiflora. Lovely plant that flowers freely indoors and out (during summer). My messy shop...which is getting a …

Judy’s Number Game – #117

And the number is: 239 It's Art Monday from the archives! A Statue of General John Stark Carved figure in Sherborne Museum An art installation along the river in Newburyport, Massachusetts Carve chain links Burlington, Vermont Also, Burlington, those pesky flying monkeys have taken up living quarters on the local train station!

The Nubers Game – #116 – March 16, 2026

And the number is - 238 A Christmas Tree Hunt A miniature wetland, moss partridgeberry, and a carnivorous plant A sailor's prayer... circumstances "familiar to Naval and civilian sailors OK, I am am bit nutsy Catzilla in training Memorial painting for my best friend Bill Max, pondering

The Numbers Game – 115

And Judy's number is - 237 The portrait of the steam yacht Zaida Civil War Monument in Central Massachusetts Rockport, Massachusetts, a school project to paint local scenes. Hand-carved miniature sloops and schooners on laser engraved signs. A combination of hand and machine work to get unique effects. Small hand-carved eagle with banner designed to …

The Numbers Game, number 114

And Judy's number is 236: It's not an alien! it's me ready to do some heavy sanding Pot holes in a riverbed. ships figurehead - Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts A Cigar Store Indian almost certainly from the Robb studio in New York City ( also at Peabody Essex) At the boat show A student project …

The Number Game – 234

And Judy's number is: 234 A selection of Treen siblings fighting Carved Iron ore Oldies Marketplace Reefing Sail Before the Blow Marcus captures a mouse a selection of specialty carving tools A selection of woodenware just after it's received its first coat of mineral oil and beeswax to seal the wood. If you own woodenware, …

The Numbers Game – #111

And Judy's number today is : 233 little frogs all in line make a wish Baggy Wrinkle carved sloop on top of small box One day at the pond all these little frogs were all in a line Make a wish Baggy wrinkle- found on sailing ships as an antichafing device. Made from strands of …