catch up

Writing here when I've nothing to say really. The reason for the blog in the virst place was an attempt at a form of discipline. I believe that it will help me to have a structure to my time. Self discipline being the most difficult for most of us and it gets no easier as we age.

We'd a wedding anniversary meal, we're 14 years married. I got a good deal, not so sure Janice did.
Whatever the meal went well.

belt buckle

I carved this belt buckle from walnut. Its for a friend who makes knives, hence the hammer and the knife.

celtic spoon

Finally a Celtic Spoon I've carved in walnut. It may have been better if it had been done with thinner parts. Maybe next time.

Bob's spoon

This is a spoon for another friend to mark his 40 year marriage. I think he deserves a medal for bravery!

spoons

This is a spoon I carved for a knife making friend. He gets the spoon and I get a blade. The pattern is based on a spoon I have already carved. I added a turn in the main part.
I hope he likes it.

First female, Eve.

She's a mate for that blue fella I carved , she's also my first female; carving that is.
Not unlike my buddy Mack the Knife.
This was done while we were in Paphos and stained on our return. I burned parts , as shadows and to keep the colours seperate.

I seemed to have got caught in a series of spoon carvings and this was a nice change.

sun and relaxation.

We've returned after a fotnight on Cyprus, our hotel was in Paphos, near the Tomb of the Kings. A pleasant 14 days swimming twice most ddays. More importantly 14 rain free days.
The lady on the right is my wife Janice, while the one oon the right is Christine a friend from the ilsland of Bara.