A couple of carvings

The wood spirit is my first attempt at carving a walking stick. The dogs were sent to my daughter Stacy. She is starting a dog photography buisness and I thought she would enjoy them. We are going to Temple, TX on Friday to visit with Jesse, then to Belton, TX to a gold and treasure show. On Sunday we will back here so I can attend a carving show. Busy weekend. Good thing I only work 3 days a week.
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Duane and Louise

Sunset at the lake

My latest

We got together with Duane Jr. and Brandey over the weekend. Had steaks on the grill, then played cards. Had a great time. We haven't been doing much else. The weather has been really crappy, cold and windy. I was able to get out on the lake once in the past week, didn't catch a thing. It is suppose to start warming up later this week. Hopefully the water temperature will warm so the fish will be more active. We started rewiring some of the shelter houses here at the park. Last year this park was under water. The lake was 17 feet above normal. It flooded most of the shelters and ruined the wiring so they are redoing all of them. It is a nice change from working on toilets all day. The bear in the picture is the latest thing that I have carved. I am now working on learning how to carve faces on walking sticks. I hope to have one good enough to post soon. Louise has been busy working on quilts.

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Duane and Louise

Just working away

The work here isn't bad at all. The people seem to be pretty good to get along with. We will get all the toilet repairs finished up today if all goes well. Then we start putting new shutoff valves on the water lines to all the restrooms. You have to shut them off at the street now. I am going to put valves in the buildings to make it easier to shut them down. The weather has been really up and down. A few days it's nice, then back to cold. Was able to get on the water to do a little fishing and looking around. Did a lot of fishing and looking, not much catching. Caught 2 fish one day, none the next. Learning a lot about the lake and now can't wait till the water warms a bit and the fish start biting better. We had severe storm pass here night before last. A lot of lightening and a little hail. There was house on the other side of the lake hit by the ligthening and caught fire. We came through it fine. I guess I had better get to work.
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Duane and Louise

Just a quick up date

I worked Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday this week. I have been repairing restrooms the last 2 weeks. They have a lot things that need fixed around here. Have the next 4 days off. I hope to get out fishing. The wind has been really bad the last week. It has been reather cool also, not very comfortable for fishing. It is suppose to warm up next week.

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Duane and Louise

Work,work, work...

I worked the last 2 days repairing restrooms and then riding with the security guard in the evening. From now on I will just be doing maintinance work most of the time. I rode with the guard to learn what all he checks in case they need help in that department. Pretty easy pace right now. I'll be working 3 days a week from now on. They say that when the weather gets warmer this place really gets busy. The wind has not stopped blowing since we got here. I am going to bring the bassboat down here today to get it ready to go. It has been way to cold and WINDY for me to get out there. I love to fish but I also like to be comfortable when I do it. The temperature has been in the 50s and the wind has been white capping the lake with 2 or 3 foot waves. I think I'll wait till it flattens out a bit. I am going to get a new depth finder for the boat, the old one quit working. It's over 10 years old, guess it got tired. Hope to be able to get out on the lake next week.

Till next time

Duane and Louise