The bear

I just finished a craving class on making a bear bust. This is the finished product. The focus of the class was to learn how to texture the fur. I was very happy with way it turned out.

Louise is still in California visiting and is do back on Thursday. We will have to get busy rearranging things for our departure on the 2nd of September. We will sort through things to see if we can get rid of some of the things we have on board. I need more room for my carving stuff.....lol. I have 3 more days to work...YEA!!!!
Till next time
Duane and Louise

Cowboy bottlestopper #4

Just finished this one this morning. Louise is enjoying her stay in California with the grandbaby. I'm working, carving, watching the Games and just hanging out. Five more days to work here, then need to get things ready to head out.
Till next time
Duane and Louise

MY WIFE LEFT ME FOR A YOUNGER MAN !!!!!!

Louise left today for San Francisco, to visit the California kids and the younger man, our grandson. She will be there for 2 weeks. She gets back here on the 28th, we leave here for Thousand Palms, CA. on Sept. 2. Thousand Palms is about 450 miles from San Francisco, so we won't be able to get up there very often during our stay in CA. We hope to get up there after the new grandbaby is born in Dec. I will be working a few carvings I hope to complete before we leave here. I have another walking stick sold that I want to finish before the 2nd. Our stay here has been nice, but, it's time to move on.

Till next time
Duane and Louise

The snake

Here is the snake walking stick I just completed. I will deliver it tonight to the guy that ordered it.

Nothing else new around here. Louise is at a quilting get together tonight. I started a couple of new carvings. It has been really hot here, to hot to fish much. The boat gets so hot that if you touch the fiberglass, it burns. Just not a lot of fun when it gets that hot. I have replaced fishing with carving for the time being. I enjoy turning a block of wood or a stick into something nice to look at.

Three more weeks to work here!!!!!

Till next time

Duane and Louise

The eagle head cane

My latest. I just completed this cane for a guy here in the park. This is the first carving that I have sold. I have walking stick almost done that is also sold. I hope to have pictures of it to post in the next couple of days.
Till next time
Duane and Louise

The latest carvings

Here are the latest carvings I have finished. The cat is already off in the mail to Ohio. I am working on a cane and a walking stick that I have buyers for. The cane will have an eagles head on it. The walking stick will have a snake going up the shaft. I hope to have the cane done this weekend. I have another stick that I am suppose to have done before we head out. I need to get busy...lol
The work here is going about the same as always. This past week we spent 3 days building a bunkbed for the cabins we worked on when I first got here. The latest news on the cabins is, after all the work we did rewiring them, they are now talking about running a new electric service to them so they can install 220 airconditioners in them. Why they didn't think of that before I have no idea. If they do that, then we will have to rewire them again. I only have 3 more weeks to work here so I will not be envoled in the rewiring anyway.
Louise flies off to visit the California kids on Thursday. She will be gone for 2 weeks. She gets back on the 28th, we leave here on Sept. 2. heading to California in the motorhome. The California kids live about 450 miles from where we will spending the winter. We hope to get up to see the new baby when it arrives in December.
Till next time
Duane and Louise

Rainbows and Sunsets

Hello everybody who is brave enough to check us out! We continue with our lives here in hot ol Texas. The last couple of days the temp under our awning in the afternoon has registered 116! That means that the temp is about 110 or so. Not bad if you don't go outside. Now you know why southerners move slowly. Too hot to go from house to car to building very fast, even in the morning when the temp is 85 at sunrise. The pix were taken last Wed. when a few thunderstorms rolled through here. They dumped rain with a lot of thunder and lightening. In the evening we were strolling through the steam when we spied the rainbow. It faded a bit by the time we hurried back to the coach and returned with the camera and tripod. Duane looked around for the other end and spied it among the trees. We caught the sunset and cloud formations on the return trip to the coach. The other exciting thing going on is that we are getting some projects done. I have finished my embroidery and have spent the last couple of days reading. Duane finished a cat bottle topper and is almost done with his eagle cane. It's good to have inside hobbies when we can't do much outside. Tomorrow we take a trip to Tyler to see our new doctor, the other one having moved to south Louisiana. We will meet up with our son for lunch, then drive further east to Kilgore to visit with our daughter-in-law and our two grandchildren. It's an all day trip, and we will be getting home late. Tues. Duane works and I plan to get started on baby quilts for Christmas gifts. That's about it for now.

Duane and Louise