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Post by woodeye on Aug 24, 2022 13:05:48 GMT -6
I got to meet Anita Bryant this morning, but only for a few minutes. It turns out that today was not a good day for it, her husband was not feeling well and I did not get to meet him. So no photos as I had planned, but I will be going back to visit my Sister and Brother-In-law this fall, there will be other chances for a photo-op.
She is a very nice lady! She is a devout Christian, and she is humble to the core. I really like her, so I gave her one of the cutting boards that I make and she gave me a CD with songs that she had recorded. She told me that she can't read music, that she gets the lyrics and music from the Lord. Some of you good folks already know that I am deaf, and can only hear by using a Cochlear Implant, but I won't let that stop me, I'll do my best to listen to the CD.
I took pictures of the CD after I got home.
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Post by hmoosek on Aug 24, 2022 17:46:17 GMT -6
I’m glad you had a good time. I had a long, tiring day. We left out about 4am and got back around 1:30. I sat down in my easy chair and that was it for the next couple of hours. Now I’m wide awake! Probably be awake half the night too!
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Post by woodeye on Aug 24, 2022 18:03:33 GMT -6
hmoosek. My easy chair is a very important part of my life. I've had it for a couple of years, it's the first power recliner I have ever owned and it's built like a tank, but very comfortable. It has a load rating of 500 lbs., so far I'm under the limit. Oh, when you said you might be awake half the night, it made me think about a carving project for you. You could whittle a night owl while you were trying to get sleepy...
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Post by hmoosek on Aug 24, 2022 18:42:12 GMT -6
Hahahaaaa! You’re quick witted!
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Post by chrysanthemum on Aug 25, 2022 19:36:12 GMT -6
Glad you were able to meet her, woodeye, even if it was just a short visit. I like the “night owl” carving idea. hmoosek, I really like the current squirrel avatar. I saw a bunch of acorns growing on an oak tree today. I’ll be glad if the squirrels eat them and not any tomatoes I manage to get in the fall garden. (There are no tomatoes, though, so I don’t need to worry at this point, but there are some new blossoms coming on after the rain.)
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Post by hmoosek on Aug 25, 2022 19:58:10 GMT -6
My Sister asked me to carve her a squirrel. Well, it’s something I hadn’t done before, so I wasn’t sure about it. I scoured YouTube and saw a couple, so this was just a little of each. The pecan was my idea.
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Post by chrysanthemum on Aug 25, 2022 20:07:42 GMT -6
Is it a real pecan or a carved one? It looks real.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Aug 25, 2022 20:15:53 GMT -6
Hmoosek,
Was that squirrel carved from cherry wood?
Woodeye,
That's cool that Anita Bryant signed a CD that way for you, even though you can't hear.
A lady sent me smoked salmon, all the way from Alaska last year, but due to sinus polyps, I've not smelled nor tasted anything since 2013. It's the thought that counts though. (It was a wonderful thought!)
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Post by hmoosek on Aug 25, 2022 21:08:32 GMT -6
heavyhitterokra No it’s basswood. I stained the wood by taking 1 drop of craft paint and adding a cap of water and stirring real good. The cap was from a soda pop bottle. The first color was berry wine. It was a tad too red, so I mixed up the color maple syrup which is how I colored the pecan. I then painted over the berry wine with the maple syrup color. What you can’t see was my first attempt. I put circle of paint around the eyes and over the ears. The color was sort of buff. The wife said it was not good and she didn’t like it, so I took a wet wipe and rubbed it off and started the paint over. I kind of liked the two tone, but took her suggestion because she has better taste than me.
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Post by woodeye on Aug 25, 2022 21:09:50 GMT -6
Hmoosek,
Was that squirrel carved from cherry wood?
Woodeye,
That's cool that Anita Bryant signed a CD that way for you, even though you can't hear.
A lady sent me smoked salmon, all the way from Alaska last year, but due to sinus polyps, I've not smelled nor tasted anything since 2013. It's the thought that counts though. (It was a wonderful thought!) My older brother lived in Renton, WA until a few years ago, he's now in Idaho. When my mom was still living, he would send those smoked salmon to her every Christmas. Oh man, they are some fine eating.
Then I had a brother-in-law that lived in Oregon for years, he got with an old man there that taught him how to smoke Sturgeon. My BIL would bring back smoked salmon and sturgeon. I don't even know if it's legal to harvest sturgeon, but I do know that they are just as good, or better, than salmon.
For about 5 years after I was injured, I couldn't taste or smell anything. It eventually came back to a certain extent, but some things don't taste or smell like I remember them. I hope that someday you can regain some of it, I know it's not fun...
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Post by hmoosek on Aug 25, 2022 21:14:00 GMT -6
Is it a real pecan or a carved one? It looks real. chrysanthemum Its carved (shaped) from balsa wood. I painted it with craft paint, then dipped a brad nail in black craft paint and dragged it across. I’m more proud of the pecan than the squirrel. This picture is a bit rough and before the final coat of finish.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Aug 25, 2022 21:47:41 GMT -6
Balsa wood would be a lot softer and easier to carve than cherry, but man, cherry sure can take a curve without splitting. The color was what threw me off. I have some old cherry here that I milled back in the '80s. Oxidation has sure turned it a beautiful color of red. I have some pieces of that 9" to 11" inches wide by almost 3" inches think, by about 9' feet long, just sitting in the barn the last 33 years.
I originally had enough to make a grandfather clock, but someone stole most of it. It was a tree that I cut in 1987, then I chained it to concrete blocks and sunk it in a pond for two years. When I came back from Seattle in 1989 to have it milled, it had seasoned perfectly bright, with no bug holes in it because it had been submerged all that time. I dragged it out of the pond in the Fall of the year and let it dry until the Spring of 1990 and paid $22.00 to have it cut into 1x material. All but the last pass was cut into 1xs. The last cut is thicker because that's where the saw dogs were holding it up to be sawn. We didn't have access to a re-saw back then, so I ended up with two lengths of thick lumber.
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Post by hmoosek on Aug 25, 2022 22:12:57 GMT -6
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Post by macmex on Aug 26, 2022 6:11:46 GMT -6
Sturgeon is legal, at least in the State of Washington. My son lives there and talks about wanting to try for one.
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Post by woodeye on Aug 26, 2022 6:25:20 GMT -6
I sure hope your son gets one, macmex. I don't know specifically how they smoked the sturgeon, but for later use they canned it after smoking it. The last batch he brought back was in the 90's, I had dibs on all of the sturgeon, but shared some of the salmon. Only speaking for myself, but I can't think of any other food that is more scrumptious...
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