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A mink in our midst
A mink has found Studio Gardens. The little monster has single-handedly killed 8 out of my 13 koi fish. It's been a massacre. I hadn't noticed a decline in my number of fish until mid-late February. Not much for cold temperatures, I don't go out to check them as often...
Custom painted two man crosscut saw
I've just finished another custom painted saw commission this past week. This time is was a 62" long two man crosscut saw. It was pretty impressive. I was surprised by what good shape it was in. My client found me through Google from the last saw I painted I'm...
Making my first quilt
Way back in the late fall of 2017, my dad mentioned to me on one of our weekly shopping trips that he would like to get a new quilt. The one he used was so thin that it wasn't really keeping him warm. We looked at the quilts offered at the big box stores and they just...
First Exhibit of 2022 – Winter Trees
This past Monday, I hung my first exhibit of 2022, "Winter Trees". It consists of nine paintings of trees that I created from a process I've been enjoying lately. You might remember my last exhibit here, Delights of Spring. They were giant compared to these blue...