christmas eve, again

it's that time again ... christmas eve ... it kind of snuck up on me

this year, so i am going with some regular, older photographs ...  

 

my best wishes and thank yous to my friends, readers, and clients who

make what i do seem enjoyable and semm to be worth doing .. 

all the best for 2022 ... 

stay safe. be well. have fun!

a spalted maple breakfast table

 

 

we recently sent this spalted maple breakfast table off to its new home in florida

it is about 27 x 62 and features one of our waterjet cut 

solid steel bases ... 

 

 

we made a quick mdf mockup on the cnc, got the client's approval

                                    and sent the file off to mainly metals in bristol, vt to be cut

the slab had been a coffee table that i made for a show, but when the client came to visit he decided it would make a perfect breakfast table for his banquet

good to go

readers

now that I no longer have to keep three employees busy anymore

I have been a bit lax in my blogging for the last year or so. 

 as I finished the previous post about an art deco sideboard, out of

curiosity, I clicked on the 'stats' page … it has changed since the

last time I looked when it showed 30 day visits and you had to manually 

enter dates to view total page visits

here's where we are as of September 6th …

 one million, seven hundred seventy three thousand, eight hundred and forty five page views!!!

so, thank you readers.  I hope you have enjoyed your visits here,

and I am flattered by your attention.  I will keep writing occasionally, but

certainly not like I did from 2010 to 2014 when I was trying to share and document 

everything I did so I could remember the process and explain how we did things both 

to my employees who maybe weren't here for a particular project, or were 

working on something else, and also so as I aged, I could remember 

how things were done my own self.

as I look back through the 900 some blog posts, I am amazed and honored

at the number and variety of complex and rewarding projects our clients

have allowed us to create … 

Onward we go!

steel base for a slab table post 36,401 views

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happy new year

well ok !!  it's 2018 !!  a new year is underway.

I usually write something thoughtful, but i think this year i'll

just post some appreciative pictures of where i live and work ...

i was looking back through my work photos (which i will slide show soon)

and the nature photos caught my eye over and over again.

i am so lucky to live here even though it was minus16 at 7:00 this morning, and it

is about 8 below outside now .. 

as they say, 'you don't like the weather in vermont? just wait a minute.'

my friend cook and i were reminiscing last week while we were indoor golfing about a

time in january in the early 80s where it went from 10 below to the mid 60s in 

about 30 hours .. whiplash!

anyway, here's some nature for ya from the 10 acres we call home ..

there is beauty all around us ...

click the photos to enlarge them ... 

last 7 days

foliage season

summer

spring

last winter

 

 

show at the feick arts center poultney, vt

i am participating in another guild of vermont furniture makers show,
this one at the feick gallery at green mountain college in poltney vermont.
we had a good crowd for the opening last friday/

i think there are about a dozen of us participating, maybe more. 
the show was curated and arranged by the director christine schultz,
and her husband/assistant marc deloach .. they did a beautiful job,
and the lighting and space there is terrific.

we made that wall piece a few years ago, but i've never seen it lit like that ...

we've got a new claro walnut table for sale there  ...

i think it is about 36 x 44

the president of the college, yukking it up with govf ray finan ..

i've got a few paintings hung there

and our convex, wide view mirror that usually hangs over
trevor's computer that runs the cnc

also available and for sale ... +/- 24" diameter

 

the sunset on the way up was beautiful and there was a full moon

for the ride home down through the pawlet valley.

check out the show if you are passing through poultney ...

a walk in the woods

2/4/17 ...
nice day saturday, so i took a walk in the woods.
i started at my new 'side' step off the front porch
it's a single stone, about 22" deep,11' long and 7" thick ..
waiting for the frost to go in the spring to set it on stone risers ...
thanks pete!  we love it ...

through the woods to 'the overlook' .. its about 20 minutes out to the west ..

  up the hill

over the hill, looking toward merck forest ..

 

and up the valley to pawlet 

home back through the woods on a different path, past the big red oak tree

i'd gues it's about 48" in diameter

past the neighbors house

past the view of peter's peak ..

home again, home again, jiggity jig ...

checked on the shop ..

and looked out toward stratton and mount snow ... 50 mile view

looks like winter is at least half over

i am guessing the fish are hoping so ...