DALE'S CHIP CARVING DISPLAY

Must've been windy during the night, cuz there's a small drift of snow on the deck.  The parking lot out front is nicely cleared, as are the sidewalks.  Sun is shining, so all's good this Saturday.

There's a display case in the Venny Fireplace Room.  Yesterday the boyfriend set up a display of some of his woodcarving art work.  He's a medal-winning chip-carver.  I'm very proud of him, and his accomplishments, and want to share a photo that he took after setting up his display......

Dale's Chipcarving

Thought it was sweet how he incorporated two German beer steins in his display.....cuz we live in a Norwegian community.  He has a similar display down in the main workshop.  Note the two boxes on the lower shelf.  Those are our burial boxes that he specially made with dovetail joints, carvings of leaves and our names.  The finish has not been applied to them.  We both want our burials to be next to the ground, so in time the boxes will erode and we will become part of the earth.  

Submitted my article to the newsletter editor yesterday.  Chose to write about kindness.  If there's one thing that can keep us humans forging forward on the right path, it's kindness toward one another and those creatures who live beside us.  Think the next time I'm in the hospital (hopefully never) and they ask me my religion, I'm going to respond with one word.....KINDNESS.  

May you feel an angel's wings lightly touch you today.