tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525461965645261532.post4650920182732611726..comments2024-03-27T09:30:02.429-07:00Comments on Carvings with Stories: a blog about woodcarving: Helping to put together the Meadow at Shambala festival 2017Alistairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16375556738066106681noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525461965645261532.post-77707303544863469262018-01-29T01:55:57.383-08:002018-01-29T01:55:57.383-08:00Congratulations - well done for passing! Hope I ge...Congratulations - well done for passing! Hope I get to eventually<br />Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16375556738066106681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525461965645261532.post-53826874605543244302018-01-28T00:50:03.400-08:002018-01-28T00:50:03.400-08:00Well, I failed on the 2nd of January! Things were ...Well, I failed on the 2nd of January! Things were going quite well, until I suddenly realised that I had forgotten to put on my glasses. I'm not that reliant on them, but as you are supposed to wear them when driving, I started freaking over the dilemma of whether I should tell the examiner or not. From then on, I was just too distracted and nibbled the pavement kerb with the tyre - he yanked the steering wheel, and that was it! However, I retook the test two weeks later - poor performance but no faults so I passed!! How about you?Beach-Combing Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020396792408524201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525461965645261532.post-89603222667808695902018-01-04T06:52:12.607-08:002018-01-04T06:52:12.607-08:00It's true, the story of wood before it gets to...It's true, the story of wood before it gets to me to carve it has always interested me. In the studio, I've got a few pieces of yew from trees that are thought to be about 2000 years old (although yew is hard to date accurately). I'm still thinking what to carve from them.<br />Still no progress on driving at this end. How did you do in your test?Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16375556738066106681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525461965645261532.post-18928806747593866392018-01-03T20:46:23.940-08:002018-01-03T20:46:23.940-08:00Wood always has such a history before it becomes a...Wood always has such a history before it becomes a piece of furniture or other object. My dad has just made a television stand from an old apple tree in the garden - beautiful wood patterns and lots of memories attached to that particular tree from when we were growing up. Reclaimed timber has a longer story to tell as it enters its third life.<br />I had to look up paddleboard yoga as I'd never of it before and I can't imagine doing too much stretching and bending when out on the canal in the rowing skiff, and certainly not in this weather, for fear of falling in! <br />How's the driving getting on? I had my test on the 2nd of January and......Beach-Combing Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020396792408524201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525461965645261532.post-57656282874155480322018-01-03T12:33:53.106-08:002018-01-03T12:33:53.106-08:00Thank you!Thank you!Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16375556738066106681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525461965645261532.post-67697428627002336492018-01-03T10:59:12.959-08:002018-01-03T10:59:12.959-08:00Excellent work as usual!Excellent work as usual!Piscatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03162477214954646484noreply@blogger.com