Thread: Winters coming

Uhg! I don't need the reminder as we have crawled out of another one. One night, Dec.2014, we got from 90 - 100cm in one dump.
The next couple of big snowfalls could not have been more than 70cm. I'll lend you my 60" trailbreaker snowshoes.
But, I do like your wood choices. . . . . full-size, too? Perhaps if it had been hollowed out and filled with some delectable dark liquid derived from sugar cane,
you could sustain my interest.

What's your thinking on poplar as a carving wood? I will be working on feast dishes in 30cm dia. pieces of poplar log, soon enough.
BTW, what's winter at your place? Does it even freeze at night?

Wonderfully quirky idea Rob. Somebody will love it for sure.

Ha ! it may be a jokey subject but that carving's no joke, it has captured the subject perfectly.
Just like RV. I'm surprized you even know what one of these is in the land down under !

Thanks Guys, RV, You can keep your snow and minus temperatures, had enough of that when I lived in Scotland. In WA it can get down to 2 or 3 degrees some nights but rarely 0 or minus. Give me the sunshine any day. I guess I could hollow it out and fill it with a nice vintage port
Poplar is quite good to carve, a bit stringy and I'm not sure about real detailing with it but for dishes it would be good.

Whittling, my wife actually likes this one which might be a first.

Mike, I must confess I still have a hot water bottle, my blood must have thinned, I hate the cold.

Cute carving! I used one of those every winter in Oregon.

Claude