Last weekend our friends Adele, Bob and David from Charleston SC came to town and treated us to a concert from the porch of the Folly. Our garden was transformed into a magical, dream-like place with great music, friends and fun (the rum didn't hurt either). Wow! Thank you so much, guys!
This fellow has been living in our little pond for at least four years now. He likes to serenade us with his deep voice.
I made this a few months ago, the boat is carved from teak wood and the base is black walnut.
My grandsons were visiting a few weeks ago and they made bird houses to take back home to Virginia. They designed them to look like barns and painted them white and red. This picture is of one of them ready for painting. Nice, huh?
Emma and Henry are not as happy about joining me in the folly these days, it gets a little hot out there. They do hang with me for awhile before asking for the AC.
This wall vase was carved from the stump of a dead dogwood tree. I wish I had taken a picture of the wood before I started work on it, because it looked so bad until I got through the rotten bark
This bowl was carved from a limb of a chestnut tree just around the corner from me. The limb was in bad shape and had to be cut because it was hanging over the road, the tree is now doing fine.
