Monday, November 11, 2013

Cascade Resevoir and some home pictures

These are going to be made into a bowl. Not sure how, but a bowl for sure.

My next door neighbor likes to keep his porch light on all night. it shines into my back yard. Not no more.



Cascade Reservoir November 11, 2013











Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Another picture of my lovely wife.


Oar

I started making this oar in about 2007. I figured it was time to finish it off. It is man sized and made out of Oak, Maple and Mahogany. All the joints are glued together with biscuits. 


Segmented bowl



Friday, October 4, 2013

Segmented bowl

This is my first attempt at making a complicated segmented bowl. I have made some simple ones in the past, but this one requires more steps and more time. This is maple, walnut and oak.

Once glued together and sanded flat, concentric rings are cut out.

Here is what it looks like before the gluing process.


Using the tailstock on my lathe as a vice.

Here is the finished product.


Morning Glories

These are some flowers I grew by my shop door. They didn't bloom all summer long and I couldn't figure out what was wrong. As soon as the temperatures started cooling I got flowers.




Wednesday, September 25, 2013

trip to Mackey Idaho Sept. 22nd and 23rd

This is at Magic Reservoir

The Sheep Bridge. This bridge is used when they move the sheep from the high country to the low country in fall. It is only about three feet wide and kinda scary to walk across.





I don't remember the name of this creek but it was crystal clear, unlike the Big Wood river which is full of ash and is the color of dark coffee.




A rattlesnake we found sunning hisself in the middle of the road going to Fish Reservoir.


I think this was in Arco Idaho.

Arco Idaho

There's a storm brewing in the mountains east of Mackay Idaho

 


Little Lost River, just south of Mackay Idaho.







Margie and Patty. Margie owns the Big Bear Bottom Inn in Mackay. A great place to stay if your looking for a room there.

In Mackay looking east.






 

Downtown deer in Mackay.




Lots of mining in Mackay. This is a self guided tour of some mines.


 

Our room at the Big Bear Bottom Hotel.


Downtown Mackay.










Fishing the Little Lost River north of town.


 



This is a heard of Elk on the Train Creek road headed west from HI way 93 towards Sun Valley.



my three trout from the Little Lost River. All 12 inchers.


Big Lost River. Along Trail Creek Road.

The rest of these pictures are on Trail Creek Road heading west into Sun Valley.









These are pictures of the downhill side of trail Creek Road going into Sun Valley. I would guess this is about 5 miles from Sun Valley.








Some beaver ponds. I did catch a nice little trout out of one of these ponds.





On the outskirts of Sun Valley.