my grandson

my first grandson has come to our family..and his grandpa loves him.and cant wait to hold and love on him....he sure is handsome huh..i think i noticed some whiskers...maybe a grand baby grizz......hey......it could happen.......

turtle island

According to some, I've been way to slow in keeping this blog more updated, so ...but hey..in my own defense, when things are slow here..then reporting is going to be slow, but i did get out to the shop this last week and created a project....i needed a cutting board for when i make rolls or biscuits. so i made this one. Its 14 1/2 x 24 i was very pleased with it, there is a funny story here though, as i went to use it for the first time, i put the dough on the board and started to knead it , when all of a sudden the board broke in half. i thought i handled it pretty good by laughing, there i was..first time in its use...I'm all happy doing my dough on the new board and the thing just collapses down the middle, well it got set aside and i finished my biscuits on a small plastic one...so , come Monday , i will return it to the shop where it will be repaired.....so the saying goes...when your making good dough and things go wrong, just crack a smile. Here is the board before the crack.

lox and bagles

things have been kinda slow around here.....as most know i like to make some things with old wood , most of the time, well I've got a couple of projects I'm working on, but with the summer heat and my back problems, getting some time in the shop is not happening to often, so now to the lox and bagels, our good friends the maidls who live in eagle river Alaska, sent us a wonderful care package full of smoked salmon and some smoked halibut, we were into it within the first hour of getting it, oh man..it is wonderful, knowing it was coming, i also tried something i have never done , and that was to bake some home made bagels, they turned out great too, so i will post the proof and let you get a peak of how they turned out....