pine needles affixed with tree sap or wedged into seams in the bark

needles, dissembled and whole cones, etc., fixed into tree knots with tree sap - the top middle knot and cone are Canadian Hemlock, the rest are White Pine - in two photos the bark is darkened by rain

bison-shaped limestone rock, etched a little

7 3/8" x 3 1/2" x 1 7/8"

drilled, carved dried orange 

2 views of the same die, made from small wood scraps

new base

front, back of a pointy rock

called it an "anxiety reducer" 

Mary said "it is NOT!"

ice cream-cone-shaped carrot intended to promote vegetable consumption - still tastes like a carrot 

found the piece in the center, added the extensions

a big railroad tie size piece of lumber splintered to the point I broke it up to dispose of - this chunk of wood clung to a spike - as dark as the spike - all along I thought it might be a cross, but started carving it and the little bird flew off the spike.

carving released a waxy resin, reminded me of painting class in art school, the smell of linseed oil

been zoomin' a lot

storing a big spring in a little box, added another, and another

Tony Griego painted this glove gold and gave it to me - I just figured out it was the glove Midas used to keep things from turning to gold

this glove has been wincing at me like this for years