Category Archives: General
Moving on…
For the next few weeks and months, I’ll be unable to turn anything. A while ago, Helen and I decided to move house and, after many hiccups and bends in the road, things are now finally starting to come together. … Continue reading
How to …
… waste a perfectly good piece of wood. Or maybe how to waste a perfectly good Sunday. Well, in fact neither, but it got pretty close. Last Saturday night, while watching a late romcom on TV, I started doodling around … Continue reading
The force behind the scene
I met Helen in the most unlikely place you can imagine. I was cruising around town in Johannesburg, and ended up at around 01:00 AM in a club where the majority of people were about half my age. I spotted … Continue reading
Major windfall
Some days lady luck won’t even look at you and other days she just smiles! Cathy and John are good friends to us, and I have made few pieces for them, mostly from wood salvaged from their firewood pile. In return, I … Continue reading
The value of a good tree surgeon
Yesterday I had a call from my tree surgeon, to say he’d brought down a big ash tree and whether I wanted some pieces. I went to see him after work, and he wasn’t lying. It was BIG ash tree. … Continue reading