This Bird . . . .
My last post showed a picture of The Bird in progress. At that point, the instructions weren't making good sense to me, and I was stalled out. My bird looked too thick, but I was scared to shave him down in the manner the instructions seemed to indicate. There was a video to go along with the instruction booklet, but it didn't answer my questions.
So I YouTubed.
As a result, I now have a burning desire to carve little men, and owls, and rabbits . . . . oh, my!
This guy was my favorite.
There were also other videos about carving The Bird. I watched them. Finally, on Friday, I picked up the knife, wanting to get The Bird off my plate so I can carve little men and owls and rabbits. I managed an acceptable bird. It needs sanding and waxing. I vowed to get that done this weekend.
Yesterday morning, my arthritic finger was pretty sore from Friday's workout, so I piddled around with other things for a while, and later in the afternoon, Granddaughter #3 and the Little Rotten Baby came over. We painted and sewed and read books, and I did not get any more work done on The Bird.
I'm going to finish it TODAY, after I pick up my grocery order.
The grocery order is supposed to include some 1" wooden dowels. If they're out of stock, well, there's a hardware store right next door. ;)
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