Art in the Park

I've been so busy with our investment properties I've hardly turned a thing lately. Plus, the shop is really just now getting to where I can work in it. I just this weekend completed the lathe enclosure so I can have tools close. My sharpening tools are still in the garage, 20 feet away from my lathe. It will take a good part of the winter to make this how I want it, but at least can work on some pieces for the art show coming up.

If you live in the Denver Metro area, be sure to visit us at Art in the Park, being held Aug. 23-24 in O'Brien Park on the corner of Parker Rd. and Main Street. We should have our tent where we've always had it, right on Main Street across from Baskin Robbins (very handy for getting Cappuccino shakes!). This is our most fun event, because so many of our friends and neighbors come by to say hi, and we do very well there to boot. We may even get lucky with the weather this year. This coming weekend is supposed to be in the 60's, which will feel like freezing compared to what we've had! Last year was like a blast furnace at the show, and although we still did pretty good, most thought attendance was way down because of the heat. We're hoping for cooler weather this year!

I've included a pic of my shop from last winter, before drywall or even electric. I need to get a few recent pics and will post those for contrast. It's a lot different now!

Dale

My Shop is Nearly Done!

I can't share what it feels like to have been handed this 1200 s.f. shell of a shop, and finishing it myself, one piece at a time. Drywall, texturing, painting, flooring, baseboards and doors and window trim, installing gas stoves through the walls, and a hundred other details. Lots left to do, landscaping outside, a deck outside my shop to reflect on my meadow and the deer playing in it. But after 8 months, I'm 2-3 weeks from turning wood in my state-of-the-art shop!

I'll take some pics and post them when we have the open house!!

Dale

Do the right thing!

OK, totally unrelated to woodturning, but this is important...

I turned 54 last October, and after a minor complication involving a gall bladder removal, I had a procedure where they ran a scope down my throat with a camera. I'll spare the details, but it was nothing all that bad. It made me think about something I've been trying to not think about. Then, Dan Fogelberg died at the age of 59 from prostate or colon cancer (I can't recall which) that was advanced when they found it. It was time for me to do the right thing for my family and get a colonoscopy!

Now, I won't lie to you, the preparation was not much fun, but the procedure was nothing, and mine came out perfect. The Doctor even told my wife it was "beautiful"! Don't know about that, but for such a simple test that was covered by insurance, it was a complete no-brainer. I don't have to do it again for 10 years. If every test was this easy, this conclusive, we'd all be a lot better off.

For those that love you, be a real man and get this "behind" you (HaHa) and look forward to the things you love to do! Here's to your good health!!!

Dale