This carving is a little extra special to me. My dog, Shadow, was my carving buddy. Whenever I whittled in the basement, he would always come down and hang with me. I knew his time was coming. Getting old, and dealing with pain and being on multiple medications. To be fair to him, we could not prolong his life no more. He was put to rest this past Saturday. A couple of days before, when I was working on this owl. He came down to hang with me. Except this time instead of laying at my feet, he sat next to me and laid his head on my lap. I put my arm around his head, kind of holding him while carved. I am going to miss my carving buddy…

I am sure I will post this again, but mark your calendars. I have done this wood carving show for the past 2 years and I think more than anything, I enjoy all of the other wood carvers and their works. I do enjoy talking to the visitors as well.