The Barn is a productive place these days

Wood crafts were flying out of the barn today. This is a before and after shot of a new candle holder design.

Today was a busy day while the kids were in school.

These candle boxes will be painted and have electric, flickering votive candles on top.

These two candle boxes were made a couple of weeks ago and today we were able to get tops made for them. Robin painted the inside of the red one with orange paint and the blue one with yellow paint. It gives the inside a kind of glow even before the candle is in there. Great day spent with my favorite person.

More flowers from the gardens

Peony

Primrose

Robin has tried for many years to have Roses and this year she has succeeded.

New Weedpot from the lathe

I've had trouble in the past with the shape of weedpots, but this one came out more the way I want them to.

This is turned from a limb of the Ash tree that I took down a few weeks ago.

I think I will add some stain and see if I can get the grain to pop out a little bit. It is too blonde and bland the way it is. The new gouge worked beautifully and was a pleasure to use. The right tool makes the difference that's for sure.

Ladders from the Barn

Rainy today, perfect day for building some ladders for Robin's upcoming show. These will receive some paint and maybe some pipberry garlands and rusty stars. Looks like we lucked out with the grass we planted on Monday as Mother Nature is helping us out with this nice overcast and rainy weather. I am planning on trying out my new roughing gouge tomorrow and will hopefully have something new from the lathe to post.

Craft show craziness

Robin was busy today making these new items for the upcoming Country Fair in Glens Falls.

Electric candles in each of these designs, make for a safe, and long lasting decor item or gift.

I am obviously very proud of the work that Robin does and I think she is very talented. That's one of the reasons I blog and she doesn't, it's very easy for me to talk about the beautiful things she creates.

Americana Flags continued

Robin painted stars on a few of the lath flags instead of the single larger star as seen in my earlier post. The flags will be making their debut at Robin's first craft show of the year, coming up next weekend, the Zonta Country Faire in downtown Glens Falls.

Afternoon Beauties

Irises in the afternoon.

Peonies
Mom will be happy to see the ant in the photo below. Peonies need to have ants.

All winter I thought about how much I was going to be able to post to the blog once spring came around. There would be so many things going on and so many things to write about. Well now that we are in the throws of late spring, there are many things going on and many things to write about. The problem seems to be time, the days have been so great and long and filled with the outside, that I just haven't gotten around to posting. That and me being in the beverage industry (we were a little busy last week), so now that the vegetable garden is planted and the grass is planted in the new lawn area, we should be adjusting to the summer schedule. Just in time too because Robin's first craft show is next weekend, Zonta's Country Faire in downtown Glens Falls.