Where does the time go?

     It just seems like yesterday we were starting school and a month has already passed. Whew! What a whirlwind, but fun, four weeks. It is always fun getting a new group of students, getting to know them and helping them grow up. Of course, as a science teacher, I have a lot of fun teaching them about all the science in their lives. It's an incredibly fun ride. I just hope the next 32 weeks goes as well. We shall see.
    It was sort of a whirlwind summer as well. We finally finished he kitchen, after putting in new laminate flooring, bead board, chair rails, new door and window molding, a new under cabinet microwave, and a new fridge. Now all the appliances are matching stainless steel. We even put in new blinds for the window. Looking spiffy, if I do say so myself. Shout out to the wife and kids (2 of them) who helped immensely. 

      

I have been leading a carve-along with some of our club members at our weekly carving meetings. Some time ago I was asked to do a class for the club that went longer than the usual hour after the club meeting, so we put our heads together and came up with cowboy busts, since I had done several of them. So I had 5 heads and busts going to show each step and tried to keep it all separate. Not happening! Eventually, I just finished all of the ones I started. Two of them were carved from pieces of wood at the end of a milled board, so there are some serious cracks in them, but they turned out OK. One had so many cracks that I used some CA glue to hold it together and used some new modeling paste to fill in some of the cracks. It did not paint well, but it turned out all right. 

I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. Thanks for looking and listening! Have a great day and happy carving!