Sorry Long Weekend!!!!
It was a
beautiful day to enjoy the Lake Erie waterside and beach although I didn’t
swim. Looked a little cold with the white caps of about 2-4 foot waves pounding
the beach knowing full well the water may be warm but you would freeze your ass off coming out. I have been to Edgewater
Park before when it was not so nice, but this time I must say it was an exceptionally
well managed beach in the heart of Cleveland. Very clean, even around the edges
as I call them, fringe areas that catch trash like the boulders on the break walls.
We had to search for a clean seat to sit on the fishing pier though, that wasn’t
stained with night crawler droppings or who knows what. But we did find one not
being used and sat and just enjoyed the sun for a while.
We took a walk to
the top of Edgewater Park and viewed Lake Erie from up high, and we were entranced
by the aroma of the air as a certain nautical scent overwhelmed and cooled us
in its heavenly breeze. After a brisk
walk back to the car and driving around in circles looking for a place to park
and finally being able to start up the GPS to take us to the Cleveland Art Museum.
As we arrived there I was totally amazed by this place. It is vast and has
valuable collections dating 5000 years ago or more, of art historical objects. Space
is limited by the vast displays they have available. I would give a full day to
just viewing the museum and it is free. Paintings, as well examples of furniture
describing where paint comes from were
all included and only a part of the
tutorial I received in the exhibits I saw.
Took some time off
for personal reasons but jumped back in the swing of things this afternoon. I did
manage to get some carving done on the totem and I am nearing that point where I
will have all the bark off the backside and have it incorporated into the totem
as I extend some of the figures three dimensionally, giving the carving depth
to define the caricatures I have evolved. I also took all the limbs off the
piece I am going to slab the wings out of. Plan on screwing the board into the
log to use a guide, or straight edge when I decide to slab the log, but my largest
chainsaw acts like it needed a sharpening so I postponed till tomorrow so I can
sharpen the chain. I have done slabs like this before and it can be time
consuming with mixed results. I am looking to trim a pretty good size hunk off.
Spent another 2 hours working and accomplished a fair amount and can say I am
pretty close to being finished with the chainsaw on the head of the native at
the bottom. Still needs sanded.
Anyhow will include
pics of totem of course and look forward to tomorrow.
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