| I know it's not Christmas yet, but I am in the process of getting ready to carry on the annual holiday gift tradition that began 15+ years ago between my brother and I. Following a random discussion that for some reason included projects that we had done (long ago) in our youth, I received a pair of birch logs candle holders from my brother for Christmas. And so it began! |
Having inherited the Smith family sense of humor, I thought it would be amusing to return the log candle holders to my brother the following Christmas with some red ribbon and fake holly attached. My brother, also having the Smith family sense of humor, returned the favor the next year giving me the double decker patriotic version. Then I went side by side on wheels with new red candles. The toilet paper was my brother's addition. So I went 'loco-motive'.
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At some point the used and abused recycled birch logs and pieces started to be replaced, when one or the other of us couldn't successfully dismember and reconstruct something new.
The challenge was not to be the one who had to start over. One of the most complicated pieces we ended up with was a full rigged ship (of sorts) that had a carved female figurehead and was set up like a weather vane. That one definitely required a 'start over'.
The challenge was not to be the one who had to start over. One of the most complicated pieces we ended up with was a full rigged ship (of sorts) that had a carved female figurehead and was set up like a weather vane. That one definitely required a 'start over'.
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There were several years of variations on a mouse Santa Claus. The mouse eventually morphed into a rabbit. Here it is 2013 and I am faced with a workbench covered with the bits and pieces of birch log 2012. I've got wheels attached but ...
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