MartinLT

Semi-retired, enjoying creative work at Taylor Patterns, and a variety of hobbies.

“Thus, reader, I am myself the matter of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your leisure on so frivolous and vain a subject.” – Montaigne

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  • Meet Earl and Merle

    Meet Earl and Merle

    Earl (on the right), carved in 2019 from a piece of 2×4 (pine). Merle this past week, out of basswood to keep Earl company!

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  • 20200503 Easy Frame – No Power Tools

    20200503 Easy Frame – No Power Tools

    First published on my Green Sheaves website 2020-05-03 (during my COVID “furlough”) In 2016, while convalescing from a broken wrist and foot, both on the…

  • Monsieur

    Monsieur

    First published on my Green Sheaves website 2020-10-14 Sometime during the night Monsieur passed away. It was expected as he had been sick for a…

● About Me

I’m Martin, the creator and author behind this site. I enjoy a variety of hobbies in my semi-retirement. I wanted a simple, “old fashioned” blog to document my learning progress.

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