Archive for February 12th, 2009

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Feb

ABRAHAM LINCOLN – 200TH BIRTHDAY

   Posted by: woodbeecarver    in General

200th BIRTHDAY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Today, February 12, 2009 is the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln.  In the left hand column of this blog under “Cool Links” click on a link entitled  “Abraham Lincoln Historical Site” which is about the “Congressional Funeral Delagation” standing in front of Abraham Lincoln’s Springfield, Illinois home.  The site shows photographs of  carvings of the twently two congressmen depicted in the historic photograph along with historic biographical information written by historian Gary Kersey.

12
Feb

SNOWMEN FRIENDS

   Posted by: woodbeecarver    in Carving Projects

SNOWMAN WITH BASKETBALLSNOWMAN WITH BROOMSNOWMAN WITH BIRD HOUSESNOWMAN JEWELDRY PIN

Snowmen are fun little carvings that seem to catch the imagination of anyone who has a memory of making a snowman out of the first snow during childhood.  In a way snowmen are one of the few positive things one can remember about snow unless one is fond of snow sports.  The snow I prefer is that of memory and of carved snowmen because I am like the fellow who said he likes the four seasons of Summer= Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer and Next Summer. Read the rest of this entry »