Foundation

Well a few days ago I had a excavation in the yard, now theres a foundation for the new shop sticking out of it. Things are rolling along quite nicely.

A new start

Well today they started digging the foundation for my new shop. My plan is to work in the construction industry for three or four more years. Then I will have my woodworking shop to work in for my retirement years. Really looking forward to it. I will post all of the progression photos as it is built.

Still a little snow at the trapline cabins.

New Tools

Starting to gather some of the tools I need in order to retire from my daytime job and open my woodworking shop. I really can not wait. I still need a 20" single surface thickness planer, 8" Jointer, 24" double drun sander, shaper and my new shop to put it all in , hopefully starting to build it this year.

Team Skandic

Made a day trip out to a friends trapline today and it was pretty sucessful, 27 Marten, 1 Mink, 1 Ermine, 5 flying Squirell, 3 red Squirell & 1 Stellar Jay. Its real unfortunate for the flying Squirell's and Jay but this happens.

We both have Skandic SWT's with the 800 four stroke engines they both operated just great, mine had been parked since last April, I checked the oil filled it up and off I went no problem at all.

Carelessness

Sometimes when we do repetitive things we get a little careless. 

I was in the bush and came across a small birch tree across the

road. I grabbed the sapling with my left hand and swung my 

machete with the right. The angle of the blade was to shallow,

It glanced off the tree and sliced my finger at the knuckle.

I was by myself and lost a fair amount of blood. This just goes to 

show how quickly things can happen, next time I will be a 

lot more careful. Oh yeah this was the first time I swung this new

tool, sure is sharp!

Faces in the woods.

Went for a walk in the bush today and happened to notice a mark on the bark of a cottonwood tree. It was around ten feet off the ground and on closer inspection found that someone had carved a face on the tree bark, around four inches in diameter, very interesting.