This past weekend the carving club that I belong to, "The Belleville Area Holzchnitzers" held their 39th annual show. A lot of hard work was put in by the people who organized it and they should be commended. It was a great show. The attendance wasn't like we would have liked it to have been but it was still good. The weather had a great deal to do with the lack of having great attendance. The temperature was in the mid seventies and it was a beautiful sunny weekend. The week prior to this was rainy and cold. When I say rainy I mean lots of rain. If I hadn't been working in the show I probably would have came and stayed for about an hour and then gone home to gather my knee deep leaves.
Next year will be the 40th year for the show and plans are already under way to make it spectacular. I would like to personally invite everyone next year to either attend or to participate as a vendor. If you live west of the Mississippi River, it is right on your way to Dayton. If anyone would like to be a vendor, let me know and I will see that you get an application for a table. It will be the first full weekend in November. I believe the dates are the 6th and 7th.
Hopefully I will get back in my shop and get a project started in a couple of weeks. Better yet maybe I should finish one of the many carvings I've got started. I really got motivated seeing all the wonderful work that was on display at the show. My wife tells me that I've got to finish 80+ ornaments that she gives to all the people in her office before I can start anything else. When I get them finished I'll post a picture on the site of them.
