Noticed in the "Whatcha doing this weekend" thread that a lot of you had weekend projects that you were working on.  Share with us your completions (including pictures of course).

As for me and mine, we successfully completed a Street Festival in Franklin, NC this past weekend.  All in all a very good show for us.  Not only did we have a decent $$$ show, but also met some new friends who just might turn out to be some excellent contacts including a representative from the John C Campbell Folk School.

How about the rest of y'all????

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Fred
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'Soooooo many patterns - sooooo little time'
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Well Fred, I didn't get any woodworking done, but did spend the day with my mother carrying here around to all of the old family places.

We started out visiting a place where my great grandparents lived at one time. During the Civil War this was know as Wildwood Plantation and was the boyhood home of Alabama Senator and Governor George Houston.

This is as far as you go now a days and the old plantation home burned down. It was told that lots of money was buried on the site and I am guessing they closed it off to keep away the treasure hunters. It is located right next to The Natchez Trace Parkway. An old Indian trail which later became a Postal Route. The Government, immediately after the organization of the Mississippi Territory in 1798 empowered General Wilkinson in command of the troops at Natchez to enter into negotiations with the Indians to open the road. In 1806 Congress appropriated $6,000 to open the road.

We Continued under the Natchez Trace to Gravelly Springs, Alabama, only a few miles to the west.

Gravelly Springs was an Winter Camp for the Union and Confederate Troops.

My Great, Great grandfather, William R. Pittman was the Postmaster at Gravelly Springs from 1889 to 1893.

We have not been able to located his grave in the Gravelly Springs Baptist church cemetery but we think he and his wife are buried in two unmarked graves right next to one of his sons.

And this is the burial place of my Great Grandparents.

These are the grand parents that lived on the Wildwood Plantation site.

Then we continued down the road to Waterloo Alabama.

This is the spot where the Trail of Tears ended. The Indians were loaded onto boards to be shipped to the west. My parents grew up for a short time in Waterloo which is along the Tennessee River.

My mom then took me to the place where her other grandparents from her dad's side of the family were buried.

Canaan Methodist Church. This church was also used by both the Union and Confederate troops during the Civil War. Until recently when it was damaged by a tornado and repairs were made, you could still see bullet holes in the church and some of the front pews.

My Great Grandfather William E. Richards. 1854 to 1926 and

My Great Grandmother, 1863 to 1949.

This was the place where their home place was. The house has since been destroyed and there is nothing on the corner now but a plowed field.

The house was just in front of the tree line on the right and there is a nice little spring running down the tree line which would have been just out the back of the house.

After that, my mother and I have a great lunch at the Oakland Cafe.

She gets on to me about taking her picture.

No woodworking but a great day with her remembering her past and teaching some of it to me.

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John Moody
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John, those are special moments that will last and last.  The next time we are in Florence we are going to Waterloo.  Dorothy has Cherokee ancestry and the Trail of Tears is near and dear to her heart.

Speaking of Dorothy, we finished painting the family room and I hung crown molding Sunday afternoon to complete my share of the room.  I brought the new small side table in the room so we are "done" for awhile.  At least until she figures out what kind of flooring to install in the kitchen and family room.  Lets see, we have renovated the kitchen abd family room since Christmas so I wonder where we go next.

 

This coming weekend is a juried show on Saturday.  Maybe I can make some $$$$.

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Ron Dudelston
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Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Your on when you come back. We will take a trip to Waterloo. A pretty small place now but was a big deal before the Dams were put in to navigate the river. Waterloo was as far up the river you could come during normal water height. When the water was higher due to rain and melt off coming down they could actually get to Florence. But everything had to be unloaded at Waterloo and brought to Florence by wagons.

This old house is on the corner going into Waterloo.

Of course not all the house in Waterloo are that small.

This is the Edith Newman Culver home and museum.

So we will have to take a visit to Waterloo and visit the Museum there. Waterloo is so far out, that when I go there I can't get cell phone service. I have to go to the Post Office to make a call. No public phones anymore.

Ron Dudelston said:

John, those are special moments that will last and last.  The next time we are in Florence we are going to Waterloo.  Dorothy has Cherokee ancestry and the Trail of Tears is near and dear to her heart.

Speaking of Dorothy, we finished painting the family room and I hung crown molding Sunday afternoon to complete my share of the room.  I brought the new small side table in the room so we are "done" for awhile.  At least until she figures out what kind of flooring to install in the kitchen and family room.  Lets see, we have renovated the kitchen abd family room since Christmas so I wonder where we go next.

 

This coming weekend is a juried show on Saturday.  Maybe I can make some $$$$.

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Ron Dudelston
Site Administrator

Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Prepping for painting- between the rain showers.

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Lew Kauffman-
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Time Traveler and Purveyor of the Universe's Finest Custom Rolling Pins!

Dang, I have a house down south?   LOL, we do get around, don't we?

 anyway, got a few of the wider bodied chisels sharpened back up, todayGetting ready to sharpen up the narrow ones, later.  Might wait until tomorrow....

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Planer? I'm the 'planer', and these are what I use...

No woodworking for me until sometime in August. 

BUT......Tami and I are heading out to Las Vegas tuesday morning to attend the AWFS Fair which is hugh woodworking and furnishings show held there every odd year with every even year it is held in Atlanta, GA. We had a lot of fun going to it back in 2011 so we are looking forward to it. I hope to get some good pics to share when I get back.

 

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Allen Worsham
Corona, CA

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'Graze in every man's field, but always give your own milk.'
(J. Vernon McGee)

“Our greatest fear should not be that we won’t succeed,
but that we will succeed at something that doesn’t matter.â€
(D.L. Moody)

Not much in the woodworking department. But my machines are all cleaned up and ready for the next runs. I did start an Jewelry ? Keepsake box with a Intarsia Rose inlaid in the top, but not much to talk about there right now. Maybe next week end? My shop looks abandoned all cleaned up.

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Wayne Mahler
God bless and protect our troops that serve so we can be free.

You guys had quite a weekend.  Thanks for posting.

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Fred
aka Pop's Shop
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'Soooooo many patterns - sooooo little time'
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