Sunday, January 18, 2026

A Custom Dining Room Table

Leif's dining room table is made of rare Brazilian match booked petrified (submerged tree base used) Palographico wood, with a thick beveled top and straight legs. It was custom made for a tall family and we have cut it down a bit.

Saturday, January 10, 2026

A Well Stacked Porch



This is the third time I have stacked our side porch for winter, to feed our large Jotul and smaller Morso woodstoves. Larger logs are stacked to the right, kindling is kept in the old wine barrel, ashes in the antique 13" wide copper bucket, and a hatchet on the hand carved "Kubbestol" is for splitting more kindling.







The broom is NYT's endorsed "Casabella Wayclean" wide angle, & huge pine cones are from CA.
The lights are antique brass English carriage lights electrified. Kubbestol is made by Finnish friend Benny, the brick steps by my father and planter & porch built by Bill. 

Thursday, January 1, 2026

Happy New Year!


We celebrated New Year's Eve helping Bill load two more large/tall sculptures up and out of his basement studio, and into my vintage Volvo wagon which is cavernous for the cause!

They are now loaded into the Takaezu Studio kiln, and it is a happy New Year.