[A Day At The Bench Staring Into Space.]

Amen brother. My shop situation is a little differant being in the garage, it seems I am only productive in the evenings because during the day time when I open the garage doors to let natural light in I suddenly realize it is so nice out and realize there are so many other things that I could be enjoying during our favorite season of the year. All those coming to Arizona to visit the show in Wickenburg will understand our dillema when they get here.

Mark

[4H musings]

Not boring at all. Sounds like fun and giving back to our community is a great thing. I have judged several 4H crafts fairs in the leather category, which part of judging involves praising their acomplishments and helping them with areas that they need improvement with. Those kids just loved any and all help they could get and really enjoyed looking at projects I brought for them to see, they were full of questions about how I did certain cuts, tooling or lacing, etc. What a joy working with children, I often would work with the Boy Scouts.

Mark

[...And the rain keeps coming down]

I feel your pain, spent the first hour at home cleaning the worms and leaves out of the pool, pumping the water level down a couple inches and cleaning filters/baskets. I couldn't beleive that the wind was so strong we had blowing mud instead of a dust storm. Try starting that dyeing project again tonight.

Mark

[The Leatherworker Directory is Now Live]

I met both Kate and Johanna today for the first time in chat, that was great. I think we are all spoiled by the fantastic work that has been done putting this site together, thank you is not enough to express our gratitude for all your combined efforts.

THANK YOU! Mark