Storm is over real work begins!.

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For the most part my clean up is done and piled at the street. But with in a block or two there are 40 foot oaks on the grownd waiting to be cut up, two on houses. There are may tens of thousands of tons of storm depris lining the streets now and much more to come. Mobile house damage was minimal overall....

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That is a great stick Merle. The person who ends up with it is going to be pourd to have it....

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Another wonderful carving Soggy. Great detail, carving and paint.

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Well done! Beautiful grain.

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The are some thin flexible rules with the 1/8th inch grid. Treeline offers one. You can fined them on Amazon. I have the one above and It’s good but the smaller flexible one is cheaper and I like it better.

https://treelineusa.com/clear-flexible-carvers-ruler/...

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The one with the black below the Eagle would be my choice. I think it emphasizes the carving the best. But all are well done. as always....

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Great look Merle. Nice job on detail....

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Detail, paint and Carving all great Mike , as always. I like his expression. Gives him attitude!

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Oh good! By next week the lawn will be cleaned up and need to be watered again.

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Much of what you say is why I have never bought a unit. But Its not just Hurricanes. We can lose power with a number of the thunder storms and tornadoes we have during the year. They drop some of the big trees also. We have many friends who have the permanent natural gas units. They share they have...

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Thanks Arthur. We are thinking about going with one of the permanent home natural gas home unit. They are expensive but we are at an age that moving a portible unit around and storing and hauling gas cans is a issue. From what I have read your advise holds true with them also....

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Arthur a generator is coming soon to this house. At this point I think 2020 Is only second to 2005 for the number of storms. But there still 21/2 months. to go....

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The good news is we have power as of about 30 min. ago!! So greatful.
Your right Di these things were easyer in my younger days. I had more damage from hurrican Ivan in 2004 and the power was out for almost 3 weeks. It did not feel as hard to deal with as Sally has.
Strange fact sixteen...

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Thanks everyone. No power. Their saying between now and Sunday. Now would be good! To old for this stuff. We were out of power almost 3 weeks with Ivan....

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Just a quick note. Minor tree damage at are home no other damage. Power out not sure when it will be back many trees down in Mobile. Many in our neighborhood. May be to night or a week + form now. Will check in when i can. Good new (a lot of walking sticks on the drowned):-)

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Thats a wonderful piece Authur! Carving and paint are outstanding.

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Wind is picking up 20 25 mph Sustained. Rain bands not bad yet. Only about 13/4 so far today. Heavy rain will start in a few hours. Storm moving more East with each update, so far. We could be on the west side by the time it comes a shore but will most likely still have 15+inches of rain and heavy winds....

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If you have not looked at Lynn’s site for a while there are some big changes coming with the site and videos. Some new sites going into effect Oct 1.
http://outwestwoodcarving.blogspot.com/ ...

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Welcome to the site. What wood are to paining and what paint are you using?