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An @grpwoodworks table getting an early workout on the holiday weekend. #woodworking #maloof #grpwoodworks @ Chicagoland Canoe Builders Workshop

Hilarious with sound on! It sounds like a team of pixies flipping a boat! Textbook speedboat flipping. By textbook I mean @wood_ski_boat told everybody it would be easy and offered free pizza and barley soda to... facebook.com/449046385216874…

Checking to see if the wood ski boat will float in the grass. It does. facebook.com/449046385216874…

Guess what changed over the course of last night and comment below for a chance to hang out in the shop with @wood_ski_boat . We got a new Pizza table boat! And you don’t have to win a giveaway, everyone that... facebook.com/449046385216874…

The shop got a lot more space last night, one of the greatest gifts you can get when you try to jam as many projects into one space as we typically do. Some projects we currently have to dance around are a... facebook.com/449046385216874…

Another perfect morning @thepoorhoneygarden for the bees. Read this fun fact this morning as well. The — administration has overturned bans on the use of pesticides linked to declining bee populations and the... facebook.com/449046385216874…

A shop overview showing an uptick in activity with @wood_ski_boat and team. Epoxy has been the theme this week so I’m hoping the #woodenskiboatbuild will be transformed after tonight. Once the floor is finished... facebook.com/449046385216874…

The finches and sparrows that seem to love in the sunflower forest now must knock down so much pollen that it collects on the leaves. I’ve yet to see a honeybee collect this since they go directly to the flower... facebook.com/449046385216874…

A perfect afternoon breeze blowing through the shop baited me into getting a bit of moderately insane clamping done before it was back to the garden. Just moderately insane.. Underneath the insanity and glue is... facebook.com/449046385216874…

It shouldn’t be too much longer until the ski boat transformation looks something like this.. i think.. This was Gavin’s first boat show and a glimpse of what’s to come. #boatbuilding #woodshop #woodenboat

What a cool pine. Golden Ghost Japanese Red Pine. I’ve never seen needles like this. Reminds me of a porcupine. We are cranking up the @mortonarb trips and saw this guy. The pines in our property are quickly... facebook.com/449046385216874…

The ducks out to stretch their legs a bit while i spruced up their house with the first load of spruce chips from the felled trees a few days ago. They know they stand out against that green foliage at dusk so... facebook.com/449046385216874…

An eyesore gone from the garden with no sunflower casualties. This weeping spruce was fine in October and dead as a doornail by June. The arborist said there is a mold that has killed all the spruce in the... facebook.com/449046385216874…

Hoping to get this seat for @grpwoodworks glued up this week. Raising the grain for some detail sanding with water reminds me this won’t be a light colored chair for long. Working with walnut long enough... facebook.com/449046385216874…

The guy knows exactly what to do when he sees a Canoe - get in it! Less than a day away he will be 3 years old. @grpwoodworks still fits into the red galoshes too! He was just under 2 years old here..... facebook.com/449046385216874…

It’s hard to believe @grpwoodworks will turn 3 in Just over a day. It’s been a fun 3 years bud!! facebook.com/449046385216874…

The moon hanging high in the sky behind the sunflower field. I think it’s waxing. #garden #sunflower #lisle #chicagolandcanoebuilders @ Chicagoland Canoe Builders Workshop

Late night dry fitting on an upcoming @grpwoodworks saddle was humid and dusty. The humidity really caked the walnut flour on early into my work which made it easier to keep going until 10pm. An air shower... facebook.com/449046385216874…

I’ve been trying for a week to get a good pic of this one but they always open upside down. Do you know what this will turn into? #hobbyfarm #garden #flowergarden #growyourownfood #gyo #chicagolandcanoebuilders facebook.com/449046385216874…

Nine varieties of pumpkins this year began their flower show this past week with some different shapes. Some are clumped closely, some pointed and others have nice rounded lines petals. When they are open the... facebook.com/449046385216874…