Spoon Carving Season

Summer is normally the time of year that I carve wooden spoons. I sit on the screened in side porch for hours, whittling away.  That is, if the temperature is not unbearable AND I have fresh, “green” wood to carve.

This year the woods have not yielded many fallen, living trees or limbs, so I haven’t had much to work with. Months ago a friend gave me some cherry wood which is my favorite. By now, much of it dried out and now it is too hard to carve. Luckily though, I stuck a couple of pieces in the fridge. (That keeps it moist enough for me to cut.)

I pulled out one piece today and carved a small spoon for myself. The limb had lots of knots in it; too many to work around. Since carvable wood has been hard to come by, I use whatever I can. It’s an imperfect spoon but since it’s going to be mine, it is just fine.