The shaft is Ash with dark strips of Aromatic Cedar and the rest of the blade is Red Cedar. It's soft but I figure I would rather have the paddle dent than the canoe when the kids hit the canoe with it. I finished the paddle with Tung oil.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Canoe Paddle
While waiting for spring to come so I can move to the garage to continue building my canoe, I decided to start on some paddles. The first one I've finished is a kid sized "Beavertail" paddle. I figured I would start with something smaller so less wood would get wasted if I messed up.
The shaft is Ash with dark strips of Aromatic Cedar and the rest of the blade is Red Cedar. It's soft but I figure I would rather have the paddle dent than the canoe when the kids hit the canoe with it. I finished the paddle with Tung oil.
The shaft is Ash with dark strips of Aromatic Cedar and the rest of the blade is Red Cedar. It's soft but I figure I would rather have the paddle dent than the canoe when the kids hit the canoe with it. I finished the paddle with Tung oil.
Computers - Love em or hate em. and other February activities
This is not how I planned to start off writing this blog. About an hour ago it started talking about Valentines day, but somehow it is lost so I now have to start again. Arg. So here it begins - again.
Just like everyone, our weekends have been busy. Last weekend I spent some time with the kids making valentine cards. I thought they'd have fun, as well, I though their friends would love them. What I didn't consider was how much time it takes to prepare. Just like most things I do, I think No problem that will be easy. But when I start it seems like it takes 3x a long or 3x the work. Nothing is ever as easy as it seems. So that being said, the kids valentines were more time consuming than I thought. Step 1: buy candy, baggies, etc... Step 2: put candies into baggies Step 3: realize baggies are too big, go out and get smaller baggies. Step 4: fill baggies with candy Step 5: Cut paper, punch paper hearts, get glue etc. Step 6: set up, get the kids and start making the owls. Step 7: realize we ran out of foam hearts, now find paper and heart punch and make more hearts. Step 8: Kids used too much glue, clean up Step 9: finish making owls Step 10: have kids stamp their names, on the backs of their cards, after I realize they won't write their names 23 times. Step 11:take a picture of the final product.
By the way - the kids loved them. And the kids did have fun making them.
If this wasn't enough skating for Riley, he had a tournament this weekend. On Sunday we all woke up at 6:30am and dragged ourselves to Arnprior. (about 45 mins away). Riley's first game was at 7:10. It was a good game. The kids played well, skated well and the team actually scored some goals. After the first game the kids had breakfast and played with their team mates. The second game was at 11:10. When that time came you could see how slow moving the team was. They were dragging. Once they got on the ice who could really tell how they were dragging. The goalie didn't even want to move when the puck came near. Riley tried his best , skated his hardest had some breakaways(no goals though) he earned the hardest working helmet from the team. He was so excited! And if all that was not enough to tire him out. He went over to play at a friends for the afternoon and evening. When he got home he was so tired he was barely able to hold a conversation. Well at least he had fun.
Kiera on the other hand was sad she couldn't go to play, so we set up her Bratz sewing machine she won at the hockey tournament. I used to have one when I was little (I think it was Holly Hobby) Anyway, she wanted to make her stuffed cat and dog a hat. Let me tell you, it's not easy comming up with a pattern that quick. But we did it. and she was happy. Next on her list. Make a jacket for her animals.
Just like everyone, our weekends have been busy. Last weekend I spent some time with the kids making valentine cards. I thought they'd have fun, as well, I though their friends would love them. What I didn't consider was how much time it takes to prepare. Just like most things I do, I think No problem that will be easy. But when I start it seems like it takes 3x a long or 3x the work. Nothing is ever as easy as it seems. So that being said, the kids valentines were more time consuming than I thought. Step 1: buy candy, baggies, etc... Step 2: put candies into baggies Step 3: realize baggies are too big, go out and get smaller baggies. Step 4: fill baggies with candy Step 5: Cut paper, punch paper hearts, get glue etc. Step 6: set up, get the kids and start making the owls. Step 7: realize we ran out of foam hearts, now find paper and heart punch and make more hearts. Step 8: Kids used too much glue, clean up Step 9: finish making owls Step 10: have kids stamp their names, on the backs of their cards, after I realize they won't write their names 23 times. Step 11:take a picture of the final product.
By the way - the kids loved them. And the kids did have fun making them.This past week and weekend has been a blur. Last week we had some melting and then some freezing, which lead to another snow day, buses cancelled, indoor recess because the kids school yard looks like a lake. Which is now alot of ice. That being said. We now have a nice frozen pond at the bottom of our property. The kids look at it and think it would be lots of fun to skate on. The ice is around the trees, and makes for a nice skating obsticle course. So this weekend Ron went outside with the kids to skate. They went on our ice rink but because of our "pond" in the front, They wanted to go skate on it. So Riley, Kiera, daddy,Uncle Lee, Joey and Katie tried it. Boy did the kids love it. They skated around the trees, played hockey and fell through the thin ice. But that didn't stop them.
If this wasn't enough skating for Riley, he had a tournament this weekend. On Sunday we all woke up at 6:30am and dragged ourselves to Arnprior. (about 45 mins away). Riley's first game was at 7:10. It was a good game. The kids played well, skated well and the team actually scored some goals. After the first game the kids had breakfast and played with their team mates. The second game was at 11:10. When that time came you could see how slow moving the team was. They were dragging. Once they got on the ice who could really tell how they were dragging. The goalie didn't even want to move when the puck came near. Riley tried his best , skated his hardest had some breakaways(no goals though) he earned the hardest working helmet from the team. He was so excited! And if all that was not enough to tire him out. He went over to play at a friends for the afternoon and evening. When he got home he was so tired he was barely able to hold a conversation. Well at least he had fun. 
Kiera on the other hand was sad she couldn't go to play, so we set up her Bratz sewing machine she won at the hockey tournament. I used to have one when I was little (I think it was Holly Hobby) Anyway, she wanted to make her stuffed cat and dog a hat. Let me tell you, it's not easy comming up with a pattern that quick. But we did it. and she was happy. Next on her list. Make a jacket for her animals.And last but not least, Riley has lost some teeth. He now has a toothless grin. He lost two top teeth in a week and that along with his front tooth that was pulled at age 3, he has no top front teeth.
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