No More Apple Pie

[louisbry]

The 30-40 year old apple tree on my in-laws farm just decided to fall after slowly drying over the past few years. We will miss that old tree after so many years of enjoying Grannies apple pie. I made Granny this Elegant Beauty from a piece of wood from the tree for rememberance. Comments are always welcome. Thanks for viewing.

 

[lundebc]

I bet she will love it, it has a very striking pattern in the wood. Nice work!

 

[CSue]

The photo is showing so large it goes off my screen. But thats a gorgeous piece of wood and you've made it into a beautiful pen!

She's going to love it! Yup.

 

[kirkfranks]

Very nice.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonaid...When life gives you wood, make a pen

 

[Bree]

Lovely. I have some Eastern Red Apple wood blanks and I am kind of wanting to make a pen from them too.
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[louisbry]

The photo is showing so large it goes off my screen. But thats a gorgeous piece of wood and you've made it into a beautiful pen! She's going to love it! Yup.

Thanks for letting me know. I resized the photo. Hope it is better now.

 

[les-smith]

Now that is a nice looking piece of wood. If Grannie's pie tasted as good as that pen looks then you guys had it good.

 

[louisbry]

Now that is a nice looking piece of wood. If Grannie's pie tasted as good as that pen looks then you guys had it good.

Believe me, it did. Thank goodness for freezers. A few more pies are still possible.

 

[Rmartin]

I love wood stories like that, nice looking pen too!

How did you get a 900 px wide picture to post?

 

[robutacion]

Hi louisbry,

Certainly I stunning looking piece of wood you got on then pen...! well done.

I regularly put myself in that situation, here a old tree has to go, or is already down, and people have great emotional connections to that tree, I always make sure that I will let them know that I will make something (bowl, plate, plater, vase or pen) out of that tree wood, and return to them when ready (sometimes they have to wait quite a bit if the timber is too green!).
But in the end, that's the reaction from the people that owned the tree, that I get so my enjoyment from, when the time comes to bring the gift to them! It may not look much, but certainly means a lot to them, and that is enough for me!:biggrin:

Cheers
George

 

[rjwolfe3]

Beautiful!

 

[workinforwood]

Looks really great Louis. You captured some heart and some sap in that one. Apple is one of my favorites and it smells nice while turning.

 

[akbar24601]

That is a very nice sentiment and I am sure that she will greatly appreciate that beautiful pen.

 

[NewLondon88]

She's going to love it. That's a good kit for the wood, too.

 

[mickr]

pretty wood..great gift