A special thanks to David, Brian and Julian for donating to the Great Cycling Challenge to help kick children's cancer in the butt.  Well done.

I finally decided to try stone carving again.  I purchased a nice 25 pound piece of agata alabaster and plan to carve a breaking wave.  Unlike wood carving if my tremors get the best of me I'll probably just bash a finger with the mallet rather than cutting it off with a sharp gouge.  Anyway, that's the plan.  I miss the art supply store in Athens that carried stone.  The shipping on the stone cost almost as much as the stone.

I was planning on having some non-bird photos like flowers or spiders this week but the only new things around here are mushrooms.  I like photographing mushrooms but if step out the door I'm in a cloud of mosquitoes from all the rain we've had.  Even the clip-on mosquito repellent doesn't help.  The two photos are of a titmouse and a chickadee.

enjoy

Dan

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