Is it any wonder?

Sometimes talent shows itself at a very young age.  So it's a small wonder that the creator of this drawing wound up as an art major later in life.

great (grate) place to set a camera

We moved the tables from poolside to patio to make room for cup holders but one of my daughters-in-law complained there was no good place to set her cameras, so...
I just knew that old fireplace grate would come in handy some day.

the absolute latest..."the cup noodle" *** a floating cup holder

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OMG Santa left for dead by the side of the road!

some things about my tandem project

here is a short video of my home-made tandem highlighting a few of the problems and solutions.

true story!

So I’m cruising around, looking for yard sales, trying to find some junk to weld and I’m at this trailer in a really sketchy part of town, when this really drunk chick drives her car across the yard and pulls up next to where I’m standing and yells, “Woozie!”

I look at her and she says, “aren’t you Woozie? We met last night.”

I say, “not the guy.”

She says, “you sure look like Woozie”

I say, “I was woozy but I got better.”

She says “I was woozy when we met, but I was on drugs.”

I decided it was time to go home.

        

Backpackin' with Tony

The heartbeat of America...Chevy truck

I'm just not sure how to react to this truck.
Here was an older (early 70's late 60's) truck, in not especially good shape with this elaborately crafted rear end.  Literally everything back of the cab and over the frame was wood.  The bed, the fenders, the bumper, the tool box, everything.
I mean whoever did it obviously had some woodworking skills, but really, this was just odd looking.  I wish the photo was better but all  I had was my phone.  Anyway you get the idea.

Junkasaurus

What do you get if you combine a broken shovel, a broken rake, 4 plow blades, some old chain, a few old bolts, some motorcycle handlebars, and some sprockets from an old bike?

Junkasaurus

after a few finishing touches...finish the tail, reposition the head and give it some ribs to make it look more skeletal...

Cast off Direct TV Dish Becomes Yard Art

Some things can become other things if you just think outside the box.  When my son had a new roof put on his house the dish left behind by the previous dwellers was removed in favor of cable (even at the risk of winding up in a roadside ditch.)
When he asked me if I wanted the dish (it was metal, and my new favorite paastime is welding junk into different junk) I said sure, not knowing what I would do with it but surely I could think of something. 

I originally thought I'd find a use for everything but the dish...then it rained, and the rest as they say is history.

I mean what is a birdbath besides a shallow dish on a pedestal.  Add a custom paint job to appease the wifey and...