May 29, 2008
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— Stephen Shepherd @ 8:09 pm
I am taking a bit of a brake today on the boring
issue, I intended to shoot some pictures this afternoon but I had an
interesting visitor.
His parents explained that he was born when they
were building their house and loves tools. He was napping before his
parents and grandmother came into my shop, but he was wide awake
immediately. As I found out he likes hammers, I gave him a mallet and that
wasn’t enough. He wanted a real hammer and nails. I got him a
little hammer and he pounded that cut nail into a piece of pine.
He had remarkable control and hit the nail as
often as I do. While it was raining in the park today, they spent some time, well his parents and grandmother were there while he
had fun. He tried out all my mallets and hammers and settled on one he
liked. His mother had him choke up on the handle, that didn’t work and he
knew it so got a better grip and had a great time.
They spent nearly an hour in my shop and I had to
turn the tables on the guest, I took their picture (used by permission).
Now this mallet (31″ tall), I think scared him
when he saw it, but he was a good sport and posed for this picture. While
my job is rewarding, it does have its special moments.
I have hope that someday he will take up
woodworking, he has a proclevity.
Stephen
