[Don by the lake]

Don't ask me how this happened, but this carving started out as a Gnome home. I was putting in a couple roof lines and one of them ran into trouble with crumbly wood. I had started a pumpkin that was going to set in front of the house and when the roof went bad I suddenly saw a witch sitting on the pumpkin. I named it "the Mother inlaw" but it has no resemblance to my Mother Inlaw.

[Coffeeman]

Don,

Great job on the transition. we never make mistakes, just continue to make modifications.

Bye the way, nice touch on the disclaimer. Bill

[love2carve2]

Very nice Don. I really like it.
Mary

[wood-whittler]

don,

very nicely done, you don't see that done with bark very often.

bart

[Tom H]

Don, Very unique to say the least! I'll bet it's the first cottenwood bark witch ever..And it looks like the cat ate her hat too. Tom H

[squbrigg]

Now that's a fine bit of bark carving and painting! Very nice, will come in handy this Halloween!

Bob

[Mark N. Akers]

Don:
Very good witch,you said it was cottonwood bark,must have been a large piece,like what you did with it.

[Callynne]

Hmmmm, however it happened, it turned out great! Thanks for sharing her with us! Deborah

P.S. Just curious, what does 'the' mother-in-law think of her?!

[Don by the lake]

Deborah and Mark
The Mother Inlaw has not seen her yet but she will. The carving is not really that big, it measures 5 inches wide by 11 inches tall and is 2 3/4 inches thick. It is a side profile and really did start out as a gnome home. I hate to ruin a good peice of bark and will make something work even if the original plan gets screwed up. I have a dragon I started about a year ago, but haven't got a good plan to finish it. Someday.......... Thinking about starting another witch. Kind of a fun carving to do Always looking for something a little different to try.

[Dusty Buffalo]

She's fantastic.