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Old 07-24-2011, 10:09 PM
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This old hillbilly named ol Jimmy one tooth lives up in the mountains somewhere by me. he used to come down when I was a wee youngin and visit me and the chickens in our house made of sticks and moss. I found him today playin flute to some rattle snakes who have been reaking havok on my property. he's pretty good with the snakes they went away for now.

luckily the snakes were away long enough for me to let my dog out and he brought back and old cedar plank. found him chewing on it. I cut off the nasty dog spit parts and carved this little feller. He was fun to carve and paint. Tomorow I'll have to paint the rest of the face like I painted the nose, and touch up a few areas. you can see how sad my dog was after I took the wood from him.

Thanks for looking. Your comments are always welcome.

Alex
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That's quite a story Alex. Poor dog. You should give him a treat for the nice wood. Sure does look like a fun carving.
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Old 07-24-2011, 11:48 PM
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That's quite a story Alex. Poor dog. You should give him a treat for the nice wood. Sure does look like a fun carving.
Thanks Joe, I gave him something else to chew on and I think he forgot about it.

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Old 07-25-2011, 12:01 AM
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This ol fella probably had all his teeth until the dog got ahold of him.

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Old 07-25-2011, 07:18 AM
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Neat carving Alex! I'm with Joe on this. Looks like a fun one to carve. Maybe you could whittle some dentures for ol' Jimmy eh?
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Old 07-25-2011, 09:18 AM
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Yeah Tom, I saw my dog spittin out some white chunks on the floor, mustve had to much plaque on them fer his liking

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This ol fella probably had all his teeth until the dog got ahold of him.

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Old 07-25-2011, 09:20 AM
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Terry, maybe I'll carve another one called Jimmy all cleaned up that will ahve teeth and nice combed beard.

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Neat carving Alex! I'm with Joe on this. Looks like a fun one to carve. Maybe you could whittle some dentures for ol' Jimmy eh?
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Old 07-25-2011, 09:40 AM
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Hey Alex,
You sure are stayin' busy, keep em coming. Love your dog too but he does look like you took his favorite toy away from him. Thanks for shaing.
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Old 07-25-2011, 09:50 AM
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Thanks Dan,
I felt kinda bad at first maybe I'll give a piece with knots all through it that I can't carve.

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You sure are stayin' busy, keep em coming. Love your dog too but he does look like you took his favorite toy away from him. Thanks for shaing.
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good carving and a fine tale to go with it
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