Alive and kicking!

[Josef]

Hello to all my good carving friends, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas whatever your beliefs, and a marvellous New Year to you all. I thought I would drop you a quick post to let you know that I am still very much alive and still just as addicted to carving, but I had my head down and tail up for the busy end of the year. I am also in the middle of a tree change, hoping to move to the mountains soon with a deposit paid on one in Avonsleigh, and our house on the market. I don't expect to do any carving between now and then as I will be packing all my stuff up in the coming weeks. I do get to have a double carport where we are going, which will be my small business and my carving workshop! Sigh, under cover at last As soon as I am settled I will post some pics of the new place, and I will continue with a carving I started before all hell broke loose in my workplace.
Cheers everyone,
Joe.

[Sharon of the Dell]

So good to hear from you Joe! You sound really busy, but also sounds like great things happening for you! May your move go smoothly as possible and enjoy that double carport!
happy New year my friend!
Sharon

[medicinedog]

Good luck on your move Josef. Sounds like exciting times. We will miss your creative carvings in your absence. Please do post your new digs. Always interested in where others create. Its like a peek into who they really are. Thanks. Lar

[Mark Dellinger]

Josf,

Good to hear from you. Hope the move goes well for you.

Safe Carving and God Bless,

Mark

[Dileon]

Sounds great! Moving is always a major event....see you soon!!

[Josef]

Sharon my dear friend, I hope you had a great end of year and bent the elbow a couple of times with me for the new year. Look forward to posting again soon. How's the reading going?
Joe.

[Josef]

Hey there Lar. good to hear from you, shall indeed give everyone an update into my persona as soon as I am able.

[Josef]

Thank-you Mark, so do I. Moving almost always seems traumatic but, you know, I have never found it so myself. Moving is new beginnings and goodbyes to events of old. I have never had a staid personality, so I guess new beginnings are always welcome in my books.

[Josef]

Thanks Di, I will see you all soon. I have not given up on carving and do not think I ever will. I have much to improve upon. I am not going to treat this phase of my life like others I have experienced where I reach a certain stage, a capability where I deem myself sufficient enough to give it up. I want to explore this until I feel I am the best that I can possibly be, and I have high expectations. I realy want to explore and develop a style of my own in a medium I love more than anything else on Earth. I would love to be able to leave a mark on this planet that is uniquely mine, and that is a very lofty goal. Not sure I will ever accomplish that, so I know I will be attempting to improve for many years to come.

[draft51@aol.com]

Wow, great to know your still with us, miss you on the forum, hope your move is a good one and nice hearing from you. fred k