Thanks Jeff. Everything is relative and there are so many really talented woodcarvers around that I have a pretty good idea where my skills are at this point. But I’m not worried about that anyway as I am probably enjoying the work as much as any of the experts despite the results, and for me that is what counts the most.

I am very glad that there was such a positive reaction to this project because I think so many of us have been inspired by the Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer stories where we learned that if we had some of Tom’s spunk we could make our own luck and be in charge of our own destinies.

Mike, an American living in Norway