The Clean Up Crew

The Clean Up Crew, originally uploaded by A. Drauglis Furnituremaker.

I made another chair, and like the last one it has a seat made of fruitwood branches. I shaved the bark off of the Apple, Peach, and Apricot wood after drying the pieces in the oven yesterday.
Derby was more than willing to help clean up the mess I had made.

The Apple and Peach came from the trees in our yard, the Apricot came via Freecycle. Freecycle, if you don’t know, is a Yahoo group which connects people with stuff that they need to get rid of with people who may want that stuff.
Someone posted to the freecycledc group that she had a Persimmon tree which had been cut down. Hoping that I could use it for something, I made an appointment with the donee. As it turned out, she also had a large Apricot tree which had just been pruned. I took all of the Persimmon and a substantial portion of the Apricot.