The groundhog that lives under my parents' porch had babies. #Groundhog #Woodchuck #Whistlepig #Wildlife #WesternMassachusetts
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Tapir Girl
@tapirgirl@flipping.rocks
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Profile picture is a cartoony sketch of a Malayan tapir leaping.
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A pair of Canada geese let me take photos of their six goslings yesterday. #birds #birdwatching #CanadaGoose
Some birds that I saw today: a tree swallow, a house sparrow who was very proud of her bugs, a ruby-throated hummingbird, and a common merganser with 14 babies in tow. #birding #birdwatching
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The second snowy owl perched in a tree for a long time, with a crowd of onlookers taking pictures from the road nearby. #birds #birdwatching #owl #SnowyOwl #WesternMA #WesternMassachusetts #wildlife
This afternoon, I realized that there's an American redstart nest in the magnolia tree that I can see from the living room, and there are at least three bouncy little babies in it! #birding #birdwatching #wildlife #WesternMassachusetts
For anyone who follows me because of woodworking: I'm going to be presenting at the Fine Woodworking New England event in Manchester, CT next weekend. If you happen to be going, please say hi! #woodworking
Totoro the Hardware Store Cat on the prowl
Sandhill cranes dancing in the marsh, Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, October 2, 2025
If you’re in the #Philadelphia area, a cabinet that I made is part of a juried exhibit at the Wayne Art Center from now until January 24.
The opening reception for the show was last night, and there are over 100 pieces in all different media. There are so many beautiful and unusual things to see!
Also, my cabinet won an Honorable Mention!
Since I think I have a few Western Massachusetts followers here, I'm showing about a dozen woodworking pieces at the Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library in Northampton this month. I hope you'll check it out!
Fawn, seen at Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Easthampton, Massachusetts, September 3, 2025 #Deer #Fawn #Wildlife #WesternMassachusetts
Chatty little bobolink, seen on June 4, 2025 in Hadley, Massachusetts
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By the way, if you’re not plugged into the birdwatching community in your area and would like a way to find out if there are unusual birds around, eBird is a great resource. You can get email alerts about rare bird sightings in your region. I get a daily email with a list of rare bird sightings in my county, which is how I found out about the snowy owls.
https://ebird.org/alerts#birds #birdwatching #owl #SnowyOwl
Thought folks might like to see this good dog I met today. His name is Peak.
This little bird flew into the woodshop this morning and couldn’t figure out how to get out, so I had to give it some help.
I’m not sure what kind it is. There are a lot of house finches right outside, so it could be one of them. But it has a lot of sawdust on it from flapping against the dusty windowsill, so it’s hard to see what markings it has. Its feathers may have been slightly puffed out because of the stress of the situation.
I snapped a few pictures and then released it, and it flew off with no trouble.
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@amenonsen@flipping.rocks Hi! Thank you!
All the veneer is sanded so that it’s flat, so you can’t really feel the outlines between any of the different pieces.
That said, even with sanding and many coats of oil, the woods do have subtly different textures, some more than others. For instance, the ebony and holly that I used for the stripes are both hard and tight-grained, so they feel a little different than the softer, more porous mahogany next to them. Sometimes you can even hear a difference in sound when you run your fingers over the wood.
So basically, the marquetry feels smooth, but it also feels different than a panel with only a single sheet of veneer on it.