A Fine Batch of Cedar Houses

The Cedar from Fenelon Falls Comes in Handy

Old Cedar Even Works on Tap Handles

Today I have to sneak past The Garden Gloves to get to The Workshop

Introduction:

Though I have not been building any birdhouses or Little Free Libraries or Reitveld chairs, etc., in the shop this year, it is still no closer to being 100% tidied up in September than it was in March when COVID-19 slowed just about everything down.

I keep busy with the GREAT Canadian Comeback (training to become a steady - and svelte - running machine) and building my "1,000 Men, 1,000 Stories" blog re the role of Canadian sailors (RCNVR) in Combined Operations during WWII.

Still, I believe I will get back to The Workshop for one or two important projects someday soon, and when I do you will be the first to know. Or at least second to know, since my wife is still tuned in to what I'm doing around here 99% of the time : )

Old cedar from Fenelon Falls, Ontario (formerly Joe Flagler's old dock) makes beautiful tap handles for a local brewer's "tap room":

The handles have been varnished. Metal inserts are next, then delivery.

I don't know how many batches of cedar birdhouses I made over the years. Many, like this batch, were made from red cedar fence slats (for the body) and Joe Flagler's old western cedar, for the base and roof panels:

The sides are attached to the outside of the face to increase the size

of the interior floor space. Brilliant move : )

Red paint on red cedar puts on a good show!

More photos from The Workshop will follow.

Please link to more photos of more red cedar birdhouses by GH

Photos by G. Harrison