Tag Archive: Hobby


Hanging Together

These are the ornaments I carved and painted. National Wood Carvers Association will be giving the ornaments they receive from many carving clubs to Children’s Hospitals or Care Centers. I am a member of the Wilderness Center Carving Club in Wilmot, OH.

This was at the Mohican Gorge Overlook. It was a birding trip organized by “Time & Optics” a local shop that sells Clocks, binoculars, and spotting scopes, etc. It was a part of their yearly “Annual Optics Fling!”

Green-Winged teal

After 6 hours of painting!

What the roughout looked like after I carved in some details.

In Memory

Being encouraged by a good friend to post my photos, I decided it was time to put up this post. Martha Yoder, my wife’s sister passed away on December 3, 2024. She was 73 years old, after a 1.5 year battle with cancer. Martha loved angels, so my wife wanted me to carve an angel in memory of her that we could include with our Christmas decorations. I ended up, carving three angels, and finished them with three different finishes. We are missing Martha during this season.

Nice to see my friends showing their skills in my home town. I am heading to PA for an Alumni banquet, so couldn’t join the carvers. Good weather this year. Last year it was quite chilly!

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I think there are 68 tractors that will be sold on auction in the near future!

This is my 1800th post, so I decided to give a tribute to my wonderful wife, who has been a faithful supporter of my photography hobby.  In fact since I had pulled out my life savings ($55 USD), when we got married in 1969, I couldn’t afford the camera I wanted so she paid for it!! It was a Mamiya/Sekor SLR! She had been working for a year and had some income, so I married “into money!” 🙂   It hasn’t been the last time she has bought me equipment. Thanks, Darling for hanging in there with me!!

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No, I didn’t buy these beautiful roses! They were on the table at the Restaurant in Siliguri where we had a snack before catching the bus for our journey back to Bangladesh.

marlandphotos-blog-photography-Sweetheart-SupporterThanks heaps to my wonderful wife of almost 45 years!