So today we finally got around to putting up our tree and around here that's an all day affair. Trudge into the woods outback and spend forever trying to find just the right victim. This time our victim was about thirty feet up, so there was lots of sawing and stuff. Lug it back home over thirty or forty miles of rugged terrain stopping only to do CPR on an ailing moose and a Moxie break. After lunch I fired up the lathe and rigged the vac chuck so I could true up the tree's base to fit our stand. Later after carefully hand rubbing numerous coats of John Hart's Epoxy Manhattan over each needle individually (Chrystine's not a big fan of needles on the carpet and this seems to stem that) it was time to trim it out.
We have far too many ornaments for the tree so (other than the favorites) they tend to fall into a rotation such that we might not see something for a few years. And today, these got rediscovered. Turned back in 2003 and finally getting their second turn on the tree.The finish is a friction polish and it had faded a bit, but they buffed up pretty nice, so I took a pic for posterity and your viewing terror.
The bell is about eight inches tall and the steroidal ornament is an obscene fourteen inches overall. Yellowheart and padauk are the principal woods. Bell has pink ivry on the pointy parts. I forget what the Ahnoldament's finials are.
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. you should do a step by for those look some what " Israeli " and way cool
It would seem that helicopter Andy, of traffic reporting fame, would be looking to get some unwrapped Limberger cheese in his stocking. 
The only place in the U.S.A. that makes it is not far from here. 
Originally Posted by Andy Hoyt
