[Woodcarver] The first I've sent

[Sylda]

Dear New Friends,
This is my first round of emails from Woodcarvers. I'm Sylda Nichols; I live
in Leonardville, KS (pop. 700-800).  Actually we live 4 miles out of town.
We have horses, dogs, & cats on 16 acres.  My husband, Tom, and I are both
retired.  We have a 2nd house on our property which allows us to travel in
our Motorhome while the renters care for things in our absence.  We belong
to the Kaw Valley Woodcarvers Club out of Topeka, KS and the Mid-America
Woodcarvers out of Omaha, NE.  We have been carving & woodburning about 4
years.  The Topeka Club has a seminar at Baldwin, KS every June that we
attend and we've attended Doane Experience in Crete, NE twice.  The talk of
a seminar in VT sounds so interesting -- we've never been in that part of
the country.
 
Muzz, you said sitting around kitchen tables & campfires are "no more".
Come join Rver's, retired or not, we do a lot of sitting around -- carving,
woodburning, swapping patterns, yarns, etc. -- lots of fun.  Join Rver's
anywhere. 

Please, excuse this newcomers ignorance -- What state is the Ozark Mountain
Woodcarvers located in?  (Missouri or Arkansas?)

Where do I find info on the Silver Dollar City seminar in 2005?  Is it one
and the same as the Ozark Mountain Woodcarvers seminar?

Thank you, Mr. Chips & Gene, on the info on the Diamond Willow wood.  A man
in our Escapee Campground in AZ had walking sticks of (if I'm remembering
right) Colorado Diamond Willow, so I've seen that Diamond Willow and thought
it was great -- I'd like to see Canada/Alaska Willow.

Maybe I'll see this answer to you, Bob, (who didn't have luck with relief
carving).  When I decided to Relief Carve the book,"Let's Carve Wooden
Plaques" by Harold L. & Elaine Enlow was recommended to me.  I spent most of
a winter carving everything in the book and several different applications
of it.  It simplified relief carving for me.  I'm now doing much more
complicated ones, but since they aren't finished I can't speak of the
results yet; however, the fun in working on them is priceless, as well, as
the enjoyment of working with and under the instruction of friends.