[Woodcarver] Black duck

[Carstie]

Hi, Sandy and Don;
    You are in my County ~ the place where Mother Earth gives birth  
to the Father of Waters.  As well, this area is well within the  
parameters of the Diamond Willow heartland.
    For the past nearly dozen years i've been working (playing  
really) with the Wizard Willow as i prefer to call it.  Something  
over 10,000 hours invested by now and somewhere between 200 and 300  
finished pieces, ranging from fairly simple walking sticks, staffs,  
et al to quite complex sculptural pieces which have occupied  
sometimes 100 or more hours of my time (primarily in our long, cold  
winters.
   My house is pretty humble, though intensive gardening and  
landscaping occupy much of my time during the warmer months and  
currently peppers and very soon ripe tomatoes are part of the bounty.
   Should you choose to swing by, its close to 50 miles, taking #71  
up to Minn #200 through some more scenic country.  At the Zerkel  
junction you would continue northwards rather than following #200  
west.  In 15 miles you will come to Bagley, county seat of Clearwater  
Co. where you would take US #2 west for just a few miles till meeting  
Clearwater #7 right at the 82 mile marker.  Check the odometer  
closely as you turn right ~northwards~ and drive EXACTLY 10 miles  
north. At the end of a mile-long bend eastwards the road slides  
northwards once again.  Right at the end of the bend is my driveway  
with the blue sign marker reading 45498.  Take a VERY sharp right  
turn after slowing down considerably.  My driveway goes southwards  
for about 150 yards.
   Get back to me on this board and i can provide phone # and further  
information as needed.

    -Carstie Clausen // stickman
On Jul 30, 2013, at 8:31 PM, Sandie wrote:


> We are traveling in MN and just read that there was a carving show  

> in Blackduck last weekend. Are there any carvers close by that  

> would to meet up for a short visit? We are in Lake Itasca state  

> park now and will be in a campground by Fox Lake for next couple of  

> days before heading to International Falls. Would enjoy meeting  

> some more MN carvers.

>

> Ol' Don and Sandie Burgdorf