Pen turners,,, turn yer eyes

[Mark Norman]

I cant believe it, its June and I have a fire goin in the wood stove..For California thats odd. its 56 degrees outside and the ol wood stove is keeping us warm





Walnut scraps burn good!

[Mark Norman]

I just cut up a few pieces of oak for the fire and I had to put some aside for wood turning..

[Bernie Weishapl]

56 degrees cold. That is short, sandels and t-shirt weather.

[Richard Chan]

56 degrees cold. That is short, sandels and t-shirt weather.

I agreed

[Mark Norman]

I had to put on a flanel today.. and we got rain...In June!

Verry unusual for these parts... Global warming? I donthinkso..

[Aaron Wingert]

I'd kill for 56 degree weather right now.

[Brian Brown]

I'm with Bernie. I was south of Phoenix 2 days ago,and it was 113 degrees. Too hot for me. I'll take the cool any time. 56 degrees is just getting comfy.

[jim carter]

im right up the road from mark[el dorado county]. i have been here since 1970. we dont often get weather like this in june. nice working weather. had a hell of a lightning show a few nights ago. the weather service said over 3000 strikes in a 24 hour period. us country boys in calif. love our weather. we have a saying around here, above the fog and below the snow. i see snow maybe a couple times a year[ an inch or 2] but its gone by the time i finish my morning ****.

[Mark Norman]

Yep Jim, above the fog and below the snow, I'm at 3000 ft and its for a reason. I am tired of the cold wet stuff and am looking forward to summer. we get above 100 for a few weeks each year and I am not looking foreward to that but typical June weather would be welcome.

[Jarrod McGehee]

I'm with Jim and Mark on this one and I'm in San Diego so we consider cold even a little warmer but that but still cold for our taste. and yes we do love our weather out here. oh and Mark, those woodburning stoves are nice, my mom and I got one also

[Jarrod McGehee]

...and I forgot to also mention about yes, the weather is CRAZY out here. We had lightning and T-storms down here too. and even hail it's pretty crazy

[alex carey]

So Cal FTW, 56 is too cold, about the temperature I start breaking out my flannel also. Back in high school people called me lumberjack because I always wore flannel and had sad dust from working in the wood shop. Good time.

[Mark Norman]

Its back to somewhat normal today, the mercury tells me its 65 outside, I guess I should put me boots on and get out and do something....ahhh lazy Sunday morning

I absolutely love the wood stove! I can sit and watch the fire for hours and it has saved us tons of money in heating bills over the years. I won it on e-bay several years ago for $82.50 and drove up to Petaluma to get it. Made for a nice day trip. I made a hearth out of (yep you guessed it) Concrete and my wife and I covered the wall behind it with slate and it looks mavelous

edit: I guess this should have been posted in off-topic forum. Mr moderator, please feel free to move it

[Jim Burr]

I'm 30 minutes away Mark, toss a couple chunks in the back while I wave.

[Mark Norman]

I'm 30 minutes away Mark, toss a couple chunks in the back while I wave.

Did ya want the ones that are on fire or are ya gonna stop and have a cold one with me while we load up yer pickup?