Look who showed up ......

[Rodger MacMunn]

Suffolk VA, Oct 22nd, 2016. Anyone recognize this guy inspecting Neal's & Shannon's gilding ? LOL346388

[Doug Garson]

Andy Griffith?

[Bruce Page]

Andy Griffith?

That made me LOL!

[Doug Garson]

Is that a no?

[Rich Engelhardt]

Is that a no?Dude...Andy and Barney both are in that big Mayberry in the ski! ;).

[Bruce Page]

Doug, that's Keith Outten, owner, cheif admin of SawMill Creek.

[Doug Garson]

OK, but you have to admit if it was Andy it would really be noteworthy. :D

[Bruce Page]

It sure would.

[Keith Outten]

Turnabout is fair play Rodger :)

346423 Our Master Sign Maker Rodger MacMunn lecturing about the fine points of using gold leaf for signs.

346424 You can tell from this picture that Rodger had everyone's attention.

346425 The task at hand was to put several different types of gold leaf on a plaque that can be used as a sample and of course learn about various techniques as well.

346426 Rodger was not just an excellent teacher he included several very entertaining stories as well keeping everyone laughing.

346427 In this picture you can see SawMill Creeker Mark Henry and his wife working on their plaque.

More in the next post.

[Keith Outten]

346428 Neal Meyers and his wife Shannon.

346429 Another picture of the very busy group, it took awhile to get all of the gold leaf installed.

346431 I failed to get a picture of Chris Vickers, our host for the event, who is also a Member of SawMill Creek. Chris and his wife opened up their beautiful farm and business for everyone to enjoy and learn about gold leaf techniques from Rodger. The building we were in was full of beautiful wood of every species you could imagine, there was eye candy everywhere. At the end of the training session Chris and his wife provided an incredible feast for everyone. I was unable to stay for Dinner but I expect there was a party that lasted into the wee hours.
Chris does commercial lumber sales and some custom machining for a variety of local contractors and cabinet shops.
Thank you Rodger and Chris for inviting me to attend the event, it was a lot of fun and Southern Hospitality at its very best.

Sommerton Ridge Hardwoods
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(http://somertonridgehardwoods.com/)

[Michael Weber]

Well, the cats out of the bag but I was going to say Captain Kangeroo:rolleyes:

[Rodger MacMunn]

Keith, I was great to have you join us. Too bad you skipped out on supper .........as usual, Carla outdid herself. Damn that woman can cook ..........

[Brian W Smith]

Mayberry?

Mt. Airy N.C.

A decent, technical MC rd heads due N out of there.Have passed through that part of the st. on numerous trips.I'd give it a 50/50 on broken vs smooth pavement.Lots of Harleys.We're usually in a hurry,so can't speak too much about the scenery....doh.

Can say that,while in town,have seen Barney

[Jim Becker]

Um...seeing the people is nice, but those stacks of beautiful lumber are VERY distracting. LOL (Seriously, looks like it was a very educational event!)

[Rodger MacMunn]

Jim... I knew he stocked some really nice stuff but nothing prepared me for that first eyeful. I don't use any exotic lumber, but I still love it .......

[Jim Becker]

Yea, definitely "candy store" material, even with the limited view from the photos!