Just looked at all the photos on Home Tiki Bars. Very cool. I hope everyone checks them out.

Hi Wendy. Aloha

Almost there, still need the industrial clear curtain to separate this area from the rest of the garage

Something like this keep the dust off the cars

Wow that is fantastic. I love tools. What an inspiration to start carving. I know you have a bowl to finish but the swap is coming up. I started my painting today. Should be fun.

Ok

Got it

Wow, what a pain to install due to my garage racks that are already up

But

Done

And check this out

Garage temp:

In the carving area with my mini swamp cooler on:

:-)

Hot hot hot. Drink lots of cold water while working on your swap piece. Funny I would remind you of all people. That curtain holds in the dust and to swamp cooler cold air. Smart. Looking forward to seeing your piece.

When I grow up I wa'na be like you.

Will Carve I feel the same way.

I bet you have some cool plans to celebrate. I hope you share photos.

You 2 are great

Ah! Happy Birthday too.

Happy Birthday, brother!

Thanks guys.

Finished the art swap piece this morning

Started carving at 3am to beat the heat

Then went golf ball hunting at 530am for 2 hours

Found 30 on 4 holes

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Todays golf ball finds

(I think I’m up to about 1000 now)

lol

Went to a couple of of estate sales, Found a couple of cool vintage white leather round chairs for the tiki bar that can swivel in a 360 circle

Went to a local watering hole, where a friend built a giant tree table

Had a bourbon and a rye

Then my brother sent me a photo of an old snapshot of us in Hawaii, climbing on a Chinese lantern, I was on top, not sure what the hell I’m doing, maybe trying to pull the top off

🤷🏼‍♂️

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While golf ball hunting yesterday I found a piece of wood that will make a fine walking stick:

Todays walk:

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Oh my I was so far behind. Just caught up. What a lot of fun days. I love the golf ball collection, funny saying on that one ball. Beautiful area you live in. The walking stick will be another fun project. That's a cool skull wall with a beautiful woman hanging out.

Nice chairs and that table is really cool.

PS Are the spine bones human or animal?

I better go to home tiki bars and see if I've missed anything there.

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Hi Wendy

Lil animal skulls and bones

Have found a bunch

Yesterday:

Last night had a couple sips with the wife:

Today:

OK, the swamp cooler was nice but didn’t cool off the carving area very much and made it pretty darn humid.

Broke down and picked up a portable air conditioner. Attached it to one of the vents in the garage.

Wow

Works great

Ahhhhhhhhhhh

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What a huge collection of balls! More balls than tikis!! That air conditioner is going to enable so many more tiki projects and that's terrific.

Hi Wendy

Nice to be cool again

Shipping off golf balls to my unka in Florida

Ok

Time to start working on the next walking stick:

I love the "where you found them" photos. You uncle is a lucky man. The stick is cool and I'm glad you are too.

Sanded it to 500 grit

Started carving the top

Lil hunting today

Few sips after muddling blueberries

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Ok

A few carbs

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Bro gets here tomorrow

Oh boy

It’s on

Got a lil carving in between cocktails

lol

It's got a lot of character already.

Thanks for the drive by Grogster!

Aloha from the gang of brothers:

(liver CrossFit in progress)

Congratulations to your parents. They did well and can be proud of their "gang". Beautiful smiles men.

lol

Started a quick project for my Blanton’s cork collection

The horse and jockey on the bottle stoppers are now a recognized trademark of Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon. The rich heritage and tradition of horses in Kentucky parallel that of bourbon. Beginning in 1999 a collector's edition set of eight different stoppers was produced. The set features a horse and jockey in different strides and poses resembling the stages of a horse race. Each stopper is marked with a single letter that spells Blanton's when the set has been completed.

Everything fits OK, just need to clean it up, get it sanded, figure out the finish, and of course, find the rest of the missing letter corks

You need a finish line at the end. It's fun to see something I would never know existed. The hunt is the best part of the fun in collecting. Good luck.

Hi Wendy

I hear ya

I told a friend my plan, he gave me a few I was missing. Now I just need the “T”

I like the distressed look of the wood, had a few splits so I filled the cracks with superglue. Sanded it and put a few coats of Howard’s on it!

Made a second one for my sister-in-law

Wow, your collection is fun and almost finished. Will it be difficult to find the last one? eBay?

Missing the T

I’m looking at all the bars we visit to see if anyone has 1

Little more on the walking stick

Found another skull while hunting for golf balls today

Great day

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Wow, so many fun photos. You are an all-time champ at finding golf balls. I LOVE the ears on the walking stick. This is going to be darling. Talking about darling how fun to have a gorgeous wife who does fun poses for you. I have a fun husband who does the same.

Good food and drink to top off all the fun. The skull collection is very interesting. I hope you keep that going for years, the golf balls too.

Love the photos, Wendy

Thanks, Wendy. I think I’ll keep her. Not sure what I’ll end up doing with the skulls, kind of interesting, they might look neat in epoxy. Found 48 more today after work.Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/21154/66c5561482742.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=a7f55ca1d436acd3a69eabd835d1d87a

Wow!! We just saw this wall in Fort Bragg.

1000 (63)

You have a really fun place to walk with treasure all over the place.

Great pic Wendy

So one of my brothers started working on his whiskey bar. He came up with the bar name, time for me to make him a little gift

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This morning‘s finds, I did get surprised by a couple of giant coyotes on my hunt

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Lil coffee in the backyard after hunting, looks like they’re getting a little backed up, keep hitting balls in the bushes guys

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Love the Simon and Garfunkel song, the sign looks great so far. 4-foot-long dog photo is priceless. I love that you find so many balls. You've gotten so many it must be that no one was looking before you started. What a treasure trove. Today we looked at coyote skulls in a Natural History Museum. I love your skull collection. I'm looking forward to seeing more on your walking stick. Those ears are in my mind, they are darling.

Love the Simon and Garfunkel song, the sign looks great so far. 4-foot-long dog photo is priceless. I love that you find so many balls. You've gotten so many it must be that no one was looking before you started. What a treasure trove. Today we looked at coyote skulls in a Natural History Museum. I love your skull collection. I'm looking forward to seeing more on your walking stick. Those ears are in my mind, they are darling.

Hi Wendy- love the comments, twice

Skulls cleaned up

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Sign done and sanded to 3000 grit

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Howard’s wax applied

Notice the Chatoyancy effect

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This am finds

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Fun time Rye

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Lil more

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Oh no I have the dreaded double post virus. Horrors.

I will have to look up Chatoyancy effect. I did notice how the wood grain lined up with the palm fronds behind it. Beautiful sign.

That's a MadDogMike mosaic table, isn't it? Beautiful. Cute tiny moai.

Skulls are looking so good. Another golf balls high score day!!! I hope you walk every day.

Good morning Wendy, thanks for stopping by, all the carving projects are fun, yes the skulls are coming along and all cleaned up. Today is fun includes:

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Not sure what the above post is about, moderators, what are you doing?

Todays fun

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A couple hours of carving on the walking stick

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Lunch with a friend at Juan’s flaming fajitas for some steak and lovely lady love juice with roasted peppers for some spice

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