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Snow-bird Smith busy as she waits for the
snow to end
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| April 18, 2011 |
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"One should not start out learning the art of
wood lathe making by making a segmented
wood-turned bowl, but we did," said snow bird
Sharon Watson Smith, currently in Yuma, Arizona,
waiting for the weather up here to turn more
clement. "We did, and we actually got a bowl
made with the help of some great fellows at the
woodshop who knew their business! It acutally
was fun, and we learned a lot!"
Sharon, long the brains behind Boundary County
School District 101 as the district clerk,
hasn't slowed down a bit in retirement. Though
she shows her intelligence by heading for warmer
climes when the weather up here turns cold,
she's not changed a bit ... she's just active in
two communities now rather than one.
"I just want to live life and experience what I
can with the time I've been given here," she
said. "The journey has been great ... most of
the time ... there were a few peaks and some
valleys, but overall, I can't complain. I've met
so many wonderful people as I've passed through
this life, and they've made me what I am today."
As she waits for the snow to go away up here,
she's not just basking in the Arizona sun, as
evidenced by the picture above, taken with her
cousin, Marlene Haugse, a retired English
teacher from Rugby, North Dakota, who also
winters in the same RV park.
The lathe turned bowls are but one of their
adventures.
"Sharon! They look great," said Mary Mueller
Masuen. "I am impressed!"
"We were too, Mary," Sharon replied. "They also
make a bowl out of a full piece of wood. We
maybe should have tried that first, but had
signed up and made it through the class with
five other guys. It worked well, we'd run saws,
sanders etc. before, but never the lathe ... now
that's a rush!"
The new-found skill isn't going to sit unused,
either.
"My other cousin who also winters here," Sharon
said, "bought us gals the whole set up so we can
play in the shed next winter and cut up wood to
our hearts' delight! We've been thinking wine
bottle holders, pens, more bowls, etc. The
possibilities are endless!"
There are other women in the winter park, she
said, who produce some very beautiful crafts,
and they hold an art show each spring to show
off what they've made.
It's very likely that Sharon and Marlene will be
joining in around this time next year.
"It makes one want to get more involved with
this craft," Sharon said. "Now take care, and
shut off that damned snow so we can come home!" |
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