John’s Blogspot Archive

Its Monday That used to be the worst day of the week, but now I’m working piecemeal at several things or sometimes not at all? Well, the young ones...

I've a nice long post all written out, pics taken, captions done, all that stuff but for some reason my lappy wont read the camera card. Grrr! So it...

Its been a week in which I did not achieve much, but felt as though I’d been working my butt off. Sick relative needs help, my mother at 90 needs a...

SEI. Progress. Gunwale time. I found some short pieces of mahogany 2x4 in my collection, many years ago it had come out of a bank that was being...

About 30 years ago I was lucky enough to walk into a very special shop, all woodworking tools, and it was closing down.  The old Yorkshireman...

The storm is still on its way south toward New Zealand but the latest information has it downgraded from Cat 5 to Category 4, that’s still nasty,...

Its just after 9 am Sunday here, and the forecast says that the worst of the storm is due late this evening. Right now its about 600 miles away and...

We here in the north of New Zealand are for the most part just far enough south of the warm tropical seas to miss the worst of the tropical...

Visitors. Librarian Felice and boatbuilder Ben have just been in here for a couple of days.  I’d not met them before, but their niece lives in...

SCAMP Camps and other things. Its going to be a busy few months from July onward. With partner Howard Rice I’m involved in three SCAMP camps, one in...

Mast making time. I’ve not been able to do much in the workshop for a couple of weeks, figured that I’d get started again on a light and easy...

Being the height of summer,  the schools not open yet, and many people off on annual holidays work is very quiet at this time of year here in NZ, so...