Hudson River Rick

Kris, you did it again, what a great pattern. Thanks for sharing it with us. Rick

@heppnerguyThank you Dick. I am very familiar with Steve's site, but I admit I have a real hard time finding patterns on it. I am going to type in "SNOWMAN" and see what happens. Rick

Hi Dick, nice job on the snow people ( my attempt at humor), thanks for sharing. I have a niece that would go bonkers over them, can you share where you obtained the pattern. Rick

@rafairchild2Good morning Richard. I just watched one of your What's On The Bench videos, it was very well done. The video I watched was about Christmas pieces that you were cutting, and the piece at 4:11 minutes really caught my I,could you please share where you purchased the pattern from. The Nativity Cross that is featured later on in the video apears to be like one I purchased from Sue Mey, but I couldn't locate the other pieces. Thank you in advance. God Bless you for the work you do for THE CHILDREN. Rick

GREAT job Dick. Get ready for 1 HAPPY granddaughter. Rick

@Jerry Thank you Jerry. Kris is an excellent designer. Rick

I cut the "IRON HORSE & THE BABE", using the pattern by Kris, that he so graciously shared with me. I took the liberty to add the famous ediface that surrounded THEIR Yankee Stadium and then framed the piece. It was a gift for our Pastor, who would greet everyone after mass on Sunday and ask me to wait because he wanted to speak with me. He needed to speak with me about his Yankees,when I prsented him with this gift,he couldn't belive it and it stillhangs in his office to this day. Thank you again, Kris, for your generousity. Rick

@OCtoolguyHi Ray, thanks for all the suggestions. I had tried most of them prior to posting here, to no avail. I'm going to rtemove inkscape from my computer and then reinstall it again. Don't know if that will help or not...here's hoping it works.

@wagner1958 WOW Great job on an excellent patern. Thanks for sharing. Rick

Hi everyone, before I start banging my head angainst a wall, can anyone tell what is happening when I try the following. I imported an image into inkscape and successfully performed a black line to red line change and when I tried to save it, a box came up on the upper left of my screen that was titled WMF Output. There were a bunch of options in the box, but noneof them were highlighted, so I just hit okay, and the image I was working on went off to NEVER-NEVER Land. Then inkscape shut down and the image is nowhere to be found. I don't recall ever seeing that box before, so good ole MAGIC FINGERS must have hit the wrong keystroke somewhere. Thank you in advance for any help. By the way, NO WALLS WERE DAMAGED IN ANY WAY. Rick

Very nice work Don. Bless you and your granddaughter for helping the hospital. Rick

I'm 3 months into recovery from major back surgery, about a month ago I was able to ditch the walker. I have been useing a cane that actually belonged to my grandfather, I was given one of the newer aluminum canes by the girl who was my PT instructor, but I didn't like it. I am having balance problems now, but THANKFULLY, I am not experienceing any pain. This is a picture of a model the doctor showed to me and Ann Marie before the surgery.

@Bernd, not only do I remember the Hudson River Dayliner, every summer our mom would take me and my brother on the Dayliner to Rye Playland Park. The trip took all day to go down river and back in the evening, as long as the ship was going with the tides, this all happened about 65 years ago. If you remember the area, we lived right at he foot of the Mid Hudson Bridge, next to the N.Y. central Railroad yards, as a kid, we thought we had the greatest playground in the world. About 30 years ago, when we opened our Gallery/Frame Shop, I was given the opportunity to meet Capt. William G. Muller, Bill was the pilot of the Dayliner that docked on lower Main Street in Poughkeepsie. Bill is also a Maritime Historical Artist, if you have some spare time, look him up on the internet at WilliamGMmuller.com, I'm proud to say that Bill and I remain close friends. Bill's eyesite has failed him and he can no longer work at the easel, but I enjoy sharing the stories he has about his life on the river. Sorry for the longpost, and I did not mean to hijack your post.

Great job on a really nice pattern. Thanks for sharing. Rick

Hi Kevin, really like that pattern, can you share where you got it, you may have forgotten since it was a while ago. Thanks for sharing. Rick

@Don, as usual you did a great job on your sport ribbon racks, but I really like the "mine calls me MOM". Leters are some of the hardest cuts for me to do, not you, yours are right on. Thanks for sharing. Rick

WOW !!! Those look great. What a TEAM. Rick

@Ron, are you trying to pull the wool over our eyes??? That can't possibly be your first attempt at painting your scroll work. You did a great job, can't wairt to see your next piece. Thanks for sharing. Rick

Hey Scott, you hit it out of the park with your project. GREAT JOB. Rick

@Jerry, I did receive the pattern that you posted,,THANK YOU very much. We were away for a couple of days on a short vacation at the beach. I will post a photo when I get the project complete. Rick

Again, I thank you all for the very kind remarks. Rick

Thank you all for the VERY KIND remarks. I felt like I was meeting an old friend again when I was allowed to go to my shop.

I finally convinced my doctor that I would be careful going down to my shop, and he convinced my CEO that I could try to scroll again. This piece was made for a very special lady in our lives, she was an Emergency Room nurse for 40 years and her greatest joy was helping anyone. Unfortunately, she succumbed to cancer a while back and we have finally had a chance to honor her. Her usband has her cremains at home on a dresser that she used, so I cut this stand for him to put the urn on. The ladies name was Roseanne and she loved roses, the cross is cut from bloodwood and the base is suger maple, I finished the piece with WATCO oil. Thanks for looking. I have posted this on 2 other sites, sorry if you looked twice.

GREAT job Jerry & Richard, Thank you for being so proud of OUR country. Is the pattern available anywhere, I would like to make some of these for some friends who served in the military? I'm sure they will be greatfully accepted. Rick

And I NEED a spelling lesson. Rick