day 214 of 365

Today I invite you to experience The Spoken Wood, a new blog by friend Dan Santos (who has appeared in these posts several times before). Dan is an amazing fine woodworker (I took the photo above in his fantastic shop) and has now joined us in blog-land with thoughts about and photos of the art of woodworking. So, stop by his blog and say hello... and tell him Lucy sent you.

day 39 of 365

Stop what you're doing and take a moment to breathe in the magnificence of the World's Best Paint Can Opener -- the happy yellow thing pictured to the left.

It belongs to friend and superboy Dan Santos, and I was honored to get a chance to photograph it, along with the other really wonderful things in his furniture woodworking shop. Click here to see a slideshow of the tools of his trade.

day 18 of 365

After reading the post about our vintage toy the other day, friend and superboy Dan made us a mallet so that we can play with our toy the way it was meant to be played with. How awesome is that?

PS: You can see more photos of Gingham Bear & Iron Giant here.