Periodic, Picnic, and Plant

The ability to create something with your own hands is one of the most self satisfying feelings someone can have. To mold raw materials into a useful item is a skill that is slowly disappearing from today's society. Everything now is made from a mold,created by a machine, or done electronically. What happened to spending days in the shed, garage, or basement skipping dinner and staying up late to create a one of a kind masterpiece. I love the feeling when I figure out the last measurement and screw that last piece of wood into place. A physical object that I have but all my energy into, that I can hold in my hand and be proud of. Yea you might have bought a cooler shed or paid someone to build you a nicer deck, but I am way more proud of mine. I can tell you the who, what, when, where's, and whys about everything I have built. I can see all the little imperfections and love everyone of them because they have a story. I also love to look back at early projects and compare them to new ones. You can see the amazing differences in styles and techniques and how I have grown and improved. I spent my weekend working on three very different projects. All when finished provided the same level of pride and achievement. One is to be enjoyed by my friends, one is for strangers to enjoy,and the last is for the elderly to enjoy. They may not be for me, but I have already enjoyed them all.