Sometimes simple things can lead to greater things, even beyond our greatest expectations . Share your experiences and adventures with us all.        

                                    here is one of  mine ,

                About 25 years ago an elderly widow asked me to build a William and Mary chest of drawers . Her late husband would buy nice looking Mahogany wherever he found it on his overseas travels .Little did I know the impact this wonderful person would have on our lives. After milling  it turned out to be mostly birdseye and curly and beautiful.After completing the chest she asked if I would build her a companion chest with the remaining lumber , I gladly complied . I mentioned that we were looking for a house . Two day’s later she called me to go look at a nice older house .She bought it and we rented it and then bought it from her . It was a few blocks from her home so we visited a lot . She was 72 and I was about 25 when we met. She taught me much about finances , real estate ,interest , business ,and religion , among many other things. She was a great mentor not to mention a fairy Godmother . From many years of wise investing she was very wealthy . At the age of 92 she peacefully passed on .A few weeks after I got a call from the attorney handling her estate.He told me she had left me the two “handmade wooden chests” that I had made for her . I will always treasure her memory.

                                                   dusty