This block of briar could not have been more than 3 inches long by 2 1/2 inches tall. I almost put the block aside but the grain of this small piece of briar told me to start carving. There is still much to be done but when it is finished it will make someone a nice " little" pipe.
The heavy snows have come early here in Wyoming. This morning I trudged my way through over a foot of snow to reach my shop where I create my pipes. Shoveling snow is almost an every day occurrence here and the snows build to over two hundred inches before winters end.
As I am digging my way to my shop door I wonder who will find my lifeless body sticking out of a snow bank do to a massive coronary. It is funny how you never really know just how out of shape you are until you are knee deep in snow with a shovel in your hand cursing every minute.
Don't get me wrong, I love winter in Wyoming and it is something most people will only see in their favorite made for T.V. Christmas movie.
The photo's here are of my workshop and a photo of my driveway in the front of my house. If you ever make it to Wyoming in winter you will find a winter wonderland that is one of the most beautiful places on earth.
Just prepare yourself to also find a crazy pipe maker sticking out of a snow bank, with one final curse word on his lips and gripping a much hated snow shovel!!
You make small pipes!
