Joy in life comes from doing the best you can in the things you enjoy doing most.

I'm not at home sitting on the sidelines: I'm a "do-it-yourselfer" in just about everything I do. I spent over a decade as an auto mechanic, and always doing my own work on lawnmowers, bicycles, motorcycles, etc. I do all my own home repairs and remodeling (almost need two of me for this sometimes). And I've built my own PCs and small computer network at home.

My woodworking to date has had me repairing my own furniture, turning bowls and creating pens on my lathe from local and exotic hardwoods, shaping my own moldings to work in my 100+ year old house and building my 7ft tall aquarium stand for my 75 gallon planted discus aquarium.

If I can do it, I will!

Check out my Fan page here:

www.facebook.com/pages/Lebanon-IN/WingersWoodWorks/167613...

If you'd like to own one of the pens I've photographed, see my Etsy shop (link at right) to see what's currently available.

In my younger days, I spent a lot of time Exploring photography with my Minolta XD11 and XD5 35mm SLR cameras, and even had my own darkroom for developing my photos.

Now, some 25 years since I abandoned my darkroom for a family life and career, I'm becoming reacquainted with SLR photography in its new digital form. The device leading this move is a recently acquired, used, Nikon D40 (Isn't eBay great?) which replaces an old 1.3mp Sony Cybershot Ive been using for the past couple years. My initial purpose with this reentry into SLR photography is to take better quality pictures of the pens and bowls I make in my woodworking hobby. But things I set my mind to have a way of growing beyond my initial imagined purpose, so we'll see where this leads in the days and years to come.

Pens I make are available in my Etsy store: www.etsy.com/shop/WingersWoodworks

If you see something you like, please drop by and see if it's still available. I also take custom requests.