This is Ron’s manta every time he starts a project. Living in Rome NY, he saw numerous uncles, cousins, his grandfather and one brother enter the local factories.  Even his mother had worked in a factory during WWII.  Something she is still, at age 94 so proud of.  He decided early on that was not for him. After graduation, he spent the next 21 years in the US Army, learning even more about how to get things done. But while in high school he was steered toward the non college prep classes. So he spent a lot of time in shop working with tools and learning how to use them. Having all those local factories around, the school ended with lots of donated supplies. Hardwood lumber, steel stock and some industrial machinery. Lets just say, the shop class was well stocked.

Whether it is putting together a dresser, set of shelves, mushroom log support system or his latest contraption, the man figures out how to get things done.  I don’t know  exactly what to call it, but the log holder/spinner pictured above,  we plan on using for our mushroom inoculation. It will hold each log and allow us to rotate them much easier. Last year we had to work on one side, put the tools down, pick up the log and rotate it. Then repeat; turning it a total of 4 times.  Ron is always thinking about way to get things done easier.
Am not so sure where his need to take over the family room with every project comes from. Of course right now, it might have something to do with the current temperature outside and that our garage is not heated. And I have no intention of letting him buy a heated workshop to put out in our backyard or at THF.
Jo and I are usually dragged into each project, unless we are lucky enough to be working that day.  More good family time.

Murphy cat will miss having the table right in front of the family room door. It gives her a lovely view of our backyard and all its birds, squirrels and other critters. If only we can teach her to fetch tools for Ron, she would become a welcome member of our work crew.