Maple Syrup Festival

Coming up soon, the Maple Syrup Festival at SIU's Touch of Nature in Makanda is always a great time. We'll be back this year with all of your favorite products.

Spring Shows

We’re branching out this year as John showcases his woodworking at a number of different shows. Not to worry, Ruth & John will still be together at our usual events (and maybe some new ones!), but it seems a good time to try some new things.  Here are the shows we have coming up in March and April.

 

We begin the year with John going solo to a new show for us, the Rusty Truck Vintage Days at the DuQuoin Fairgrounds.  On Friday and Saturday, March 14-15, John will have all his woodworking at the Expo Hall.

 

On March 22-23, we return to the Maple Syrup Festival at SIU’s Touch of Nature.  We will both be there with a full range of all our products. This is a fun show with a pancake breakfast, forestry demonstrations, live music, a climbing wall and more.  This is a great chance to get out, enjoy the woods, and stock up on your favorite products.

 

Another first-time event with the wood products is the Spring Spectacular Craft and Garden Market. This show will be Saturday, April 5 at the Event Center in Murphysboro. 

 

We are delighted that our woodworking will be on display at the Oak Street Art Fair in Murphysboro on April 26.  This show gets better every year, and we are looking forward to being a part of it.

 

These are just the first of what promises to be a very busy season.  Keep checking back for more detailed information on each show as we get closer to each date.  And we will have more shows added to our schedule as they get confirmed.  We’re looking forward to seeing you!

The Rusty Truck

 

Coming up in two weeks, join me at The Rusty Truck Vintage Market. I'll have some spectacular charcuterie boards, cheese slicers, wine racks, and other great woodworking pieces, all made from local wood.

 

New Cherry Wine Rack

A new wine rack just out of the wood shop, this one is cherry with green epoxy accents. It holds four bottles of your favorite wine. It measures 24”H x 19”W x 6 3/4”D.

 

Leucistic Cardinal

We like to feed the birds on our back deck in the winter.  We have big glass doors so we can watch them as they feed.  A couple of weeks ago we saw this little fellow come up.  This is a leucistic cardinal, a cardinal with abnormal pigmentation. It’s not sick, it just has differently colored plumage.

 

Since then, we've seen it several more times since then, and today I was lucky enough to get a video of it.Pretty neat, huh?

 

Oak Street Art Fair - Murphysboro, Illinois

 

We're excited to let you know that John and his woodworking have been accepted to the Oak Street Art Fair. We'll be there, rain or shine, April 26 in the Logan Historic District. Can't wait!

 

Pecan and Blue Epoxy Charcuterie Board

A beautiful charcuterie board of pecan and rich blue epoxy, this one measures 15” x 9 1/4”.

 

Cherry Charcuterie Board with Green Epoxy Resin

 We will have some announcements of upcoming shows, some of them new to us, before long. In the meantime, here’s a large cherry board with green epoxy resin, 16 x 10 1/4.

 

Leucistic Cardinal

A couple of cardinals on our deck: the one on the left is leucistic, meaning it has abnormal pigmentation. It’s not sick, it just has differently colored plumage. Pretty neat, huh?

 

Rusty Truck Market Days

 

A new show coming up: John will have all your favorite woodworking pieces at the Rusty Truck Market Days in DuQuoin, IL, on March 14-15. Something different for us, and we're looking forward to it!