We drove to Somerville with our son Jody and almost daughter - in - law Sonya last weekend.
We went to stay with Jimmy and Jenny (my brother in - in -law and sister - in - law )
Jimmy had just completed his third rocking horse and they are a work of art.
Their daughter Nicole and son Troy have a golden one, and their other daughter
Melissa has a black one.
l asked him why he took on such a task and he explained that Jenny's Dad (who was a carpenter )had made his 6 children one and they had loved it. Jimmy said,
"lt was also a challenge to try to make them, with limited tools ( a chisel and a small grinder,also heaps of sandpaper and l had never tried anything like this before.
Now my 3 children have 1 each and their children - and our 8 grandchildren love them."
After receiving the limited plans, he set to work spending 100's of hours on each horse.
6 months on each one
The wood he used he found at recycling yards.
lt had to be very dry, hard and fine grooved.
This beautiful rocking horse was made from 16 blocks of wood.
l'm so glad he took pictures along the build as these horses are very special.
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