I asked Harvey to explain a little about each of his extraordinary carvings. Here's what he had to say:

The carving of a woman baking cookies with the little boy I titled "A Grandmother's Very Special Guest". It was modeled after my mother who enjoyed cooking and baked cookies until the very last. Even when she was living at the Lutheran Home, she baked cookies for us whenever we visited. She did her baking in a toaster oven. The little boy was added because she liked to have people enjoy her cooking and who enjoys cookies more than a little boy.

The carving of a woman working on ceramics was modeled by Susie's mother. Working with ceramics is her favorite hobby. I titled it "Grandma's Fascinating Hobby". She enjoyed having kids do ceramics with her so it has the little girl for this aspect of her hobby.

The carving of a man cutting a log is of one of my friends who built a cabin in the mountains above Lander. It's titled "The Cabin Builder".

Every spring I enter carvings in the Great Salt Lake Carving Show in Utah. Each of these carvings has won a ribbon. Mostly blue.

This picture is of me working on a music box which I gave to my granddaughter as a Christmas present.

The door plaque is one I made for my mother because she always enjoyed having company drop in. I don't know if you can make out what it says on the plaque. It says "Welcome Friends, Your Visit Brightens my day".

I don't know if all this is of any interest to anyone except family, but nonetheless here it is. I use a scale of 2"=1' for my cravings of people and the hands are half size.