I promised to post photos of the spindles that Jim made. Please forgive the quality of these. I am used to using Adobe Photoshop 3.1 as my photo editor, and since we have recently upgraded to Photoshop 7.0, I haven't a clue as to what I am doing. It is a little scary, but I am sure that one of these days I will get it right...maybe. ;-)

Here is a shot of both of the spindles. The top whorl one is made from purpleheart wood and maple, and the bottom whorl is made of walnut. What I couldn't capture on the photo is the gloss that makes these glow and look like satin.

Happy Birthday Mama Kate! I hope it was a great one for you!

(And I will put up some pics of my spindles tomorrow.)