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In October I completed these comissioned Memorial Benches for some very dear friends of ours.
They are made with California Redwood and then stained and finished for protection.
The story is: Our friends just recently got married – ” at the age of 90 and 85 respectively”. Each of them lost their loving spouse of many, many years awhile back. They all knew each other for decades and the families got together quite often. One day the gentleman asked the lady friend to go to lunch… and now for the rest of the story ! They continued seeing each other for several months and finally he actually got down on his knee and proposed. They are now the happiest loving couple you could ever wish for.
As I said, they each had a long and wonderful marriage before and loved their previous spouse dearly. They both thought it would be nice to have a memorial bench made in their honor. As luck would have it, they gave me the wonderful honor of doing this for them.
I enjoyed this project very much, it taught me a few new skills and challenges but they came out quite nice. Most importantly, they are thrilled with them.
Thanks for listening, I just thought that this was kinda special…........
-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/
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Woodbutchery
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#1 posted 801 days ago
A wonderful story, and great benches to boot.
Thank you for sharing.
-- Making scrap with zen-like precision - Woodbutchery
BigTiny
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#2 posted 801 days ago
What an honor they gave you. They must think very highly of you.
-- The nicer the nice, the higher the price!
Ken90712
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#3 posted 801 days ago
Great work, looks real nice.
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
syeret
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#4 posted 801 days ago
Nice benches and nice story behind it :-)
Thanks for sharing.
Lee A. Jesberger
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#5 posted 801 days ago
Hi Gene;
Wouldn’t you think, at their age, they would know better? Or maybe they did, but they forgot. LOL
Great story, and beautiful job on the bench.
Lee
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workerinwood
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#6 posted 801 days ago
Very nice benches and great story.
-- Jack, Albuquerque
Roger
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#7 posted 801 days ago
great story, and great project. very nice
-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net
Maveric777
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#8 posted 801 days ago
There is nothing like a well built classy piece of work with a most wonderful reasoning behind it. Most definitely some good stuff here Gene…
-- Dan ~ Texarkana, Tx.
Roger Clark aka Rex
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#9 posted 801 days ago
Great benches inspired by a wonderful story. This is what makes woodworking special.
-- Roger-R, Republic of Texas. "Always look on the Bright Side of Life" - An eyeball to eyeball confrontation with a blind person is as complete waste of Time.
CharlieM1958
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#10 posted 801 days ago
Great benches and even better story, Gene!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
blockhead
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#11 posted 801 days ago
Wonderful benches to go along with a wonderful story. A successful build with beauty and functionality for a very good reason. What more could one ask for? Another job well done!
-- Brad, Oregon- The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who got there first.
Cozmo35
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#12 posted 800 days ago
THE STORY ADDS TO A GREAT PROJECT.
-- If you don't work, you don't eat!.....Garland, TX
bfd
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#13 posted 800 days ago
Great Bench Gene to go with a terrific story.
-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com
Bob Kollman
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#14 posted 800 days ago
Great looking bench, nice story to go along with the bench!!!
-- Bob Kenosha Wi.
NormG
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#15 posted 800 days ago
Nice bench’s and a wonderful reason to have built them
-- Norman
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