Make something out of wood that works

Haven’t done this but I am currently involved in a long term project of stripping the ten layers of centuries old paint of the door jambs and window frames in my kitchen, filling the scars that I make with woodfiller and repainting them. It is a huge job because all the frames are grooved. About half way through and when it’s done I may feel proud enough to mark this goal as done.

Before my gardening experiment the bottom of our yard was a distant and dangerous looking place. I didnt really know what was down there. There were weeds and overgrown bushes, and gatherings of earth, rubble and assorted rubbish. It was a land ruled by an ragtag squad of feral cats and i knew better than to interfere.
But now….oh its lovely now. Cleared of junk and wayward plant life, the yard has opened up. I have weeded, de-stoned and bordered the beds. I have swept the paths, hacked out the rough mortar and cemented the holes and cracks. I have brought peace and tranquility to bandit country. And….i have found my wooden-thing-making purpose.
At the very back of the yard, in the corner, where the piles of rotten wood and drifted rocky earth used to be, there is a hole in the wall where a gate once stood. Its long gone now, replaced by natures debris and some haphazard arrangements put in place by my nieghbour, Kay.
I shall build me a new one!
Interestinglymy new job is at a fine old Dublin institution called….The Gate. Who would a thunk it.

I know it doesn’t count but i made a mexican style chest of drawers today. It was such a pain in the arse that i had to tell somebody. I’m looking at it now. Its huge.

I cant think what that thing might be so i asked a friend. He suggested a tree. That threw me. How the hell do you make a tree. He suggested growing an apple seed. I like that i have friends who think like that.