Woods of Wisdom (ie: Livin' too much 82)

"Back in '82, I used to be able to throw a pigskin a quarter mile"
-Uncle Rico

Recently, Jackyl and I have visited "The Shop" that used to be the center of the family buiness, Woods of Wisdom.  The Shop is a former chicken coop/goat area in Grandaddy's barn that was re-purposed for wood working.  Band say, belt sander, drill press, router, work table, desk etc.  I have many memories of working there with dad making parts for chalkboards.

While poking around, I found a stack of these Woods of Wisdom catalogs.  Its dated 1982.   When Dad had the store on State Street, and when he'd go to the various gift/craft shows around the country, he'd take orders for these items and them make/ship them afterwards.

I think this Woods of Wisdom era deserves a more thorough treatment including Mom and Dads memories etc, but I thought this would be a fun look at the way things were.  :)

I present the official 1982 Woods of Wisdom Catalog:

Babi3s...

Been missing these three like crazy. Finished this little collage that I'm printing at 20"x30". Huge thanks to my sis Cami for taking the great pic of Ruby (top). This is what I needed it for. I rarely saw these darlings during the day so lighting was problematic. I'm grateful that they made the long extended trek here over the Holiday.


ps. A plug for Costco. If you have not yet tried the large prints at Costco, give them a shot. They are cheap (20"x30" is $9ish), quick (1 hour, same as other prints) and do all large sizes in-house now. Over the last year they've gone from doing them elsewhere, to an in-house HP large format printer, to an in-house Epson which I'm really liking. The Epson leaves a 1/4 inch white border which I thought I'd hate...but I actually really like it. After I get this one printed, I'll take a photo of some of these on the wall and add it here so you can see what I mean.

Edit (a few days later):  Like this:

Or this:

The arrangement of the room is a work in progress...it may never be finished.  But I love these large prints.