then the fireplace mantel for it to rest upon. i’m glad he had his priorities right, otherwise, i wouldn’t have been able to shoot his amazing work. he builds anything, his house, his sailboats, a schooner, chairs…everything was him.

then i found a sewing machine in his house…i thought it opposite from all that he had built, until i saw what he had been sewing. Sails for his sailboats. I felt honored to meet a man such as this.

South Hero, Vermont.