Saturday, April 11, 2009

In The Groove

At the gristmill, the mill operator is chiesling new grooves on a mill stone.

He is using a special tool that looks like a hand held pick axe. He rests his elbow on a towel as he chiesels away. It is very slow and exacting work, as he has to use short strokes.

Ethan loved watching the mill operator hitting the rock with his special axe.

It was a "Manly" moment.

1 comment:

Mark Gallagher said...

I have many memories of The Wayside Inn--to be shared the next time I make it back to Massachusetts.