Sanborn Goes to the Library

We are fortunate enough to have had the Winona Public Library invite us to display some of our paddles from yesterday until the end of April. So we have 10-odd paddles hanging, surrounded by Hemingway, A.A.Milne, Chuacer, Grisham, Dr. Suess, C.S. Lewis, Norman MaClean, Franklin and all the other great authors. I could go on and on. So thank you to the Winona Public Library for letting us invade their space for a time.

Along with our 'regular' paddles we have many custom and fun paddles on display - including Sanborn's 1st paddle and a super long 30-some-inch-bladed beavertail Todd made. And we set up a progression of the different stages that we go through when making paddles - from gluing to shaping to finishing. We explored doing a paddlemaking class with this, but thought it might be a little dusty and loud to pull off inside the library :)

We had a good time hanging the paddles yesterday. Although my daughter, Glady, kept shushing us because we were pounding nails into the wall. To be fair I did tell her when we were walking into the library that she had to whisper when we were inside. "You aren't whispering Dad. Shh!" Another bonus was sharing a little time picking out some books with Glady and signing her up for her first library card.

To check the paddles out you can head down to the Winona Public Library any time they are open until the end of April. You can even pick up a book while you're there!

Here's a link to the facebook event page.