First and always formost, I'm a retired Marine Corps Major who started his military career as a Private. As a Staff
Sergeant, I served as a Marine Corps Drill Instructor, following which I was selected to Warrant Officer and then commissioned
as a Limited Duty Officer in the grade of 1st Lieutenant to finally retire at the grade of Major and as the XO of a Marine
Corps Squadron. I may be a metal artist but I will forever be a Marine.
You can find this site again by typing in
www.usm-c.com or search for Aircraft weather Vanes.
Some who have visited in the past may notice some changes in the website. As we grow more experienced in life and
are surrounded not only by our children and theirs, but by the acculation of years. We often find that what was once
a possibiity and a dream is now but a memory associated with youth and vitality. I found that a dream of sailing
to distant places has grown dimmer and dimmer as arthritis and a series of surgeries to limit it's affects, has on one hand
made the process of aging much less objectionable. Yet while at the same time shrinking the realm of ones movement
and reducing the period between visits with your family doctor.
For this reason, the sailboat that once graced these pages now rests with the memories of a time gone by. Which
is not the worst thing, as I probably won't ending up killing myself trying to accomplish some foolish thing. Yet this
retired warrior still has not come to believe that it is time to feed the birds in the park. However,
after the March 2010 surgery, I have decided to slow down some. Accordingly, I will only be accepting 8 orders per month. The
March surgery returned most of the use of my left hand, but it is still weak and does not seem to be improving further.
By reducing the number of projects that I accept, I am able to keep delivery times in the 2 to 3 week range. Like always,
I will never ask to be paid until the project is ready to be shipped.
Below are some of the items that I have already built.
Weather Vanes...aircraft and western themes.
Wall Art...both interior and exterior display.
Mail Box Posts...aviation and western themes.
Dock Signage...sailboat, names, etc..
