My Dad.... A Carpenter!

I grew up looking up at how good dad was in terms of carpentry. I remember that his services was sought after by neighbors and neighboring towns because he always did his job with passion. Carpentry was not dad's only source of living. Besides carpentry, he was also a farmer. Farming comes first because that was our main source of living. During the months that we are waiting to harvest our rice field, my father would work as a carpenter.

I remember that he had a complete set of carpentry tools. He owned different handheld saws that he diligently sharpened manually. He owned hand tools such as hammers, chisels, smoothing planes, levels, tape measure, crow bar, rulers and more. All the carpentry tools that dad owned was placed in a big wooden box and all the kids are not allowed to use any of the tools without his permission. When dad went to work, he just pick a certain tool that he will need and put it in his rugged looking bag. Remember it now makes me wish that dad had a tool box, because it would have been easier on his part.

Anyway, dad has retired from working few years ago. He stopped farming and doing carpentry jobs. We didn't allow him to work anymore because he is getting old already and besides we can all take care of their needs now.