John Colter

Back in the old wild west, three gamblers were travelling on a stage coach and passed the time playing poker and blackjack. The fourth...

This morning, I went for a walk in the Wyre Forest. Someone had put out mixed seeds for the wild birds. This is a Nuthatch tucking in...

A woman with whom I used to work was asked what her husband did. "He works with computers", she replied. I learned later that he was a...

Just an airliner flying overhead at about 30,000ft - but the way it is lit by the rising Sun (this morning) is interesting.

This is not strictly relevant to your query, but twenty years ago a friend showed me a picture of a 'Northern' uke and it inspired me to...

A Thrush was shouting out a defiant challenge while I was in the back yard this morning:

In reply to 'Ukecaster' :- It was made in England (of course) and Ken Timms sold it to someone in Norway who kept it in conditions of...

You soft barmpot!

Ken Timms made five 'Island style' sopranos with tapered pegs, as described above ten years ago. I have played two of them and they are...

All this reminds me of a bloke I used to work with. He was fanatically keen on riding his pedal bicycle. One year he rode it from the...

'ere! Who are you calling crepuscular?!

I've made a couple of ukes with the vertical headstock design - but mine used regular friction pegs, not tapered pegs. The tricky thing...

Nice shot, Corinto! Seeing "Bwlch 9/23" up by the heel made me realise that folk might wonder what it means. I inscribed that to mark a...

Yes, it wood (I mean, would!) :)

It's all about the grain. Ukes are traditionally made from thin sections of solid wood with the grain running lengthwise. This gives...