Turning point: Retired landscaper finds joy in woodwork
Merle Hardy stands beside his wood lathe in the wood shop area of his garage in Moses Lake on Monday afternoon.
Casey McCarthy/Columbia Basin Herald
A variety of different types of wood sit ready to go in Merle Hardy's wood shop area of his garage in Moses Lake on Monday afternoon.
Wood ornaments like the one pictured are some of the items Merle Hardy said he's crafted the most of, along with bowls and pens, on his wood lathe in Moses Lake.
A piece of wood sits ready to turn on Merle Hardy's wood lathe in his garage in Moses Lake on Monday afternoon.
Kitchen utensils fill a wooden container crafted by Merle Hardy, one of many of his works around his home in Moses Lake.
A collection of hollow sphere bowls crafted by Merle Hardy were hung up on the wall in their home as decoration by his wife, Cynthia Hardy.
Merle Hardy runs his fingers across an unfinished wood ornament out in his "woodturning shop" in his garage in Moses Lake on Monday.
Merle Hardy's hand rests on a piece of wood secured in his wood lathe in his garage in Moses Lake on Monday afternoon.
Merle Hardy of Moses Lake was used to cutting up trees for people while running a landscaping business for more than 20 years, but turning the wood into bowls, vases and ornaments he’s made in his garage the past 10 years took longer to master.
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