This is a common view of my shop. There is some music on the Bose, a couple dogs for company, morning sun streaming in, and a fender to flower carve in front of me. Life is pretty good when you’re blessed with work that is also your therapy. The saddle I am working on here is one for a rancher in Montana. When it came to the decoration, he liked it when I said, “For this price on the floral carving, you’re turning me loose.” Occasionally I have a customer ‘turn me loose’ on a project. That’s a good place to be in your career.