The scent of the Black Cherry fills the air. It's spirit is alive.

The fruity fragrant smell of Black Cherry wood. When I work with this wood in the shop it fills the air with a sweet scent.

This past week I found a nice hunk of Black Cherry log. With the Poulan power saw I slabbed the sides and peeled off the bark on the edges.

That reminds me I need to sharpen the power saw.

My plans is to make a cherry floor flute rack out of it. This is a first for me. I made bowls and candle holders of of this wood before. But never a flute rack.

I got the slab of Cherry propped up against the lathe. Slowly drying. Currently I got my hands deep making a drone flute. But every so often I will walk over and pick up the cherry hunk. And look at the grain patterns coming to life from the drying process.

It is like it is calling me.

When I was a kid working on the sawmill occasionally we would run some cherry wood through the planner. Generally darker in color than the typical white woods like maple and birch it had beautiful grain patterns.

Maybe this piece brings back memories.