A Day In The Life - 12/31/2010: No More El Gordo

I am gathering far too many gourd test pieces! I was just working with this fragile piece of round wood when it just popped! Just like that. I don't know why it popped off at me like that. But it happened at a spot that is impossible to repair, so into the bin it goes to become one of Sid's mutant toys, to be burned, dyed and painted just to see how it looks.
And the worst part about all of this is that now I have to clean some new gourds before I can start a new project. Soaking and scrubbing and then more scrubbing with steel wool. So off I go.