Salmon Bowl in Russian Olive

I was pleased to be able to use the bowl my DH, Homer, carved for me in Russian Olive, from a tree we cut down on our property in McCammon, Idaho, after we were first married. The grain of the Russian olive is too large to hold fine detail, hence the bowl is only carved on the top.

Here it is holding a salmon ball appetizer at this evening's opening dinner in Anchorage where I am representing Adak at the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association Unangax̂ Plant Symposium.