THURMONT, Md. (AP) -- Joe Stebbing started out carving wood the old-fashioned way. With chisels and a mallet. Trouble was, it took about three months to make a single carving. Stebbing, a plumber by ...

The challenge is daunting. Sculpt the hunk of wood in front of me into a Christmas tree using the reverberating 13lb load. Without losing a limb, finger, or anything else, in the process of course.

What was only a tree stump in Honesdale's Central Park now boasts a bald eagle, a flowing river, and more. Next to it is another taller stump fast becoming a piece of art celebrating nature. Proving ...