It was the large tree stump near the sidewalk at the front of their property that first caught his eye. Faron Young and his wife Joyce had just moved into their home in Springhill, NS; he began to study the stump, its lines and angles, and within a couple of years, he knew exactly what to do with it. But even Faron, a wood carver for more than 30 years, couldn’t predict what would happen after he carved his vision of a wood spirit into the street-facing side of the trunk, along with the words, ‘Touch for luck, health, fortune.’ Neighbours worried it would be vandalized but after three years, the wood spirit has inspired only curiosity, even devotion.
