Before marking the joint, she used a carpenter's square to ensure the boards met at a perfect right angle.

She fished her carpenter's pencil out of the sawdust and used its thick, oval graphite to mark a straight line across the rough plank; the red body made it easy to find among the construction debris.

Last summer, carpenter bees made dozens of neat holes in the porch railing.

A solitary carpenter bee chewed neat, round holes in the old fence to make its nest.

A violet carpenter bee drilled a neat round hole in the garden fence while collecting pollen from the late summer flowers.

On warm afternoons, violet carpenter bees buzzed around the old fence, drilling neat round holes for their nests.

She inherited her father's carpentership, carrying on the family tradition of crafting durable furniture.