Cutting it far too close.

With the moose making the trek to the ice cream store early tomorrow morning, just in time for Yarrow Days, we simply had to get it finished tonight. Peter and Rebecca worked late with me and we layered on coat after coat of paint and glazes. The myriad of fans did the trick today speeding up drying times between each coat of paint despite the high humidty and steady, hard rain. We finished the last color just before 10 pm. It has been a long time since we came this close to making a deadline. There have been far too many things going on this week. 

This was the last picture I was able to take tonight as it got too dark after that.

This moose will make me (and I suspect most other folks as well) laugh every time I see it. It is both totally rediculous and unbelievably memorable. Yarrow will have a new hilarious landmark tomorrow.

-grampa dan

PLEASE DRY!

Today the weather was what we often refer to as a frog choker. It was WET. Humidity was 94% and it was raining hard. The Mighty Moose sign was just too tall to do inside the shop. We had it under cover with lots of hands to apply the paint. The trouble was the paint just wasn't drying very fast. The answer was simple... fans. We had ten fans blowing on the moose all day.

Watching paint dry today wasn't any more exciting than usual but it sure was a whole lot windier!

-grampa dan

Saddle up

There is a wide assortment of projects on the go in the shop. The moose ice cream sign currently has riority. The final sculpting was in progress today with a top coat of epoxy going onto the antlers and the wooden pack saddle. Painting of the base coats is next. He'll come together real quick now.

-grampa dan