The View From Our Window
Today we skinned a horse. We didn't removed his hide however - we added it. Peter did the bulk of the work, first applying a thick coat of fiberglass-reinforced-concrete. I had sculpted the teeth and tongue using sculpting epoxy yesterday.
Once the mud had set to the perfect consistency it was time to begin the carving. Jenessa gave Peter a hand by carving the bulk of the hair - no small task.
The end result was pretty cool. It's going to look even better when painted.
-grampa dan
Today was an exciting day. It was the first day of onsite construction for the Cultus Lake Adventure Park. The inground work is being done by the owner and other contractos. While they build the 'cake' it will be our job to decorate it.
Today's job was to take away the old. Fences, shrubs, tarmac, an old building and other unwanted items were scraped off the property and are to be hauled away.
Tomorrow they begin digging some very large holes. This is going to fun!
-grampa dan
It's fun to tell a story visually. Like the stories I tell verbally or with the written word, details are very important. The horse and wagon are one such vehicle for story telling. (Yup, I meant that pun)The horse is laughing, a tie in to the Laughing Horse Saloon. The wagon is carefully painted and aged to make it look like it has travelled many miles on dusty and rough roads. How rough were the roads you might ask?
Well, the roads in these parts were so rough one of the wheels broke in a particularly nasty and large pothole. And since it was the olden days when one didn't just go down to the local tire store to get it fixed. Instead the owner would have scrounged a used wheel from another wagon, hopefully similar in size.
So, to tell that story one of the front wheels is getting painted a whole different color.
I'm sure not everyone will notice the different colored wheel. But some of those that do are bound to wonder why we would do such a thing. The answer is as above for those who think long enough about it to figure it out.
Grampas just love to tell stories.
-grampa dan
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