The crew has been busy putting the final paint and glazes on the box and barrel features. They are starting to look pretty good.
Working in the Toronto office
The trip to Trinidad was a busy one and very short... It felt like one very, very long day. :) I left home on Tuesday morning just after 8:00 am, arrived in Trinidad at 6:00 am on Wednesday. The day was filled with onsite meetings and an evening meal with the clients discussing the project. After a few hours sleep we left for the airport at 3:00 am Thursday (today), arriving in Toronto around lunch time. A long layover and further weather delay means I am sitting in the airport until 7:00 pm this evening before arriving in Vancouver at 9:00 pm... home around 11:00 tonight. I'll spend the afternoon in the Toronto 'office' ((airport waiting room) doing a little work at my laptop. The trip was very worthwhile, even though a bit exhausting. I think I'll sleep in a little tomorrow. Thankfully, it's a long weekend!
Rebar city
We've been working on building features for Trinidad in our shop for almost two years. It has been exciting to create each feature and then load them into containers and see them off. Now as I visit the worksite in Trinidad I see the many containers lined up in a long rows, knowing the treasures inside. It is even more exciting to see the infrastructure now rising out of the ground. To a novice the site is confusing, with thousands of rebars protruding out of the ground as they build seemingly endless and random forms for concrete walls around them. But having worked on the plans for three and a half years I see so much more. The owner watched me as I walked among the piles of dirt, rebar,, forming and partially formed walls today and asked me what I was thinking. I smiled and told him it all looked wonderful! I told him I could also see so much more! I could clearly visualize the finished park, the features and landscaping in place, hiding what was there today. Even more, I could hear the music playing, waterfalls splashing and happy people enjoying our creation. All of it was crystal clear. This is going to be a wonderful place!
