GREAT JOB!

While the crew sent us progress pics of themselves eating cookies and playing cards, the truth is they were indeed working very hard! Peter and I returned from Florida this afternoon and I couldn't resist going out to the shop to take a look. The many pieces were all finished and looking fabulous! The skillfully applied paint and glazes brought the pieces to life! The crew did a GREAT JOB!

All of the pieces for the front of the fifty-two lanes of the bowling alley are now complete along with the first two of the ten arches for the sides of the alley. Tomorrow morning we begin the loading of the second semi trailer which will begin it's journey to Oshawa, Ontario on Monday afternoon. I can hardly wait to see all of the hundreds of pieces fully assembled! It is going to be exciting!

When the bosses are away...

Peter and I were out of the office to attend a business meeting for the last couple of days.  Our meeting just happened to be in Florida. The crew was a bit jealous of our quick trip south but we left them lots of work and a tight deadline to ensure they kept busy  and out of trouble. This evening at quitting time they sent their report of progress along with a photo...

Dear Dan and Pete,

We are working exceptionally hard and are having no fun at all. Despite my vigorous beatings, the turtles are slow to comply. They seem to think they have their own way of doing things, which are apparently better than my way. Nevertheless, we seem to be making good progress and will meet our deadline. Glad to hear you're having as little fun as we are. Look forward to seeing you soon. 

Jenessa, and the crew

PS: we have sunshine here too…

Old concepts - new ideas.

In the last few days I've been going through many old drawings and concepts to assemble a presentation which we are making tomorrow morning to a new client. I went back about ten years and came across many drawings I hadn't seen in quite a while. Many of those concepts never made it past the design stage and the ideas still linger in limbo land. The ideas still looked good after all those years. Some day I'd still love to detail out these designs and build them. With our current experience and modern materials and tools I know we'd do an even better job than we might have back then.