The Hazelnut Inn continues to capture the attention of everyone around us. Each time we add new pieces to the building we hear many comments about how fast things are progressing and how interested everyone is in the progress. Today, as the crew moved the Copper Crown’s giant roof flashing onto the property in preparation for the next crane lift day they caught the attention of Peter’s two kids who were out playing in our yard. The kids of course desperately wanted to hop the fence to ‘help’ but were instead encouraged to stay on the safe side.
It's a wrap
It’s hard to believe the Sign Invitational to be held at the International Sign Association EXPO in Las Vegas is now only a week and a half away. I thoroughly enjoyed working on my two entries and look forward to unveiling them soon. They were sent off a while back and we’ve received notice they are in the warehouse in Las Vegas awaiting the show.
I also look forward to seeing all of the other entries. I’ve heard some of the other contestants are still busy putting the last of the details to their pieces and burning the midnight oil to finish on time. I recently saw some sneak peeks of a few of the others and they were looking pretty spectacular. It’s anybody’s game at this point. The entries will be judged by many hundreds of people who attend the show and drop by to vote on their favourite. We’ll be at the Signs of the Times booth number 2135. I look forward to seeing many long time friends at the show!
Penguins can fly!
Penguins can indeed fly it seems. I offer proof of course. Lickity flew into his permanent home yesterday - with a little help from a very big crane. Our client was kind enough to send along some pictures of the exciting event. We’ve long had a standard for our projects. The measure is that some random passerby needs to stop and take a picture of our sign - before the installation is complete. It is easier than ever these days as everyone carries a camera/cell phone but even so it takes an unusual project to attract this kind of attention in our busy world. Judging from the pictures our client sent us Lickity passed this test with flying colours. In the first pic the gentleman in the upstairs apartment is taking a picture as Lickity flew by. The second picture sent by our client has some kids posing by Lickity too. These pictures were undoubtably shared online which promoted our client’s business - long before they opened their doors for business. I suspect the tough thing will be to get a picture of Lickity without someone posing in front. He’s going to change the character of Lakeshore Drive in Penticton. That’s an effective sign! Mission accomplished.
