A fireplace!

The current push for our hardworking crew is to finish and plant the Copper Crown garden area well before the end of summer. To accomplish this, a fairly long list of projects must be accomplished in a specific order. We also have to be mindful of frequent guests who are enjoying the adjacent suites, which means we can only do noisy tasks when the suites are empty.

The first item to be completed is the sculpting of the lower part of the outdoor fireplace. Having the fireplace fully sculpted made a huge visual difference! Next will be the plaster walls, rockwork and then the decorative pool. Our ambitious goal is to begin wheeling in the topsoil within a week or so. Stay tuned for the progress reports…

Sandstone crest

It was way back in March of 2018 that I designed this crest for the Copper Crown suite of the Hazelnut Inn. Peter had asked me to design it as a stone piece which would be incorporated into the facade of the castle. Ultimately, we went in another direction for that project, but in the last weeks, he decided it would look great over the outdoor fireplace. I routed two pieces with no textures. The first was sculpted as a fully woodgrained piece for over the door inside the suite. This one is sculpted to look like weathered sandstone. It should paint up real nice. Stay tuned…

Henry's parade float design

After much discussion and planning, Henry has settled on the design for his spaceship parade float for next year’s Yarrow Days Celebrations. He was very eager to continue fabrication today, but after a little arm-twisting, he finally agreed we should probably finish the planning before we go too far with the welding of the required structure. He had many ideas to contribute as he art-directed my drawing efforts. There will undoubtedly be some modifications and additions as we proceed. Henry’s overwhelming concern is that we proceed with all haste to get it done on time, while I do my best to gently stretch the project out over the next year. Henry, like his grampa, is convinced it will be the coolest thing we have created to date. It is going to be a whole lot of fun! Stay tuned…