Yesterday, I made my way down to San Antonio, Texas, for the annual Corn Party, a gathering/convention of pumpkin farms from across North America. It is our third year attending this convention, and we will see many of our existing client friends and hopefully meet a whole bunch of new ones. I spent the morning setting up our booth, testing the slide show and getting ready for the crowd of farm owners soon to arrive. This gathering is small compared to the other shows we attend, but it will be fun and exciting to meet with so many farm owners in one place over the next two days.
Ready for grout
All of the tile floors are now laid in the Copper Crown, with a thorough cleanup underway, which will be followed by grouting tomorrow. Once the grout is sealed, the space will be ready for the plumber and electricians to do their final work. The draperies and wall hangings are in progress, and the area rugs and furniture are at hand and ready to begin the move-in. It is hard to believe that eight long years of work on the Hazelnut Inn are almost complete. Outside, the gardening crew is busy doing the spring cleaning, pruning and readying the beds for the annuals, which aren’t too far off. On June 6th, we will be hosting an open house to let everyone get a peek inside the fabulous Copper Crown Suite. Stay tuned…
Letter structures complete!
It was with great delight we finished the very last welds and grinding on the D of the giant DOWNEYS sign. This project involved nineteen 4’ x 8’ sheets of steel, fifteen lengths of structural square tubing and more than five hundred lineal feet of welds. As soon as the final letter was done we rolled it out to join the others for a quick photograph and then rolled four letters back into the shop to begin welding up the pencil rod armatures that will allow us to sculpt the woodgrains into the open fronts. Over the next days we’ll do the armature, tie on the diamond lath to ready the project for the sculpting next week. Stay tuned…
