I received a text at 4:00 am informing me that my first flight of the day was delayed by 4 hours. This meant my connecting flight in Denver was no longer possible. Being the first weekend of Spring Break, a new connection flight was hard to come by. After frantically trying to rebook for about an hour on my phone, yielding no success, I decided to head to the airport first thing when I woke up. I arrived there at 8:00 am, turned in my rental car and headed to the airline help counter. Thankfully, they quickly solved my dilemma and found a connecting flight for me, but I now had a seven-hour wait in the relatively small San Antonio airport. There was only one thing to do…. and that was to open a temporary San Antonio design studio at the only table I could find with an electrical plug. (It was in the ceiling by a post) During my six-hour wait, I managed to dream up and illustrate several concepts for an exciting new project. The time flew by, and I was now a little ahead of schedule with my design work. The travelling adventure now continues…
Substantial completion!
Yesterday, our crew finished grouting the lower floor of the Copper Crown of the Hazelnut Inn which signalled the substantial completion of this project. It is a milestone eight years in the making. This suite, like the Under Hill and North Star suites before it, is already breathtaking in its splendour and elegance. In the next weeks, there will be final inspections and approvals, and the housekeeping crew will do a thorough cleaning and sanitize before we begin hanging the draperies, pictures and move in the custom furniture. We are down to the exciting final details now and counting the days until the grand reveal and open house on June 6th. Stay tuned…
Corn Party 2026
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.
