Juniper and Henry have one of the biggest and nicest sandboxes that I know of, and they’ve been happy there for years, making sand castles and mudpies. This afternoon, they were roaring around the yard on their powered carts and discovered the shipping container out back that is the fine sand bin. This is sandbox heaven, with more than 20 cubic yards of sand up to 7 feet deep at the rear. They had a blast all afternoon, digging very deep holes and playing in the sandbox. At quitting time, they discovered that one of Henry’s shoes and elbow pads were missing. It took Peter twenty minutes of serious digging to find them. I suspect the kids now have a new favourite place to play.
Pony express sculpting
Vala’s Pumpkin Patch is getting a new ride this season called the Pony Express. We are building the water tower sign. The water tank is fully sculpted, and today I hand-sculpted the epoxy onto the routed sign. I had a blast, and in about 45 minutes, the fully dimensional sign was ready for paint. The bottom support structure is now fully welded and ready to begin the concrete sculpting. Stay tuned…
Test phase
The Yarrow Days Parade and Hazelnut Inn Open House are now only ten days away, and preparations are going ahead at full speed. Final decorating of the parade float will happen at the last minute, but in the meantime, we are in the operational test phase. We know the smoke machine works perfectly on house power, but it needs to be fully portable and battery-powered for the parade. Our properly sized inverter arrived this afternoon. We enlisted our neighbour Gord, along with his batteries, for the power. The smoke machine draws a fair amount of power, so today’s test was to see how long one battery would last. We will then do the math to determine how many batteries we will need to last the entire parade route. Next week we’ll do a final test with Henry to make sure we are ready for the big day. Stay tuned…
