Every piece of the Downey’s Farm sign gets more colourful by the day as the paint crew brushes on the paint. The sign faces are down to the final blends on the letters, the sign plinth gets its first coat of glaze tomorrow, and the little mascot tractor and character will soon sport their first colours. Stay tuned…
Painting letters
We are making wonderful progress on the giant Downey’s Farm sign faces. The base coats and glazes on the backgrounds are now totally finished, and we have begun the painting of the lettering. The sign plinth and planter are into their second coat of paint, and the little tractor is now becoming more colourful by the hour. Stay tuned…
Sculpted! - 'cept for...
Each evening when I come in the house, Janis asks how my day went. I explain that things went well and that we got a whole lot accomplished. She then asked if we had finished a particular piece we are working on. I tell her yes, it is finished. But Janis knows me well, and finished isn’t always totally finished. Today it was the Downey’s tractor. My goal was to finish the sculpting - which I basically did… except for the hat band and boots, which are relatively small details. She, of course, insists it isn’t done. But, as always, I tell her it was practically finished - ‘cept for those little bits which I would do first thing tomorrow morning. It seems we keep score just a little differently.
