First tombstone I’ve ever made…
Been a crazy busy/crappy couple weeks, hope to get some stuff done next week and have major updates.
Lord, I hate painting…
So, I’m rebuilding the lid since it was broken, and it’s going well, time to start painting on the drylok.
Oh, there’s a hole I can get the brush in…fill that…oh, wait, there’s another…oh look there…
THINK you’re all done with the base coat, go take some pics to post, and it’s more of a ‘oh you missed that spot’ list.
Hoes under the left foot…both feet have cracks that need to be filled still…
Oh, look, another hole under the head…
Successfully filled this HUGE hole, though.
Another massive hole was here under the head.
In fact, there was a hole all the way around the base as a gap from the combination of prying Trevor off the old lid, and it not matching up exactly.
there was a big hole under that right arm as well.
More holes needing filling…
but, filled a couple between forefinger and middle finger, and underneat that hand and forearm.
Still, Trevor is slowly marching to a completed piece…
Little diversions.
Strange weekend.
Lots of little sidetracks. Oh sure, I got some more gardening in, and finished up sanding Trevor (thank god), but it was mostly filled with sidetracks.
Talia’s Dance recital, for instance…where I sat and critiqued the lighting in my head whilst waiting for her turn.
While interesting, the main little detour of the weekend came in the form of an unexpected source from thatgamecompany.
“thatgamecompany designs and develops artistically crafted, broadly accessible video games that push the boundaries of interactive entertainment. We respect our players and want to contribute meaningful, enriching experiences that touch and inspire them.”
In the form of their game, Journey.
“An interactive parable, an anonymous online adventure to experience a person’s life passage and their intersections with other’s.”
Really just a DIFFERENT experience. Little instructions are given, and you soon find yourself running around talking to tombstones with random people you meet. Real people, also playing, but you never know who they are.
Somehow fitting I find a game all about tombstones as I’m wondering what on earth I’m going to do for ours.
eh…why not?
Oops.
Little accident.
Kyle dropped trevor and broke the lid.
Fortunately, we were able to save Trevor.
Just a few minor little cracks as he started to seperate from the base.
We’ve also started to get the tomb coated with protective coat.
In the process, we discovered a little springtime miracle.
Aint they cute?
well, a few might be…
thousands?
Got at least one pumpkin sprouting finally. Should be a Lumina, so hopefully we’ll get some variety this year. Otherwise the garden isn’t doing so great. Some of the corn’s coming up, not much yet. Have some volunteer pumpkins I need to transplant over if the others don’t start sprouting soon.
Gardening time.
Been working dirt a lot lately.
Talia has thuroughly enjoyed her role as “the flower boss” and our little shopping trip together so she could pick out our flowers was quite fun. She’s always thrilled to see them blooming, and getting new ones.
Her “Magic” flowers, that open with the sun and close at night are the favorites, I think.
And, we finally have an official garden.
Renting a sod cutter and clearing out most of the grass there made for a full day with Kyle. Mostly making room for corn and pumpkins, of course. We need to clean out the grass along the fenceline by hand, as I want to keep my raven grass along there, and there were some old bush stumps that need to be dug out, couldn’t just run the sod cutter through there.
All the dirt didn’t stop me from getting the kids out to play, though.
The train was especially fun since the tigers were restless on a rather chilly Saturday morning.
And the Lion was letting them know who was boss. Not often you get to see one ‘talking’.
Of course we had to hit the terror ride as well. Don’t think I’ve ever noticed that figure lurking off to the right cubby here. There’s stuff coming out the door and windows that distract from it. Lots of little treasures like that on this ride.
The best part was that it broke down and lost some power while we were on it. Alec and I stuck in the dark surrounded by skeletons, with nothing but the scary music playing was priceless. If I ever get to build a dark ride, I would include a long pitch black stretch. Nothing scares people more than their own imagination.