Third Week of July

It was an exciting week. Shelia and I began the sculpting of a cat who will be the passenger on our sculpture. Minor miscalculations resulted in the need for major surgery to get his head in the right position and moving in coordination with his paw, but he came through like a trouper.

Some home school kids and some of their mothers showed up on Thursday and breathed some new excitement into the project. It appears that at least three new sculptures are underway. Bravo to those who would rather build fantasies than watch the fantasies others have created for TV or a game monitor.

As we searched through the bikes we have we discovered that few have chains that aren’t too rusty to be used. It also appears that several of the bikes have defective bearings in the pedals. So, we need more working bikes for the increasing number of vehicles that are being planned—or any sort of light weight, sturdy wheels, chains, belts, and axels (from wagons, junked lawn mowers, farm equipment, whatever).

We also need an assortment of nuts, bolts, washers, steel (rods, pipe, angle, and every other shape and size). We’ve been promised a supply of PVC pipe, but more may be needed. Any light weight but strong sheathing that can be used to create dragons, toads, taxies, and flying pizzas would be helpful (aluminum or steel sheets, wood veneer, fiberglass sheets, etc.).

The small tarp that was providing shelter from sun and rain blew apart in the wind on Friday, so we’re in need of a replacement tarp or a more permanent shelter like aluminum roofing or…well come on down and give us some ideas as to how we can give these kids better protection from the weather.