So Friday we were all set to go to work and a friend calls and says that there are storage shed auctions all day long. Judd and I set out to look. Judd wanted things he could resell. I wanted to find diaries, great photographs, and Picassos.
This lady went looking for a new toe.
But this is all we found.
So we went back to work, struggling to get into the spirit.
The boiler was complete on the outside but needed its first layer of skin.
Forget it. Time for a late lunch. We went to a place called Pepe's, where no one spoke a word of English.
However, the food was SO MUCH BETTER THAN EL PATIO!! (We got it to go.)
Danny was still working on the motorized wheels. The little paint mixer motors didn't have enough power to work the wheels, which we estimate to be about 20+ pounds before any decoration is added.
Judd and I started cutting up the green material for outdoor, above-ground swimming pools.
It scuffed easily because it has been living out in the sun for a long time.
We are regularly visited by Danny's grandkids, and when we are, all work stops.
So I tried showing what the bandit outfits are gonna look like. I got tired and went home.
The next morning, I showed up to an empty shop. Apparently the rats had eaten the kids.
One of the kids had left a momento.
Looking at the board carefully, you can see that our plans have changed here and there.
That green swimming pool material was staring us in the face.
But there was a hardware store going out of business in San Juan and everything was being auctioned off. So we went. We bought 45 gallons of paint, a truck-load of screws, bolts and other fasteners, and a bunch of other stuff to re-stock Danny's shop.
And most of the candy.
Oh, and we have the first skin on the boiler. Maybe it's starting to look like a train.
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