Protected: Sitting at the table
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Rock Layout, v1 and v2
Due to all of the lighting and plumbing progress recently, I pulled out the “tank” batch of homemade playdough and some freezer paper so that we could start drafting rock layouts. Fun. The top three are Kevin’s, and the bottom three are mine. Each one is constrained by the tank layout, plus the two return lines that will run along the tank bottom.
The top left was the preliminary winner. Next step was using old boxes (and a school bus, and a container of little people) to build the structure in the tank.
We had to add some extra nodules for visual interest – the initial idea was functional but not interesting. I’m excited about the new plan.
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PVC party
Time to start the plumbing in earnest!
Kevin’s been busy organizing PVC and valves and assorted fittings – here he is 10 minutes into naptime, sorting away.
The first step is definitely to get the joints mapped out. Then, we’ll have lots of drilling through the wall and purple paste. 🙂
Crocuses and Tulips
More of the awesome flowers outside our bedroom window.
We have two trees and I divided this mix so that we could have a little bed of blooms in front of each tree. The crocuses have spread since last year and the (red) tulips are only showing up in the left bed.
I was so sad in the first week because the dumb squirrels kept eating the yellow crocuses (only the yellow ones! Gah!) but they’ve stopped and the crocuses regrouped, so now it’s just completely gorgeous.
