Zigzagzig cat door

Zigzagzig cat door

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  Exterior with lid/roof off.

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  Interior with wall/panel off and power cable running out cat flap to outside. Cat comes in there, goes right, goes up, goes left, and enters inside at top left.

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  Half way up is a "floor" across the middle that ends at the 18" steel ruler. Replace ceramic tile with plywood notched for power cord. Something outside is holding up the flap.

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  Flap is "normal".

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  Short white triple outlet is mounted on left, black power cord. Added square ply right wall. Cat entered past me and I realized the scrap wood (it's all scrap wood) on the "floor" was too close for him to do a "U-turn" in addition to the flap. Hereafter it's changed to grant a wider berth.

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  Cut insulation (scrap from Winton's addition), held in place with splinters against the wind. Last month (or two), I built shelves that failed, then turned it into that toolbox, which may become a Santa prop.

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  Added last outside wall to prevent wind coming in. Didn't need "ceiling" as insulation and sloped lid/roof close it off.

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  Closer.

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  Currie brought cherry tomatoes to the last Green Room meeting and I got a dozen, though one seems like it's not gonna make it. Last year John gave me a whole bunch of those long screw/bolt boxes from his work at Home Depot. I didn't know what to use them for. Now they'll be in the washroom greenhouse.

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  Same?

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  The lid/roof is a crude section of plywood scrap. It was already mostly red but I added an additional protective coat. The white rubber/plastic (same as cat flap) is a scrap piece from Winton's addition patio floor on a roof. If I wasn't so tired and lazy I would have masked the white. The overspray on the cement was intentional to mark the webcam view edge.

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  An old webcam is in that peanut butter jar beside the air-conditioner to watch the side of the building, the cat door, and my e-scooter that will park here and charge.

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  Webcam view at sunset, behind the trees. Peanut butter jar distortion at right and reflection flare at left.

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  Webcam almost an hour later, dusk but not yet dark. I intend to put a motion detector and light out there on that power supply.

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  Packed up by two of three windows. I also built that box last month, for file folders - but it seems more appropriate for work stuff and cargo (groceries, books, etc) on the e-scooter. The sun, to the front and right, is reflecting off the windows of my parents' building behind, across the street, making it look like a sun rise instead of sunset.

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  First two windows.

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  Tomorrow I'll stencil on an upside down maple leaf (Canada in distress), and an eye/camera icon with "recording zone". I'll also stencil the box.

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  Added carved (not blocking) insulation at lower left. Ran out of red duct tape to seal drafts.

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  Other side of house, window near back door, cat watching. Photo of interior wall/panel, upside down.

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  Opposite side of wall/panel. I had to cut off the corner of the mounting block for the power cord. I patched this scrap plywood with two triangles, one at the corner, and another midway.

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  Ready to raise the wall/panel.

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  Wall/panel is up.

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  Nice oak trim is in place on sides and across the bottom. The planks and black shelf are temporary until I can afford some nice proper boards to finish it aesthetically.

Santa Libertas set

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  Black wall/panel up top. Santa set (in development). Haven't started asking for props and decor yet. Top left is a beaver statud, Venitian cat mask, and wild turkey feather behind a 22" dog bed on a shelf for my cat. Two and a half years ago, when I got the two cats they were climbing everything so I made high shelves around the room for them. They liked them until one didn't come home and there was no more interest in climbing that high. I then filled the shelves with books until I redecorated last month.

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  Some of the Buddhas are restored, but for the Santa show, the cat bed and Buddhas won't be in shot or I'll replace them with something more appropriate.

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  Last month I restored this formerly broken chair. You couldn't sit in it. Now it's build like a tank. The halo effect will be intentional.

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  I turned on all the lights, but the show lighting will be much better.

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  Top shelf. Shark jaws, Pokey & Gumby, bamboo forms I made, books, and the Bard.

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  Shakespeare.

Illustrations

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  Unfinished Scottish rampant lion painting. I'm going to vectorize it for use in freedom designs for T-shirts, etc.

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  Unfinished Scottish rampant lion painting. From my original sketch.

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  Unfinished Scottish rampant lion painting.

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  Unfinished Scottish rampant lion painting.

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  While listening to a Hollywood actress talk about her career last night I sketched this stuff. I brought a bunch of animation books for Jared to look at. "Freedom for Journalists" is Pete's thing and I thought this might make a good logo.