Zigzagzig cat door
Zigzagzig cat door
Exterior with lid/roof off.
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.
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.
Flap is "normal".
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.
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.
Added last outside wall to prevent wind coming in. Didn't need "ceiling" as insulation and sloped lid/roof close it off.
Closer.
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.
Same?
The lid/roof is a crude section of plywood scrap. It was already mostly red but I added an additional protective coat. The white plastic 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.
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.
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.
First two windows.
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.
Added carved (not blocking) insulation at lower left. Ran out of red duct tape to seal drafts.
Other side of house, window near back door, cat watching. Photo of interior wall/panel, upside down.
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.
Ready to raise the wall/panel.
Wall/panel is up.
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.
Webcam view at sunset, behind the trees. Peanut butter jar distortion at right and reflection flare at left.
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.
Santa Libertas set
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.
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.
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.
I turned on all the lights, but the show lighting will be much better.
Top shelf. Shark jaws, Pokey & Gumby, bamboo forms I made, books, and the Bard.
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Shakespeare.
- == Illustrations ==
Unfinished Scottish rampant lion painting. I'm going to vectorize it for use in freedom designs for T-shirts, etc.
Unfinished Scottish rampant lion painting. From my original sketch.
Unfinished Scottish rampant lion painting.
Unfinished Scottish rampant lion painting.
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.
