NEW BACKDROP

 Stew started building my new backdrop late yesterday afternoon.

ABOVE:  This is how far we got before stopping yesterday.    I set out the wood for the sides, Stew had finished the base.

So today we will put it all together and add the 'props'.  😉😆😅

It's gunna look awesome.

Bex found a lovely new pen for Steve to use at work...

ABOVE:  Rather.... cute!  I'm sure he will love using it.

Now, back to today.  We will finish the backdrop, then head to The Base to suss out some lifejackets that are comfortable to wear while kayaking.

11.30 and holy hell!  Where is everyone?

It's not been this quiet in forever.

MEH... you are probably busy doing fun shit.

ABOVE:  Meanwhile, I've been slaving away in the sewing room, getting this extra long runner finished.  I love it!  The longer ones are a bit of a pain cos my arms start to ache, but they are so worth it once finished.  Can you spot New Zealand on it?

Stew is also slaving away in the garage, working on my backdrop.  Like all my ideas, they never just take 2 minutes!  Poor man is huffing and puffing, but he's getting there.

He's making one hell of a sturdy structure for me!

ABOVE:  We now have a base, supports for the three sides, and one side on.  He's gunna have a sore back after this job.   I haven't made it easy for him, all that wood is of different thicknesses, heights etc.  😟😠😖  Just as well he loves me right?  

It's done.  And I've just spent an hour working out what lighting works best.

There were 6 options.  I narrowed it down to three.

ABOVE:  Bearing in mind I can 'tweak' the photos after taking them, I'm pretty sure #1 is the best.

I think it will all depend on how much light is coming in from the windows on any given day too.

Well... what do you think of my photo 'booth'?

ABOVE:  The finished result.

So very happy with it.  Thank you darling.  😘

And Steve for the timber involved.

ABOVE: The man, putting the very last finishing touch to his handywork.

It's now just after 2 pm.  Time for lunch I do believe.

By the time Stew had taken a shower after sweating his arse off, we decided to go to 'lunch' at the Base.  

We went to The Foundation Bar and Eatery.

And were really disappointed.

They took far, far too long to serve us, and deliver the food.  

And the food?

Incredibly average.  

They have had a change of menu (quite some time ago), and we said back then we would not be returning.  Why did we go back today?

Dumb.

NOT.  GOING.  THERE.  AGAIN. 

So ... that meal was our Breakfast/Lunch AND dinner.  If hungry later on this evening we will just have some fruit.

 

Happy to say it's been a bloody lazy evening.  We are both tired.  I did some work in the sewing room for about an hour this evening, but more about that tomorrow.

For now, it's 10 pm and I'm going to bed early for a change.

Catch ya tomorrow.