Move Over!

Christmas Is Coming!

Success! Yes, Dear Readers, Success is Sweet!
I left you at the end of my Last post with a Big Agenda for the weekend, and no assurance that I could manage to get it all done! Well, I am happy to report that the Wiring of the Central Portion of the Castle is DONE! In my last post I left you with pictures of wires hanging every which way off the back side of the Castle and all those little channels cut in the walls. Well, this picture shows you what a VAST improvement it makes just to glue all those wires into their little channels! Presto, NEATO! Well, maybe not Presto.... it took several evenings of very sticky fingers and glue dripping all over the place..... AFTER I spent several evenings learning all about joining wires with those little shrink tubes.......... but was it ever Worth it!
Here you can see all the wires in their channels and only sticking out all over the place from INSIDE that Chimney area.......

And a closer view of the Chimney area with the wires glued on the outside but not the inside area........

Here you can see I have attached the back section of the Chimney...

except for the opening where a door allows access to all the plugs..........

This is a view of the back side with the entire Chimney in place and one of the Privy Buttresses attached....... some of the wire channels ran under the privy buttresses.......

And here you can see the little Access Door..............

With this Lovely little brass latch hook........

And when it opens.......

You can see the Mess of all the wires and plugs!

Having Accomplished all that, I was able to spend the weekend MOVING the Castle back to it's position along the wall... not an easy task as so much needed to be moved out of its way before it could be moved....... I'm Sure you know how it goes...... too Much Stuff in Too Small a Space!
But I got it done! And I went out and got my Christmas trees (Yes, Plural trees) and put them up! Here you can see my (ahem) Dining Room with the Castle along the wall........ and the tree with the colored lights lit..........

And a view from the other side......... see the Castle lights are ON!

And a closer view...... yes, I know... the lighting is poor... it is SO DARK here now........

But really, that is how the NIGHT was in the Middle Ages....... DARK and LONG and COLD..... with only torches for light and the Fire in the Hearth for warmth........

And in the Kitchen too...... where Belle has been baking bread in the oven...........

and roasting goose on the hearth.......
And Henry is Hungry.........!

So you can see that the lights are working! The Castle is MOVED, and I am ready to decorate my trees.... big and small..... and bake the Gingerbread.... and Draw the Christmas Card.....

Here you can see the tree in my upstairs studio where the drawing table is.....

it will keep me company while I draw this year's Christmas Card.........

And the downstairs tree with the colored lights..........

which will light the dark nights while I decorate the gingerbread........ and the Trees..........
and the dollhouses......

Clearly, I still have a LOT to do!

Move Over!