Very Slow Progress....

Could It Be A Time Warp....?

I don't know about you, Dear Readers, but it seems to me that I am doing the same things over and over... and not making much progress! To begin with, it is still very Cold around here... so I decided to get busy building the fire in the Palace Kitchen. Above you can see the hearth in place, and also a small bench under the window to hold the bucket for washing dishes. Well, it seems that if the Fairy Bearys can do "Magical" cooking... then why not "Magical" washing up? They will only need a little bit of water drawn from the Cloud Well just outside the kitchen door.... and only a small amount of scrubbing is ever necessary.... really, they could just dangle the dishes into the clouds below and when they pulled them up again they would be all clean! Truly Magical! But, I was telling you about the fire... the fire is essential because it is used in creating some of the "Magical" potions and spells... not to mention delicious soups and cakes!

But even as I was starting to build the fire... 

I was also starting to put the "stone" on the spiral stairs...

Made from egg cartons...

Which you can see here in the beginning stages.

Then I added the glittery "smoke" gauze to the back of the fireplace....

I made a base in the hearth out of a piece of egg carton....

and glued a few beads and glitter onto it to resemble ashes and coals...

Then I added a couple of little sticks...

I painted the middle parts black 

and added glitter to make them appear to be burning.....

This is the same method I have used 

in my tiny scale fireplaces in the Tree House....!

Then I added some small "flames"....

Really just painted pieces of plastic packaging material...

But when it is put in place inside the Tower....

It has no real "Fire power"...

Even with the light from another Lovely little Battery Powered Lamp....

It doesn't shine the way I hoped.....

I think I am going to have to add a LED light to the fire...

But Meanwhile I have also added some small shelves to the Kitchen...

Visible to the left of the window.....

And the window "glass" too.....

But really I just added lots of Paper rocks to the Spiral stairs....

And Cap stones on the side wall....

Really Slow and boring work....Late into the night...

While the Winter winds Howl....

And I even added a few paper rocks to the next level up....

This little chamber will be a Library of sorts....

Because No Palace would be complete without one...!

And here you can see the two levels have been glued together....

So I can start on the Spiral Stairs to the Next level.....

I guess, Dear Readers, I will be adding Paper Rocks for a while.....

I seem to be going in Circles again...!

I had no idea Paper Rocks would take so much time to make....

And I seem to say that a lot lately.....!

I Think, Dear Readers, I am making Some Slow Progress....

But it Feels like I'm stuck in a Time Warp!