And A Little Bit More....

How Long......

I tell Myself All the time, Dear Readers, that I will finish this Lilac Shrub project Someday.... and I will! I Promise you! But the longer I work at it the Crazier I think this Idea is! I know, creativity and insanity are sometimes not very far apart! But I tell myself that I will persevere! I will just make the next blossom and then the next and then the next..... and eventually I will have enough to decorate the shrub. And then I will worry about the Leaves.... which are needed for two of the shrubs.... when I get there! Meanwhile, I fret about all my Other Projects.... which surely need some of my attention... and certainly I could maybe devote just a little bit of time to them each week... so as to accomplish something on anything that is not just another lilac blossom..... *Sigh* ...... And then I remind myself that there are Three other shrubs also needing my attention.... and I decide to devote my Wandering attention to them for now! Above you can see that I have placed the second "branched" shrub in place beside the porch so I can test the fit of all the branches. They have very little room to fit under the eaves of the porch and really must bend just so in order to be able to fit in and out of the garden spot!

And here you can see I have begun to add the branches to the third shrub!

And just so I can keep from getting them confused

they are numbered on the under-side of each pod!

And as I progress with this third shrub, 

I have decided that I simply Must get

 all four of the shrub "skeletons" finished

 before I lose track of the steps needed to finish each one!

That means I need to finish branching and

 painting and "texturing" each shrub....!

Yes, I have a Loooong way to go!

But look....! 

This week I have managed to complete Two more lilac blossoms!

The pieces for number eight are being assembled to the right.... 

and hot on their heels are the florets

 for number nine in the box at the left...!

Here are eight completed......

And number nine too....!

And here are all nine in the box!

(Only How many more to go....?)

I will not count because

 I do not know exactly how many I will need...!

But I am making progress!

 And I have only been making them for seven weeks!

(I think I can do this!)

And because You are so good and Patient 

with this project, Dear Readers,

 I have traveled back through my archives

and found another project that you have not been shown....

and I will share it with you now even though it is not yet done....

It has to do with the Second Gypsy Wagon,

 the one that belongs to The Fortune Teller.

 

 

And I must confess, that when

 I began to build the Gypsy Wagons

 a couple of Summers ago, 

I was embarrassed to show you both wagons...

 because it seemed like it was too much.... 

but I knew there had to be two wagons

 because the Gypsies would travel in a group...

so I only showed you the first wagon....

 but for every step on that wagon

 I was doing the same with the other wagon too! 

(I know, it sounds familiar, doesn't it?)

 

 

And the only differences were in small things,

 like the style of the carved trims around the doors...

 or the color of the wagons.

But then I decided that one of the wagons

 would have an extra window in the back wall

 of the sleeping compartment... high up.....

I could just see it with a deep window sill...

 with flowering plants on the sill...

So I cut the opening for the window!

And then, many months later, 

when I was thinking about how I was going to Build this window....

 because all the kit came with was 

the lovely frames for the windows... 

(I added all the glass panes...)

It occurred to me that in order to have 

a deep window sill to hold flower pots.... 

it needed to hang off the back of the wagon....

 and if it was hanging off the back of the wagon...

 then maybe there should be a "chest" or "box" as well... 

something to store things... 

that would explain the extra depth of the window sill.

So I started to build a framework 

that would attach to the back of the wagon.... 

with shelves maybe... 

or compartments......

 Or nesting boxes for chickens!....

 for surely the Gypsy Grandmother 

would want to have her chickens!

 

And it could attach like this...

And have nesting boxes like this.....

and doors, of course......

 with lots and lots of hinges!!!

 

Because all the compartments needed

 to be able to access separately....

 one chicken at a time.... 

and the bottom area for bigger creatures...

 maybe a goat or two?

And all those doors need extra interior trim

 to cover those sharp screws......

(And I have not yet decided how they latch!)

And since we have just added a Barn

 to the back of the wagon....

 perhaps there is still room for shelves in the corners... 

to hold a plant or two.... 

herbs, for example....

 and perhaps a cage or two...

(might as well maximize the real-estate while we are at it!)

Which could hold chickens or rabbits too!

(Just Think of the possibilities!)

One on either side..... 

with a hinging door.....

(Hinge still not added)

And the garden shelf above....

(still not added...)

So you can see, Dear Readers,

 what happens when you deviate

 even a little bit from the plan.....

But did I get my deep window sill?

 

Well, it's a start!

(It still needs all the trim....)

 

And with a temporary roof.....

And perhaps the suggestion of bedding.... 

oh, we have such a looooong way to go!

But I assure you, Dear Readers,

There will Always be A little bit more....

More to do and More that is done!

And I hope it will continue so for a Long Long time!