I think I may have forgotten to mention that Artscape is this Saturday in lovely Baltimore. We'll be there as usual, staying with the lovely Pru and webcasting starting around 10 am. This year should be extra fun since cam queen Lisa is coming with us, to soak up some art car energy as she gets started on her art car, 9 Westy.
The weather is supposed to be nice in Baltimore this weekend. Not too hot -- around 87 -- and only a slight chance of rain. Georg is on a business trip right now, so Lisa and I are going to drive up Friday morning, then Georg will fly up from Atlanta and meet us there that evening. Then the parade is Saturday, we'll hang out and relax Sunday, and drive back (with a stop at Ikea, natch) Monday. Because Pru's next door neighbor has a swimming pool, I bought a bathing suit. First time I've worn one in at least 10 years. Gack.
Unlike previous years, I haven't really put much effort into Artscape preparation. (I've had a lot on my mind lately!) In fact I didn't get around to any decorating or repair work until today. There's one spot on the right side where I had slapped a bunch of tiles on right before we left for Houston. And I had never been happy with how that turned out. Too haphazard. That "random junk everywhere" look works really well for some art cars, but that's not Undersea Mah Jongg. So this morning I pried off a bunch of those tiles (not easy to do! I continue to be impressed with Liquid Nails) and beaded over the right front fender in a sort of wave pattern. I really like it, though I wish I could have done more. That one spot took 2 hours though, and by then it was so hot that I had to quit. How hot was it? It was so hot that a small burn I had gotten a few days ago blistered today. Ew!
I also went to the hardware store and worked out (I think) the problem of the bubble machine having too high a center of gravity and too great a risk of toppling over and falling off the car. Not only was that thing expensive, it took 10 hours to bead it. I'm not doing it again! Anyway I think I can rig something up so the bubble machine will sit behind the mounting rack, rather than above it, making it much more stable.
This evening I tried to make some progress on the inside too. Just some beading around the edge of the headliner. It started pouring just as I started to work. I had put the seats all the way back so I could move around, and I pulled back the shade under the sunroof, lay back and watched giant raindrops fall onto the sunroof.
Unfortunately the rain made it get really dark really fast. I had to quit beading the interior because I couldn't see what I was doing, and I fear I may have mucked up the last bit I did. Oh well, I'll see what I can do in the morning.
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