New Project!!

I'm plugging away on my devest garb presently. But once devest is passed, I really want to get the shed projects underway again. It's just been so messy up there since december.

I still haven't put away stuff since festival either. Most not good.

But it's starting to cool off now, and I can't be bothered carting firewood up to the shed all the time, and it's kind of wasteful given the cost.

I remembered that Mother Earth News had a burner deisng way back when, so I went looking today, and I found this little gem!

http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me11.html

This guy has addressed all the problems I saw in the Mother Earth designs. The only difference between his design and what I'll go with is that I am aware of another designthat used a ratio of 3 drops of water to every 1 of oil. THis ameliorates some of the soot (coal) by carrying it off in the flue.

I also remembered this cool sucker.

http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/oilburners.html

A little overpowered for the shed heater perhaps...

But one day...

In my retirement house...

In the hills...

Made of stone...

With a steam engine....

New Dining Table!!

I got my new dining table on Wednesday!
Isn't it lovely. It's 8 feet long and I got 8 chairs to go with it, all mahogany.
I couldn't enjoy it at first, because I was sad, then someone rang, and it was all good!

Tonight it is raining, again!
We've had nearly 2 inches this week. The pond is full, the grass is green, I have puddles as big as a brisbanites daily water allowances.
Tomorrow I'm having my first dinner on the new table with guests!
Woohoo!

Dinner party land, here we come!

Bugger me I'm slack!

I've been meaning to post forever.
There was festival and preparation for festival!
See!
I took the back seats out of the patrol.
Fonud a small pile of stuff to put in it!
Found some more stuff to put in it!
Loaded it to the eyeballs!
Then crammed two friends in it for fun!

For the first time ever, I made it to and from festival without a complete ballsup at some point. Woohoo!

Now I know what I want for next year;

Paint bed - I'm thinking some sort of late period finish... any suggestions out there? I need to not have white bed posts anymore.

Replace Bed Slats - The slats this year were feeling the strain a little, given that they're recycled pallet timber.

Replace Tent end boards - Because with the new mattress, it's so high the pillows fall off the bed, on a more damp site = bad thing!

Paint chairs - Yellow was always a nice undercoat (seconds paint), now they need a nice gothic finish. Holbien's Totentanz could be cool.

Make chests for transport and furniture - Very worth doing with the patrol. I'm thinking glass packing cases for the timber.

Make Battery chest - Not so neccessary with the new site?

Collapsible Vanity and Sink - cause I want to

Shower Tent - good idea depending on below

Gas shower system - did I hear something about deluxe campsites for $200 a head?

More carpets for floor - cause they're such a nice feel

Cushions - for that increased budwah vibe

Inner tent lining - a woolen layer to go inside the canvas to warm the entire tent

New Non-Baronial Canopy - not so cool to have baronial colour above the bed now methinks

Finish tent lighting system - new site, batteries.... not so sure.

Over-centre winch for Patrol - If I make the chests, then this would be an easy way to swing them up no effort. Worth tying in with a lighting system, to make that late night packing easier.