Saturday, September 03, 2005
SO I've finally COMPLETED the Empire State Building Jigsaw from John.. It's been left to collect dust in its box for more than a year.. so on Thursday I decided it was high time I took it out and give it a shot.. This is the first time I'm making a 3-D jigsaw and honest to goodness I hope it'll be the last.. Here are a few things I didnt really like about them:
1. Pictures are sometimes not glued properly on the foam base
2. It's much harder to tell if you're fitting the right pieces together.. or I should say when you've fit the wrong ones together
3. Putting the sides together to make it stand can be such a pain!
The reason it's not standing straight is cause the "hollow" base cant really support the weight of "the entire building".. (unfortunately) Will is right.. I need glue (if I plan to keep it on permanent display...havent decided for sure) And it's so close to collapsing on me.. I didnt dare to leave it standing up.. so right now I have an Empire State Building lying horizontally on my floor.. haha.. should decide what to do with it soon.. taking up space..
And today I went apple picking! :) I got some Ginger Gold and some Wealthy apples (both of which I'd never heard of until today :p) But I got to taste them first and they are ok (still prefer Fuji or is it Gala.. always mixing up the two) Had lunch at the orchard.. but it wasnt the most peaceful lunch of my life.. there were wasps flying around trying to get to my apple cider and apple blossom dessert.. they were both pretty good though so I guess it was worth 'fighting' (or in this case flailing my arms around like a mad woman) for..
After that we went to Rattlesnake Point for a short walk/hike.. one thing I have to say though.. the maps are absolutely useless.. so our little walk without referring to the map ended up leading us lower and lower downhill (we started wayyyy up) when we finally figured out that trail was not going to lead up back up.. we had to retrace our steps... geez.. it was a good walk though.. especially since I havent exercised for such a long time :p
1. Pictures are sometimes not glued properly on the foam base
2. It's much harder to tell if you're fitting the right pieces together.. or I should say when you've fit the wrong ones together
3. Putting the sides together to make it stand can be such a pain!
The reason it's not standing straight is cause the "hollow" base cant really support the weight of "the entire building".. (unfortunately) Will is right.. I need glue (if I plan to keep it on permanent display...havent decided for sure) And it's so close to collapsing on me.. I didnt dare to leave it standing up.. so right now I have an Empire State Building lying horizontally on my floor.. haha.. should decide what to do with it soon.. taking up space..
And today I went apple picking! :) I got some Ginger Gold and some Wealthy apples (both of which I'd never heard of until today :p) But I got to taste them first and they are ok (still prefer Fuji or is it Gala.. always mixing up the two) Had lunch at the orchard.. but it wasnt the most peaceful lunch of my life.. there were wasps flying around trying to get to my apple cider and apple blossom dessert.. they were both pretty good though so I guess it was worth 'fighting' (or in this case flailing my arms around like a mad woman) for..
After that we went to Rattlesnake Point for a short walk/hike.. one thing I have to say though.. the maps are absolutely useless.. so our little walk without referring to the map ended up leading us lower and lower downhill (we started wayyyy up) when we finally figured out that trail was not going to lead up back up.. we had to retrace our steps... geez.. it was a good walk though.. especially since I havent exercised for such a long time :p
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