The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Apr 18th- A few of my favorite things...

~The quest to turn parts in a box to a ship with her sails

~The patience it takes to paint, glue, and rig together the ship

~The pride that goes into making a ship you've learned so much about along the way....drum roll, please...meet the Cutty Sark!

The Cutty Sark...

sailing with the flag of J Willis and Son on the main mast,

the British Nautical Flag,

and Letters that Spell out JKWS

(for the tea company who owned her)

on the halyard line...

and the numbers 2 on the foremast

and 2 on the mizzen mast for '22,

the year Thea built the model....Great Job Thea!

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Mar 23rd- A few of my favorite things...

~Securing the mast sails to the ship

~Tying the gaff sails which help steer the ship

~Attaching the flags to ID her from afar

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Feb 24th- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching the Mayflower slowly take shape under...
~The careful hands of a small shipwright whose ...
~Diligence made it seaworthy and ready to sail once more...if only in our imaginations! Great Job!

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Feb 11th- A few of my favorite things...
~A red flag to signal gunpowder aboard the ship
~The Flag of St George for and English vesssel
~The patience it takes to paint the Union Jack 1606

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Feb 10th- A few of my favorite things...
~A tiny little brush
~A tiny bit of paint
~Watching tiny little details begin to bring the ship to life