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

 Feb 26th- A few of my favorite things...

~Three masts and sails ready to be set into place

~Helping a young shipwright set the rope ladders

~Watching a ship come to life as the bowsprit is set into place knowing there is still more work to do

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Feb 16th- A few of my favorite things...

~Finishing the deck and securing the lifeboats

~Gluing the hull and deck together

~Starting to secure the sails to the masts

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of my Favorite Things

Feb 1st- A few of my favorite things...
~Sails painted white ready to sail the seas
~Beginning to paint little details like the longboat
~Giving the Mayflower her first coat of paint