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

 Mar 22nd- A few of my favorite things...

~The possibilities in a jar of toothpicks

~The creativity needed to making a part your model should have to hold the sail rigging

~A ship almost ready for the last of the rigging to go on

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 12th- A few of my favorite things...

~Building a ship out of wax paper to sail on melt-off seas

~Figuring out a way to make an even larger ship to catch the wind

~Pondering your day's shipwright skills as you work on your model

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

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 4th- A few of my favorite things...
~Coming early to watch the ship...er...play come together
~Watching the magic of live theater with talented dancers and actors coming to tell a story
~An afternoon well spent with a Tempest under beautiful blue skies