Flourish's, missing parts, and a unicorn!

Today is Dahlias Birthday in India.

She has turned the big 4 today.

Each year, each grandchild gets a painting for their birthday.

My hope is someday they will cherish the paintings that are pieces of their lives.

Archers birthday is next on the 12th of August.

We got the delivery of the new Flourish sides yesterday.

The brackets work beautifully with the Extreme X6 tent.

I now have proper Sta-bars for the tent.

I also have the wall parts for both a 7 and a 5-foot wall.

This gives us a beautiful doorway with no visibility to the back of the tent.

We had lots of "discussion" while building the walls the first time on Friday.

The heat was unbearable and the sweat rolling down our backs 

did not make for terribly polite conversation.

It definitely was a challenge as the paperwork sent was not very helpful.

It was difficult to determine which part was which and getting a correct count of brackets and poles.

We adjourned for the day as I painted at Artwalk last night.

We tried and conquered on Saturday as you can see.

Just as I imagined, the pieces look spectacular against the black.

They really pop!

I am sending our feedback to the company.

We are also missing a male pole that belongs to the Sta-bar for the second tent.

That was a part of the problem.

Photo showing the missing pole.

We also have to come up with some sort of storage system for the large number of pieces and parts.

These poles are heavy to say the least because they are made of steel. 

My other Sta-bars are aluminum and much lighter.

Chris wants to build a box out of wood. (more weight!)

I would rather have bags.

This will be our next "discussion".

We don't get angry, but we both believe we are right.

 I try to explain the pros and cons of my point, Chris just says let me build it.

Box or bag?

Both are viable options.

Flourish's, Missing parts, and a unicorn! Acrylic on canvas, 6x6

Day 33 of the 100 days~100 paintings 2025