Yesterday, (the day after Halloween), I dis-assembled and packed away all of the Halloween decorations. Bruce says he feels sad looking at our neat and tidy front yard, and that he misses the playful ghosts and party atmosphere that all the Halloween decorations had added.
Unfortunately there really isn't a much by way of affordable Thanksgiving -theme yard art available. To compensate Bruce has decided to try his hand at wood-working by making a Thanksgiving turkey for the front yard.
I (CC) came up with some concept sketches, then once Bruce had selected the design, I created a full scale cardboard template of all the pieces. Bruce salvaged some scrap plywood for the body parts, and we went to Home Depot to pick up some thin pre-cut fence pickets to use for the tail feathers.
Trying to cut, sand, and paint in our crowded single car garage is a royal pain in the arse, but so far so good. Once the pieces were cut and smoothed to his satisfaction he turned them over to me to prime with white house paint/primer. As soon as the primer is dry, I will paint the pieces with colorful acrylics and seal them with a coat of varathane, then turn them back over to Bruce to assemble.
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