How original! It is 9:02 PM. (Not so original!) Given that this is Sunday, I did not work on the Rosson Model today. As always, my family and I went to church. This was a special day in that our 22nd grand child, Gehrig Drew Woffinden, the first child of our youngest daughter, Katee Lyn, or "Angel Cake." We had a nice family picnic afterwards. When it was all over I, for one, had a two-hour nap, and enjoyed every minute of it!
So now it is getting late, but I wanted to give a "spiritual" update. For the record, after writing on Friday night, and eating, etc., I came back to the computer and spent another hour or so - until 12:30 AM - refining the decorative roof "rails." (I'm sure there is a name for these, but I don't know what it is!)
Yesterday, Saturday, I probably put in 3-4 hours making various refinements, and putting some five windows in the first and second floors of the octagonal tower. Tomorrow I will add the five windows to the third floor of the tower. One of the main "issues" that remain is readjusting the heights or elevations of the interior walls, and all of the roofs above the second floor line - including those of the front, side, and rear porches, as well as that of the "Inglenook." (I'm not sure it is actually an "Inglenook," but it is the somewhat awkward - in my opinion - one story gabled protrusion on the right side of the house.)
Other than the adjusting of the various heights or elevations - necessitated by my correcting some obvious discrepancies between first the elevation drawings, and then the model and the photographs of the actual house - the basic work remaining is that of the steps and rails to all three porches, the entry porch gable or portico, and some four doors, the main "picture window," and another window or door on the rear porch . . . along with the five third-floor tower windows (all identical). I should finish this week.
Meanwhile, where does all of this leave me relative to my initial goal? To be honest, I don't know. I have loved doing the model, and see potential with my basic idea of recreating historic buildings - especially houses - in model and drawing form. In the case of houses, the drawings would be working drawings or "CD's" (construction documents), as we used to call them, and would be sold for purposes of building the homes as private residences.
To be honest, at this point, I'm not sure about any of that. I have given this "the old college try," so to speak, and it hasn't necessarily born fruit. It is also clear that I don't really want to be working for anyone, trying to be what someone else wants or needs for me to be. That isn't going to happen. So, whatever I end up doing at this point, it will be something of my own choosing - along with direction from my Creator and Father. Perhaps He knows best after all! Our country is in the throes of both being destroyed and being saved, and I plan to join on the side of saving the country and our Constitution. We will succeed at this, and I will be involved!
Good night!
Mr. Ballantyne
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