I spent Wednesday at the ranch, working with the construction team. I was working on the table saw part of the time, but I spent most of the day helping apply the finishing touches to the furniture. I was the "tack cloth man", clearing away the sanding dust before the final coat of varnish was applied.
Most of today's output was adult-size chairs, destined for the public library in a nearby town. Below are the kid-size chairs (with the heart cutout in the back), and a row of adult-size chairs. We made 25 of each.
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| Kay |
Sanding the first finish coat, in preparation for the final coat.
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| Kay |
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| Myrna and Kristen |
Applying the final coat of varnish. The chairs in the foreground are finished, waiting to dry.
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| Jeri |
Library tables under construction. We also built a teacher's table/desk, to go in the classroom that will receive the kids' chairs.
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| Tom, Stuart, and Dickie |
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| Kent and Pat (foreground) |
We did have "screws galore" -- the furniture is assembled with glue and drywall screws. There were always batteries plugged into the chargers.
The finished adult-size chairs. Our medical team visited another outlying clinic today, but finished earlier than expected. Everyone helps out with construction at some time during the week.
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| Tom (foreground) |
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| Myrna, Kay and Tom |
Kay filled in the screw holes. Later she dyed the white patching material with coffee, so it would not stand out so starkly.
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| Kay |
The view from the porch where the construction is going on. The natural beauty of this place is compelling.
In the afternoon, newbies and some old hands took a tour of the ranch. Below the group is looking up at orchids growing in the tree.
The ranch is a working farm, with crops and livestock. The baby pigs were really cute.
The baby calves were a close second in the cuteness department. Several were born the second night we were there, and now they're a few days old.
The tour encountered a couple of the ranch's long-time employees, one holding his young son.
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| Vargas |
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| Ismael and his son Diego |
This is part of the original ranch house, a century old.
At the end of the day, Dr German was still in his office at the clinic.
The cross reflecting the setting sun, with the dorms in the background.
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