Part of a big project at a local primary school. A very large flat empty tarmac playground is now just a large flat empty tarmac playground. About 1/3 of it now has a huge human sundial (partly designed by the children) where you stand on the right part of the colourful analema and your shadow tells the time, but not on cloudy days! There is a big and shapely wooden wind and football deflector, inside which are seats and hanging gardens, and a little foot bridge in front of it goes to a pond with a little island in it. There is a raised stage with lawns either side of it with log furniture, a fenced off garden, and on the stage my part: a xylophone, a weight-tuned simple harp (nearly finished) an array with 4 drums in it and a Cajon-Lujon, possibly the first in the world. A Cajon is a resonant wooden box you sit on a slap to produce a nice range of tones and rhythms and a Lujon is flat stainless steel plates mounted onto a wooden resonator; on the one the whole instrument is playable with hands or beaters by one or more children. They all have to be fun, safe, self-draining and rot-resistant and easy to maintain.
It is a lovely job, but a huge amount of work and I am relieved that it is coming to an end and I can plan a day off and get back to my life!
I know you have been very busy too Bob, how is it all going?