This is a sketch of the entrance to a housing development in in Lake County Florida. This little Fast Food Mart has the best price for gas in the area, so this is where I tank up my Prius after long road trips back and forth to Orlando. The owners of this mini mart must be doing pretty good since they have a large house down by the lake with a large pool. 48 is the busy road in front of the Mini Mart and it is challenging turning into Sun Eden the development since there isn’t much of a turn off lane and most traffic is going 55 miles per hour. I almost missed the turn the first time I drove into the development and thought I might slam into the community sign but I braked hard as I swerved right.
After the move I realized a large table I had, just didn’t work in the studio space. An artist I know had IKEA shelving that wasn’t assembled yet and it was a much better solution. I will have to get the same shelving the next time I move. It is hard letting go of something that has worked so well in the past. To save weight when I was packing the uHaul to move out of the Chatswoth studio, I left one piece of the table behind. It was a large slab of metal that extended down the middle of the table between the sets of legs. I figured I would have more space to store stuff under the table without that metal piece in the way. Well, when I reassembled the table as the Lake County Studio it wobbled like a drunken sailor. Without that metal support the table was useless.
Rather than have the heavy and solid table go to land fill, a short video and posted it on a community site. The table was free to anyone who wanted to pick it up. I kept it in my Prius. As I was driving to the landfill, a couple expressed interest to the online posting, and arrangements were made to meet in the mini mark lot. I parked near the air pressure station, which I couldn’t get to work. The table exchange happened like a clandestine drug deal but in broad daylight. It felt good knowing the table would have a new life probably sporting antiques or flea market goods.
I made a similar mistake with my Disney Feature Animation table. I left behind the heavy metal hardware that is used for adjusting the angle of the flat desk surface. I figured I don’t use any other angle that lying the desk flat to support my computers, so I could just hammer in some supports myself and spare myself the heavy hardware. It was a stupid decision and I rushed back to Orlando the next day to recover the hardware. Thankfully it hadn’t been removed. On the lawn it looked a bit like a lizard with a large square head. It took me hours to assemble, but I am glad the integrity of the desk remains intact.