Tag: Becky Sue
When the Bison Comes Tumbling Down
Just a human desire to have you come near Want to put my arms around you Feel your breath in my ear You can bend me, you can break me But you better stand clear When the walls come tumblin’ down When the walls come crumblin’ crumblin’ When the walls come tumblin’ tumblin’ down —John…
Becky Sue Has Back
Even though I took a couple of days off this week because of unseasonably cold weather, I made a lot of progress on Becky Sue and completed half of her back. Check it out. My goal is to finish the other half of her back next week. If all goes as planned, I’ll be starting…
Welding in a Time of Corona
Welding Becky Sue stops for no man—and no pandemic. Each day I trudge out to my welding “shop” and add at least five sections of rebar to Becky Sue. As of today, her body is starting to take shape. Take a gander. My goal is to have Becky Sue’s frame/skeleton finished by the end of…
A Bison-Build Update
Oh, man, it’s been a while since my last bison-build update. And for good reason. I threw my back out moving Becky Sue next to the bison cart she will sit atop for the rest of the build. The good news is that my wrenched back turned out to be rather benign. After three days…
Becky Sue Beat Me Up this Week
My goal this week for the bison build was to complete the assembly of the bison silhouette, get that silhouette up on the bison cart, and then attach structural legs to that silhouette. Never again would my beloved bison be mistaken for a whale! But alas, Becky Sue, my advanced age, and my poorly functioning…