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http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/date/20080402 Wednesday April 02, 2008

Sun Menlo Park Campus in Spring

Sun's Menlo Park Campus is in the middle of a major renovation and is looking very good. A great deal of cleaning, new paint, pruning and landscape upgrades have been seen during the last year. MPK was a well designed and pretty campus to start with. Those of us who work here have added small garden statuary and the occasional birdfeeder to make it more homey. Here are some recent photos:

Pear blossoms
Pear blossoms, Sun Menlo Park Campus photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		Pear blossom snow
Pear blossom snow, Sun Menlo Park Campus photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		New leaves
New leaves, Sun Menlo Park Campus photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Hawthorne blossoms
Hawthorne blossoms, Sun Menlo Park Campus photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		New dry creek
New dry creek, Sun Menlo Park Campus photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		Blossom walkway
Blossom walkway, Sun Menlo Park Campus photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Planter pansies
Planter pansies, Sun Menlo Park Campus photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		Ceanothus blooms
Ceanothus blooms, Sun Menlo Park Campus photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		Pear and Oak
Pear and Oak, Sun Menlo Park Campus photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Oak flowers
Oak flowers, Sun Menlo Park Campus photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		Phil's Memorial
Phil Rosenzweig's Memorial, Sun Menlo Park Campus photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		Willow and oak
Willow and oak, Sun Menlo Park Campus photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Fringe flowers
Fringe flowers, Sun Menlo Park Campus photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		Gravel feature
Gravel feature, Sun Menlo Park Campus photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		Bunny statue
Bunny statue, Sun Menlo Park Campus photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson

Images Copyright 2008 by Katy Dickinson

Posted at 02:49PM Apr 02, 2008 by katysblog in Mentoring & Other Business  |  Comments[1]

Caboose Painted Inside

Avi Lenchner of Avi Decorative Painting (Menlo Park, CA) has finished painting the inside of our backyard caboose, WP668. All the little holes are filled. It looks bigger and brighter inside! We took down the hanging bunk and its end wall in order to fix the floor in January. Those have also been painted so they will match. We will reinstall the bunk and wall after the new floor surface goes in.

For earlier painting pictures, see my March 31 blog.

Work in progress on WP668:

    • Put up remaining ceiling trim and baseboards
    • Install stained glass bay window
    • Repaint original exterior markings (almost done)
    • Paint 2nd ladder yellow (1st is done)
    • Final electrical inspection and sign off
    • Install stairway balusters and handrails (being made now)
    • Final stairway inspection and sign off
    • Install the metal roof covering
    • Install roof walk
    • Cover the floor with linoleum
    • Install bookcases and bay window seat
    • Reinstall bunk and end wall

Painting photos:

Primer coat done
Primer coat done, painting WP668 caboose photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		Paint drying overnight
Paint drying overnight, painting WP668 caboose photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		Final coat going on
Final coat going on, painting WP668 caboose photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Painting bunk boards
Painting bunk wall boards, painting WP668 caboose photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		Final paint drying
Final paint drying, painting WP668 caboose photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		WP668 yesterday
WP668 yesterday, painting caboose photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson

Images Copyright 2008 by Katy Dickinson and John Plocher

Posted at 10:16AM Apr 02, 2008 by katysblog in Caboose Project and Other Trains  |