Recently I reconnected with a friend from Junior High School. It’s amazing and a little scary what you can find on a Google search. We had not seen or communicated with each other in over 40 years! It was great catching up. When Gary learned what I was doing with Metal Dinosaurs, he mentioned there…
Category: Adventures & Activities
Placing Pamela on her New Perch & Bug Fair Results
After completing touch ups and adding the clear coat to the Calypso blue, it was time for Pamela to take position on her Special Place. I painted Pamela’s support frame Granite grey to blend in with the new rock base. I have a large amount of pipe insulation – long painful story, but it was…
Pamela the Pachycephalosaurus’ New Pad continued plus…
After allowing the concrete to cure it was time to paint. A trip to the Camarillo Sherwin-Williams store to select the colors. This time I was working toward a granite stone look. I decided on 3 colors Gibraltar, Cyberspace and Offbeat Green. Edrees at Sherwin-Williams was very helpful in providing a second opinion on the…
How to Draw Dinosaurs & other Prehistoric Beasts
I have been taking Drawing Lessons using the Great Courses. The 6 DVD’s with 36 lessons has been working out wonderfully. Most tend to feel you have to be born with the talent, but it can be learned. Using simple geometric shapes circles, rectangles, triangles and ellipses can be a great start in creating a…
Dinosaurs at the Imperial Car Show
This past weekend was the 35th Annual Imperial Owners Statewide Meet held in Port Hueneme, CA this year. A great deal of preparation in weeks prior and my 1960 Imperial LeBaron 4 door Southampton was ready for show. Kevin demonstrates the swivel seats. A touch of a lever and you can easily glide to the…
Let’s Go Fly a Kite!
After another viewing of Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks”, it was time to Go Fly a Kite. It’s a great movie about how the movie “Mary Poppins” came to be. When they sing “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” you just want to! As a kid I always purchased a Dragon Kite. I lived in Lawndale, California…
Finishing Pamela and more…
Final Touch-ups to the painted spikes, adjustments for overspray and clear coating completed. The original eyes were yellow and small. I had some larger green eyes that work much better with Pamela’s colors. After adding a sufficient amount of silicone glue to the center of the metal eye rings, the new eyes were inserted. Fortunately,…
Happy Easter!
Wishing You and Yours a Very Happy Easter Day Filled with Fun & Inspiration! All the EasterSaurus are out and about delivering Happiness & Treats. Do EasTer Rexes & EasteRaptors really like chocolate bunnies? Or is it a trick to see if someone will reach their hand in side their mouth for a milk chocolate…
Is there an EasTer Rex or EasteRaptor in Your Neighborhood?
We have all heard of the Easter Bunny. Did you know there were Easter Dinosaurs? Really! The EasTer Rex, the EasteRaptor, EasTerceratops and many other Eastersaurus. For some reason the Bunny is the only Easter animal people seem to remember. Hmmmm. Millions of years ago a group of Dinosaurs met to improve relationships with All…
Dinosaur Eggs for Easter
I found some fun activities with Dinosaur Eggs. Dig It Up! Dinosaur Eggs allow you to excavate a baby dinosaur from clay eggs. After soaking the eggs as recommended you use tools provided to remove the baby dinosaurs from the eggs. You can be a Paleontologist at home! These Eggs are expected to arrive by…