catepillar into butterfly

These next two weeks are when the caterpillar inside the cocoon will be doing the final and most spectacular part of its transformation.  Read no further if the parallel between our building and the wonders of nature do not seem natural to you!

To me, the vision inside my head has slowly been moving into the 3D spaces that are the Blue Rooster building.  Piece by piece - an enlarged bench for sitting with your coffee, tea, cocoa; a small counter top for you to add sugar, milk, or variations on them to your coffee, tea, cocoa; an exterior wall that will show all our customers how brick was used in the mid 1800's, what held beams together before steel nails; move a door -- make room for a marvelous oil and vinegar "station"; uncover a pumpkin pine floor and bring it back to its glory -- all of these pieces are complete and have happened over the last several months.

Now, the WOW is happening -- the kitchen is a huge WOW and you've seen those pictures and read about its installation (more tomorrow on that progress..).  Paint the walls, finish all the floors -- this is NOW and will bring a major part of the vision to reality.  By the beginning of next week, all this work will be complete ("we are always on schedule" --- MT).

So with that a given -- next week the cafe seating will arrive, the granite counter top that will support the espresso machine will arrive, the espresso machine will arrive, the mahogany counter top from which you will order your beverage will arrive, and the all important front porch hand railing will likely be completed (by a metal 'artist' - and you know artists -- they are not to be rushed...) and installed.

The butterfly is starting to move with alacrity, soon the break will be made in the cocoon and we will have full fledged flight.