Prevailing Winds
last update: 03/30 @ 16:19

According to our now three cranes, the prevailing winds are coming from the left (north).

I’m not sure that’s really how it works, but they do seem to all be generally pointed the same way while they are at rest.

We’re waiting to see if three will be the full compliment. So far it does not look like they are building any more crane platforms; maybe three will be enough.

Pair, sort of
last update: 03/28 @ 13:53

The second big, red crane is ready to go now. We’re feeling a little nervous looking out the back door at the two crane arms that seem to loom over the backyard.

That pine tree in the middle of this picture is the one above the treehouse platform Robert and I built a decade ago.

Oh, and there is now a big, yellow crane just across King Street — maybe they will grab the bridge by both ends and tug :)

Two Dollar Photo
last update: 03/24 @ 11:39

Actually, I paid $2.25 to pop onto the metro platform for this.

Now the big, red crane is building a medium, red crane. This is not helpful for doing regular chores. They keep doing cool things in the backyard (our backyard is behind the first K in Kokosing on the right-hand crane).

Maybe that new crane will turn out to be the same size, but now, it’s a bit smaller than the first red crane that grew back there.

And yes, this is an update for “you know who” in the comments to the earlier post.

Spring has sprung
last update: 03/21 @ 13:17

Alexandria may not have the tidal basin or UW’s quad (see halfway down this page) for cherry blossoms, but we do have some.

This is on the grounds of the GW Masonic Memorial, where I wandered by it today on a stroll in the beautiful, spring weather.

It takes a crane …
last update: 03/20 @ 17:15

… to build a crane.

Hard to see from our backyard, but the work on replacing the train bridges is getting serious. They cleared all the trees and brush from the siding and now the heavy equipment is moving in.

We thought the excavator and bulldozer were the heavy equipment — they were just preparing a solid platform for the big, red crane.

But to get the big, red crane in place, they brought it in in pieces and have been spending the last few days putting it together (with its little brother, the white crane).

It’s been fascinating to watch.

The view from the train station, looking across King Street is a bit better.

I think they finished this afternoon and the white crane has moved on now.

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