The Balsam Lake Elevator Company

Well this seems like a long time and an adventure of a lifetime has passed since I stated I was about to reveal my latest project.  While I pushed to to add all the last little bits of the project, including a frame, a monumental ice storm hit Central Ontario we we found ourselves in an ice covered wonderland which brought with it a 6 day power outage. This  was accompanied by trees down all around us, road closures, a loss of  internet services, loss of land based telephones, and periodic loss of cell phone services as the community spiralled into a State of Emergency Declaration. At this point many are still without services 8 days later, and  it is snowing again today. I call this photo below "Backpacking in the Kawarthas", but this is a whole other story, an adventure of a lifetime.....

I am posting this quick photo of my recently completed "Balsam Lake Elevator Company" automata built into the wall of our new house. It operates in concert with the elevator we installed. The employees of the elevator company turn cranks to raise and lower the  elevator cab between the first and second floor and to open the doors at each landing.  Another employee peers from the enclosure monitoring the flow of people in and out of the elevator, while another quietly sleeps in the corner, snoring blissfully. These employees are rats; who else would be comfortable in this working environment!

So here is a still photo for now, but I will get busy, temporarily remove the glass to get rid of the glare, complete some video, add some more photos  and compose the back story of all the characters and post a webpage for "The Balsam Lake Elevator Company"

The Balsam Lake Elevator Company