LJ and I arrived in Mooney Grove (thought it was Mooney’s Grove but learned differently today) to find the mural leaning inside the case. This first photo was taken before we got there and shows a bit of how the case looked Before Mural.  

 

Shaun and I began to put it in place, a more complicated and delicate operation than I had imagined.   

 

This is not a photo of me hugging the mural. It is me banging my head on the last piece when I realized it was THE WRONG SIZE and it WOULD NOT FIT in the case. But I’m not one to panic. . .   Nope, not me. Shaun had a saw, and this time he did the measuring, not me, not the curator, not LJ. Shaun knows how to measure and he knows how to cut.   

 

“Bummer” – Did I hear someone say “Bummer”? I am a Glass-Half-Full kind of woman, and I say “No Problem!” Why? Because now the Tulare County Historical Society has a wonderful new painting to auction for its fundraiser! Okay, so it is a bit of an odd size, but don’t ask me what size it is, because I obviously cannot operate a tape measure!

 

  

 

And here it is, all together in one piece. (Sort of.)