All done!

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd... we're done...

Next project, at the request of my STINKER OL' MAN... an out-house.  He wants one for his cycle shop.

Ohhhh, my love... really?

Okay.

All it needs is a sign!

Mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, this derrick is on my last nerve... just about finished, though.

I painted the out-buildings and glued them in place.  Yep, those are green twisty-straws serving as pipes.  For the most part, I have no idea what the thingies whatchamacallits do... I just copied various photos and diagrams.

Please know that I made everything very funky-looking, dirty and dusty on purpose!

All it needs now is a big sign, probably at the top, probably on that top crossbar.   What do you think about "Gail Town Oil"?  

Derrick... painted!

MANNNNN!

I do believe that the derrick is now finished and painted.
Took me soooooooooooooooo long.  So many nooks and crannies... all that scaffolding.  I kept finding spots I missed.  Every time I turned it, I saw more!

So now I can move on to the Band-Aid boxes (I mean, out-buildings!)

The D-d-d-d-d-d-errrrrrrick...

This derrick is making me nuts... soooooo tedious, but...
I'm gettin' it done.
See?

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd...

You can see some dirt and dust and sand added to the post anchors, and ground.
Hey, that's the panhandle.

Back to the Derrick...

The derrick's basic internal structure itself is done... it still needs external cross-hatches and a couple of climbing-shelves.

Meanwhile, setting up the rest of the little scenario...

These boxes will serve as the bases for a couple of out-buildings, which house such things as pumps, coolers, mud pits, engines, pipe racks.  And since they're in the sheds,  I won't have to build 'em!

There are plenty of types of the actual wells, internal structures, and buildings.  I admit to "cherry-picking" the ones I liked, and the ones that looked easier to build.

What am I gonna do when I run out of space on the dining room table...?

The Choctaw People

I neglected to mention that my siblings and I are about 1/8 Choctaw, hence my affinity for their history and culture, and my resonance to the symbolism of the egret, as well as my personal experience on that day long ago after my grandmother's funeral.