The Sea and the Marina

marina daytime Boozabuzza Island Marina during the day. marina night Boozabuzza Island Marina at dusk. 71C8494 Boozabuzza Island Marina at night (photo by Mark Klotz). ship daytime Our ship, The Noopty Noop, designed and created by Julie, Diane, Rodney, Emma, and Benjamin. DSC 3950 Little pirates taking our ship for a spin!
ship daytime2 Close-up of our ship, The Noopty Noop. It is named after Emma's imaginary friend. emma on the ship Emma aboard The Noopty Noop. This is the interactive element and photo op spot of our display. You can climb aboard, steer the ship, and use the spyglasses! kids in the ship The kids aboard The Noopty Noop. pier daytime Sheridan pier during the day. It was built by Ian, using logs from Sheridan Lake. pier dusk Sheridan pier at night.
pier candlelights Candles along Sheridan pier. mermaid daytime The Lady of the Rocks Mermaid, created by Diane. She is a nod to the sirens of many a great pirate tale, including POTC and Peter Pan. She is also specifically a reference to Julie (La Femme Desroches). She features in our backstory The Legend of Boozabuzza Island. pirate frogs The pirate frogs are a nod to Marlene and Bob who collect frog lawn ornaments for their garden. Julie created the outfits based on the outfits in their official "crew" photo, including Marlene's crown jewels hat. 71C8482 The pirate frogs at night (photo by Mark Klotz). tick tock croc daytime The Tick-Tock Crocodile, created by Diane. He is a nod to Peter Pan, and specifically to the Once Upon a Time version of the story (fans of the show should recognize the teacup). He is my favorite character in the Once Upon a Time series.
teacup by Diane Belle's teacup, one of the crocodile's most cherished posessions, was handpainted by Diane. Family Flag The flag atop our pirate ship was designed and painted by Emma. It is a nod to our family (4 triangles for each of us, yellow sun for happiness & warmth, dove for peace & kindness) Tarps The sea is made up of tarps donated by Nat and Wes. marina set up Rodney helping to set up the marina. pirate ship schematic Julie's original sketch of the ship, using our hammock frame as the base.
Creating the ship Diane making an outline of our hammock frame onto some brown bedsheets for the base of our ship. Making the base of the ship Julie and Diane glueing string into the fabric to hold up the sides of the ship base. Working on the ship base Julie and Diane working on the ship base. Ship base test Testing out the base. Julie later added painted details to the base including cannon ports, windows, and the name of the ship. The lamppost was turned into the main mast, with a plastic laundry basket painted brown placed over the lamp to hide it. Dirtying the sail Benjamin dirtying the sails, cut from an old sheet.
Dirtying the sail 2 Emma dirtying the sails. These were woven onto garden bamboo poles used as booms for our ship. Dirtying the sails 3 The kids dirtying the sails. making the family flag Emma painting the family flag. She designed it on a kids' flag making website, and a template was created from that image. Emma just had to add the paint. sheridan pier in progress The posts and bases for Sheridan pier. Originally, I just asked Ian if he could get me a few logs. He ended up building me all the posts! sheridan pier in progress2 The first set-up with the posts and bases for the pier, and the hammock frame for the ship.
building sheridan pier Rodney wove some thick sisal rope through the posts and Julie added some tarp to cover up the bases to complete Sheridan pier. Lady of the Rocks in progress The Lady of the Rocks Mermaid was handpainted by Diane. Lady of the Rocks sketch The initial sketch of The Lady of the Rocks Mermaid by Diane. tick tock croc in progress The Tick-Tock Crocodile was handpainted by Diane . watch yer step The warning sign to watch your step when climbing aboard the ship!