As the pandemic spreads the distractions also do.

I have figured out that meticulously repairing and adjusting the portrait size stretcher frame is the best move.

Four months I was confronted with the fact that the corners were bowing outwards and would likely shatter or break under canvas pressure.

I don’t have a lot of canvas to begin with and it would be quite some time before I get more if the supplier is even able to stay in business after the pandemic.

I might order some and just have it dropped off outside. But there will be an issue of actually signing for it which is risky.

So the slow path to fixing the woodwork is the best route. I don’t have a design for it anyways and there are two other works that are in progress.

So I have come up with a fix where I applied a clamp to the corner and it actually fit perfectly and pulled the edges flush. I have poured in some wood glue just on the off chance that some of it will seep into the gap.

I also applied it in a way that seems to allow for a counter sink to have access to sink a single screw. If I get lucky this will go off perfectly and then I can apply another clamp or carefully remove this one and position it in a different spot so that I can get a second countersink drill down and set another screw.

It comes to mind that I should do this with every single corner.

And then try to come up with an extra reinforcement methods such as masonite triangles or some other way to stabilize the corner edges.

I can then plan right here in this blog to go out the corners with a sander of my own making.

I also have the idea that I can now request new canvases to be made that will be sheeted with a thin layer of plywood.

I also understand that by delaying my work upon Silver Moon that the layer is drying quickly and I will lose the stickiness and the touch that is needed to do that piece the right way.

I must also acknowledge here that I might be getting too far ahead of myself with regard to finishing Southloop which will indeed require laying in all of the remaining objects and lines.

I have seen the damage that poor diet and a bad sleep patterns has produced overall and so I will redouble my efforts to avoid falling into these ruts of tiredness that come with old age.

There is enough of a plan here on several fronts and I simply need to engage each set of tasks with more details and serious actions.