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Today Bill started the back of Cisco sign by the river. It is a beautiful day here, 75 maybe, kinda cloudy so the sun isn't brutal, and he is by the river listening to the wind chime and the water over the dam. I went up this morning and handed tools up to him so hw could pounce it...
And then about 3:30 I went by to take him some water and found this...
I'll keep you posted!
-------------------- Jane Diaz Diaz Sign Art 628 W. Lincoln Ave. Pontiac, Il. 61764 815-844-7024 www.diazsignart.com Posts: 4102 | From: Pontiac, IL USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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Alright Bill, looks like you have the best spot in Pontiac!! Glad it's only 75, 20 more degrees and you would have wanted an umbrella, I know I did. I remember the drawing so I know it's going to look great. Must have been a bear setting up the scaffolding, but I can see you are getting her done. Looking fabulous!!
-------------------- aka:Cisco the "Traveling Millennium Sign Artist" http://www.franciscovargas.com Fresno, CA 93703 559 252-0935 "to live life, is to love life, a sign of no life, is a sign of no love"...Cisco 12'98 Posts: 3576 | From: Fresno, Ca, the great USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Some people get to have all the fun, way to go Bill, can't wait to see the finished product. Bill
-------------------- Bill Riedel Riedel Sign Co., Inc. 15 Warren Street Little Ferry, N.J. 07643 billsr@riedelsignco.com Posts: 2953 | From: Little Ferry, New Jersey, USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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That does look like fun. I admire your drive Bill. I would have thought you'd collapse after hosting all those doggies that came to town. Don't over do it, and make sure you listen to Jane!
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Last night after cleaning the brushes and having a quick bite we just HAD to go up and peal the tape and check out the day's progress....it's coming along. Today they call for rain so he will have to take a break and wrap a trailer!
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Nice stuff! Now I see why Bill wasn't too sad to see us go... he just wanted his turn at the walls...
-grampa dan
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Man with the hat reminds me of an old radio advertising jingle from the 40's/ 50's... "I go for a man who wears an Adam's hat."... This site and the people who inhabit it just continue to amaze me.
-------------------- William "Irish" Holohan Resting...Read "Between Jobs." Marlboro, MA 01752 email: firemap1@aol.com Posts: 1110 | From: Marlboro, MA | Registered: Dec 2001
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Reminds me of Wrigley Gum ads! You can never have too many murals!
-------------------- Catharine C. Kennedy CCK Graphics 1511 Route 28 Chatham Center, NY 12184 cck1620@taconic.net "Look at me, Look at me, Look at me now! I't's fun to have fun, But you have to know how!" Posts: 2173 | From: downtown Chatham Center, NY | Registered: Feb 2004
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IT'S DONE! As you come into town over the Mill St. bridge, you see this! Design by Joe, painted by Bill.
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-------------------- Jane Diaz Diaz Sign Art 628 W. Lincoln Ave. Pontiac, Il. 61764 815-844-7024 www.diazsignart.com Posts: 4102 | From: Pontiac, IL USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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Ya got the keys to the city! The finest meet yet! Well done, bill, Jane, Ben and Joe! and all of the Pontiac crew!
-------------------- David C. Petri Flying Peach Custom Paint Green Bay, WI 54302 cell 920-246-7821 Posts: 79 | From: Green Bay, WI | Registered: Jun 2006
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Totally fun Bill! I checked it out on Jim Dunning's photos too. He took some beautifulshots of it. What a perfect cap to a wonderful bunch of new artistic additions to your wonderful town! I miss every HOT minute of being there! Like Sonny said...the alliteration at the bottom is great. Was that your inspiration? Super.
-------------------- Judy Grossman JG Signs & Designs 226 W. Jackson St. Sonora, CA 95370 Posts: 207 | From: Sonora, CA, USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Joe designed this as a response to a request for a 40's - 50's style bulletin board ... similar as to what you would have found along RT 66 back in the day.
This was very easy to execute painting wise, but the staging was brutal, because the city jumped the gun on the landscaping and there was absolutely no level ground to do scaffolding. But where there's a will there's a way. And thanks to Nova Paint.
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Let us know when you are coming. We can sit on the back deck and figure out all the problems of the world!
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Joe...You are one helluva great designer! Your design of the "Mystery Mural" was so much fun. You da computer man supreme! I am lovin' that dual screen set-up you have. Are you a two fisted drinker too?
-------------------- Judy Grossman JG Signs & Designs 226 W. Jackson St. Sonora, CA 95370 Posts: 207 | From: Sonora, CA, USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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