Cement Poured for Sundial

You can see the place where the sundial will be created if you peer through the fence around the Outdoor Classroom work area. This is the view that most of us have seen as we walk by the fence by the sidewalk, or around the fence that secures the construction area.

The construction workers are getting ready to pour the cement for the mosaic sundial base. Here is the form that will hold the cement for the sundial base. The strong wooden walls make a form that will hold the cement while it sets up.

This is the cement in the form, freshly poured, still a little wet-looking. The surface of the cement is left rough, so the thin-set morter will stick to the cement better than if it was smooth. The wooden structure is taken off when the cement is hard to the touch. Here it is... the big circle of cement that will make up the base of the mosaic sundial. This photo is taken from the south side, with the western part of the school inthe background. The cement will have to cure for about 4 weeks before we can affix the tiles. However, it is already hard and solid enough to walk on and watch how your shadow falls. And now...the shadow on the sundial. Doesn't look like much now! Just wiat until we can tell time and look at the beautiful tiles.