The End of the Hot Tub


    April 28, 2000  The dial was completed in April of 1997. After 3 years in the direct sun, the dial has decayed. The masking tape lines have faded and washed away. I made an attempt to put vinyl tape over them, but it would not stick.

    The Original Lines The Tub Decayed The Tub Today

    Weeds have grown up through the drainage holes. The dial is in Florida, and I had filled it with concrete cylinders to prevent it blowing away during a hurricane. (I have always been amused by considering what an interesting UFO the dial would make should it fly away, and what the people who found it might think of it.)


    The Tub Decayed
    View from the south today, a little after noon.


    Installation and removal of the cylinders during previous hurricane seasons had thrown the dial slightly out of alignment. It had never been secured to a foundation and I have always considered it temporary. The dial has survived three years without experiencing a hurricane, and I felt the odds might be against it surviving another.



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    Gone !  (April 2000)

    I will keep the gnomon and figure out something else to do with it. Perhaps an analemmic noon mark.

    In March 2005 I figured out something else to do with the gnomon.
    I used it for a time-lapse view of a shadow throughout the day.

    Then in August 2006 the yard man ran his tractor mower
    into the gnomon. That really was the end.
    It was fun while it lasted.

    Email: bobt@twigsdigs.com