Dom’s big idea

Dom has decided we must get the sundial working.  Now most sundials just work… at least they work if the sun shines.  Ours does not.  Ours does not have the upright that casts the shadow to tell you the time so we would need to replace that.

There’s another catch.  Our sundial doesn’t get much sun.  It’s indoors, on the sitting room wall. 

So Dom’s idea is that we install some clever lighting to cast the shadow at just the right time to tell the time on our sundial. 

To add to the complications, Dom doesn’t want anyone to know how the sundial works.  So he doesn’t want a simple track with the light moving along it casting appropriate shadows.  He wants clever spot lights strategically placed to cast the right shadows without anyone realising it.  No problem.

When Melanie comes and works out our lighting for us, we have a new challenge ready.  Melanie says it’s all about layers of light.  I’m trusting her layers will provide everything from crisp midsummer shadows to hazy shadows for overcast days, all telling the correct time, of course.

Now there’s a project to blow the budget on. 

At the end of us we should have the only 24-hour sundial in the country.