Dear Reader,
Our kitchen still houses Robin's bathroom (though I've promised the Trouble and Strife that'll change today), but before getting to that I wanted to give you a quick recap of the fantastic shoot last Friday.
Let me start with an image that encapsulates so many elements of Squirrel King genius, the photo to the left. First, Robin's boxers, care of The Trouble and Strife's wardrobe wizardry (from scratch, thank-you) . Second, Shi Ne, our magnificent Robin, an amazing talent, and an absolute delight to work with. Third, Justus' inspired rigging of Robin's bathroom sink; yes, that's our trash can being repurposed. And finally, the silver bounce, evidence of Tom, our illustrious DP!
To the right, Tom himself, tries to make sense of our mad-cap script, while outside the window a beautiful pink bird sings a tune.
And then, adjusting the shower head; careful to work from the side to avoid getting his hair wet.
Next, Tom and I work in the grubby chaos behind the set, while Justus, our love interest, lives in a fantasy world (don't be fooled though, Justus spent plenty of time behind the paper curtain too).
Finally, our new Alien, the fatigued Alien Two's stand-in, super trooper helper, Liz! I challenge you to spot her in the final product.
Alright, back to set striking.
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A little reworking of our painting technique and ....
Then Alien Two discarded the training wheels completely!
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And of course the ice cream "cake" replete with candles!
And the same was definitely true with the completion of the Trouble and Strife's master briefcase for a dear friend of ours!
Well we don't quite have an entire field yet, but we're hard at work prototyping some gorgeous flora for next week's climbing scene.
Alien One glueing ...
What a weekend! The Easter Bunny truly never sleeps.
And the rest of the weekend was spent on finishing construction of Alien One's party favor bags (by the way, what toning in those arms!).
As regular readers will know, one of the primary goals of The Squirrel King is to inspire people to build things of their own. With that in mind, I feel it's pretty important to acknowledge an early inspiration of mine, Michel Gondry.
In a distraction from work, and a celebration of life, the Trouble and Strife and I spent last night prepping party-favor bags for Alien One's impending birthday.
No ordinary bags, these will be party favors Squirrel King style, big, beautiful, home-made and with assiduous measurements taken to ensure maximum practicality. 
And I was in need of a miniature version of our earlier forest too :)
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But the packaging is getting closer too; the tide is like a burst dam - unstoppable! 
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I'm also hoping to get a little more focused work from Alien One shortly, but for now she's an unstoppable artist. Note the bow on the dolphin's fin: "That's because it's the dolphin's birthday".
With the Trouble and Strife in the house, we took a short break from construction this morning to check the Alien Costuming. 
Always a seriously chaotic affair, I was very happy to discover that i) the Aliens have not grown physically as much as they had in my mind since the last shoot, and ii) they have grown spiritually, which is to say they are now excited to get into costume.
