Halloween 2010 - Mt. Olympus and the Courtyard of Dionysus

The Invitation

The Design (Using Google “Sketch-Up”)

View of the Acropolis from the Avenue of the Golden Columns

Walking up to the Acropolis

The Bridge to the Temple of the Golden Stairway

Overhead view of the Courtyard of Dionysus

Close-up of the Courtyard of Dionysus

Interior of the Temple of the Wrestlers

Construction Drawings

Construction

Starting construction on Mt. Olympus!

Note: Construction took92 4’ columns, over 50 trips to Home Depot, 20 gallons of paint, 100 lbs of 16 penny nails (around 5,000), 60 friezes (made from about 400 lbs of plaster), enough wood to build a 2 car garage, a new electrical sub panel and four months of work

…making the friezes

The rise of the Parthenon!(a.k.a. The Temple of the Wrestlers)

Faux painting the columns

Building the Temple of the Fauns (on the garage)

The view from my bedroom window!

The Temple of the Golden Stairway

Daniel carving Dionysus!

The Temple of the Nudes

The Temple of the Nudes

The Temple of the Golden Stairway

Looking down the driveway from the Temple of the Fauns-The Hall of a Thousand Columns

Looking up at the Acropolis and the Statue of Dionysus

Looking toward the Temple of the Fauns, the Bridge to the Temple of the Golden Stairway with the Temple of the Wrestlers beyond

The friezes of the Mysteries of Dionysus

Evening view of the Temple of the Nudes and the Temple of the Dionysus and the Lion (a.k.a. Nick and Rex’s Trojan Café and Espresso Bar)

…and the Golden Stairway

Looking toward the Temple of the Nudes

The Temple of the Wrestlers and the Statue of Dionysus with Grapes

…and again

The Amber Flames of Eternity and the Trojan Café beyond