Puffincove Logbook
Good day at the cove.
The Share Your Newfoundland form is now working. The submission comes through, and the attachment comes through too. It still lands in spam for now, but that is mailbox training, not a broken form. Big win.
Posted on Facebook to let a few Newfoundland friends know they can now go to puffincove2025.ca and click Share Your Newfoundland.
Created a strong Puffin image for the Share Your Newfoundland post. It has the right feeling: warm harbour light, parchment sign, Puffin guiding people in, and the words:
“Puffincove is only the spark.
The memories come from you.”
Locked in that Puffin will be the first character to get a voice. Still image plus Puffin voiceover will be the first simple path for Instagram and TikTok. Seagull can come later with the noise and laughs.
Talked through how digital creators get paid. The answer for Puffincove is not chasing fame. It is building trust, stories, products, and a little Newfoundland world people can visit and take a piece of home from.
Thought about the future and my back. The path makes sense: less heavy building, more bench work, CNC, jigs, digital work, products, stories, and smarter systems.
New product lane locked in:
Saltbox Remnant Corner Set.
Built from old reclaimed clapboard, framed in clean cedar, clear coated, and made as a hinged corner windbreak/privacy screen. Modern build, old face. Old soul, new bones.
Possible size:
30 inch clapboard center
3 inch cedar frame each side
36 inch overall width
6 feet high
Two panels hinged together as a corner
Build idea:
1×2 inner frame
3 uprights
cross pieces
glue plus fasteners
keep it perfectly flat
cedar trim for a clean modern contrast
clear coat to preserve the old marks, nail holes, worn paint, weather, and memory
If there is enough good clapboard, make matching planters to go with the screens. The full set could be a one-of-a-kind heritage corner for a deck, porch, garden, or patio.
Small puffincove wood tag at the top as a maker’s mark.
Important thought:
Not everyone will like this style, and that is fine. It is for a select few. The right people will not see old boards. They will see home.
Not making cookie cutters.
No two pieces leave the cove the same.
Tomorrow:
Check how much good clapboard is there.
Sort it into:
best long boards for windbreak faces
good short boards for planter faces
weathered feature pieces
rough usable test/back pieces
scrap that is too far gone
Good day.
Plan done.
Now execute.
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