!! SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

Hey Stephen! My mind has been tumbling over symbols to add to your wooden badges. Iconic bbs maybe? Most of PEP1 has a Pick-Your-Own- Adventure, so there's just a few bbs that everyone has to do. Then choosing through those for a bb that can be symbolized un a little icon is another layer of selection, but here are some ideas:
1. A hugelbed cross section. Everyone who does the gardening badge has to build a hugelbed.
2. A ball of yarn? Everyone who goes the textile badge has to make a hot pad or dishcloth.
3. A three log bench? Required for the roundwood badge.
4. A bow saw? Everyone has to cut down a tree for woodland care.
5. A bike tire? Required for tool care badge
6. Cast iron skillet frying an egg? Hasbrowns or pancakes are the vegan alternative for the food prep badge, but they would be harder to picture. Maybe a loaf of bread instead? I'll bet most people with 60BBs have done the 2 loaves BB.

In the PEA program, which I plan to use for scouts, some of the bbs are different. Im not sure if it would be better to stick to symbols that overlap both programs? Or if it would be cool to symbolize what makes each program different?

For instance, hugelbeds are not in the PEA program. Neither are three log benches. Two loaves of bread are in both. Glass jars are used in both. Foraging bbs are in both. Berries or clover or pineapple weed are in both programs foraging bbs.

In the PEA program, growing sprouts is a bb, making a sauerkraut stomper is also a bb, and sewing on a button.

I've tried to pull out significant bbs that will probably be big memories for SKIPpers earning badges. Maybe some feedback from other PEP1 holders would be affirmative?

BEL #736

New Boot Faith and I took on a broad range of tasks today, and for this update I wanted to focus on one of them. Paul wanted a reading light installed for the couch in the Solarium, so when it arrived we wanted to ensure the cord would be connected to the outlet and stay there (above what used to be the location for the garage door). I posed the question to Faith and her idea was to furnish some metal clips to secure the cord against the rolly shelf, behind the couch.

Faith sketched out a trio of clips-to-be on a scrap of sheet metal, then flattened the metal so it would be easier to cut.



After a bit of coaching and demonstration, Faith was able to use the cordless angle grinder to cut out her three clips.



I also coached her on how to use the bench brush and the bench grinder to clean up the edges of her clips. She ensured that no jagged edges remained to damage the lamp's electrical cord.



Faith then used a pair of needle-nose pliers to persuade her clips into shape, and then I fastened them to the wall. My verdict: "Straight outta the package at Home Depot!"



That's all for now. Thanks for reading, and enjoy your day...!

Rebekah Harmon wrote:Hey Stephen! My mind has been tumbling over symbols to add to your wooden badges. Iconic bbs maybe? Most of PEP1 has a Pick-Your-Own- Adventure, so there's just a few bbs that everyone has to do. Then choosing through those for a bb that can be symbolized un a little icon is another layer of selection, but here are some ideas:

A quick answer for you is that whenever you settle on a choice or two, then I can set up a few prototypes with the designs and you can see what you like the most.

I had been toying with the idea of taking all the badge icons from the bottom edge of peoples' signatures here at Permies and turning them into physical badges to wear. I may still do that, and it "might could be" viable for your project. I have smaller, circular bits of wood that might be perfect for these (less than 1.5" in diameter, which I occasionally use for custom board game pieces).

I don't know how to do it but I bet Nicole has a way to get you the images for all the badges on the signature lines.  I have the PEM ones like this: