The Sky is Blue (more or less)

Okay -- onto the sky for the layout.

I spent the last few days, with help from my wife Patti, working on the sky.  It requires blending and shading and a somewhat subtle touch.  After the initial effort and several attempts at touching up -- here's what I have:

This is looking toward the "far" corner of the layout.

This is the "near" corner -- the yard throat will be in on the wall to the right.

The corner where the yard will reside.

It's a bit hard to judge from the photos how it looks -- but all in all it's not too bad.  It is sort of cool to sit in the loving room and see "the sky" through the door.

Let me know what you think.  The plan is to put the yard in place tomorrow (and finally get it out of the dining room).