Category: travel

  • Pp front upgrade

    Pp front upgrade!

    In the pictures below you can see a before and after then the photo by its self is a Photoshop drawing of what it will look like once it is finished.
    this past week i took the headlights from our tiny home shuttle bus La Vincent and added them to pp below the original headlights. why? so i can see when driving at night the second set of headlights almost doubles the amount i can see. so it was well worth it. then i made a custom grill for pp the only thing not done is adding the words in the girl Purple passion and finishing painting it and spraying a clear coat on it. over a day was spent modifying and installing the frame for the second set of lights and a long day on the running the wiring for the new lights and i still have a day installing the switches when the come in the mail from amazon.
    every day pp gets a little closer to being built but there’s a long way to go.
    Ty for taking a look.
    Jg and the ppt posse

    P.S. please if you have time scroll to the bottom of the post and comment that lets me know you seen it and helps encourage me to do more post on the progress of Pp Ty Jg

  • ARTis Studio, behind the scenes

    ARTis Studio, behind the scenes

    home to Ppt and ppt posse, where the building of pp the van is happening. Also home of T.A.D. tiny art decor made and painted by the artist Jg ARTis. This video is behind the scenes of where it all happens. 

    Tiktok

    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Mesy8h

    Youtube

  • Ppt roadside service

    Ppt first roadside service call Our landlord had a friend pull is van into the yard and stuck it up. I took Pp down hooked the winch to the van and slid it right out no problems. I am so glad i have installed a 9500 badland winch it was nice to be able to help. and also if and when PP get her self stuck she can pull her self out with assistance from Jg and the ppt posse.

    Did a Tiktok video

    @pptposse

    Pp second road side recover

    ♬ original sound – PPt

    Youtube

    A few insulation photos below.
    Ty for reading
    Jg and the Ppt Posse

  • 05/11/2025

    Ppt posse outing, plein air painting.

    Pp took me and the posse out to the park to have lunch and do some plein air painting.
    Was 65 but felt a lot colder with the wind up on the mountain.
    We made a video for TikTok and youtube.
    check it out when you get time let us know what you think. should i do more videos?
    on Ppt blog homepage
    ppt.jgartis.com
    there is links to PPt youtube and TikTok
    below is link to yesterdays video 05/11/2025
    Ty for reading and maybe watching lol.
    Jg and the Ppt posse

    Tiktok

    @pptposse

    Ppt posse outing, plain air painting.

    ♬ original sound – PPt

    Youtube

    Pp setting at the park
    The Painter hard at it!!
    Mr Louie watching his Poppa Painting.
    Big black bird came to see us.
  • Raising the roof

    Giving Pp a head lift.
    Post on work done back in 2024 before my surgery.

    Raising her roof, nothing much like a facelift but just as needed. First backed her under the big magnolia tree in our yard to use one of its limbs. Then went around Pp, took out all the screws that were holding the raised top fiberglass topper so we can raise it 8 inch’s. To do this i used the winch on the front of la Vincent our shuttle bus/tiny home. Run it across the tree limb and down through the top of Pp where the ac unit was. Looped it around a 2×4 board. Pp’s top lifted right up in the air.

    Then measured the gap between Pp’s bottom frame and the top, decided what Height i wanted and cut a 1/2 inch board. Then with screws we fastened the top of Pp to the board and the board to Pp’s frame.

    Now the front was little harder it took building a frame working around the corners and filling it in. Will come back and do a finish board, pvc and wood with fiberglass and Bondo and then paint it.


    ok Ty for reading and looking at the photos.
    Jg and the PPt Posse

  • May I vent

    well it’s my blog so I guess I can!!

    I am little down tonight. Why well glad you asked be glad to tell you.

    a few weeks ago and old friend that was no longer in my life passed away at 52. His step son told me and we went to his funeral. The step son will call him J. J let us know he was sleeping in his truck. So I offered him a place to sleep, food, weed, money for some gas and cigarettes. He said be back on his feet soon he had a job. Well that job ended and from my point of view he never went over there and when he did didn’t stay long. J said he wouldn’t need place to stay very long.day or two turned into weeks.

    at first he was communicating. And seem to be trying. Then J stop helping, staying gone. Asked him to like weed eat before we had yardsale which he made 55$ he didn’t weedeat had do yardsale in tall grass. Mema asked him to cut the 100 by 200 feet space with some weeds in back he never did. He was smoking up our weed at a rate was crazy. So we had to cut him off. We have seen him like twice since. Payed him money to put new brake line on pp. had to ask him 3 times then had to finally tel him to do it now please. He half assed it left my tools under the van in the dirt. Got under there my self and seen he left the line lose and not fastened and against the muffler pipe.

    so after week not seeing him and few promises he would be here. I just told him today to come get his stuff and move on.

    it sure reminds me why I don’t let people in and for sure don’t let them live with us.

    ok ty for reading.

    comments are welcome

    ps i love to read your comments so if you have time please comment on the ppt post.

    it really encourages me!!

    latter

    Jg and the PPt posse

  • Building Pp 100$ at a time.

    Building Pp 100$ at a time. It has become a theme that ever time go to get supplies for a project it seems to be 100$. That good and bad lol 😆.

  • Back Platform

    The back platform.


    this platform will be closed in and this will be the bathroom and shower.
    added the lights from our shuttle bus tiny home theses lights cam on the bus.


    then removed the back doors and boarded it up there will be a pass though door from inside the van to the bathroom.


    then built the platform.
    first framed then cut the bottom board to the size and shape then added a sheet of pvc plastic to the bottom to protect from water.
    added a frame filed it with spray foam then toped it with a 1/4 inch plywood and painted it.


    once the bathroom is closed in will install a finished floor thanking about palette board sealed with a clear coating.

    Ty for looking!

    Jg ARTis and PPt posse

  • New website for JgARtis.com

     Good morning 

    Happy 420

    Iv not got around to posting in last few weeks. Been so busy working on Pp that by Sunday my  off day and day I usually post iv been just to exhausted to do anything.

    And also iv been working hard on my new website jgartis.com 

    Iv got it up and it live still alot of work todo on it. But its open for viewing!

    Check it out tell me what you think.

    Ok busy off day today celebrating 420 with few family coming over.

    Will post more updates on Pp and the build soon.

    Have a good one

    The Ppt posse and Jg

    Www.jgartis.com

  • Ppt Posse Trip 03/23/25

     Ppt posse outing.

    Pp Took the posse out Sunday March 23 2025 for a picnic and painting trip.

    Went to Palisades Park in blount County alabama. 

    Very pretty park!

    Little late on posting. Been very very busy working on Pp trying get her ready to go camping and to go selling my paintings and yard sale stuff.

    Ty for reading 

    Jg and the Ppt Posse