OK everyone, I have posted pictures of my recent trip to Chicago on my Flickr site, so please check them out. Megan, Steve and I had a great time, though we also proved how out of shape we are. Megan and I stopped at a candle store just inside Indiana, and part of the store is a giant candle! (Think the Longaberger Basket Building in Newark, though not quite so massive) We also saw some wind farms along the way - it's nice to know that these things are really going up. We made it up to Steve's in about 9 hours since we made many stops. Saturday, after breakfast at IHOP (I so want one here at home!) we went out to the Morton Arboretum, which sadly puts Daws to shame. They have a Japaneese garden, like Daws, but they also have a Chineese and a Korean garden as well, among many others. We tried going through the Hedge maze at the end of our walk, but were too worn out to care much about it, we went a quarter of the way in before turning back. So other than that we ate, went out for a drink with Steve's friend Andy, and we watched "Rock and Rolla" and the first two seasons of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." A very nice weekend trip if I do say so myself. Check out the pictures!
High and E. North Broadway.
15th and High
It is pretty old and was cheap to begin with, so I decided to make a new one. Here is how I did it.
Then, I trace it on to my fabric. I am using a t-shirt scrap from when I was experimenting a few days ago. That will be one side, and an old sweater sleeve will be the other side.
So here are my two pieces traced and cut out. I left myself a lot of working room.
I had some satin-like fabric from a project I never got around to. This will be for the strap that holds the mask on my head. I measured around my head, and added two inches - this is where my first mark will be.
So, hopefully I can get to more projects in the future, and get some better equipment (like a table...that would be nice). Let me know if you try this, and if you have any tips or suggestions for me!
Here is the lobby from the 2nd floor, up in the Serials department.
This is the new reading room on the 11th floor. They are still getting it ready, but it looks very nice.
Out the south window of the reading room.
The towers and the Shoe. Great views from this room.
The oval, looking out towards High street.
Oh yes, it is 11 stories up indeed.
The fancy looking elevator doors.
Look at all of those books! This is from the lobby, and those are Serials, Reference and Foreign Language.
The beautiful sky light in the lobby.
OK, well this last one was taken out of my window when the evening sky was especially vivid. It was a beautiful night, and my phone camera could not do it justice...maybe I can play around with photoshop a bit.
The other pictures, again with my sad phone camera, are from a stall in the basement women's rooms on campus. It was interesting to watch it grow over the school year, and last week someone tried to wash it all off - in vain.
Alright, I am having trouble with this site. I find it difficult to navigate, and my dashboard disappears on certain sites, so I am unable to follow those blogs. Does anyone know of a better blogging site? If not I will probably stick it out here. I will have some more pictures soon, probably when I am done with school work on Friday (tomorrow).
I love the rain, but I cannot wait until it is sunny and warm again.
She died, it was time for her move on to different worlds. She stated it so matter of factly on her way out the door, that it didn't even sink in until it had probably already happened.
The closet was the key. It was the TA hub of the office. You came from there and you went there to go different places. Her husband ushered us in to go somewhere - he didn't seem to mind her abrupt departure, so maybe it wasn't true. I felt sad for him too. I didn't go with the rest, I had more important things on my mind. They were OK without me anyway.
It's all I can remember of half an hour ago. I should probably see a doctor, I fall asleep too well when I don't need to, and I shouldn't be able to dream after an hour. Just as well.