Tulips are up
yes, the tulips are starting to come up in the yard!
more hopper.
chicago!
i finally uploaded our pictures from our trip to chicago in 2004. (long story, they were in iPhoto on carrie’s computer). anyway, here’s the whole collection:
Chicago 2004 it includes pictures of Oak Park, IL, the Unity Temple, and from the Skydeck of the Sears Tower. (my, how touristy of us!)
here’s a sampling of images from oak park:
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school update: Winter '07 is ovah!
it’s been a long, hard fight. but i’m finally through my first semester of school in more than a decade. it was pretty rough, i didn’t realize how much reading would be involved. but i’m done. and i managed to do pretty well…
okay, i won’t make you click through. 3.53 gpa. my most successful semester… ever!
Wright in Buffalo
there’s been a lot of buzz recently, and for good reason, about frank lloyd wright’s work in buffalo. while the number of structures pales compared to oak park or chicago, you can see exactly how wright’s brilliance evolved when he had the opportunity of working for a patron who was both highly respected by wright, and highly supportive of him — both creatively and economically.
prariemod mentioned this recently and has been keeping an eye on the ongoing re-creation/restoration of the darwin martin house.
springtime!
no, it’s not “springtime for hitler,” but the yard is coming alive with color.
link to Yard + Flowers 2007 photoset on flickr – we’ll be updating this as the year blooms on!
a refreshing change
this weekend, in addition to the usual home improvement and homework activities, we decided we needed a break from everything, and took a quick 1/2 day jaunt up to Bellingham, WA.
5 hour commute
does it sound like grousing? anyway. i got home safe. but i pretty much idled up I-5 in first gear (and that’s when i was moving!)
here’s some pictures from around the house this morning.
1/3 of a long weekend spent on the house
last weekend we had one amazing day of weather (saturday). like, upper 60s and sunny. i took advantage of this to clean up the yard, re-cut some landscape edges, do some random work in the front. but the big news, is that i smashed my finger with a hammer.