Victoria Grid Project, March

It has been almost 2 weeks since my last post. These are two of the photos from the Victoria Grid, taken on March 6th. The Jewish Cemetery is in the grid and I spent most of my time taking photos there. Like the Chinese Cemetery from an earlier grid, I get caught up in the history. It is not a place where I would go to shoot usually, but when there, I become engrossed in the site.

John Gray finished the painting at the end of the week. He did his usual very good work. The kitchen looks great with the bright cheery yellow. All the colors seem to balance in the kitchen. I especially like the main bath. I have started to hang pictures, but have quite a few to go yet. Wally will be here to finish the floor covering with the carpet in my room, on the 28th. Then David must finish the trim and kickplates. I am really liking how everything looks. My faux leaded glass light fixture looks great too. I like the pot lights in the kitchen. John did a good job of patching and painting the ceilings.

Trevor brought my computer back on Monday evening. . . . just when I was getting over missing being on line. I now have an automatic backup that works and space to transfer movies and anything I don't use much .. for storage. The backup has 5 copies stored so half of the drive is used up. If I ever start shooting and tweaking large photos, I may need more storage, or buy on line space.

Yesterday we went to Victoria Vacuum Cleaners to buy a Dyson ball action upright. We can away with a much lighter Eureka upright for 1/5 the cost of the Dyson. We also got Eureka's dust buster with a handle. This is going to make vacuuming and keeping up the house so much easier than dragging that horrible in the wall vacuum and its hose, around.

We need our own smileys for the new site. Cyrus has made a few that look really very good. He is trying to teach me how to do them. Well, I was up half the night last night obsessing about making these animations. I know the basics, now I just need practise. No doubt he will have them all made before I can manage a decent one. Learning curve took another steep climb and is still climbing.

The day before yesterday I decided that I needed a few more photos for my 'painted vases' album on my web page. So, I spent some time getting a few done. Now I need to tweak them, frame them and load to my page. There is no rush, but I really feel like I should at least get one album done in 2009. The last year on my Travel page is 2005 - the big album of the big Danube Cruise. I have lots of space so I can loaded bigger photos in the albums, now.

Spring, spring, spring ahead

I few more crocus photos from last Friday. Some macros for the Flower Petal Art group on Flickr.
We had snow yesterday evening! Even though the temperature was 4 above. I was watching this out my patio window/door. The light was surreal. I don't think I could have conveyed this with a photo. It was rather like the light when you are under a rainbow.
On Friday, Pat and I picked up a deli sandwich and cookie and he took me out to the Victoria Grid to shoot, in the camper van. I am sure lunch was the big item for him. He waited patiently in "the reading room" while I became engrossed in the Jewish Cemetery and walked a bit more. The grid is in Fernwood this month. Interesting area... older area of town with a mix of housing. In fact I loved the big old 3 story houses, all kept up nicely, individually painted with cute gardens and gates. A few years ago, I had a rental property that was just outside this grid. Sold it. We did not go look at it, this day. I wish I had got over to George Jay School to shoot some, but the month is not over yet.
Tomorrow, the painters come at 9:00 to repair and paint the walls and ceilings in the kitchen, my room, and the main bath. We have a bright and cheerful light yellow in mind. My techie will be here to take my computer to the shop for maintenance at the same time. So, when John Gray and his son are finished painting, we only have the carpet in my room, David to finish the kick plates, and other cabinetry stuff, hang the pictures and ENJOY! Yeay!
We managed to get in on the new little tax credit for stimulating the economy. Lucky us! not a bit perk, but all helps. Good thing its getting finished.... old car stuff is right around the corner... there will be no time to think about travelling just now... not for me anyway. We talk about it, but this wait will just make the next trip so much better. Old car events and GARDENING! as soon as it quits snowing, anyway.
Pat has most of his cabinets up in the garage. One more to go. I can't believe we got that last one up and screwed to the wall! Was quite a feat! This thing is well over my head in height. Pat had us prop the edge of it up, once we had it hoisted onto its 2 x 4 ledge, prop it up with another 2 x 4 board while he put in the screws to hold it! Oh man! I was having fits, imagining it pushing him off his ladder while it fell off its prop. whew! it up and ready to be loaded with all those garage goodies. PS: there were NOT that many garage words applied while getting this cabinet in place!! Just a lot of silent anxiety.. on my part anyway.
Have spent a bit of time text talking about the new site. Cyrus and his builders are advancing at a goodly rate. The stuff I have seen -- which is all he has designed and most coded so far -- is spectacular!! The guy is working 24/7 to get this going! I have no doubt that all his dreams for the site will come true. The features of the site are marvelous and state of the art. Go CY go!!

testing

I was getting just code and not seeing the photo I had uploaded. I don't know how I broke it, but I have gone over my 'settings' and reset them all as they were. Now its working right, again.

This rainbow is from some time ago.