Month: February 2008

Crankypantsing, Photography

Space Planning

Shelly

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Space Planning (NOT TO SCALE!)

Or, an hour spent huffing white board markers.

I am terrible at making diagrams, especially when they’re supposed to be to scale. Somehow, though, I was the one who ended up in charge of the white board.

It occurred to me, about half-way through the meeting, that it would be nice if we had a gridded white board. Wouldn’t that be nifty?

As to why we had to have a meeting and white board diagrams, just so we could move a freaking table down the aisle 10 feet, that will forever remain a mystery to me.

Crankypantsing, Pets, Photography

Patina

Shelly

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I’ve taken photos of the front door handle before, but in the rain, when the blue-green patina doesn’t show up very well.

It’s a beautiful day for wandering around and taking photos. I had to work, though. I ended up leaving a couple of hours early, because I had a headache, which means that even though I’m home, I don’t really feel like tromping around outdoors. Hopefully it’ll be gone soon, because I’d really like to stop at the little graveyard on the edge of town, on my way to my cat sitting job. I planned to stop yesterday, but there were a bunch of AT&T trucks in the parking area, so I didn’t have a place to pull in. Besides, I don’t exactly relish the idea of visiting the dead folks with a bunch of guys from the phone company watching me.

Speaking of cats, I can hear Pandora making her usual muffled wailing noises. Whenever she finds a stray sock or wash cloth, she wanders around the house with it stuffed in her mouth, crying. Over and over and over and over and over and over again. She started doing that about 10 years ago. I haven’t any idea why, except that she’s a mutant freak. It’s kind of funny, when it’s not annoying. Today, it’s not exactly helping my headache.

Photography

Condensation

Shelly

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I’ve been meaning to try photographing this window for months. Sometime last fall, water got between the panes of glass in the front door to my building, and now it’s a wonderful pattern of foggy blotches and drizzly drips. It looks like something growing in a petri dish.

The door is in pretty bad shape, and really ought to be replaced. There are rotten spots in the wood. It has character, though, so I’m going to enjoy it while I can.

The red background is the reflection of the brick building opposite the door.

Photography

Bones

Shelly

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I think these are thoracic vertebrae, but I’m not entirely certain. There is a surprising dearth of good chicken anatomy resources available online. I found a few annotated photos and drawings, but none of them were good enough for me to make a positive ID.

Anyway! I got my car back. I always feel kind of silly taking it all the way back to Owen County to have it worked on, but it’s worth it. I called ahead and got rough estimates for everything I needed to have done: new front brakes, turn rotors, four new tires, alignment, new battery, and oil change. When I took it in, I told them that if they went over $600, they’d have to take the difference in a post-dated check, because that was my limit. It came in slightly over that, but they knocked it down to $600 (tax included). It wasn’t a huge deal, because I had a little bit of wiggle room, but I appreciate that they were willing to work with me.

Oh, and new tires? Wheee! I can feel their nubbiness. It’s a reassuring feeling, but it’s going to take some getting used to.