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Maxx our secret weapon in the trunk... cut us off will you! say hello to our little friend!!!
I have the greatest urge to put all these pictures together with
thought bubbles to make a story ^-^ (if you can think of a caption
or thought bubbles for any of these let me know and I'll add them)
Is the Srg. arguing with himself again? an evil twin? his future counterpart from one hour later
comming back to warn him he's going to need to order another Guinness!? Oh what could it be!?
I left the red in maxx's eyes because it looked awesome to me lol
And one of mike's pictures for a group shot since I didn't get one
(see the skirt should be about 5 inches higher >_< )
Castle exterior
most of my shots had to be taken from the windows which were dirty and scratched up like this one...
The steam boat house
the "play" house that is as big as a real house. I got a picture of the bowling alley this time.
More carved wood!
Dining Room was finished though we all agreed the floor they used to replace the original doesn't match well.
The Ballroom
Sorry it's so long ^-^
These are flowers from our garden, I tried to take them as they came into season... and my camera was collecting dust...
And our resident frog ^-^ we had a bullfrog but he hasn't been seen or heard from in a while...
A while ago a 6 ft tall great blue heron flew over our pond and said mmm a smorgasbord! and he ate quite a few of our fish so we were forced to put a giant net over our pond which was hideous. This year my parents are building a pergola over it with two smaller pergolas on either side. It will be fenced in with a brick patio and vines growing along the top, here's what we have so far...
I think the funny thing is that while my room looks like the typical Goth kid's room, you will not find any pentagrams and such. I am a Christian and while I was born with an interest in the dark and macabre I often view it as more of a spiritual thing and not so much an obsession with death. I see it more as art.
My dresser looks much like an alter adorned with gargoyles... It will look far less cheap if I ever get around to remodeling my room in the dark wood...heh. But here for you to scoff at is my dresser.
My dresser looks much like an alter adorned with gargoyles... It will look far less cheap if I ever get around to remodeling my room in the dark wood...heh. But here for you to scoff at is my dresser.
So I showed you some wood carving I liked at the castle. It goes to suit that I would also love silver work. Filigree and worksmanship, rare these days. When I am depressed it helps me to look at old, well made items. I have anywhere from 60-100 silver items/dishes and I stored them in my hope chest. One day I decided they do me no good in there. It makes me happy to look at them. It's like when you get so excited your heart swells and you miss a breath. So, I wanted to pull them out to some place I can see them. There are too many to just place them here and there so here's what I did...
Special notes-
the last picture is a butter/jam server Joseph bought for me after I fell in love with it at an antique shop. It has beautiful carvings on the dome, stylized flowers on the legs, and deer antlers which would hold the spread knife which is missing but I adore it!
The dried roses in the small clear vase are the first roses Joseph ever gave me. They are about 6 years old.
The long stem roses in the decanter were from Joseph for our one year anniversary.
Arc pron for Mike ^-^
The poor rooms are in massive disrepair but efforts to restore them are under way.
I want these in my house!
Wood carvings! I want so much!
This is a massive stained glass dome in the foyer, It was badly damaged I can't recall if they said it was repaired or completely replaced.
This is the power house
and the "play house" that was built for the children... it somehow had a full size two lane bowling alley... of which I sadly did not get pictures of. We were rushed out because of a wedding taking place just out side of the play house.
this is the boat bay with a statue of two deer (harts, the island was called Hart island but was then changed to heart and various hearts are found in the architecture to represent the owners love for his wife) this is just to the right of the play house.
This is an otter that lives under the dock bay, I was shocked to see this little guy swimming along but he is just too cute!
Okay that is all for now ^-^
Niagra oddly looks much smaller in person, at least smaller than tv makes it seem. It is however, breathtaking and the sheer power of the water is astounding.
When you take the ferry up to the falls you can feel the water pushing it even when the engines are on full forward. And yes if you do not wear the raincoats they give you, you will get soaked to the bone.
The Gardens are in walking distance of the falls although a bit of a hike... luckily they have buses ^-^
Look a poison Garden complete with a skull and cross bones sign!
Butterfly Garden
I have far too many pictures of butterflies so I'll try to spare you...
The coal mine was far too dark to take pictures, you've never seen dark until you're about 650 ft. underground. So please excuse the darkness of, and the lack of, the pictures
and this is outside of the mine while we were eating lunch and resting up.
This is my Father and our dog Sadie. She tends to like to lean on you with her entire weight so you can't stop petting her and walk away or she'll fall over...
But she is a beautiful Dog, she's half lab and half retriever and nearly completely white... yeah I wear mostly black and we get a white long haired dog...
Okay the caves I didn't get many pictures
This one is supposed to be a dragon head
and Hart Castle will be a long one so I'll make another post for that.
I've been away far too long again. Let's update with pictures of my niece I went to see.
This is when she first came home, Sadly I was still very sick as you can see around my eyes but this was the last day I was there and I wasn't leaving until I held her.
I do so hate the clothes they put her in... I like pink but that is way too much. I bet she'll grow up to hate both pink and baseball ::evil grin::
This is the camp ground we stayed at the next time we visited.
This is our house, Mother and I got to babysit her while everyone else went to a baseball game.
I'm an Aunt for the first time. I feel old. It's a girl! her name is Aryana (Are-e-ah-na) Mackayla. She is one of the most perfect looking babies I have ever seen! (I usually think babies are hideous) We nick named her squeeker because she sounds like a squeeky dog toy ^_^ She's 6 1/2 pounds and 11.5 inches long and was born 12:04 am tues dec 5th
Cleaning my room usually makes me feel like I'm putting my life together so I feel a lot better when I'm done. Tonight all I could think was how terribly unlike me my room is. The paint job that was done while I was in high school was never properly finished. The rug is dirty, stained, faded, and above all a light teal. I definatly hate (and always have hated) the light fake wood panneling. The dresser and bed are white because I was never allowed to paint them any other color, and I just hate the shelves with the built in desk I can't even fit my knees under.
The theory is that I should be out of this house in a year or two but it just feels like I'll be stuck here forever. I wish I could at least have a place to stay that inspires me... but I suppose that could never happen if I'm not allowed to touch anything... after all even if I drape velvet pannels over the walls I still have the unsightly and useless shelves and carpet... what is a poor girl to do?
and we have me jumping up onto my chair after being frightened by a huge spider... eh... I didn't draw the chair yet though...
Did a bit more on the outfit I was working on but it's very slow going since it's been rather cold out and I hate working when cold.
I started drawing again and, hey, I don't want to throw out the pictures! this could be a start to something! Actually the pictures are the beginning of my manga.
Feeling more hopeful but still of bouts of questioning my purpose and if I've done the right thing but life goes on and so must I... my biggest problem now is I have several ideas for what I want to do with my life and am not sure which of them to do... or in what order to do them. All and all I'm trying to stay upbeat and active.
as soon as I can ink and scan the pictures I'll add them in here ^-^
I slept later than I had desired to. I don't like my alarm clock since the only radio stations I get are clouded in evil fuzz static of doom. Not pleasant to wake up to.
I went to wash a bit of new black satin material, so I switched on the washer to the light and gentle cycle only to open the lid and see someone had let a load of whites in the washer. I then had to put those back on rinse and spin to get the water out.
And then I check my mail to find a luck of the Irish chain letter. I usually don't mind getting them but feel I shouldn't send them back, sort of like a laugh in the face of bad luck thing... but this one didn't say if you don't you'll get bad luck it said you will get good luck if you do. So, I figured why not I can use the luck. Scrounging up enough e-mails was hard of course so sorry to those of you I did send it to I need the luck! Mike, you escaped because I put the old e-mail adress and the mailer deamon yelled at me.
and that is a long enough post for now.
- Music:Ghost of a White Rose-Blackmore's Night
