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Wicked peeps, or those who like my Mom

#1 Post by Ritterskoop » Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:18 pm

Some of you will recall that I took Mom to Chicago last new Year's Day on a surprise trip. We ate at fancy places, walked around in the 16-degree weather, and saw Wicked, and came home that night. Mom took many nice pictures, but the next day, she lost the camera (laid it down at the restaurant where we showed roomie and Dad the pics).

A former coworker who moved to Chicago took some shots for us of The Bean and other things, and I was able to get one of the restaurant managers to send me pics of the theater marquee and of the Wicked Witches' brew drink we had there. Yum. Plus some text stuff I made at work. It all comes together here, in this collage Mom made for me months ago and which I am just now photographing and posting:

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#2 Post by Ritterskoop » Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:24 pm

The reason I am photographing things is I have made a reading nook in my bedroom, and wanted to show it off to those who consulted on it. But you guys might like it too, and I need the practice fooling with pics and smallisizing them etc., so here it is. The IKEA chair looks wooden and hard, but it has an almost rocker effect. Yum. Chair $89, lamp $15. Next up, a more color-appropriate ottoman so we can get rid of the orange plastic stepstool for the cat.

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#3 Post by christie1111 » Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:54 pm

Very nice!

And I LOVE your Mom.

Tell her I said HI please!
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#4 Post by heelsrule1988 » Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:11 pm

Can't help but notice the dreary weather outside. At least the cold front has moved through, though, so tomorrow's weather will be fantastic. Perfect weather for extending a winning streak to three (although, considering the opponents involved, is it really worth bragging about?). :)

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#5 Post by Estonut » Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:46 am

Ritterskoop wrote:A former coworker who moved to Chicago took some shots for us of The Bean and other things, and I was able to get one of the restaurant managers to send me pics of the theater marquee and of the Wicked Witches' brew drink we had there. Yum. Plus some text stuff I made at work. It all comes together here, in this collage Mom made for me months ago and which I am just now photographing and posting:
The collage looks great! I'm glad you were able to reconstruct and/or re-collect some of the lost pictures of what I recall was a really fun and special trip.
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#6 Post by Estonut » Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:00 am

Ritterskoop wrote:The reason I am photographing things is I have made a reading nook in my bedroom, and wanted to show it off to those who consulted on it. But you guys might like it too, and I need the practice fooling with pics and smallisizing them etc., so here it is.
I don't know flickr URLs well enough to be able to tell if you did this or not, but in case you didn't, here goes. When you upload a big picture to flickr and then go to the flickr single image page for that picture, you will see different tabs above the picture for the different sizes that flickr makes automatically. Since it never increases the size, the picture associated with the right-most tab should always be the size of the original you uploaded. Small pictures uploaded may not have any additional versions made. If one of the reduced sizes is closer to the size you want to post here, you can right-click on it to see the properties, and then copy out the URL for pasting/posting here. That's what we did with Wintergreen's wedding photos.
Ritterskoop wrote:The IKEA chair looks wooden and hard, but it has an almost rocker effect.
It's hard for me to tell because of the straight-on (non-)angle of the photo, but that looks exactly like the chairs my mom has. If it is, then there are no rear legs, as the side pieces are C-shaped so the legs curve up the front and become the armrests. This makes them a little springy when you first sit down. They are very, very comfortable, and I have found her asleep in hers on many occasions...

What is that collection on your windowsill? They're too thick for hockey pucks. The little bit of white reminds me of those Hostess chocolate cupcakes. Mmmm ... cupcakes!!!11
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#7 Post by secondchance » Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:58 pm

Estonut wrote:
What is that collection on your windowsill? They're too thick for hockey pucks. The little bit of white reminds me of those Hostess chocolate cupcakes. Mmmm ... cupcakes!!!11
hmm. Looks like little dumbells to me. Which come in handy after cupcakes.

Cool collage! :)

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#8 Post by Estonut » Sun Oct 25, 2009 4:01 pm

secondchance wrote:
Estonut wrote:
What is that collection on your windowsill? They're too thick for hockey pucks. The little bit of white reminds me of those Hostess chocolate cupcakes. Mmmm ... cupcakes!!!11
hmm. Looks like little dumbells to me. Which come in handy after cupcakes.
D'oh! I looked at 'em again, and I think you're absolutely right. They are each paired up front & back and look like they graduate down in size from left to right. Looking at them now, it seems very clear, but I wasn't seeing that before...
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#9 Post by Ritterskoop » Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:24 pm

Yep, dumbbells. Maybe when I get a bed skirt I will look for a window treatment to cover them up...
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#10 Post by Ritterskoop » Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:40 pm

Estonut wrote:
It's hard for me to tell because of the straight-on (non-)angle of the photo, but that looks exactly like the chairs my mom has. If it is, then there are no rear legs, as the side pieces are C-shaped so the legs curve up the front and become the armrests. This makes them a little springy when you first sit down. They are very, very comfortable, and I have found her asleep in hers on many occasions...
Just so. The model is POÄNG. The frame is $60, and then you can spend as little as $29 or a few hundred bucks on the cushion part, depending on the fabric/color.
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#11 Post by kayrharris » Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:27 pm

The collage turned out very nice as did your room.

Good work by both of you!! :mrgreen:

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#12 Post by Estonut » Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:18 pm

Ritterskoop wrote:Yep, dumbbells.
There's no need for name-calling! :)
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#13 Post by Ritterskoop » Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:13 pm

OK, more pics. But after these more, I'll be done for a while. Whew.

This one is the collage/montage Mom did of our Vegas/L.A. trip in April. Most of the pics are from the Belagio and the Getty Museum. The closeup of the top shows the tranquility garden that was at Bellagio then. The large centerpiece is a photograph of a Chihuly piece that was on sale at his shop there, for $12,000. The owner said we could take a picture. The second closeup includes us at the Terry Fator show, holding one of the puppets.

The final shot shows how the artwork by Mom integrates into my workspace even though I don't have a way to hang it up. The piece on the right is from the American Sports Art Museum in Mobile. I don't care about hockey, but I love that image.

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#14 Post by kayrharris » Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:26 pm

Looks good!

$12,000?!?!? Glad you have a memory... :)

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#15 Post by mellytu74 » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:25 am

Thanks for sharing the terrific collages and the reading nook.

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#16 Post by heelsrule1988 » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:11 pm

I love how your cubicle is the only interesting cubicle in that office. :lol:

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#17 Post by Ritterskoop » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:52 am

heelsrule1988 wrote:I love how your cubicle is the only interesting cubicle in that office. :lol:
It is the cleanest, anyway.

I think the flash made it look better than it is....
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#18 Post by T_Bone0806 » Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:59 pm

Nice pics!
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