Posts Tagged ‘art’
Since our family appeared on the April 30, 2010 episide of Wife Swap, I’ve fielded many questions about our home – most focussing on “What does it REALLY look like?” It seems the perception from the general public is that we gothed it up for the show. Not the case. If anything, it lost some of it’s personality during filming. Much of the art and decorations we have didn’t get media clearance and had to be pulled down and stuck in the den or the garage until the cameras were shut off for the last time. It has been my intent since that time to offer a photo tour of the house, but I just never got around to it.
**Actually I did get around to starting, but never finished 🙁 This is the first of two posts that appeared back in January 2011. I’m reposting them in order to revive that feature.
Naughty, Sheila.
For the next several weeks, I will invite you to explore a new area of the house. This will give me time to photograph each part adequately, but will also save you from sifting through a million photos in each sitting. That does get old and, depending on your internet connection, could become really tedious.
PART 1: Welcome to the Schroeders
Friends at the front door welcome guests. Come on in.
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Just about caught up with the 365 pictures 🙂 This should do it, then I’ll be back on track to post every Sunday.
WEEK 3, YEAR 1
Alek’s final paperwork ready to head off for his summer intensive. He attended his first real audition in Febrary and was accepted into a relatively high level of class. Unfortunately another dance opportunity kept him from attending the 6-week program.
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While Whisper attended a birthday party at a local park, Ravynn and I took a short walk around the walking trail. How lovely that we have a little covered bridge in the middle of the park.
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You’ll see a theme. I just adore the wildflowers [weeds?] that grow in central Indiana. They don’t compare to the ones I enjoyed as a child, but some of them are moving our way. I’ll do my best to photograph them as I find them.
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More weeds. These tiny little flowers would be welcome all over my property.
18/365
Cleaning up the art projects the girls brought home from school. Some are just too big to realistically keep, so we photograph then and keep the pictures.
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Walking Man party!! Jordan’s girlfriend created this 10.5′ masterpiece as part of the Waking Man Project. Because it was near dusk, the Anderson Indian didn’t photograph well. One of the goals we have for the summer is to find them all. Watch for photographic evidence.
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I had such a hard time writing that last post that I’ve gotten incredibly behind the schedule that I made to keep myself on track. Here is a valiant attempt to get back on track.
I’ve made a goal to complete the 365 project. Basically the goal is to take one photograph each day for 365 days. I’m having fun so far, but worry, as always, that my life is boring and that no one will care. I started on a Sunday and am supposed to [ahem] post weekly on Sunday, so I present to you photos 1-6 of 365.
WEEK 1 YEAR 1
On Sunday – Mother’s Day Sunday, the final performance of Highland Junior High School’s “Willy Wonka Jr” ran. Alek was the Candy Man. He was a true highlight of the show. His love for performing and his absolutely capturing stage presense really created a remarkable and memorable character.
1/365 – Alek is the Candy Man
Ravynn worked really hard on her “Making a Mummy” interest fair project for Northside Middle School. This is a little peek at the mummies on day 40 – just before they were unearthed to create her display.
One of my favorite co-workers always comments that she would starve in my house because she “doesn’t eat weird food”. I thought of her when I snapped this picture. Purple cauliflower, yellow carrots, and plain old boring broccoli 🙂
When Ravynn completed her Mummy project, she was incredibly proud and felt very special that her dad let her take one of his original paintings to complete her display. 
This month for the first time, I participated in the Foodie Pen Pal program. On Thursday, my first package arrived in the mail. It was a very exciting experience for all of us. 
Friday was rehearsal for our annual dance recital. I love my little bunheads 🙂
Since our family appeared on the April 30, 2010 episide of Wife Swap, I’ve fielded many questions about our home – most focussing on “What does it REALLY look like?” It seems the perception from the general public is that we gothed it up for the show. Not the case. If anything, it lost some of it’s personality during filming. Much of the art and decorations we have didn’t get media clearance and had to be pulled down and stuck in the den or the garage until the cameras were shut off for the last time. It has been my intent since that time to offer a photo tour of the house, but I just never got around to it.
Naughty, Sheila.
For the next several weeks, I will invite you [each Sunday] to explore a new area of the house. This will give me time to photograph each part adequately, but will also save you from sifting through a dozen photos in each sitting. That does get old and, depending on your internet connection, could become really tedious.
PART 1: Welcome to the Schroeders
Friends at the front door welcome guests. Come on in.
(more…)
I had hoped by this point to have new product to show off. Unfortunately, even with a basic template for the art that I want to drop onto this new item, I am failing mightily. I trace and edit and it’s still not working. I think I’m close, but I need a couple more pair of eyes to check it over to figure out what exactly I’m doing wrong. It may actually be nothing, but… I’m too close to it.
When the kids get home from school, I’ll have the boys check it over. Also, Eric is on his way home from work, so maybe he’ll look it over. After confirming the office wasn’t closed for President’s day and also after answering work email [that came in this morning] from home, he drove in. Only to find the office closed. He’s supposed to get a phone notification when the office is closed, but no call came. He’s cranky 🙁
We may head out for lunch, but at the same time get some work done on this new product.
I’m crossing my fingers.
~sheila
UPDATE: I just talked to a friend who owns a design company out of Pittsburgh and he’s willing to help out with the dog ‘problems’. I know good people and I’m happy for the support we give each other.
If I could do anything, I would.
- …Figure out a cure for cancer
- …Build a movie theater on the moon
- …Be an underwater explorer
Welcome to Doodle 4 Google, a competition where we invite K-12 students to work their artistic will upon our homepage logo. At Google we believe in thinking big and dreaming big, so this year we’re inviting U.S. kids to exercise their creative imaginations around the theme, “If I Could Do Anything, I Would …”
We’re looking forward to the kids’ answers too. Gather those art supplies and some 8.5″ x 11″paper and encourage your students to enrich us all with their creative visions for what they would do in the world, if they could do anything.
This year, a group of “Expert Jurors“, well-known illustrators, cartoonists and animators from organizations like The Sesame Street Workshop, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, The Charles Shultz/Peanuts Museum and Pixar Animation Studios, will be helping us select the 40 finalist doodles as well as attending our awards ceremony to personally meet our winners.
Registration closes at 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific Time (PT) on March 17, 2010, and entries are due by March 31, 2010 no later than 11:59:59 P.M. Pacific Time (PT). The winning doodle will be featured on our Google.com homepage on May 27, 2010.
Reposted from Doodle 4 Google.
