Baby's first photos

Here she ir he is. We had to wait a week for the ultrasound since my due date is still in flux. Everything looked fine. They checked the fat on the back of the neck, which is a down's indicator, and that was fine. We saw the heartbeat and saw him/her move. Which is really strange when you can see it moving and not feel it. Here you can see the head at the top with a hand in front of the face. And the body is curved along the uterine wall. It was all very nice and exciting. It still isn't quite real. But soon that will take care of it's self. I will post the others later. 

Even the red berries on the vine look monochromatic. 

The tree was so burdened with snow that it looked like we worked in a Hobbit hole. 

On the north porch this morning. I love that you can tell where little birdie landed. Then Paco's big foot prints in the background. 

A monochromatic morning. Well except for the hour I spent stuck in traffic looking at the back end of a black Envoy. Not the prettiest gas guzzeling hog on the roadm, by far. 

About two weeks ago we had the night lights happening again. I don't know exactly what they are. They aren't the northern lights. This is the first year that I have seen them. 

Gabbie was just rubbing Budda's head. I went for the photo and he stood straight up to see what I was doing and I got this shot instead. 

X-mas

Yeah the rest of the couch is empty. And Red likes the part with paper on it. 

X-mas with the Johnson's

I got a little puppy that looks just like Red, my brother's doggie. Kind-a cutie Pie. 

Merry Festival of Lights 

Paco finds his spot at the table. Next to the 8 year old who seems to eat a lot of broccoli. 

Walker Art Museum

The new facade. 

A close up. 

Walker Art Center's new addtion the week before the opening. I made Benny circle around the block for this one. I love the hands. 

Our neighborhood brewery (Schmidt) at dusk, a view from the river. Now out of business and looking for a developer. You can see the grain towers on the left and the castle tower on the right, with the skyway/bridge between. 

Cullen House

Stewart Ave: it was a VFW when I moved into the neighborhood. Then some one took off the stucco and look at the stone work it hid! It is still under renovations. But has soo much potential to be a glorious home again. P.S. It is missing the top floor. I don't know when that came down. But at some point I guess that the VFW didn't need a great view of the river. Well the first floor has a good view too. 

The mural on the side of the Schimdt brewery. The view is looking at St. Paul looking from the other side of the river. From left to right you have the train bridge, river boat Johnathan Paddelford or such, the cathedral and head house stack. And lastly downtown. There is one more panel but I couldn't get a straight shot of it for this 

Nellie the little dog with big stature finds her platform. 

One really cool sink. Fron the Southern Living Idea house. Tucked in a third floor bathroom. I love the water supply in the wall and the lack of visual supports.

Silt retention during construction. 

Upper part of the retaining pond.

Atlanta Greenbuild Tour

I went on a smarth growth tour at Glenwood Park and the Southern Living 2005 Idea House. Which is an Earthcraft Environmentally friendly house. Built on a brownfield, on a infil site in Atlanta using smart growth principals. To the side is one end of the retaining pond. The rainwater runs into this and used to irrigate the plants on the site. The upper part has a park on it with a playground. I will attach a few pictures from the tour.