The outside:
Inside:
The roof is supported by some iron lattice work from our summer time gazebo which I then covered with an old painting tarp.
Jamie coming out the front door:
Dadda squeezing out the front door. Yeah it's a little tight!
Saturday, February 27, 2010
More igloo pictures
We went out and worked on the igloo a little this morning. Here are a few more pictures with warm bodies inside for sense of scale. I can lay lengthwise inside so it's about 6' x 6' x 2.5' high. Once inside it is pretty warm and well insulated. I might have to get out the sleeping bag tonight just so I can say I've slept in an igloo. Don't know too many people who can say that!
The outside:
Inside:
The roof is supported by some iron lattice work from our summer time gazebo which I then covered with an old painting tarp.
Jamie coming out the front door:
Dadda squeezing out the front door. Yeah it's a little tight!
The outside:
Inside:
The roof is supported by some iron lattice work from our summer time gazebo which I then covered with an old painting tarp.
Jamie coming out the front door:
Dadda squeezing out the front door. Yeah it's a little tight!
What we do to make through the winter
Warm winter gear:
Momma straps on the snowshoes:
Dadda pulls the boy along:
Free ice. (broken off the eve of the house) Keeps our drinks cold and our spirits warm.
Valentines Day (Because Christine can't pee in the snow like I can.)
Guinness on Ice:
What to do with all that snow I shoveled off the driveway:
Momma straps on the snowshoes:
Dadda pulls the boy along:
Free ice. (broken off the eve of the house) Keeps our drinks cold and our spirits warm.
Valentines Day (Because Christine can't pee in the snow like I can.)
Guinness on Ice:
What to do with all that snow I shoveled off the driveway:
How to decorate a cake
AKA: "The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley"
All's well that eats well.
All's well that eats well.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Christmas 2009.
Well, I better get this posted before the new semester starts. Here are our pictures from Christmas!
The week before Christmas we drove down to TN to visit with the Grandparents and friends. We dodged a big snow storm on the way down. It was fun watching the thermometer on the truck go up as the miles on the odometer increased. I seemed like about 1 degree / 25 miles south. 40 degrees in TN felt like summer to us! It was below 20 when we left the Detroit Metro.
Once in TN we spent some time exploring and taking with the horses.
Jamie had a great time playing outside, climbing the fences, and running around the backyard.
The waterfalls are still there:
One of the highlights of the trip was the visit to Shawn's parents house. Ol' Larry hitched up the minihorse and we all went for cart rides. Here's Christine...
Yup, yup!
After a 10 hour drive back home (dodging another storm) we had our own little Christmas.
The stockings were hung by the banister with care:
It looks as if Saint Nick had been there:
Tearing into packages:
Trains will appear:
The weather since Christmas has been a bit cold. This morning it was 3. We hopped in the car and drove down to the Detroit Institute of Art and got our fill. Jamie's favorite was Van Gogh's "Postman". Christine and I were pretty blown away by Rivera's "Detroit Industry" frescos.
Jamie was also a big fan of the giant 3 way adapter plug:
The week before Christmas we drove down to TN to visit with the Grandparents and friends. We dodged a big snow storm on the way down. It was fun watching the thermometer on the truck go up as the miles on the odometer increased. I seemed like about 1 degree / 25 miles south. 40 degrees in TN felt like summer to us! It was below 20 when we left the Detroit Metro.
Once in TN we spent some time exploring and taking with the horses.
Jamie had a great time playing outside, climbing the fences, and running around the backyard.
The waterfalls are still there:
One of the highlights of the trip was the visit to Shawn's parents house. Ol' Larry hitched up the minihorse and we all went for cart rides. Here's Christine...
Yup, yup!
After a 10 hour drive back home (dodging another storm) we had our own little Christmas.
The stockings were hung by the banister with care:
It looks as if Saint Nick had been there:
Tearing into packages:
Trains will appear:
The weather since Christmas has been a bit cold. This morning it was 3. We hopped in the car and drove down to the Detroit Institute of Art and got our fill. Jamie's favorite was Van Gogh's "Postman". Christine and I were pretty blown away by Rivera's "Detroit Industry" frescos.
Jamie was also a big fan of the giant 3 way adapter plug:
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Pre Christmas 2009
Christmas in our little northern midwestern town is quite charming. They really do up the town with lights. I've never actually seen anything quite like it. It might even top Baltimore's 34 Street in quantity (but not quality).
Next on the list was Santa. Jamie asked for a steamroller. Will he get one? Only Santa knows for sure.
Last weekend we went to a great big tree farm about 30 miles north of town. Surprising to us was the fact that the farm was placed upon a series of rolling hills. They take you out on a tractor ride to get to the fields of trees.
We had a lot of fun running around on the hills searching for the perfect tree.
Here it is:
Sitting on the tractor after the hayride:
Back home, we decorated it up with handmade ornaments. We figured we should save the pretty glass stuff for when Jamie is a few (maybe many) years older.
With the look on his face in this picture, maybe you can get an idea as to why we might want to wait to put out the nice ornaments. (Shortly after this picture was taken we had to invest in a chain door lock, because he kept escaping and running off down the sidewalk!)
Next on the list was Santa. Jamie asked for a steamroller. Will he get one? Only Santa knows for sure.
Last weekend we went to a great big tree farm about 30 miles north of town. Surprising to us was the fact that the farm was placed upon a series of rolling hills. They take you out on a tractor ride to get to the fields of trees.
We had a lot of fun running around on the hills searching for the perfect tree.
Here it is:
Sitting on the tractor after the hayride:
Back home, we decorated it up with handmade ornaments. We figured we should save the pretty glass stuff for when Jamie is a few (maybe many) years older.
With the look on his face in this picture, maybe you can get an idea as to why we might want to wait to put out the nice ornaments. (Shortly after this picture was taken we had to invest in a chain door lock, because he kept escaping and running off down the sidewalk!)
Here's the house!
Front view of our recently renovated Bungalow built in 1920.
Here is our "formal" living room I have just finished painting a lovely golden yellow color.
Here is the purple dining room. Purple paint sucks! It gets on everything.
Here's a view of the kitchen before the appliances were put in.
The den "Tibetan Orange"
Jamie in the giant fish tank that is our downstairs shower.
That's it!
Here is our "formal" living room I have just finished painting a lovely golden yellow color.
Here is the purple dining room. Purple paint sucks! It gets on everything.
Here's a view of the kitchen before the appliances were put in.
The den "Tibetan Orange"
Jamie in the giant fish tank that is our downstairs shower.
That's it!
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