cornerstone

Cornerstone of the Downtown Vancouver Post Office. Pretty neat!

Currently listening to: Jem: Save Me

standpipe

standpipe on one of the shops downtown Vancouver.

currently listening to: jimmy eat world: sweetness

amanda's birthday

we celebrated amanda's birthday at Kells Irish Pub... complete with sparkler topped cheesecake.

currently listening to: Infernal: From Paris to Berlin

slow space

a page from the text "architecture must burn" that I'm currently reading.

currently listening to: garbage: cherry lips

amanda and michael

playing with napkins and otherwise causing trouble...

currently listening to: the replacements

honey bucket

All that remains of the construction site a block down from the office is a new building and the port-a-potty in the parking lot.

currently listening to: landon pigg: can't let go

head wall

One of the walls I had to measure today to duplicate where all of the outlets and announces are in our drawings.

Currently listening to: The Wiseguys: Start the Commotion

elevation

One of the fellows at work showed me these great old drawings from 1904 of a building that's still in existence in downtown Portland. Back then, they did drawings on a linen paper to preserve them... the detail and penmanship is amazing!

Currently listening to: Daytime Volume: Good luck now

scanner

Back to work today, and I had a bit of scanning to do. Good thing there were instruction on how to get the programs to work out right!

Currently listening to: the Shins: Black Wave

windows

Took this picture downtown today, I liked the way the reflection of the clouds turned out on the glazing.

Currently listening to: Get Set Go: Hurry Up and Wait.

harry potter

Book 7 came in the mail today... and I read the whole thing... and it was worth spending 1/2 of my day doing so!

Currently listening to: Dido: Do you have a little time?

flag

the flag in our backyard... it was windy today!

currently listening to: william tell: slipping under

multnomah falls

Multnomah Falls, in the Columbia River Gorge.

Currently listening to: Cornbread Red: Be My Escape

d|a|m

Denver Art Museum Atirum. Architect Daniel Libeskind.

A simply remarkable building to experience.

Currently listening to: Get Set Go: Wait

ranch outfitters

Sign outside of outfitter in Casper, Wyoming.

Currently listening to: Family Force Five: Numb

grandpa's workbench

My interest in architecture is best linked to my grandfather, who was a contractor in Thermopolis around the 1940s-1960s. This is his workbench in the basement of the house... I've always enjoyed looking through all the tools and gadgets around.

Currently listening to: Neutral Milk Hotel: Two Headed Boy

Don's IGA

Produce @ Don's IGA: Hometown Proud!

Currently listening to: Flight of the Concords: Albi the Racest Dragon

the main street

Ten Sleep, Wyoming

Currently listening to: Lily Allen: Alfie

hot springs state park

Hotsprings State Park, swinging bridge, in Thermopolis, Wyoming

Currently listening to: Jamiroquai: Virtual Insanity

only gas

I found this old jar opener in my grandparent's kitchen today. Seems ironic now.

Currently listening to: Elliot Murphy: O Wyoming

dinosaur

A dinosaur display in the Wyoming dinosaur center

currently listening to: nate huss: spotlight

tetons

Grand Teton National Park

Currently listening to: Alfred Hitchcock : Rope

Jackson Hole

Downtown Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Currently listening to: The Town Pants: Come With Me

boise

The state capitol building in Boise, Idaho

Currently listening to: social distortion: far behind

masonic lodge

lodge, located in the Dalles, Oregon

currently listening to: Neutral Milk Hotel: Holland, 1945

window decal

ducks > huskies

currently listening to: James Kochalka Superstar & The Zambonis: Hockey Monkie

john mayer

I must admit that the only reason I bought this t.shirt at the concert was because of the dump truck.

currently listening to: Moonbabies: war on sound.

fireworks

Happy 4th of July!

Currently listening to: O State Ballaz

swmc

From a waiting room, looking at the physician's pavilion and firstenburg tower.

currently listening to: secrets of the underworld: paris

Jingjing the Panda

My little mascot from the Beijing Olympic 08 Games.

currently listening to: history detectives

wire model

I was playing with one of my wire skyscraper models today when I was sitting outside. I though this was a fun picture... not great, but the best one of the day.

currently listening to: The clumsy lovers: single girl