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15_the_circle) wrote2007-04-23 09:00 am
show and tell
[OT from cottage renovations]
yesterday afternoon's Mousetrap concert was the last in the 2006-07 series. I was asked to provide the visual accompaniment. attendance was a bit light, as one might expect for a beautiful spring day, but the music was beautiful and it was well worth attending.
the thematic assignment was to convey a sense of the Grove for those who come to the events for the music and don't otherwise know the place. I decided against using any of the images in this year's calendar.
images were selected, processed, printed, framed and hung along the front of McCathran Hall's choir loft. there was also a certain amount of fiddling with the hall's lighting to get things right -- many thanks to Charlie and Mary for their work in that regard.
for those who weren't able to attend, the groupings were as follows, arranged L to R (as displayed everything was sized to 4.5 x 6.5 inches, matted in an 8.5 x 11 frame).
(click through these thumbnails for higher resolution images)
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duccio - sorry, should have done that originally, I was being lazy and had dropped the HTML from each thumbnail's original post into this one]
 Grove Avenue |
 Grove Avenue |
 Sycamore Woodward Park |
 Sycamore Woodward Park |
 Oaks over Castle McClelland Chestnut Road |
 Japanese Maple the Circle |
 Hoop Shooters / Onset of Snow Woodward Park |
 Moonrise Lower Field |
 afternoon light McCathran Hall |
 preteens McCathran Hall |
 circular shadows McCathran Hall |
 demonstration McCathran Hall |
 Santa Lucia McCathran Hall |
 spider girl McCathran Hall |
 Annika on Stairs McCathran Hall |
the images are coming down today will remain through this year's Town Meeting.
this is the first formal showing of my pictures.
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thank you
thank you for your kind words.
there's sort of a funny story about that, except not quite so funny. for some reason in the printed version I wasn't quite able to replicate the same colour tones as its online counterpart, even though they derived from the same raw image and I was using the same software on the same computer. it was, I guess, more or less O.K. on the wall, but I really didn't like it as much, wasn't really satisfied with it at all. were it not for how it needed to fit into the composition I would have swapped it out for some other image.
the structure is McCathran Hall, the Grove's octagonal Assembly Hall from the old Camp Meeting days. we use it for everything that happens here: the annual Town Meeting, concerts, memorial services, you name it.
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yes, a few, though I spent so much time fiddling with the hanging apparatus that by the time I got to the west woods the activity was wrapping up and many of those who had worked on it had gone on to other things. am hoping to get those posted later today, along with visual documentation of some recovered objects (I have the ones Betsy dropped off, as well as pictures of a couple more).
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I have a favor to ask. The four image wide group from McCathrin Hall with the people dancing in the last one, is so wide that it screws up my friends page making it so I must scroll back and forth to read everyone's entries. Could you put the dancers below, or break the line in half and display in a cluster like the group below, so it fits into the 800 pixel LJ page? (Even your post comment page has to be scrolled back and forth. Bitch, bitch, bitch!) Thanks if you do. Sorry to be a pest.
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done. I really should have set it up that way when first composing the post ... had copied the HTML out of the galleries in which the images appeared without bothering to direct the browser to reside the thumbnails.
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I don't know the place either, but these photos make me want to lower my voice and savor the vibe. (I don't know how else to say that... but know, don't you)
And the kids shooting hoops in the rain. wow.
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thank you for your kind words.
the most astonishing thing about it all is that I get to live here. the Grove was founded as a religious retreat; people came here for renewal and revival. it still provides that.
the hoop shooters had been completely engrossed in their game, oblivious to the snow driving through the air and just starting to stick to things. I used a long lens to keep from intruding into their activity; I wouldn't have wanted to be what broke their concentration, not for anything.
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the Town website has an informal history (http://www.washingtongrovemd.org/our_Town) and timeline (http://www.washingtongrovemd.org/our_Town/history), are those adequate for what you had in mind?
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Denailing
Deframing
What a invigorating and worthwhile project you’ve taken on and how wonderful that you documented it here on LJ. I read through your entire journal. Do you have previous experience with this sort of work? I have a very good friend/mentor back up in Washington who buys and restores beach houses. She’s incredible and such a hard worker. I admire her so much. Your narrative made me think of her because I remember her laments about “what will be under THIS wall when I tear it out?” And the painstaking care she took for each piece of millwork, light fixtures … the end product would take your breath away. As does your journal.
It looks like you lived in the house the entire time during the renovation? How did you happen upon Washington Grove and was this a long time dream of yours? And are you still in an employment hiatus? (I could ask many questions but I’ll refrain.)
This photo right here ..
http://pics.livejournal.com/15_the_circle/pic/0001wz2w/
oh my. I’m in love with your house. And the Cat Cam! With its ability to catch storms. I kept waiting for a photo of the train and wasn’t disappointed. My heart beat just a wee bit faster when I enlarged it.
http://pics.livejournal.com/15_the_circle/pic/000cp7eg/g18
You’ve truly made your cottage a work of art. You’re not really going to sell it are you? I would have so love to come to your dedication. I get the feeling that most, if not all, of the renovation is complete?
I feel emotionally attached to Bittersweet Cottage. And it’s a warm gentle feeling too. Thank you so much for all this. What a special journal you’ve created and your love for this place radiates with each photo.
I did briefly visit the sites you posted. I'll read those more carefully later on. Thank you.
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exactly.
I wouldn't have it any other way.
reply part 1
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> Deshingling
> Denailing
> Deframing
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yes, all that. and reporchification, refenestration and rerefenestration. the abuse of the language will continue until the project comes to a successful conclusion.
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> What a invigorating and worthwhile project youve taken on and how wonderful
> that you documented it here on LJ. I read through your entire journal.
> Do you have previous experience with this sort of work?
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good heavens, I hope you weren't planning, or needing, to get anything else done today. according to LJ that's 641 entries, 1,080 comments (not yet including this reply) and over 1,300 images.
I have no previous experience doing this. nor have I much in the way of current experience. it's been navigation-by-instinct all the way. but then I did live here for 15 years before getting started, so there was lots of time to
think aboutplot and scheme potential improvements.the reason this journal exists is to document the progress (or lack of it) of the cottage renovation project. it was easier to write a journal than to keep sending emails to family and friends (not to mention that it made me feel like a spammer). somewhere along the way it seems to have turned into a photo journal.
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> I have a very good friend/mentor back up in Washington who buys and restores
> beach houses. Shes incredible and such a hard worker. I admire her so much.
> Your narrative made me think of her because I remember her laments about "what
> will be under THIS wall when I tear it out?" And the painstaking care she took
> for each piece of millwork, light fixtures ... the end product would take your
> breath away. As does your journal.
>
thank you for your kind words. the journal really isn't remarkable, though, and remains wonderfully undiscovered. there does seem to be a small number of folks who visit it now and then. small as in: technorati.com ranks it at 1,061,658 which would be flattering except that with ranking lower numbers are more favourable).
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> It looks like you lived in the house the entire time during the renovation?
> How did you happen upon Washington Grove and was this a long time dream of yours?
> And are you still in an employment hiatus?
> (I could ask many questions but Ill refrain.)
>
to be continued ... LJ limits comments and replies to 4300 characters.
Re: reply part 1
Did I miss anything earth shattering?
Thanks for answering my questions. You have a remarkable journal. Hands down.
Sounds like your life ain't too shabby either.
reply part 2
... continued
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> This photo right here ..
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> [mortise lock]
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> oh my. Im in love with your house. And the Cat Cam! With its ability to catch storms.
> I kept waiting for a photo of the train and wasnt disappointed. My heart beat
> just a wee bit faster when I enlarged it.
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that I live this close to the railway is by no means coincidental. even though there's no line-of-sight from here to the
B&OCSX tracks, the sound is a part of this place, coming in fresh from each passing train. it is also possible through technical means to remain connected to the railroad's operations, and I don't stint in that regard.>
> Youve truly made your cottage a work of art. You're not really going to sell it
> are you? I would have so love to come to your dedication. I get the feeling
> that most, if not all, of the renovation is complete?
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I've already warned the Wonder Boy that he will probably inherit the place as I really don't want to live anywhere else. ever. if I ever get old and doddery and he decides to move me out to a elderly person
carestorage facility there will be absolute hell to pay, I promise. so barring some completely unforeseen circumstance it's not on the market.there is a great deal more to do, and as long as at least some of it gets done the work will continue to need annual commemorations. neighbours have already advised that the refenestration dedication and the rerefenestration rededication are now considered traditional Grove evenrs. one knows better than to mess with tradition here, so I'm sure there will be another one around the time of Bilbo's birthday. details will be, well, in the obvious place.
(yes, we take tradition seriously here, but new ones seem to be capable of being established in a remarkably short period of time. it's also possible that the distribution of beer might have something to do with the alacrity with which it was adopted, but that's just speculation on my part)
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> I feel emotionally attached to Bittersweet Cottage. And it's a warm gentle feeling
> too. Thank you so much for all this. What a special journal you've created
> and your love for this place radiates with each photo.
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thank you.. my own attachment to this place (both to the cottage and to the Grove) runs quite deep. it is not completely without pain: the name was chosen with care and works on several levels. one cannot choose circumstance, nor is it always possible to limit the effects of the actions and choices of others. one does, however, have control over how one reacts to these things.
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> I did briefly visit the sites you posted. I'll read those more carefully later on.
> Thank you.
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you are quite welcome. and thanks for stopping by. I hope you'll feel free to come again any time.
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thank you, I'm happy to hear you were pleased with them.