Remains of St. Joseph's

We had another Sunday with nothing in particular to do, so we ended up driving around town and came upon St. Joseph's Park. St. Joseph's burned down in 1974, and was re-opened as a park in 1980. Now, it's fenced off and locked up... but hey, it's a shady part of town :\

I found some neat photos of the church pre-fire, during the fire and rubble removal at this (kind of odd) site, "Cleansing Fire."

Still, a neat place to see.

There's also a cool old sign painting for Sibley's across the street.

Art Awake

...was cool! The vacant second floor of the Alliance building made a good venue for the artwork, bands and of course cupcakes. Seeing that it was a juried show, Deanna was proud to get 2 pieces chosen, a diptych called "You and Me" and "This Kind of Geek," which is on loan from Emily, as it was her birthday present :)

After some initial disappointment (read: near panic attack) at how they had hung "You and Me" (separately,  completely hidden behind a wine tasting guy) we found the people putting it on and got it all straightened out. They hung it properly and all was well. A bunch of DS peeps came, a couple great bands played (especially at the smaller of the two stages)... a good night all in all.

Quite possibly the only photo you'll see of Deanna standing near her own artwork.

Sorry, douchey wine dude, but your Riesling was terrible.

Cause, like, you gotta have an orange guy.

Deanna, Mike Schwabl, Lauren Dixon and Jim Varble overlook "This Kind of Geek."

Hooray, a proper diptych!

Heehee, aww.

Charles explains Deanna's pieces to the onlookers.

Geoff from the Windsor Folk Family.

Joy from the Windsor Folk Family.

No more blank walls

Cause filling them with fun stuff just makes them feel homey and cozy like nestling in a warm, geeky blanket.

I got inspired by the pics Julia Wertz posted of her desk area and thought it was time to finally hang some stuff up. It feels nice.

Subject Delta found a home between the silver robot lamp and Eric Draven.

These were the first batch of Diana pics that we had printed. Well, the second attempt at printing them, actually... stupid Scott's photo with their automated machines.

Careful, Lolrus, that little sister smells an angel. 

Deedle doodle.

Mmm, candy. Thanks, Mom!

And for some reason, the Eve hypo doesn't seem entirely out of place next to Kodak film.