Archive for April, 2009

Spring Boat

Posted in Nature, Photoshopped, Picture on 04/08/2009 09:00 am by ifferjenn

This past weekend, Ethan and I went out for a haircut (his), then for a walk. We moseyed down to Cochituate State Park, where there just happened to be a regatta going on. I wasn’t much impressed with the regatta, but I was qute excited to see green! On the trees! I realize that spring started a few weeks ago, but yay!! Spring!!

Natick MA

Amoskeag Arches

Posted in Man-made, Photoshopped, Picture on 04/07/2009 05:47 pm by ifferjenn

Row of employee housing belonging to the Amoskeag Mill Company. I’m not big on US History, but Manchester’s history really fascinates me. And I want those arches on a house someday.

Manchester NH

Heart Flower

Posted in Nature, Photoshopped, Picture on 04/06/2009 11:32 am by ifferjenn

Marlborough MA

Playground Intersection

Posted in Man-made, Picture on 04/05/2009 09:00 am by ifferjenn

This one taken in November. Simply resized, no Photoshopping (though I was tempted…) Marlborough MA

Flood Light

Posted in Man-made, Photoshopped, Picture on 04/04/2009 05:41 pm by ifferjenn

I did play around with the sky color, tree branches, and the light itself. Feedback welcome! Marlborough MA

Crystal Head Vodka

Posted in Man-made, Picture on 04/03/2009 09:00 am by ifferjenn

So this past weekend, I went to the House of Blues in Boston to see Morrissey. I keep meaning to write a review, though basically that would be summed up by this: Morrissey was awesome, the House of Blues is beautiful, the staff was beyond awesome and friendly, and their restaurant needs more vegetarian options. The one thing I do think deserves its own entry is this: the bar has Crystal Head Vodka.

Sorry about the quality there…picture was taken with my cell phone, as they have a very strict No Camera policy. Boston MA

Thursday Threesome: Contests!

Posted in Thursday Threesome, Writing on 04/02/2009 09:00 am by ifferjenn

On the Thursday Threesome, I’ll choose a theme and describe three things that have to do with that theme. For a more lighthearted theme this week, here are a couple online contests I’m entered in. Yes, I realize this will decrease my chance of winning, but that’s how much I love you. Or…something like that…

  1. The Meanest Mom – Some of my favorite bloggers are other moms, if only ’cause they show me that not every mom is Donna Reed. Because, let’s face it, not every child is as well behaved as her kids. Anyway, she is doing a giveaway for a modbe swimsuit. It’s been…er…far too long since I last bought a swimsuit, and I can’t even find the one that I vaguely like. Even better…I get an extra entry for posting this in my blog! Bwahaha!!
  2. This American Life – On April 23rd, This American Life is doing a live show, which will be broadcast in movie theaters around the country. This is one of my favorite podcasts, and I really enjoyed their live one from last year, so I would love to go see this one. Alas (or yay, rather), I would actually like to go see one of my former students in Cabaret, so there you are. But, you don’t have to go to enter to win a limited edition print for the show! I think this would make a great addition to John’s concert posters.
  3. Green Gigs – Okay, I admit, I really only had two contests I wanted to share. So I did a search for another one, and this one looks promising. I would reeeally love to not commute an hour to work every day, particularly with Ethan starting kindergarten in the fall, and us becoming a one car household. (With the hour-long commute, guess who’d have the car.) Green Gigs is giving away a year-long subscription to Flex Jobs, a telecommuting job site. Sounds promising, and I would certainly like to take advantage of that!

Have an idea for a Thursday Threesome? Leave a comment, and I’ll see what I can do!

Bolts 3

Posted in Man-made, Photoshopped, Picture on 04/01/2009 09:00 am by ifferjenn

Finishing the illustration of my creative process, such as it is. I took this picture while waiting for my car to be finished, and when I showed it to John, he suggested I cut out the bolts and do something with the background. Of course, I forgot what he mentioned I should do with the background, so I started playing around.

With the psd file I saved earlier, I decided to just make the background black and white and focus on the bolts. Still couldn’t decide what to do with them, so after playing with some gradient colors of the three of them together, I decided to do a solid color over each of them. By this time, Ethan was watching me, and helped me decide to make them red, green, and blue. Since I do use RGB colors anyway…

Vernon CT

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