Picture Albums for July and August
So last Saturday, the weather was (*gasp*) nice in Boone. So, we started off the day with a trip to the Farmer’s Market… got some nice, fresh tomatoes… and our amazing bread… and a few other items, but those other items are inconsequential compared to the bread. That’s why we wake up early in the morning.
After getting the required items from the Farmer’s Market, we went over to campus to take a look at the new art that’s been scattered around. This year’s winner was rather outstanding. I’m a big fan.
Here’s Virginia standing in front of this massive metal mer-woman. Its tail section is made out of old parking lot light poles. The front is a network of steel tubing and steel covering. Let’s take a look at the detail up front.
Really, the thing is amazing. Future visitors to Boone, you’ll have to come on to campus and take a look. The art walk consisted of about 12 different pieces… all within walking distance around campus. My other favorite was this one.
This big man was made out of many smaller pieces of wood, that were all screwed together.
You can see some of the detail above. In August’s picture album, you can see the rest of the art pieces, with the exception of the 2 up on King Street… I’ll get around to those sooner or later.
It’s starting to get closer and closer to wedding time, so plans are still getting nailed down. As you saw in the last update, VA had a wedding shower the last time we were home, and last Friday, there was a wedding shower here in Boone hosted by Virginia’s work friends. It was a rather lovely affair, and I was actually invited to this one! Good times were had by all, I made wings, we had good times and good food while hanging out with some great people.
As another note, you’ll notice a new little feature in our blog. We’ve now started using Zannel. Zannel is like Twitter I suppose… but it lets me upload new pictures to the blog directly from my phone. In the Zannel feed now, you’ll find pictures of me making my glorious hot wing sauce, of a lovely garden just up the hill from us, and a few pictures from out motorcycle ride that we took on Sunday. The real time to watch the Zannel feed will be during the events of the wedding (if you’re not able to be there in person) and when we go on our honeymoon I’ll be shooting photos with my camera and the phone along the way. Pictures from the phone, you’ll be able to see as I upload them from various parts of the trip, and you’ll be able to see where we are on a map on Zannel. (Providing that I can get that figured out.) So, you can look at the Zannel slideshow in the upper right, or check out our Zannel page at http://www.zannel.com/trovatoam .
Stay tuned. Pictures of the new apartment will be coming soon.
