Here we have Yellowstone again – my inspiration photo for the old bathroom remodel. This photo of the Grand Prismatic Pool has so many colors in it – it could inspire more than one room in my house… I like this palette because it has a cooler end and a warmer end… that mimics nature in fact; warmer colors for… (more…)
It’s OK, you can admit it. You don’t even have to hide it, at least not in my house. Just don’t get too carried away. Remember that you have to share As part of my experiment to not be so ‘distracted by life‘ – the computers have been turned off after school. This has caused my family to look at… (more…)
So, you have to imagine that if I spend an inordinate amount of time visualizing my home and it’s surroundings then I might do the same with the journal to which I post. You may have noticed that I’ve switched things up around here – and in the process, I’m realizing that before too long – I’ll probably go ahead… (more…)
This is a photo from the Grand Prismatic Pool in Yellowstone National Park. What a cool place to visit. I did fieldwork in Wyoming for about 11 years before I actually stepped my foot inside Yellowstone. I finally had my opportunity to do a little geotourism there during the summer of 2007. My daughter was 3 at the time –… (more…)
and then, if you turn around and look behind you, you find… Oh, yeah… that’s the old bathroom in Houston. It was gigantic by our neighborhood’s standards. The previous owner told me that, before they turned it into the master bathroom, it used to be a sewing room for the German sisters that lived there prior to them. From the… (more…)
I have grown to appreciate how the living room opens into the kitchen, the kitchen opens into the dining room, and the dining room opens into the living room. This allows my kids to ‘orbit’ the house – which is particularly important on cold winter days. Funny though, they always seem to orbit counter-clockwise. I’ve learned to enjoy this –… (more…)
Eric and I are both geologists. One of the things that you do as a geologist is travel around and look at rocks. Another thing that you do as a geologist is find cool rocks to bring back home with you. Here’s a quick inventory of the rocks that I can see as I sit here and write: Eocene fish… (more…)