welcome home

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020309-welcome

1/2500 @ f 2.9 ~ ISO 400 ~ 20 mm

Now that you know I am an architect, you are probably wondering if I designed my own. I did not.

There is a myth that I need to clear up, architects don't make much money. Mr. Brady is fictional even though one of my classmates in college wanted to become an architect because of that show.

And when my husband was transfered to Florida, we had 3 days to find a house. Someday I might live in a house I have designed. Someday when I will the lotto.

bin pull

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020209-binpull

1.6 @ f 5.6 ~ ISO 400 ~ 50mm

We had this type of bin pull in the pantry where I grew up. I thought nothing of them until I became an architect. I was working on a house restoration and the owner wanted this type for her kitchen cabinets. At the time, they were not easy to find but we did get them. We even had to search through a salvage warehouse for the nickel sink she wanted.


When we moved into here, there was no hardware on the cabinets. I knew I wanted bin pulls. Restoration Hardware was around then but they weren't cheap. Not when you added up all the oil rubbed brass knobs I wanted for the cabinet doors. So each time I went to the mall, I bought a couple more. (Seems we went to the mall a lot since they had a play area and it was too hot to play outside with toddlers.)


Soon I had them all and my dad installed them. He chuckled at the nostalgia.

home by the sea

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020109-homebythesea

1/800 @ f3.3 ~ ISO 400 ~ 43mm

This week's theme is home sweet home and I didn't take any photos today. So I went back to my last batch and thought about the barnacles on the dock posts. Of course, I don't have any great shots of them. I think the ones I did take focusing on the barnacles didn't thrill me so I tossed them. But I love the lines of this boardwalk and if you look to the lower part of the posts, you can see the barnacles. This is their home, humble as it is.