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T'was the night before Christmas and I'm going out of my head
with so many more days of dread.............
gotta be something to do with "cabin fever" and visons of "Winter Sewing"
With visions of seeds and plants dancing in my head,
When in the den, there arose such a clatter,
I leapt from my bed to see what was the matter,
Away to the door I flew like a flash,
yanking open the door and peering around the frame.
When what to my wandering eye did appear,
a gleaming new catalog,containers abound and seed packages all stuffed plump, a jolly elf conducting as they danced with glee
Now potting soil
Now salvia,
On tomatoes, on basil
Come snapdragon, come toadflax
To the top of the container, to to top of the soil
Now grow away, grow away, grow away all!
In the twinkling of an eye, the elf vanished with a warm glow,
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so i snucked downstairs and took a few pics of my progress
excuse the very crappy pics...irl they look so good!
!! LOVING my new cabinets! i know i should wait, still quite a ways to go, but here you go!
old kitchen w/white laminate & almond tile
the laminate skins were falling off so we were ready for new cabinets
medallion cherry pecan stain cabinets
love the glass upper cabinet, we'll be sticking some puck lights in there
new pantry,this is where my ge spacemaker micro will go. contractor will build a shelf so it'll look built-in. below will go my huge vibemmeme espresso machine.
I love sneaky pics! :) Lookin' really good. Hey, is that a Samsung fridge? Looks just like mine - do you have the ice maker on top & in the bottom freezer? I'm an ice freak - funny, since I live in Alaska ;) I love mine!
It looks great, jillsee! I enjoyed seeing your progress. So, not only are we both getting cherry cabinets installed this week; we're both going with the GE spacesaver microwave in a 'built-in' look. I can't wait to see your finished space!
thanks everyone!! here are few more
my hardware from restoration hardware, hansen
ticor sink!
ge cafe...still has the blue wrapper on it but it's stainless
upper glass cab
my buffett..my avanti wine fridge will go here in the left blank space
ge spacemaker on on shelf...will add railing to bottom of the shelve, and all upper cabs
tile i'm considering
yes! we are keeping the floor, i just love it, soooo low maintence. our floor guy is coming next week to install the missing floorboards, than try to "color match" it to our orginial. he is GREAT so have full confidence he'll do an astounding job.
melaska , i have a kenmore elite which i love!!! we got it a few years back, dh was adamant we had to get it.
dreamweaverMAM, forgot where you are in the process...any pics ? would love to see them!
i love my ge spacemaker & we had a similar model in our old house. most of the micros were too big and this one is plenty roomy enough (and powerful) for our needs.
hi ka,
thanks! we picked persa avorio. i don't think anyone on here has it (well, missmuffett but don't think her kitchen is done yet?)
it mostly creamy but can look kind of grey with inside lighting. also has hints of tan and grey, and so hard to see but a tiny bit of red/rust.
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It's March 2013! How is your build progressing?
I thought I'd kick it off since I love to look and can't wait to join!
Here's to milder weather (hope) clearing the way for great leaps in progress!
Stairs completed; took DH a while to do them, but we are pleased with the results. We went non-trendy carpeting since we have little tykes and old folks here. DH is off today to buy our first trim material and will start with the kitchen.
You all know our story, finishing off bits while we live here. Each task seems like such an improvement; if everything had been done before move-in, we would have missed some little triumphs I think.
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I would have moved in this weekend, but there is too much snow to get to where my furniture is stored...hoping for next week if the weather gods will cooperate. I went to the house and did some cleaning but have two gals coming Wednesday to help with things I am unable to do...also new furniture being delivered that day. I am so excited!
Lovely to see everyone's progress!
Phoggie, I'm praying for you to get some warm dry weather so you can get moved in.
Sweet_Reverie, I've been following your blog - even have it bookmarked. I would be posting comments to your blog but I don't happen to have any of the kinds of accounts one must have to post comments there... and setting up yet another website account strikes me as kind of like getting yet another store "loyalty card." I've got too dang many of the things already! LOL! But I did want to let you know that I'm taking a huge amount of vicarious pleasure in watching your home take shape. How are the interior room sizes feeling to you thus far? And does the floor plan "flow" the way you had hoped?
Bev: That is odd! I wonder why you could not comment as a guest? I will look at my blog settings. Yes! I actually LOVE every single interior space. When we first walked through, I started to tear up looking at the girls rooms because they are just so perfect! The two windows make a huge difference and I am just so happy I found this board and you! lol. It will be a cozy house, just what we want. The only slightly tricky room is the master closet because there is a supporting wall for the stairs that cuts right through the center of the room but it is nothing that cannot be fixed with some creative cabinets and rods. I am getting overwhelmed with the task of decorating the whole thing! I will link my pinterest below so you can have an idea of the look we are going for. Kind of a cottage look I guess. :)
Here is a link that might be useful: My pinterest.
Hardwoods are completely installed.
Kichen cabinets and bathroom cabinets went in over the weekend. Tomorrow our custom Master Vanity will be put together. Also, on Friday all of the trim and interior doors were delivered. We are about a month away from move-in!!
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pbx2 - love your kitchen! Nice to know someone is in the same boat. I'm mainly stressed about all of the decisions I made 6 months ago coming to life. Yikes!
I'm getting a quote to have someone pack us. Have you considered it? Hopefully it won't be too expensive...
@Redsgal14 Thank you! We are envious of your island!
I know what you mean about decisions coming to life.
We actually were debating if we should've put can lights in our open concept dining room - after we were looking for a chandelier for it this weekend - that would have been a costly oversight had we not come to our senses.
As for movers - thank you for the tip but fortunately, we live in a condo right now so everything is mostly packed in boxes already in storage. It's all the personal nick nacks & current day's silverware & dishes that we have to pack ourselves - which is driving is crazy.
Dh met with the tree guy this morning. They'll clear trees from the building and septic sites on Weds and Thursday, and hopefully break ground early next week. We're racing the thaw-- if we don't get our foundation in before spring load restrictions go into effect for the roads, we'll likely be stuck waiting until about the 1st of May.
Here's hoping for cold weather and clear skies!
I can't believe I can finally join this thread! We've been dreaming of this since 2005! Finally, we are in escrow on a lot and are starting preliminary designs this coming week! YAHOOO!!! So excited. We plan to build big (about 7000sf) on a spectacular acre overlooking a golf course community in Orange County, CA.
Picture is of our view.
Still need cedar shutters, screen porch,stone columns, and gable pediments
Thanks y'all! It is a stock plan I see everywhere but never could find a real picture of one. It's called vida de la confianza. I have been more excited about that sink and paper towel holder than anything else in the whole house!
The snow has finally melted enough to get started again and the framing crew brought their job trailer out this afternoon and will start putting down the plates and getting the subfloor joists nice and level tomorrow.
The wife and I did get a few things accomplished during the down time though. We ordered all KitchenAid
appliances down to the garbage disposal and with the store discounts and KA rebates we are pretty happy.
We picked out the Kraft Maid cabinets and are just waiting for the Kraft Maid incentives to come out before we order. We are also building a 32'x45' insulated detached garage/man cave and got that package all picked out.
Now all we need is a few weeks of nice weather.
Ready for a roof on Monday!
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The tree-clearing is done, and the surveyor comes today.
The view from the road. The trees in the center of the photo are very old. I have a thing for really old trees.
The house site.
It's so nice to move from planning to doing!
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I haven't posted a pic in quite some time- it's been a wet winter! I finally got the tin on most of the roof. The garage is just in tar paper while I finish the gable end. I won't go up on a tin roof once it is done- too slippery, and I'm prone to vertigo, so roof work is a slow scary process for me.
Our house will be a Craftsman- Low Country style when finished. The front columns will be brick part way up, with the typical fat tapered square columns the rest of the way. There will be heavy timber brackets for the gable end roof. Siding will be Hardie clapboards, with board and batten on the gables. I'm going to gussy up what is basically a small, simple ranch; ideal for empty-nesters.
Everyone has made great progress! Love all the pics shared.
Flgargoyle - We are on the same page for simple ranch homes. Ours is so small compared to all the others in the subdivision. No large roof lines or soaring ceilings for us. We are empty nesters, too and do not want to rent a cherry picker to change a lightbulb!
Our cabinet crown moulding went up yesterday after these pictures were taken.
Kellyeng...we already do! When we got here, we wash all of the glasses we had moved from the old house beacuse it had been a while. In the meantime we were loading up the other one with our regular daily dishes...love it. :-)
Ash 6181, the chandelier is made by Salento. I attached a link and hope it will work. We also have another fixture in our foyer and a sconce that is in the same 'family' as the dining room fixture. We are very happy with all three of them and felt like they were very reasonably priced. We did buy locally and didn't have to ship this.
Here is a link that might be useful: Salento Lighting
The houses and properties all look great.
We are struggling with our hardwood floors now, as many of you already know from my other post. Otherwise things are going well--the limestone fireplace in the basement is looking nice and the master bedroom ceiling is done. We love it.
We've got drywall up ready to be taped and finished. Siding is started on the back of the house. We signed off on our flooring order on Saturday. Everything at the house seems to be going really well, but our builder is concerned that our driveway/road (almost 1/4 mile gravel lane) will not be able to be put in due to all the moisture we have here right now. The ground is now thawing out so the site is an absolute mess, and I have a feeling we will be facing a delay in the very near future because they won't be able to get delivery trucks back there to drop off more materials. We're just keeping any eye on the weather and hoping for some warm, dry days ahead. Good luck to everyone else!!
My big windows over the whirlpool tub.
Our very own lake!!
Not sure why my other picture is sideways. Anyhow, here are a few other images, one of the basement fireplace going in and the other looking from the hallway toward the foyer. The basement fireplace still needs the limestone hearthstone beneath the stones toward the bottom, and in this photo you cannot see the cute firebox toward the right or the wood stove that is covered in paper.
Great progress pics everyone! It seems like there are more photos posted this month. Three apples I wanted to say that what I could see of your staircase looks really good! I hope all that worked out for you and it must have since it looks finished. Boyer - the home looks really beautiful on the Inside and I hope you'll post one of the outside too. Reverie-wow your house is going fast! I enjoy your blog. Lucy - love the look of your home and property. Good luck to all!
Snuck into the house again last night & saw they had installed the drum light in the living rm & stained the stair hand rails...2.5 weeks away & still a lot to be done.
This post was edited by pbx2 on Wed, Mar 13, 13 at 10:06
Kitchen Granite has been installed and all interior doors and trim have been installed.
We are getting so close, but things seem to be going SOOO slow right now.
We are supposed to be in no later than April 15th, but I am feeling like it won't happen. Custom vanity still has to be built, shower has to be tiled, gutters have to be put on, from pillars have to be built, touch ups, appliances, plumbing fixtures installed.
Hopefully they get on their game.
In the mean time, we pack!
Here is a link that might be useful: More pictures of interior
@pbx2 can you tell me the manufacturer of your pendant light? It looks like the one we picked out but it's always hard to tell when you're selecting from a catalog. Thank you in advance!
@kaljr82 LOVE your kashmir white..we are looking at slabs this weekend.
@katrina161 - it's a Restoration Hardware ROUND SHADE PENDANT measuring about 25.5" in diameter - that we picked up at their outlet in NoVa.
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Need some input! How long does it takes for a home to be completed once the Sheetrock texture is complete? Our home builder keep telling us that its too soon to tell. Also did I mention we WERE scheduled to close March 30th! Any comments would be helpful.
Roof! We chose a grey color and I like it.
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Custom vanity was put together this weekend. Just waiting on one cabinet for it to be finished off. The missing part will just be open shelving.
We also got all of the trim installed and painted. Very little left to do. I think the big things are getting plumbing finished up and getting the gutters put on.
Really hope we are in by our April 15th deadline!
@Eden-Manor- thank you for the kind words!
We're actually in Richmond but husband's family is in NoVa & LoCo, so we're always @ that RH outlet.
We lucked out on that drum pendant, a Foucault chandelier & our dual Hutton vanities. So it's helped with our build budget a lot to achieve the modern rustic look we're after.
I'm so excited to find this thread. We signed the contracts last month and the builder is set to break ground next week (weather pending). I've never owned a home before let alone custom-built one and I'm super excited. Seeing all of your photos just makes me even more giddy!! :)
Wow....all projects are really moving along. I can't wait to join in!
dupusa - I really love those chocolate brown shutters and stone combo...who supplied your stone and are the shutters composite wood or real wood?
Fun to watch all the builds become homes!
Spottythecat - The shutter wood; hmmm not sure! The color you see went on incorrectly (SW Black Fox) due to a builder error so we changed it to Sherwin Williams Caviar instead and that made it pop.
The stone is a Tennessee Field Stone in a Ashlar cut. Not sure where was sourced from as our builder got it.
It feels like things are moving much more slowly at this point. Here a a few shots of the exterior, dining room trim detail, coffered ceilings in family room, window seat in game room and master vanity cabinets.
And lastly, the granite I have on hold....
The rain has really been slowing down the framers but it is spring in the Ozarks so anything can happen......6-8" of snow forecast for later in the week :(
The taller windows you see are in the vaulted great room and have transoms above them and open into the screened porch. The arch top window area is the breakfast/informal dining area off of the kitchen.
With a little luck the framers will get done this week and trusses are coming Thursday.
This post was edited by LOTO on Tue, Mar 19, 13 at 19:04
Everyone's home looks great. I wish I could say we have progress since the builder quit in September 2012 but that isn't the case. We have had more Engineers or County Inspectors in & out of our home it's crazy. We have issues but hopefully we are on the road to total repairs. All the bad soil from the foundation walls have been removed. Foundation walls cleaned and re-waterproofed. New drainage system being installed this week. After that they start busting out the basement slab and remove the gravel and 18" of soil and fill with all gravel. Then repour the slab......if the wall cracks don't show any movement from the monitors they have in place...if not, we are good to go and start back to building--instead of deconstructing!
Wow so many gorgeous homes! I see pbx and threeapples still hanging in there with me. Beautiful homes of course.
Well we are two months delayed but finally move in next week. I disappeared for awhile because the stress of one subcontractor. Overall our builder has been great and so have all the subcontractors. Even with the delay I know I am blessed to be moving into my dream home!
I will post more pics once we have the walk through over the weekend. Here is a pic of the kitchen with the 17 ft island that I am in love with! (ignore the orange that is a base coat for gray)
Well, we are supposed to be getting ready to move in on April 15th, but nobody had been at the house since Saturday.
Still so much to be done, and I don't think they will be able to finish it (even though we already told our land lord we would be out by the 15th per our General contractors assurances)
Things that still need to be done:
Carpeting in 4 rooms, basically all of the plumbing, fireplace, master bathroom shower tile, gutters, front porch column trim, a tiny bit of trim and then the touchups.
Seems like way too much.
Has anyone else experienced this?? Maybe 3.5 weeks is enough time, but since basically nothing has happened at all this week I am worried.
Congrats to moving in phoggie! So jealous!
Has anyone noticed that we are now over 100 posts on this thread? That's way more than these monthly threads have had in recent years. Apparently the combination of spring coming, and a bit better economy is getting the house-building industry moving again. Yay!
Siding starting (just primed now, will be painted grey w/white trim):
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So glad to have stumbled on this thread... so helpful for those of us building and are just behind the rest of you with regard to schedule/decisions to be made.
I have a question for "building_a_house" ;
I saw the picture you posted on your exterior stone being installed. Does it have a name ..??.. The picture I'm referring to is grey stone with some yellow also. I would like something like that -- grey with some yellow.
Not sure what part of the country you live in -- I'm in N.TX -- so not sure how available stone is across our country... but maybe a supplier / quarry would recognize the name.
LOTO: They are just primed right now. We will be painting them grey with white trim. The total siding cost was 22K including labor. It was our one splurge. :)
ETA: we did briefly consider doing just shingle accents but we decided our gables were too big.
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RE: Kitchen Cabinets - with glass cabinets at top
To "lucy0214" & " bowyer123"
Can you share how tall your ceilings are in your kitchen..??.. and how tall those lighted glass cabinets are.
I've been considering this approach for our new build and would love to see more pictures of how that looks by the range... presuming you carried that all the way through the kitchen.
Also "bowyer123" -- I need to do a layout similar to what you've done with some wall double ovens and microwave; Is your microwave comfortable to use at that height..??..
My ceilings are 10 feet tall. The lower cabinets are 36" tall and the uppers are 31' from the bottom of the upper door to the ceiling. Also, the doors are different sizes near the ovens if you compare this picture with the ones I previously posted. We love the double ovens and separate cook top, more than a range. The height is better for us and 2 full-sized overs is preferable for us considering our cook top is only 36" wide.
The bottom of the microwave door is at 59" high from the floor. This is a just a bit higher than is ideal for my wife and kids, but we manage just fine. The frame around the microwave adds 3-1/2" inches to the height of the bottom of the door. I suppose you could do without the frame, but we like it.
Hope this helps!
Sweet.reverie: I've been waiting to see your siding going up. How exciting for you! Can't wait to see it once you have it painted.
And...just curious, did you ever consider cedar shingles? If so, did you opt for the hardie ones due to cost (I have no idea which is more expensive) or due to maintenance/ looks?
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Reds gal - I am really hoping you post more photos of your home. Your kitchen stone detail over the range is awesome! And YES that final month just might be the worst in the building process, as you're just plain tired of the whole thing and ready to have the decisions over and no more surprises!
Everyone's homes are looking so lovely.
Redsgal that stone is fabulous.
Ill also need one of those slides in my next house like laurajanes.
Jannz-My ceilings are 10ft in the kitchen. I'm not sure how tall any of the cabinets are( terrible I know). I just gave them a sketch and they built them. Probably standard sizes.
Oohhhh! Very very nice pbx2! Love the stone and the shingle siding too. Sharp home!
redsgal-just keep staring at that beautiful stone surround and maybe all of your stress will melt away! That is gorgeous!
So many nice homes going up. I am getting so antsy to join you all. :)
Everyone's homes are looking so lovely.
Redsgal that stone is fabulous.
Ill also need one of those slides in my next house like laurajanes.
Jannz-My ceilings are 10ft in the kitchen. I'm not sure how tall any of the cabinets are( terrible I know). I just gave them a sketch and they built them. Probably standard sizes.
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pbx2-what materials did you use? Colors? Love, love, love!
We just broke ground on Friday and our footers go in tomorrow.
Hi Eden-Manor - thank you soo much for the delightful comments.Congrats on your ground breaking!
Our materials: are certainteed heather grey siding/shingle & the certainteed roof in georgetown grey.
Jeldwen windows in wedgewood.
Brick columns & foundation wall.
Shed Dormer has shingles, weeee!
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We got our Certificate of Occupancy this past Wednesday from the County & can legally move in now if we wanted.
Of course, the Bank has to send their inspector out too, no all clears yet.
This time next week- 1st weekend of April - we will be moving in.
It took 228 days so far & the last couple weeks have been just a mad dash to the finish line for our crew.
Awaiting the grass, final tweaks & cleanup - then walk-thru on Tuesday...
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Our foundation is dug, and the concrete guys are there today. We hope to begin framing next week! Yippee!
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ATLANTA- Atlanta Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson said Sunday he is selling his controlling interest in the team, in part due to an inflammatory email he said he wrote in an attempt "to bridge Atlanta's racial sports divide."
ATLANTA - The Atlanta Hawks have reached an agreement with small forward Thabo Sefolosha on a deal that leaves the team sufficient salary cap room for additional offseason moves.
ATLANTA - DeMarre Carroll scored 23 points and Kyle Korver put on quite a shooting display in the third quarter, carrying the Atlanta Hawks to a 101-88 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Charlotte Hornets needed a little pick-me-up after a tough - and potential costly - double-overtime loss to the Washington Wizards on Friday night.
ATLANTA - DeMarre Carroll scored 24 points and the Atlanta Hawks clinched the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 99-86 victory over the Miami Heat on Friday night.
ORLANDO, Fla. - The Atlanta Hawks want to do everything they can over their last dozen games to be as playoff-ready as possible.
ATLANTA - The Atlanta Hawks spent some extra time in the film room Monday. They didn't necessarily like what they were seeing but couldn't argue with what it showed.
ATLANTA - Tony Parker can't really explain why the San Antonio Spurs have been mediocre on the road this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Thunder keep losing players and finding ways to win.
OAKLAND, Calif. - Harrison Barnes had 25 points, Andre Iguodala added 21 points and six assists, and the Golden State Warriors cruised past the Atlanta Hawks 114-95 on Wednesday night in a matchup of the NBA's top two teams.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jeff Teague scored 23 points and Paul Millsap added 19 points and 10 rebounds to help the Atlanta Hawks set a franchise record with their 23rd road win of the season, 110-103 over the Sacramento Kings on Monday night.
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My son has gone from eating 6oz every 4 hours to 2oz every 4 hours. And in the morning after sleeping 7 hours you'd think he would eat. Ugh I've talked to his pediatrician but she doesn't seem to be concerned, or really listen to what I'm saying. She said he might have to poop. Really? He doesn't have a problem pooping. And it wouldn't be every feeding every time. He was doing just fine before. He acts like he's still hungry trying to eat his hands but will cry as soon at the nipple touches his lips. He's been burped and he has had his zantac. I feel ignored. Maybe I'm just worrying over nothing.
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Posted 01/30/2013
Could he be teething? The act of sucking promotes blood flow in the mouth, which can hurt their sore little swollen gums.
Posted 01/30/2013
The chewing on their hands is a developmental stage that our babies are at right now, not necessarily hunger. I would keep an eye on weight gain and wet/dirty diapers, but my guess is that it's just a phase and lo will increase their eating again soon!
Posted 01/30/2013
Maybe he isn't going through a growth spurt right now! Babies change a lot. Just keep a journal of how much he eats and how much a he poops and pees. If it seems to be less and less definitely ask for her to look into it more.
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Posted 01/30/2013
My son started doing the same exact thing at around 10 weeks. He'll latch on for the first 2-3oz but freaks out after that and it's almost impossible to get him to finish. He doesn't have reflux. Does the same thing with his hands showing hunger but gets mad at the bottle nipple but will take a paci without any problems. He doesn't have reflux or colic I'm looking for answers too but just wanted to let you know you aren't alone!
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Posted 01/30/2013
I don't mean to scare but my lo did that and took her in and she had an infection in her nose and throat and was starting in her ears. Her pedi didn't know why but said it was actually quite common might want to look and see if throat is red
Posted 01/30/2013
kurisayo that is exactly what he's doing! If you figure it out let me know.
Posted 01/30/2013
My guess is that the zantac either stopped working or the dose needs to be upped. From what I understand zantac is extremely weight sensitive and unreliable.
Posted 01/30/2013
You may want to try a faster flow nipple. I know my ODS would do this when he wasn't getting the milk as fast as he wanted it. He would get bored/frustrated with his bottle, cry and turn his head. I say try it, what can it hurt?
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a very pretty spider
i was out after my convalescence and found this tiny thing. wow was it hard to tell my camera what to focus on since it was so tiny.
and i was excited when this lovely flew in my yard. i have never seen one here!
these were the same evening. last night i photo'd a periodical cicada. a first in my lifetime since i would have remembered if i saw one when i was a kid! never. a person in another town has a photo of his large tree trunk covered in them, plague proportions, i mean covered! i have been hearing them here at home. they sound different and much quieter (not to mention earlier in the year). they are also half the size of our regulars. i am sure everyone has noticed these observations, but this is so interesting this to me i can't shut up.
OMG, it's the aliens again!!!!
(Referring to the head on shots, not your ability FTM!)
What beautiful wings! I've only seen the husk of a cicada, never a live one....very cool...
Aren't cameras amazing? I have a very simple Kodak EasyShare Z700 but it's wonderful for my limited abilities.
Taken thru the window. And I have adobe photoshop, but no manual so I don't know how to use it much :(
Jeanner, can you fix up my hummer so he's not so blurry?
All great photos. I truly love photographs of the tiny things! That spider is fantastic! The cicada looks like he has a personality when you capture that 'face' with the big eyes. Funny - it is orange. Our periodics are electric green like bottle flies.
Still have not found my bag of hummer feeders so working with one.
I tried to get a photo of beautiful Gulf Fritillary (which which comes this far north as summer progresses. I positively ID'd it from my butterfly book. It was on my mondarda blooms and yesterday on the liatris. My butterfly garden is mostly in full bloom right now. But, by the time I walked in to get the camera and come back outside again it was gone. I'll have to keep checking because it is a beautiful butterfly and the colors are brilliant. Butterlies fade out as they age.
Wow, FTM, I LOVE the green legs on that spider! It truly is beautiful!
Is that 2nd thing a damselfly? It is amazing! It looks so unreal! And that cicada is wild! No mistaking that face, that's for sure. LOL
Sarah, your little hummer is adorable! Just look at those cute legs, all prepped for a landing! Awww!
My Liatris (and my butterfly bush) is blooming, but still no butterflies here. Maybe they're freaked out by all of the birds. My yard is a busy fly zone. :D
the closest i can come on the spider is marbled orb weaver, but i am still investigating! the second is a black winged damselfly (?0- the problem is my book says the females have the white spot and are dark brown. this was very metallic black, more like a male, with the white spots. so, maybe a diff kind.
this cicada would be so much more colorful if taken during the day. i would love to see one of yours, ct. these are so black with the red orange eyes and wings...creepy looking, which i like :)
i saw the oddest thing yesterday. dh and i went out to the park, first time together since hunting season. there the periodicals were quite loud of course. it felt like some kind of brain boring torture system. not that it was deafening, but so diff than the usual cicadas' they way it seemed to "drill" my ears, but i did get used to it. (i remember it was last year when there were so many cicadas i couldn't stand to outside." anyway, dh picked one up and the entire abdomen was gone. only its thorax, head and wings were left, and an opening like a bottle top where the abdomen would attach. it was alive, and still drilling that sound. who would have thought?
good luck on your fritillary, ct! and nice pic of the hummer, sarah!
Oh cool, bug shots! FTM is on the bug trail!
That first picture of the cicada, looks like a face on his forehead - great shots FTM!
Sarah, I tried to sharpen it but I'm afraid I didn't get too far :^(. But you might have better luck if you use the original photo .... in photoshop, under the Filter menu, there is a Sharpen option, Most commonly used is the Unsharp mask using an amount of 300 or less, a radius of 3 or less and a threshold of 3 or less. Each picture is a little different so you have to play with the values a little.
I love the bugguide website, I use all the time.
cool! and so detailed and sharp.
i love all the insect my cilantro blooms attract (although i think i once had a squash borer moth feeding there). today i saw something similar to the borer and nearly ran for my camera. of course, it was gone by the time i got out there.
i didn't even notice those three red spots on the head until after i looked at the pic. so, that wowed me, also.
Those flies are awesome, Jean! The wings are incredible! Are they a lot bigger than the usual housefly?
I received the link below today. It looks like a simple way to edit photos online, with nothing to download. And it's a free version! :) I'm still using my Paint Shop Pro to edit stuff, so let me know how this one is if you use it.
Here's the pic, a little bit clearer, with PSP.
Here is a link that might be useful: Picnik
The snipe flies are a little bigger than a house fly - maybe by an 1/8".
So is anyone seeing honeybees? I haven't heard if they have solved the mystery of the disappearing bees but I found this interesting ....
Here is a link that might be useful: Another reason to hate cell phones
I haven't seen any honeybees in my yard this year. Plenty of wasps, though. Bees are usually very common here, though, especially in my creek.
I found the article below a while back, and posted it on the California forum. The cellphone issue is definitely a "hot button" one. :)
Here is a link that might be useful: Experts may have found what's bugging the bees
Honey bees have been in decline long before there were as many cell phones as we have today. I am not a cell phone fan but I don't see them going away either - bee death proof or not. If proven perhaps they could research a different signal at best.
FTM - looks like you have the correct spider from the bug guide. I think insects make the most interesting of photographic subjects. Nobody really notices them and all of their wonderful colors and fantastic shapes unless seen up close and personal and (still). Keep them coming! Our periodicals are not out right now - at least not in any noticeable mass numbers like they are prone to do like you said - droning into your head. I've seen them so thick, drowned in the water, they were undulating on the waves as they lapped the shore. Very odd sight. I had an elderly lady tell me they used to tie a string on them when they were kids for fun - to watch them fly around. Also, this same lady said they wore the discarded exoskeleton as 'jewelry' with the legs sticking to their sweaters. Too funny! Can you see someone doing that today - putting aside their iPod to pin up a cicada?
Beautiful fly shot Jean - you have a penchant for catching critters in the act! LOL I notice a huge difference in the sexes - big gal - little dude;-) or so it would seem with insects more so than mammals.
Love the spider beautiful colors but the cicada is creeeeepy looking :-) Looks like he wants to eat you or something. Is that its mouth? That long thing in the front. I would be screaming if one got on me. You are very brave! Thanks for the pics though, you are very talented. Bonnie
i have a couple more tiny spider photos to post whenever i get to it. one is an ornate crab spider, i think. the other i believe is some kind of orb weaver. it has one of those spiny odd looking abdomens.
bb, i think that long thing in front is what made me feel like i was being probed. like i was a tree to lay the eggs in or something. at that point, it was time for the cicada to go!
this was a tiny little thing. a female from what i read on the below page! taken about a month ago. i saw perhaps the same spider today, only older. maybe i have more than one! it is now about half to 3/4 inches instead of 1/8 but i didn't get my camera in time.
bad pics of some crab spider, possibly 'ornate.' it is hard to hold a flashlight on a spider and get your camera to focus, let alone hold the camera still enough, let alone not block the camera with the flashlight! :)
it has been so long, i can't remember what it was eating, fly or ?
Here is a link that might be useful: Micrathena Gracilis, Spiked Micrathena bugguide.net


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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's top copper smelter can stay open, but should take extra steps to prevent pollution, an environmental court said on Monday, ensuring that over half of the country's output of the metal stays on stream.
The Sterlite Industries STRL.NS plant, which produces 30,000 tonnes of copper per month, was shut for more than two months from March 30 after complaints from residents over emissions, forcing India to increase imports of copper.
The plant re-opened on June 16 after an interim order from the court. Sterlite, a unit of London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc (VED.L), says the plant's emissions are not above prescribed limits.
Judge Swatanter Kumar said an expert committee found no instance of emissions beyond set limits but asked Sterlite to take additional anti-pollution measures, such as regular maintenance and better air-quality monitoring.
Sterlite's shares closed up about 3 percent after the verdict, though the company's legal hassles are not over yet. The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a previous appeal of the local pollution board requesting the closure of the plant.
The closure of the plant had forced Vedanta to export 4,000 tonnes of refined copper per month from Dubai to customers of Sterlite.
Vedanta would continue to export these quantities until production stabilises at the India plant, P. Ramnath, chief executive of Sterlite Copper, told Reuters.
The Sterlite smelter has long been the target of protesters and politicians who call it a risk to fisheries in the coastal town of Tuticorin, near the southern tip of India.
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- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
In the room
- Climate control
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Hair dryer
- Premium TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Topeka West's small print
Also known as
- Country Inn Topeka West
- Country Inn Topeka
- Topeka Country Inn
- Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Topeka West Topeka
- Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Topeka West
Reservations are required for golf tee times and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.