Asheville, NC

Over Memorial weekend, I went to visit my dear friend Allison in North Carolina. We met during the first few months I lived in SLC in a pottery class, and she was my very first friend in Utah... She is wonderful and I miss her very much!!!

The view out Alli's front window.

Savannah

Luci

Rhododendron

Good ol' Svenner.

Bluff Bash '07

I've been down in Bluff for the weekend having a good time. John, Denali, and I came down to check out the latest Bluff house and hang out with some of the current crew. We also took the opportunity to install a hand water pump at Caroline's house so she can access all the water that's collected in the cistern. She still doesn't have electricity, and the pump we initially installed is electric. We weren't able to address the roof/wall leaks since we haven't had the time to raise enough money. If you want to help her out, and you should because she's wonderful, you can donate to Design Build Bluff attention Caroline House. That will help us afford material to fix the leaks and possibly help her get electricity faster. Think about it. Check out the designbuildbluff blog, where I was the guest blogger for the weekend.

I'm heading back down to Bluff again this weekend so I should have some good photos to please your visual senses soon. Plus I got a new lens for my camera that I'm diying to try out. Until then here's a rendering from my Masters project.

Yep, another shot of a great day in my life.

Gradumatation

A rare picture of me smiling. Enjoy it. And you can call me Master now.

Library exhibit

Something weird happens to this file when it goes through this program. It's kind of interesting so I'll use it anyway. A ridiculous amount of time was spent on this project, and really only a fraction of what is going on with my project is displayed on this board. I put a book together so maybe I'll post that sometime soon.

Final Master's project

So here it is. Months and months of work and this is all I have to show for it. This is my final master's project presentation.

Denali flipbook #2

Denali hasn't had a flip book in a while. So here is a new one. She still loves to chase Frisbees.

Gnome project

These are the great garden gnomes that Terri's grandpa, Don, made for us.

Terri was a huge help in the making of this model! I'm glad she did, I didn't think I'd get it finished, but I'm glad it is. It looks pretty sweet. As you might be able to tell from this horrible writing of mine, I've been up for well over 24 hours. I'm done.

getting closer to completion

Here's my model almost complete. I need to add balconies and put in on a site base, but the important parts are done!

Making Progress

Less than a week now until I'm done with school! Wicked stressed out right now. So much to do, so little time.

Lamborghini in Tokyo

Master's project process model

Here's a model. Nichole and Doug were wondering what it looked like. Here's what it looks like at sunset.

Kyoto Day 1

Kyoto Day 1 photos are up on the same site I sent links to previously.

New Link on the right

This was a wicked slick building. I've added a link on the right. Check it out. And yes it is 4:17 am.

More Ando

For those guesses on the other post of what I was taking a picture of, the correct answer is "myself."

The Tori Gates

crazy

This was built by ship builders, because they were the only ones with the mad welding skills.

Pau, France

For those of you that didn't know,
while Tristan was in Japan, I was in France!The boulevard.

Who knew there were palm trees in France? Not me...

Doesn't it look like this sad little car wants to come out and play?

This is Henry IV's castle, which in in the town center and toured on our first day.

This is the our Pau office. Our Captiva offices are on the third floor.
The crazy round sphere is a conference room.

Spring!

Springtime in Utah

Tokyo

Who can tell what I'm taking a picture of here?