Welcome . . .
Come on in for a moment, sit down, have a coffee, maybe some pie, and chat with a friend. Take a much-needed break before you move on to life's demands. Perhaps you'll see something here to spark a conversation later or to think about tonight as you close your eyes for a rest.
Card Stock Model Creations
I love creating large scale model buildings out of card stock. Below is a gallery of my creations. Some are original designs while others I found in web photos and proceeded to create a model version of....
Please note that only some of the above models are originally designed by me, whereas the others are card stock versions I created from photos found on the net.
Moving On To Other Things:
In Recent Months...
A Pleasant Summer Day...
Strawbridge Lake, one of the beautiful parks in my area. The lake is large, although this particular photo has more ground & trees than water. The trees were so cool-looking I just had to post them.
This picture was taken in 2011.
This picture was taken in 2011.
A Light Winter Snow...
This view is from a door at my house. A light snow had fallen earlier on this January day and I thought
the elegance of the snow decorating the nearby trees was too much to leave without preserving. At this point
the temperatures were already rising and the streets looked more like an every-day rainfall had occurred, so
I quickly snapped a few outdoor photos.
Winter is my favorite season.
the elegance of the snow decorating the nearby trees was too much to leave without preserving. At this point
the temperatures were already rising and the streets looked more like an every-day rainfall had occurred, so
I quickly snapped a few outdoor photos.
Winter is my favorite season.
The Brady Bunch House
The photograph on the left is a fairly current picture of the actual house used in the exterior shots on the famous Brady Bunch TV series. It's a bit different these days, with an iron fence and larger plant life. I will be including a floor plan of the house as it was in the early years of the television show, so keep a look out for that in the nearby future.
Just to warn you, though, the layout of the house according to the program does differ from the outward view. This is normal for a TV series because the interiors were usually shot on studio lots, some distance from the exteriors. And producers rarely care to match things up. I guess they figure nobody's going to notice. Either way, I'm sure you'll find it interesting to see even an approximated layout of the Brady's home.
I plan to have it posted by August, 2010.
Just to warn you, though, the layout of the house according to the program does differ from the outward view. This is normal for a TV series because the interiors were usually shot on studio lots, some distance from the exteriors. And producers rarely care to match things up. I guess they figure nobody's going to notice. Either way, I'm sure you'll find it interesting to see even an approximated layout of the Brady's home.
I plan to have it posted by August, 2010.
Inside the Brady Bunch house...
August 3, 2010. As I'd promised, here's the floor plans to the famous Brady Bunch house on the TV series. These particular plans are available at a couple different sites on the web. I'd hoped to be able to come up with better copies, but it seems these are the best ones around. My thanks to whomever originally created these. It's nice to get a good look at the layout of both floors according to the interior scenes from the show, but it's too bad they don't line up so well to the outdoor shots. Do a comparison and you'll see what I mean.
Brady Bunch floor plans
Also:
The board game you see here is called Those Pesky Humans. Up till recently it was only available in a print-and-play version, but now it has been released in hard copy. It's a role-playing game for two to four players with a unique twist: You can play the monsters in a dungeon looking to put an end to the bothersome adventurers who are always invading their lairs. The game comes with special tiles that help make each play different. Since I don't know if mentioning who makes it and where it's for sale is permitted here, let me just say that if you look around, you will find it. Not having played it myself, I can only tell you that reviews of the game have been favorable, especially when playing with your kids.
