Sweet Salvage

this past weekend, I headed out to Phoenix to do some flea-market shopping. (Well, 'flea market' isn't exactly the best term for it- you'll see what I mean when you look at the photos- but it's the best I have...) Once a month, there is a 4-day antique market hosted by Sweet Salvage in the Melrose District of downtown Phoenix. It's a once-a-month 4-day antiques shopping event, basically one weekend a month, Thursday - Sunday, with every month having a different theme. That way, the merchandise always changes (and if you wnt something, it might not be there next month!) 

This month's theme was Boho / Industrial Chic, I think... I bought a few small things (we don't need any large pieces of furniture, and this theme does not fit with our Southwestern decorating scheme), but took photos of some of the booths while I was there. The individual vendor spaces were accessorized so beautifully, it seemed like they could easily be vignettes straight out of an interior decorating magazine. Next month's theme is 'Sweet Retreat' so I'll definitely be going to see what the vendors can do with it!

love the red lockers!

tablescape with dog figurines and vintage silver

this booth was full of gorgeous vintage religious items

mother-of-pearl and vintage rhinestones-- beautiful!!

tablescape with vintage Santos figurine, angel wings, and coral, among other things.
I really tried to figure out what I could do with those
wooden wings, but ended up leaving them there.

painted hutch
with architectural items, figurines, and more

dogs and cigars- love it!! I really like this decorative bottle,
but there was no compelling reason to bring it home with me.

this booth had a shabby-chic front porch feel to it.

this booth is definitely 'industrial chic' style, with the
rusty car grill on the wall, straight out of American Pickers!

Check out the Sweet Salvage blog and website for more photos of interesting and unusual merchandise. (since I didn't go till Saturday morning, I'm sure I missed out on seeing some of the best stuff-- although what was there on Saturday was still pretty amazing.)

photo heavy post- last weekend's food and garden tourism

A week ago Saturday, Tom and I headed south to Tucson, for lunch. Yes, lunch! (and a bit of sightseeing, in addition to eating.) It was a beautiful day for a drive, and we headed out early...

our destination

We got to the restaurant  in South Tucson at about 10:30 am to wait
for their 11:00 lunch opening. And we were not the first people there- it was a good thing we left home early!

The restaurant is 'Mi Nidito' which means 'My Little Nest' in Spanish;
it's been serving food in Tucson since 1952, and was featured
on the Travel Channel show Man vs. Food.

We waited with some very nice people out front of the restaurant, and got a booth when the restaurant opened... our waitress asked, 'do you need a menu?' (apparently they get a lot of regulars who know what they're going to order!) Us, now, we needed some time to check out the offerings on the menu, so we could narrow it down. The couple in the booth behind us didn't need menus; they ordered straightaway, and were giving us a bit of advice about what was good. In talking to them, we found out that was because they've eaten lunch at Mi Nidito every Saturday for the past 20 years! Now that is definitely a ringing endorsement! One of the restaurant's other 'claims to fame' is one of their previous customers: former President Bill Clinton- they even have the President's booth marked in the restaurant! (and no, we didn't sit in it... lol!)

Our table: we had no idea we were going to get this much food!!

The food was delicious, and the portions were quite generous: we brought home plenty of leftovers!  We got a Tostada with chiles as an appetizer (which is sort of like a Mexican pizza), I got chicken enchiladas with red sauce, and Tom got a beef chimichanga. The chimichanga (which was the size of a pillow, lol!) was made with their house specialty: a shredded beef called birria. Birria is brisket which is slow cooked with chiles and spices, then shredded. Neither of us could place the flavors in the shredded beef, but luckily we happened to see the television show episode again last week- turns out that the 'secret ingredient' in the shredded beef is pickling spices, which gives it a really complex, mellow flavor! The food was all delicious, and we'll definitely be eating there again.

After we ate lunch, we headed back north to do some sightseeing at a cactus nursery we'd heard about from some friends who live in Tucson. (On the way, we saw an estate sale, so we stopped for a quick look. Turns out it's a recurring sale, and there was so much stuff that a quick look wasn't possible- so I'll save that one for another time, lol!)

The cactus nursery was total visual overload-- I definitely want to go back again, and maybe bring at least few plants back home with me. I'd love to have (at least) one of everything, but we don't have nearly enough room! For now, I'll have to settle for admiring the plants in the photos and post just a few of the many pictures I took to give you an idea of the scope of the place:

one of the (huge) cacti right at the main entrance-
I don't know what kind it is, but I'd love one!

 The property is on approximately 10 acres, and contains rows and rows of nursery plants and greenhouses for propagating cacti- check this out!  (and don't forget, you can click on any of the photos to make it larger.)

one of the many propagation houses on the property

I can't even begin to imagine how many hundreds of plants are in this greenhouse, let alone in all of the greenhouses on the property- there had to be at least 10 or 15 greenhouses altogether (the actual number is 24, according to their website). Looking at the pots in these houses closer, it's even more amazing to contemplate:

teeny, tiny baby cacti

Some of these cacti are so very tiny that you can't even see any of the plants themselves; all you can see are the feathery cactus spines. I had to add in the quarter when I took the photo just to add a sense of scale to the picture.

I don't even know what kind of cacti this is, but I
thought it was really cute, since it was so tiny!

As we wandered around on the property, we came upon a 'cacti compost heap' of sorts. We both would love to figure out some way to bring this impressive Saguaro skeleton home with us... unfortunately our family room isn't big enough for it, nor was it for sale (and even if it had been, I'm sure we couldn't have afforded it, lol). But wouldn't it make a striking accent piece in a room, preferably with a spotlight on it?!?

A view from the nursery's property off to the east. These are either the Santa Catalina mountains or the Rincon Mountains- I'm not sure which. (geography was never my strong suit.) Regardless of what mountain range it is, it's a gorgeous view. That's one of the things I love most about living in the desert, the expansive vistas and the fact that you can see around you for miles.

A really cool looking aloe plant in the main greenhouse!! he looks kinda mean,
doesn't he?!? I definitely would love to have one of these for our backyard!

a close-up of the individual flowers in the aloe flower cluster-
I bet the hummingbirds would love it, too!

A view of their main display garden... cacti can definitely make
an eye-catching presentation when you landscape with them!

A few (very large) containers in the display garden area. 

a sea of Golden Barrel Cacti in the main greenhouse area

I have tons more photos from the nursery- we were only there for a couple hours, but I took close to 100 photos in that time. This place was amazing, and we probably didn't even see half of it in the time we were there! If you want more info about it, you can Google it: Bach's Cactus Nursery. Since they don't ship plants, they don't have too much of a website, but if you click on this link: Danger Garden blog post about Bach's nursery you can read a very nice blog post written by a gardener /  blogger that contains many more photos of the place. (and I'll post more of my cacti photos soon!)

a visual tour of Jerome, AZ (selected photos)

Last Saturday, we headed out of the Valley up into the mountains for a drive to the small town of Jerome, AZ, which is generally situated in-between Phoenix and Flagstaff, west of I-17. The town of Jerome is more than a mile above sea level on Cleopatra Hill- on the side of Mingus Mountain, in the Black Hills range.  Since Cleopatra Hill has a 30% grade, more specifically, the town is situated on the side of the hill, with the main three or four streets laid out basically 'above' one another going up the side of the hill. 

The area Native Americans and the Spanish explorers had known there was copper and silver in the area for hundreds of years, but the town of Jerome was founded in the 1880s to house workers of the United Verde Mine. (United Verde was at one time the largest copper mine in the state; it mined over a billion dollars worth of ore throughout its 70-year history.) In the photo below (click the photo to make it larger), the town is left-of-center, below the 'J' on the mountain. (an aside: lots of places in AZ have these letters marking places; not sure how it came about- maybe to help direct the pioneers or travelers, since you can see them from such a distance? hmmm... I'll have to look into that.)

Jerome from a distance

At its peak, Jerome was the fourth largest city in Arizona with a population of over 15,000 people in the 1920s. At the end of the 19^th century, the downtown area had three major fires, but each time the buildings were rebuilt. A series of underground fires in the mine tunnels around the year 1920 led to a switch from underground mining to open-pit style mining. (The underground fires burned sulfide ore that was in the area- one of those fires burned for a reported 20 years!)  The price of copper dropped in the 1930s and by the 1950s, all the mines were closed. With the mining industry leaving, the town emptied out and the population was only dropped to 50. The local historical society took over many of the historic buildings, to keep them from being vandalized. 


In the 1960s and 1970s, ‘hippies’ found Jerome, and today its population is just under 500, with a culture of art galleries, wineries, specialty stores, unique B&Bs and lodging, and ‘ghost town’ tourism. We were just up there for the day, and really didn't spend that much time there (it was pretty hot, even up there!) but I would love to go back again when it's cooler-, and wear different shoes (we both wore sandals, so we couldn't do much 'tramping around' looking for interesting- aka rusty and dilapidated- things to photograph). Below are a selection of photographs from the day:

'Showing its Age'

The photo above is one of those dilapidated structures; it's the Jerome Jail, which is (obviously) no longer in use. (I'll give you a bit more information about this jail later on in the post.) 

Through the (kaleidoscope) lens

This photo is of Tom, taken in one of the art shops, through a kaleidoscope- cool, right? The entire store was full of kaleidoscopes of all shapes and sizes; some of them were definitely 'art' in their own right, being made from materials such as exotic woods or stained glass.

Douglas Mansion Mining Museum

This photo was taken from the 'middle' of the streets that make up the town; it's looking east toward the Verde Valley. The mountains off in the distance are the San Francisco Peaks, which are just north of Flagstaff, and contain the highest spot in Arizona (Humphreys Peak, 12,633 ft). The building in the photo is the Douglas mansion, which was built by a local mine owner and now an AZ state park; we didn't realize this so we didn't check it out. As one website put it, 'James Stuart Douglas, the owner of the Little Daisy Mine, wanted an impressive residence to entertain his industrial friends and mining officials;' I think he succeeded quite nicely with the 'impressive' part, don't you?)

'a convergence of the (electrical) Force'

Another shot of the Verde Valley, taken from a street higher up-- I really liked how the electrical lines are all coming together here. (another aside: getting electricity to places like this has got to be pretty complicated, what with all the mountains-- another subject I'd like to know more about!)

sky blue scooter & sidecar

This scooter is just something that caught our eye as we walked along the street. Somehow, I'm guessing this belongs to a local, because I can't imagine it would make the trek up the mountain roads! (--but it's sure cute!!)

Blasted

This was along the sidewalk-- I think it's an example of the rock face where they place the blasting charges... they drill into the rock face, set the explosives, get out of the way, then press the button before the boom!
                                           

LUNCH!

We had lunch in a New Mexican style restaurant named 15.quince. (Quince is the Spanish word for fifteen.) It was really tasty!! And a ton of food; we had to try the salsa and guacamole (of course!), Tom got chili, and we both got entrees. (Pork carnitas burrito, and carnitas with beans and rice.) And the leftovers were just as yummy.

wall o' skulls

The other side of the restaurant was covered with decorated cow skulls and crosses. Alas, I don't think any of them were for sale. 

Jerome Main Street

This is what the shopping district of Jerome looks like today- it was designated a National Historic District in 1967, so they've worked to preserve and restore the historic look of the buildings --which hasn't been easy, due to the fact that there were so many fires and other disasters that struck the town. Remember I said I'd tell you more about the jail?? This next picture should explain what happened to it:

Buildings fall down between Main Street and Hull Street

The jail was just one of the casualties of this particular disaster... in the 1930s, the constant blasting from the open-pit mining operation caused a number of buildings in town to collapse and slide down the hill! The jail slid from Main Street down into the middle of Hull Ave. and stayed there till a bulldozer moved it off the street to where it rests today. (the photo above is part of the Historical Society Mine Museum display; $2 admission and you can learn about the history of the town and the area. It was $2 very well spent, in my opinion!)

Jerome is an interesting little town, and I would love to go back sometime to do some more sightseeing and snoop around for more rusty stuff to photograph. (but later in the fall, when it's cooler!)

...yes, I think we WERE crazy... Part 2

On Sunday, after we had a leisurely (and very delicious!) buffet breakfast at the Monte Carlo hotel (we took a cab this time, to save our feet- and our moods!), we headed back to Arizona. We had hoped to beat the "holiday traffic" since we were traveling on Sunday and not on Labor Day... but, no such luck: at this point, we were still at least 5 or 6 miles away from the Hoover Dam (and a security checkpoint, which is where most of the traffic backup came from). Tom actually put the car in Neutral some of the time, and just coasted/idled. It was pretty annoying, but the scenery was beautiful though- miles of hairpin turns thru the mountainous terrain- and, if we had been going faster, we would have missed seeing this guy:

This bighorn sheep was strolling along right next to the highway... quite a surprise! We always see those "watch out for wildlife" signs when we're driving but never end up seeing anything, so I was quite happy to see him- he's a pretty nice specimen, too- he has a pretty nice curl to his horns.

Once we got to the Dam and parked, we headed for the Visitor's Center where we decided to take the guided tour-- we actually got to go down into the Dam and see some of the workings. The tour covered the history and building of the dam (it was built between 1931 and 1936, and was finished ahead of schedule and under budget!), and was really quite interesting. This huge generator room (650 feet long), which is somewhere around 500 feet underground, houses the turbines on the Nevada side of the river-- the scale of this equipment is almost incomprehensible. The American flag is hanging from one of two huge cranes that they use to move the equipment if they need to service it. What you see in this room is the very top of the generators; the electricity is generated below what you can see, and the water actually flows thru below that still (I still don't quite understand how it all works, but it's amazing, when you stop to think about it- the fact that moving water can generate that much electricity).

This photo was taken from the outdoor area at the top of the Visitor's Center- again, the sense of scale is almost incomprehensible-- there are teeny, tiny cars passing over the top, but it's still hard to understand how big it is-- 45 feet thick at the top, 660 feet thick at the base, and 726 feet high. (I think they should put a mannequin down at the bottom, to give visitors a sense of the size-- we were also wondering how many pairs of sunglasses and cameras are down there...LOL!)

This photo isn't the best, but it's another one taken to show a sense of scale (once this bridge is done, it will span 1,080 feet.) Obviously, since the current highway is 2-lane, has a lot of switchbacks, and goes right over the top of the dam, there are a lot of traffic problems. This photo shows the arch that will support a new 4-lane roadbed, so eventually traffic can bypass Hoover Dam altogether. Unless you want to tour the Dam, of course- I would definitely love to go back again sometime, but we'd need more time next time, since we still didn't get to see everything we wanted. We made it back home about 10 pm, which makes for a "total vacation time" of 40 hours... Not even two entire days (!), but we've certainly figured out how to pack a lot of activity into those short amounts of time. It was a fun weekend, and I look forward to doing it again sometime soon. (just not on a major holiday weekend!)

work in progress- travel journal

After I started thinking about putting together a travel journal, I took a trip to Michael's (for embroidery floss) and ended up bringing back a Making Memories 8 x 8 inch scrapbook kit (I really loved the decorated cover, and the travel-themed tags, stickers, and doodads that were included!). Plus, it was on clearance! I don't know quite how that happens; I go to the craft store for one specific thing, and come back with three others...it's impossible for me to not look at the $1 section and the clearance shelf in those stores... darn their marketing managers!

I thought it was sooo cute, I showed it to Tom right away when I got home. He looked at it, and said "with all the stuff you have, you could make that yourself," which is true- and, after I started thinking about it, I decided 8 x 8 in. was going to be a bit too restrictive anyway, so the kit will be going back to Michael's. (... I did love the travel-themed doodads, though; I may have to make my own stash of doodads!)

So, I got out my stash of papers and gel medium, and went to work. (see messy table below for proof of creative frenzy)

I got my inspiration from a journal made by Ingrid Dijkers for JournalFest- see her cool journal on her blog. Ingrid's journal started with a 3-ring binder- she took off the vinyl covering and recovered the binder with paper and images. I have plenty of boring white three-ring binders, so I found one and got to work. I decided to dispense with the binder altogether, and just use the covers loose with rings; this way, I can easily add as many pages as I want just by adding larger rings. So far, I've covered the heavy chipboard covers with brown paper bags for texture and more stability (a la Ingrid)... the covers will be painted, then decorated in a travel theme.

The pages inside are all different kinds of semi-sturdy paper- different colors of cardstock from my stash, and different sizes of hot and cold press watercolor paper. I will also add envelopes and paper bags as pockets to hold maps, pamphlets, etc. from the places we've visited. I've started painting and collaging some of the pages in preparation for adding the journaling elements. Tthis is the stage I like the most: the painting, cutting, and pasting stage- I get stuck on the "finishing" stage of things, probably from my "perfection" complex- I don't want to actually finish things, just in case they don't turn out as good as they are in my head... I really need to overcome that, though, otherwise this won't be much of a travel journal!

the photo below is a closeup of the left page above... I broke out my watercolor paints, and made the textured page below with green and blue watercolor paint and plastic wrap! Once you get the wet paint on the page, you put wrinkled plastic wrap onto the paper, which allows the paint to pool into the creases. I held the plastic wrap down with a magazine to keep the creases in place till the paint dried, and voila! a textured watercolor background- perfect for a photo of the Seattle Space Needle, I think!!

Now I just have to get my photos printed- keep your eye out for more travel journal work-in-progress!

scrapbooking inspiration links

okay, so I haven't scrapped a picture in years, but I've started to be inspired to actually print some of our digital photos, and do something with them besides leave them in cyberspace... part of it is two new books I got for my birthday (thanks, Mom!) involving altered imagery:

The Complete Guide to Altered Imagery- contains interesting ways to transform photos (bleach, sandpaper, and more); and the other title:

Mixed Emulsions: Altered Art Techniques for Photographic Imagery- more ideas for transforming photos, both traditional (hand tinting) and not-so-traditional (like stamping, gesso, spackle paste, and more)

also good for inspiration are the following:

Jenni Bowlin's photo gallery page- cute, cute stuff, using vintage finds and doo-dads

Ali Edwards' blog- simpler, classic layouts, with an emphasis on the photos

and then there's Carol Wingert's scrapbook style- a bit more "shabby chic" and random

...and of course, there's the art journaling thing, like Crazyquilter on Flickr, Kelly Kilmer, Mary Ann Moss, and Jeanne Frizzell-- paint, stamps, collaging, markers, and whatever else you can find to stick (or stitch, or staple) to a page.

so... I'd like to see if I can meld the more "art-y,""journal-y" style of artwork with the more "traditional" scrapbooking I used to do, and come up with a hybrid that satisfies my new urge for "artsy" but still shows off the photos. For a start, we're going to drive cross-country to Illinois and Wisconsin at the end of the month to visit family; we spent Christmas sight-seeing in Arizona; last spring we went to Seattle: plenty of pictures for all this inspiration, if I just get them printed!!

a whirlwind weekend in Weston!

it was a fun few days in Missouri! Friday morning I left for a spur-of-the-moment weekend visit (to use up a plane ticket before it expired) with my older sister Jackie, who lives in a small town north of Kansas City. We did lots of catching up, relaxing, and of course, some sightseeing and shopping. Journaling on my tray table on the plane- yes, it can be done!

I checked one bag, and carried one onto the plane- I worked really hard to stuff everything I might want into my laptop bag (since I also had to carry on a purse). It was difficult, but I did it! I had two gallon zip-top bags: one with paper, and one with gluestick, pens, markers, scissors, and watercolor crayons). The people near me on the plane might have thought it was strange, but it really did make the flight go quicker. (For more journal pages made during the flight back, go to my Flickr page.) The minute the door of the plane opened, I knew I was back in the Midwest- it was warm, and humid!

Encaustic/Mixed media piece by Daniella Wolfe

Saturday, we headed down to Kansas City for a day of sightseeing- we started at the Blue Gallery, to see an exhibition of encaustic/mixed media work by Daniella Wolfe (I found this place thru Suze Weinberg's blog), and fiber/printmaking work by Theresa Cole. (more of these pictures on my Flickr page)

After the Blue Gallery, to get out of the rain, we headed to the Hallmark headquarters to their Visitor's Center, which has exhibits of the company's history, along with other interesting things. (did you know that Winston Churchill paintings have been on Hallmark cards? neither did I!) The photo above shows a few of the Christmas trees that Hallmark employees made every year as a gift to JC Hall, the founder of the company. There were four or five more, decorated with everything from handmade angels and wooden folk art ornaments, to a crazy-quilted fabric tree. My sister Jackie used to work for Hallmark; she said it was kind of strange to walk thru the exhibits. There were a couple videos playing with employee interviews- she recognized a number of people in them from when she worked there, and she found a couple of her ornaments on the Christmas trees.

The cute appliqued quilt above was made by Hallmark employees to raise money for the local children's hospital... (Jackie sewed the crayon square!) There were also exhibits with some of their collectable Christmas ornaments, and even an exhibit showing Hallmark cards from countries around the world. There were even a couple people showing how the die-cutting process for cards works, and a bow-making machine that makes those cute little gift bows for the tops of packages! (mine is in my bag somewhere- it will eventually go in my journal, of course!)

We did more shopping later, after the rain cleared up, including a really fun home decor store, Curious Sofa (click on the store name to check out their blog), an antique mall where I picked up some toile wallpaper, Anthropologie, and the Paper Source, where I did just a bit of damage. I got some of the new papers from their India line, and couldn't pass up some of the handmade Japanese papers with really cute bunny and fish designs. (Jackie, the paper made it just fine in my luggage wrapped in the corrugated cardboard- and bonus, I can use the cardboard, too!) After, we were going to have KC-style barbecue, but when we saw the wait was 30 minutes, we headed to Jackie's favorite Indian restaurant instead... it was very good, and another bonus- I can combine the menu and paper placemat (yes, I brought them home- artists can use anything!) with some of my new India papers.

Sunday we were going to hit Urban Arts and Crafts, but it was closed due to Father's Day- bummer- it looks like a really fun store! After finding that out, we headed back into Kansas City to another antique mall; I had to take a picture of this toaster, which was like nothing I've ever seen before. It is a "Toast-O-Lator;" apparently, the bread was put into the toaster on the left side of the toaster, traveled thru it, and came out the right side as toast... ?? I haven't been to a big antique mall in years- there was so much stuff to look at that I think I'm good for another couple years! The flight back on Monday meant more journaling to pass the time, and then I was back to the wonderfully dry heat (yes, it really does make a difference!) of the Arizona desert- tired, but it was a really fun weekend at the little pink house-- Thanks, Jackie!! (and thank Mary Ruth very much for me, for the loan of the inflatable mattress-- it was really comfortable!)

a good time was had by all...

My parents and sister came to Arizona for a visit... they put well over 6000 miles on the car by the time they got back home, I think. My parents drove from Illinois to Kansas City, where my sister lives, and from there, they headed west, through New Mexico (Santa Fe and Taos), and eventually made their way to our house, south of Phoenix. We showed them some of Arizona, and went to a few local attractions, including the Heard Museum on Saturday. Located in downtown Phoenix, it is a wonderful museum that showcases SouthWestern history, art, and culture. It's not all baskets, pottery, silver and turquoise (although they have quite a collection of those, also!), as the following photos show: These shoes were part of a special exhibit, Sole Stories: American Indian Footwear. There were also beaded tennies, boots, and shoes worn by Native Americans, including a pair of Will Rogers' boots.

This collage intrigued me- it is at least 4 x 6 ft (?not sure...), and titled: "Adjustment Line for Miss Petite" and was done by a Mexican/American artist named Fausto Fernandez. It says "Collage- Asphalt" and I'm not sure if that means it contains real asphalt??

This picture was taken Sunday on the Apache Trail east of Phoenix... my parents and sister are standing next to a grouping of Saguaro cactus outside the Saloon in Tortilla Flats (population: 6), where we ate lunch. The Apache Trail is a scenic drive east to Roosevelt Lake. "Some of the most rugged terrain in Arizona" is putting it mildly, in my opinion- 1 lane bridges, switchbacks, gravel road for miles, no guard rail, and drop offs into canyons filled with saguaro cactus make for tense moments on my part, at least, but also some very beautiful scenery!

This picture, and the one below, were taken at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum outside Tucson- we headed there on Monday. It is a combination zoo/botanic garden, "a world-renowned zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden, all in one place!" (quote from their website) The picture above is of the mountain lion, relaxing on a rock... The picture below is from the cactus exhibit- the middle grouping is Organ Pipe cactus- there are many other varieties that I don't know, but the cactus on the left is a small saguaro. There are over 20 acres altogether, and more than 2 miles of trails

On Tuesday, they set out on their way back to the Midwest by way of Tucson (to stop at the San Xavier del Bac mission) and White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. It was a bit chaotic at times, having 5 people in the house, but it was really wonderful to have them visit our home and see a bit of our Arizona. (Sedona and Cleo both loved it too, I think- Sedona got so much playing time in she didn't know quite what to do with herself once they were gone, and Cleo got some good quality lap-time with my mom.)

(Look for more pictures soon on my Flickr page.)