Make your own springtime

There's still a lot of snow on the ground, but it's amazing how much has melted already. Two weeks ago, when I was walking home from school, I wouldn't be able to tell if either of the cars were in the driveway because the piled up snow in the yard was taller than the cars. Now, there are even places where I can see the ground! (Especially where MRM and her neice and nephew built a fort.)

So in honor of spring that's already here on the calendar but not in the local scenery, I changed my blog background to have a springtime look. One of my EDU 101 students (Rachel L.) showed me a cool website pyzam.com that has hundreds of free templates for Blogger, MySpace, etc. Always learning new stuff!

new photos

I found some old photos on my camera (I've been using my iPhone for photos so much lately that I forgot I had photos on my "other" camera). And I finally got around to doing something with the photos on my office computer where I took photos of my window at work. So the next bunch of postings are a backlog from the past.

I also added photos to this blog entry (Ashley had photos posted on her Picasa account that I downloaded):
http://mainiactheresa.blogspot.com/2008/02/29-102008-national-toboggan.html

and this one (Another presenter took our picture on Beth's camera and I got the photo from Beth):
http://texastheresa.blogspot.com/2008/03/352008-our-site-presentation.html

October 2007 Windows

I became a serious Red Sox fan this fall. Kevin Youkilis is my favorite player. At one point, I could even name the batting order. I learned so much. (I never heard of a "walk off home run" before but I think that's cuz the Rangers never had any of those.) I followed the playoffs very closely and changed the window appropriately.

12/7/2008 Dead Fred the Fly

This is the view from Heidi's window (see the edge of the "Under Construction" sign in the top left corner?). And that big black fly is stuck on the outside of her window. Or is that a really big fly on the wall across from the window? He was stuck there for over a month according to Heidi. She named him Fred . . . Dead Fred.

12/7/2008 Window Conversations

When I took down "Let it Snow" so suddenly (at the request of Mary who was blaming me personally for all the snow that was falling in Maine), I put up my usual "Under Construction" sign. Next thing I knew, the windows across the way had a reply. :-)

11/9/2007 - 12/7/2007 Let It Snow

I love this window design! I pictured it in my head for a long time before I went about to make it a reality. There are lots of little silver snowflakes hanging in it that barely show up in this picture. I'm still learning about the scale of the window and what shows up and what doesn't when your audience is so far away.

I put it up in November but by middle of December we had had so much snow, it was requested that I take it down.

12/18/2007 Good Luck Heidi!

Heidi is my "across the way" neighbor that always spotted my windows first. She was a big fan of the windows. She was offered a job in her local school district which will cut down on her drive time (a big consideration as the price of gas keeps rising) and has her working the same schedule as her kids who are in school. How could she resist?! We'll certainly miss her at UMF. This window was in her honor.

1/10/2008 New Year's New Window

What better way to start off the new year than a really large text message?!