Weekend activities - Nessa approved

We have been having several long conversations about how we (when I say "we" I mean "me" because while JR will support my activity he has chosen to take the stance that this is a one person job and he is NOT THAT PERSON. He also gives me some jibber jabber about him not knowing how to run the steam cleaner and that I am so much better at this sort of thing, yada yada yada; fine I'll do it!) need to steam clean the sofa, loveseat, chair, and ottoman and that after we steam clean them we should put slipcovers over them so we wouldn't have to do it again...soon...or ever.

We made the supreme mistake of buying cream colored furniture. I wanted the red but JR thought we should get the color that closely matched the dog's fur. It was a conversation that we had while he stood in front of the furniture while it was in the store and I looked at it online. At the time we were living in two different cities, in two different states, with a state in-between. Oh, and two time zones away. Are you confused yet? I certainly am. 

Anyway, this Sunday was the day. The day that I decided out of outright desperation to just clean the dang things and stop all the long conversations.

They can out pretty well, I think. I couldn't find a slipcover for the chair or the ottoman but to tell you the truth I kind of like the not so matchy matchy look it gives the room. I'm not a particularly matchy matchy kind of person so it's all good. 

 

As you can see we went with green. (and when I say "we" I mean I stood in front of the slipcover display at the store trying to call JR but he didn't have his cell phone on even though I have told him countless times to do so because what if it had been an emergency? And, really wasn't it? What if I had brought home the wrong color of slipcover? Who would have had to take it back? That's right, ME! I made the executive decision to go with the green. I'm sticking by it.) 

The cushions dried in record time. The weather was warmish (72 degrees), a little breezy and very low humidity. Perfect for drying furniture out on the patio.

 

Terrible over exposure of Nessa in this shot but the important part of this is; there is no longer a space between the bottom edge of the sofa and loveseat and the floor. Why is this so important? Because now Nessa's balls won't roll under them or Nessa can no longer roll balls under them. I think she does this trick on purpose, so I'll have to get down there because when I do she always takes the opportunity to lick my face. I love doggie kisses as well as the next person but sometimes her aim is a little bad and I get a kiss right on the mouth or maybe her aim is a little too good depending on who you are. 

  
It was a lot of work. I'm a bit sore and for some reason my thinking processes are a little fuzzy today (maybe the fumes) The best part is the slipcovers have been doggie approved. Isn't that all that matters?

Love,
M

Well now, this is fun

New York Public Library has been having some fun with their online collections. They have created a tool that transforms historical stereographs into sharable 3-D formats and you can share in a blog or website.

If you don't know, stereographs are those side-by-side photographs you see every once in a while. They were entertainment back in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Here is one of a woman viewing a stereograph. Thanks manifest-tech.com for putting this image on Google Images.

The code was written by a guy named Joshua Heineman. You can read all about this quirky computer guy on their about page.

I LOVE GEEKY LIBRARIANS!

Give it a try here

I did.


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator

It does make me a little dizzy though. Maybe I should have chosen a different image.

I like this one: 


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator

Doesn't it look sort of 3-D in a weird shaky way?

Go try it out.
Have a great weekend

Love,
M

RTT - new furniture

It is Tuesday and I've got a couple of random things to say. You can read other random posts over at Stacy's place.  She's got a logo and a link up thing but I'm a spaz today so you'll just have to go over there to get a look at them.

I got a new easel and stool. I now can do larger paintings without the danger of the whole thing taking a dive. My first easel was a little travel easel that was fine for smaller canvases but for the big ones it was a little precarious. This new easel is very sturdy, great for oils and acrylic (which I haven't tried yet but plan to soon). It tilts for pastels though I don't need to use it for that since I have my tilting work table.

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The new car preformed like a trooper last week. I drove it to Austin and have to say I was impressed by the fuel mileage. It got 34.7 miles to the gallon. Booyah!  I did somehow lose a hubcap in the process. It either wasn't put on well or someone decided they just needed one cheap hubcap. I'm considering a couple of replacement options. 1. call the dealer to see if they will give me another one or 2. and this is the one we are leaning towards, buying 4 new HAWT ones from Amazon. Maybe something like this or like this.

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I've been watching a lot of PBS these days. I know! I must be a socialist. I watched the second year of Downton Abbey and now I need to watch the first. Hopefully, it is on Netflix because I really need to catch up. I've become very invested. It is another Masterpiece Theater production (I can't think of the term "Masterpiece Theater" without thinking of the Cookie Monster in Monsterpiece Theater) just like Sherlock. The second year of Sherlock comes out in May. I'm thrilled and I can thank Gretchen enough for getting me hooked on Sherlock. And, I mean that in a good way. I love Sherlock!

Monday night in Antiques Roadshow night at our house. This Monday it was from Tulsa, Oklahoma. JR mentioned that he had never been to Oklahoma. He then went on to say that it was probably like Arkansas. I said; not so much like Arkansas as it is like Kansas, yet another state he's never been to. I said; think Nebraska but drier. Having been to Nebraska he concluded that he didn't need to visit Oklahoma. For some reason he doesn't need feel the need to visit all the states in the U.S. like I do.

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JR and I sometimes make up new state mottoes. For fun, you know. Because we're weird and snarky.
Take Nebraska for instance. The state motto for Nebraska is, "Equality before the law.". We thought is should be changed to, "Best seen at night."
The Oklahoma state motto is, "Labor Conquers All Things". We think it should be changed to, "Pretty in Theory."
Or Texas. The state motto is, "Friendship." We think it should be changed to, "boring."
Or Arizona. The state motto is, "God Enriches." We think it should be changed to, "Mostly hot as hell."
I could go on. Would you like to change your state motto? If so, to what?

That's all from me. I've got to go into the office tomorrow. Someone needs to save digital material for the future.

Love,
M.