365 Adventures in 2011: Day 342 – Art and Design
I returned to the Orange County Regional History Center for a special presentation by the Universal Orlando Art & Design team about how they take their ideas from concept to completion. It’s related to the exhibit that opened a couple weeks ago featuring their artwork from the last 10 years or so. It was an interesting and entertaining panel discussion followed by a Q&A session. (And you can watch the whole thing online, as I recorded it.)
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 341 – Absolutely Nothing
I got nothin’ to share. It was a completely ordinary day. I didn’t take any pictures. I didn’t do anything special. I didn’t even eat anything special. And, honestly, I’ve grown a bit tired of this whole daily photo thing. But since I’m down to the last few weeks, I’ll keep at it ’til 2011 is over. But today, I got nothin’, so here’s a big black box to represent it.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 340 – O Second Christmas Tree
Other than Michelle’s still-in-the-box pink Christmas tree, we finished decorating our house for the holiday with lighting and putting ornaments on our tall artificial tree. When we bought it a few years ago, it had strands of white and multi-colored lights permanently attached, which was wonderful… until they stopped working. Then we had to cut them off, branch-by-branch, and now we just wrap the tree in lights like any other Christmas tree. But I still have the ability to turn on either the colored, white, or both strands, though I generally leave them both on. These lights are LED, so they should last quite a while. And they’re remote controllable. High tech Christmas.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 339 – O Little Snowman
More Christmas decorating around the house. This time it’s a few little light-up goodies in the dining room, including a pair of glowing snowmen from a department store. (Sears?) The more Christmas lights, the better!
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 338 – O Christmas Tree
Four days into December and we finally have our main Christmas tree decorated. It may be only 3 weeks until Christmas but we’ll enjoy staring at it every night (and for a week afterward). New this year are 3 strands of bubble lights that really brighten the whole tree up (Michelle’s favorite), along with a few new ornaments including a Tron Legacy light cycle (mine!) and an animated/singing Beaker from The Muppets (we’re fighting over this one). I think it’s one of our finest looking trees ever.
