House Painting Complete

Kevin and his Dad, Russ and I worked on painting the exterior of the house. The siding is vinyl so we only had to paint trim. The front porch was the biggest job - but not the most treacherous. The trim used to all be vanilla - the same color as the siding. We painted the trim a khaki color, and the shutters and door a Terra-cotta. We also painted some of the porch the same vanilla color so the 3 colors were still all blending.

Painted the accent the same colors....

The top of the chimney was a challenge! But is all complete now.

Task done for another 10 years!

IMM - Building Successful Practices

Chicago III - there and back

Northern Indiana has developed an energy alternative in Wind Farms. From the interstate you can see hundreds, probably thousands of these enormous wind catches that convert to energy. It is an amazing and somewhat futuristic looking scene.

We have seen the propellers being transported before - takes an extra long truck - but appears the bases are made on site and then the propellers lifted up onto the base.

On the way back from Chicago we stopped into the little town of Kouts, Indiana. Not much going on in Kouts, Indiana!

Kouts Liquors and Kouts Gift Shop and More. That was about it for kouts. One stop light...but it was flashing :)

Chicago II

We spent some time at Millennium Park where the famous 'Cloud' sculptor sits. It is referred to as the 'the bean' - a very fun thing to stare at on a beautiful sunny day. Lots of great photo ops.

You can see us in the refection above.

We went to the Chicago Art Institute....I don't usually care for art museums - but this one was worth it! The largest display of Monet's, Renoir's and Van Gogh's in the world and an incredible display of miniatures made by a lady in the early 1900s. 80 rooms made to scale - amazing detail! Can't forget the incredible gardens - probably my favourite...go figure!

1st in a Series of CHICAGO 2010 Adventure

We just had 3 days in Chicago athe annual Taste of Chicago - a 10 day food event that attracts 3.5 million people annually. We stayed down town in the charming old Congress Plaza Hotel on Michigan Ave.

On our way to Chicago we stopped in at a famous Hamburger joint in Lafyette on the Purdue campus. Fabulous hamburger and Root Bear.

We walked miles in Chicago - there is so much to see. Mum - you will remember the River Architectual Tour we took in 1997 - we took it again - such a facinating city archetectually.

We had 3 perfeft weather days....beautiful clear skies, no humidity and very pleasant temperatures.

We walked along the river to Nacy Pier.

This was the view from our room window - looking west across the city with the famous Sears Tour dominating. No longer the tallest building in the world.

The Chicago Sun Times Building. A landmark in the city. See next photo for the architectual wonder.