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Two young boys find a creative use for a restaurant's A-frame sign at the Ballard Farmer's Market in seattle Washington.
Nestled in amongst its garden of deciduous trees and thick shrubs, this A-frame alpine style house is almost hidden from view. The choice of architecture is most appropriate considering that it is located in the lovely alpine township of Bright.
Bright, a town in north-east Victoria, is situated in the Ovens Valley and is part of the Alpine Region of Victoria. 210 kilometres from Melbourne, Bright was one of the towns in the Ovens Valley where gold was discovered. Gold was found near the junction of Morses Creek and the Ovens River in the 1850s. Established in 1862 and named Bright, most likely after John Bright (1811 - 1889) an English publicist, reformer and parliamentarian the township thrived. With the Gold Rush in full swing, Bright soon had Catholic, Wesleyan and Presbyterian churches, schools, three hotels, three quartz mills and two bank branches. As the yield of gold declined in the 1870s, so too did Bright’s population, yet by the 1880s, it became an alpine tourism town. The Bright Alpine club was formed in 1887 and a community library was started there in 1889. In the following year Bright was connected by railway to Myrtleford and Wangaratta, bringing with it much needed tourists from Melbourne. In 1910 a grand chalet was opened at Mount Buffalo and Bright ran a hire car service for visitors, who often stayed there overnight at a hotel or guesthouse. In 1919 a secondary school was opened in Bright. It also had a tourist progress association and local angling, bowling, racing, tennis and golf clubs amongst its many attractions. By the mid 1920s the people of Bright began planting exotic trees partly for landscape improvement and partly to lay the summer dust. The street tree plantings produced extraordinary autumn colours. By 1933, Bright was described as the “Tourism Capital of the Ovens Valley”. Bright’s train line continued until 1983 when it was finally discontinued and replaced with coaches. By that time, it was a well established tourism town with people flocking there all throughout the year for different reasons. Bright is a base for exploring the peaks of Mount Buffalo National Park and Alpine National Park as well as Mount Hotham, a popular ski resort. Bright is a starting point for the Murray to Mountains Rail Trail, a hiking and cycling path. Bright Museum, in the town’s former train station, documents rail and gold rush history. The region is also known for wineries and of course its amazing display of autumnal foliage.
United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, Colorado Springs.
Architect: Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill
Completed: 1962
Architect: Theodore Boutmy (1958)
Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA
This beautiful example of "mountain modernism" was falsely attributed to the architect Edward Fickett in an article published in the L.A. Times, due to erroneous information provided by Fickett's widow. It was, in fact, designed by Boutmy and photographed at the time by Julius Shulman. It's still in great original condition.
Apologies for the quality. I was on my snowboard at the time, and this is a phone picture - not taken with my usual camera. Those of you who are familiar with my Instagram feed will recognize the shot from a few weeks ago. I'm just reposting here now.
Something a little different today:
Behind the scenes pics from a music video project recorded for ZAZ (Zack and Abby Zak) entitled "Loom."
Shot in the northwoods of Wisconsin last summer, we edited through autumn and winter and released the video today. Check it out here: youtu.be/fb1GtpUJCWw
Housekeeping cottage high in the Poconos
Located on Rimrock Drive, 2 miles south of Bartonsville, Pa.
This pretty girl was putting out the A Frame sign outside the Crabtree & Evelyn shop in Cardiff City Centre, Wales.
2023, the year of the A-Frame Cabin!
As usual it's time to l👀k back and take stock of what I've done in the past twelve months.
2023 is undoubtedly the year of the A-Frame Cabin, many months have passed since the release of the set and it still doesn't seem real to me. Having my own set in the LEGO IDEAS line-up is definitely the most important goal I've ever achieved. It's simply insane!
Despite the various commitments related to the release of the set I have built some new MOCs. I am particularly proud of the Stilt House which is currently under review by the LEGO IDEAS team.
I just finished a new creation that I will present in mid-January, stay tuned, I will need your support.
Massive thanks to all for your continued support, it's always much appreciated & never taken for granted.
We'll talk soon, stay tuned and keep up the good work!
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Our little A-frame will be our home for the next 2-3 weeks until we’re finished renovating our new home by the beach. We must be a little crazy! But at least, the doggies aren’t too perturbed.
vintage photo repro inside the Dunkin' Donuts in Wells, ME; shows the original Quincy, MA location in 1950
This little 10'x12' A-frame started in the early ‘70s as a simple back-yard project that rapidly got out of control. First, there was our contractor friend, who had some 14-foot long 4x8s that he needed to get rid of and, not having a clue about what I’d ever do with them, I said I’d take them. Then my wife showed me a magazine article about how to build a simple kid’s A-frame ( the article touted it as a weekend project). Though I had built most of the furniture in our home (out of desperation... we were broke when we got married), I decided it might be fun to give it a try. Two years and $2,000 later, this is the result. But, it was those 4x8s and this “weekend project” that allowed us to remain in the home we live in now, which we bought in 1967. Our home had only two bedrooms, too small for our growing family, but through the years, one or both of our sons lived “out back”, thus enabling us to stay put in what we consider to be the most perfect location on earth. Ironically, after the boys moved out, we were able to expand our home by 50%, but back then, we simply didn’t have the wherewithal to do it. I should add (or maybe I shouldn’t add) there were things that went on beneath that A-frame roof that shall forever remain classified as “Top Secret”…
ODT, "DYI."
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