195/365, #13: Architectural Details

Detail of the ceiling in the Rathskeller (previous post).

194/365, #364: Works of Art

This is a wall in the Rathskeller at the historic Seelbach Hilton in Lousiville, KY. (Click for larger view)

Opened in 1907, the Rathskeller offers a setting different from all others -- unique in architecture and distinct in design and detail.
Medieval architecture marks the Rathskellar's interior with a red-tinted, terra-cotta ceiling, with columns ringed by Rookwood-Pottery pelicans -- a sign of good luck. Tile designs on the Rathskeller's walls depict walled cities in the Rhenish region of Germany, where the Seelbach's founders, Otto and Louis Seelbach, were born. The tile work for this unique room was crafted by the famed Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati. Each tile was designed by hand and fired. Then, color was added and fired again, with an additional firing for each color.

193/365, #243: Public Art

This is one of the bronze sculptures outside Ginger Hall at Morehead State University in Morehead, KY. I love the expression on the little girl's face!

192/365, #140: Handwriting

One of the teachers charting what the group knew about their project topic.

191/365, #138: Handicraft

This is the sculpture you saw being created in my previous post. I was impressed at the teacher's ability!

190/365, #134: Grungy

This is one of the teachers creating a sculpture from clay.

189/365, #202: Notes

I spent all of last week out of town co-instructing a course for preschool teachers. These notes are from an activity that we did. I love the neon post-its!

188/365, Siblings (My own theme)

The little ballerina has a new baby brother!

187/365, #17: Baby

A brand new baby, only about 4 hours old in these pics.  This is my new "nephew" (my friend's grandson) who was born on the 4th of July.  Isn't he adorable?

Scrapped with A Celebration of Freedom kit by Digital Design Den designers.  Page design scraplifted from Scrappinduck at DigiScraps Drive In.

186/365, #171: Letters

These are magnetic letters I forgot that I had in a drawer for when young kids are here. I was surprised to find them on the side of my refrigerator a few minutes ago--my husband did this!

Sure made me smile and I immediately thought of this theme!

Happy Independence Day to all of the American BlogMonsters! I guess it's already the 5th of July to those not in the USA, but I hope you had a happy 4th whatever you were doing yesterday. :-)

185/365, #159: Inspiration

I've used some of these photos for other posts, but not all of them. I created this layout for a challenge at a new digi-scrapping site Digi Scraps Drive-In. I used a kit called Woodland Beauty by Sandy Collins, owner of the Digital Design Den and designer at the Drive-In. The challenge was to scrap "What is your inspiration?" I am inspired by nature--the colors, textures, sounds. You might have already noticed that by the subjects of so many of my blog posts!

184/365, #81: Earrings

Don't you just love those curls and the earrings?  This pic says "Attitude!"

183/365, #327: Thrilling

182/365, #319: The Games We Play

Cannon ball!!!

181/365, #32: Boy

180/365, #313: Swim

I thought this pic had interesting reflections!

179/365, #309: Summer Fun

178/365, #47: Childhood Antics

177/365, #61: Companions

Swimming Companions :-)

My niece and nephew came to visit over the weekend and we spent MANY hours in the pool! That put me a few days behind in my blog posting but I'll get caught up again with this series of photos.

176/365, #143: Harvest

It's finished (see this post)!  Almost time to harvest the 1st tomato off the vine. :-)

175/365, #275: Sense of Motion

This is cropped a lot!  Look carefully (click to enlarge) to see this hummingbird's wings--quick motion!

174/365, #273: Seeds

The birds will eat these sunflower seeds as soon as the flower opens! 

173/365, Straight (My own theme)

As opposed to haphazard (see previous post), these daisies were growing straight and tall!  I love the contrast of the blue water in the background and the bright white flowers.

172/365, #142: Haphazard

I was trying to get a shot of a butterfly on these flowers yesterday, but the butterfly wouldn't cooperate!  Then I noticed how pretty the flowers looked against the blue of the pool.

Notice how the flowers are tall, short, straight, tilted--haphazard!

171/365, #136: Hair

Click to enlarge.  There really is "hair" on the flower stem! :-)

170/365, #54: Closed

Click to enlarge.

169/365, Contrast (My own theme)

168/365, #1: One Hundred

Okay, so I really didn't count all of the little flowers on this hydrangea, but there must be 100 there! :-)  And at almost the half-way point of the year, it's getting harder to find just the right photos for the themes without getting more creative!

167/365, #325: Things That Go

My nephew's car was behind in this race.

166/365, #359: Wheels

All of the wheels are identical on these

Boy Scout Pinewood Derby cars.

165/365, #132: Growing

The blooms on our trumpet vine are growing every day. I'm ready for them to open up and hopefully I'll be able to get a shot of the hummingbirds that will come!

164/365, #170: Legs

Granddaddy Long Legs

(Click to enlarge.)

163/365, #31: Box Office

The box office was closed at the end of the recital.