 photo by d. scott gregory New floor lamp click on photo to enlarge |
Wow, what a fucked up day. Albeit, I say that now in hindsight - I'm now relaxing and just about to prepare my pumpkin - more on this later. I was dreading work today with a whole drama that was going to unfold today with the unveiling of a new company manual, which outlines a whole slew of new regs and whatnot - all the stuff we already know, common sense, rules. But the whole thing was masterminded by ABBA, who is a total control freak - giving all employees basically zero rights, and pure CYA on the company. Spent the majority of the day dealing with the ramifications of the unveiling of the extended memo - it eventually didn't happen - too many questions and issues. So back to square one. Finished up what was left of the stressfull day while it was raining outside, getting cold - decided to unstress by going out on a quick, damp, yet long training ride out to Hamilton and back in the dark, totalling 38 miles. Got back to my car and changed into dry clothes and headed to the grocery store for provisions for the Pumkin Soup I'll be making tomorrow night.
 photo courtesy by Bird's Eye Photography Bridge to Bridge, 2005 click on photo to enlarge |
Stopped by Target and picked up a new floor lamp (pictured) and a few other things to finally "decorate" my minimal bedroom. Came home and unloaded the car and launched into a whole flurry of domesticity. I finally got the CD I ordered from Bird's Eye Photography of the large format photos (pictured)from the Bridge to Bridge. They did a great job - and a friend tells me that I have "a total look of determination on my face". I may have a few high rez prints made to give to my family for the holidays. I assembled my new lamp - looks great, fits well - then began prepping my pumpkin.
 illustration by d. scott gregory Man Ray Pumpkin Template click on graphic to enlarge |
I decided to make a Man Ray pumpkin - the other night, I made a template to use to guide carving the pumpkin (pictured). I'll watch a show my mother taped for me about Lance Armstrong, while spoon-shaving out the pumpkin, to make the walls thin enough to carve (the spoon-scraped raw pumpkin will be baked tomorrow night in preparation for my Pumpkin Soup).
Welp, time for me to get cracking. May post photos of the pumpkin later or tomorrow night. Fun Fall evening.