Katy Dickinson

Sea Ranch Birthday Party

Two weeks ago, our family took an extended weekend to celebrate my father's 80th birthday. We rented two houses at Sea Ranch on the California coast near Mendocino. Dinners were split between the houses and there was much visiting back and forth. We spent months in advance putting together a video with photos donated by many members of the family. We did our best to keep the project a secret but he guessed anyway. We showed the video twice and passed out a DVD copy to each family group.

Sea Ranch is a private community which has gone to great efforts to be respectful of its unique seacoast environment. The houses are designed to be unobtrusive from the outside, so much so that everyone got lost trying to find where we were staying! Here are some of the photos:

Sea Ranch Beach:

Curious Native:

Family Walk:

Making Pizza:

Playing Games:

Reading:

The Cake:

80th Birthday Family Photo

Images by Katy Dickinson (Copyright 2006)

Posted at 11:08PM Nov 10, 2006 by katysblog in Home & Family  | 

Carnegie Mellon, Oberlin, Ohio Pictures

We are still moving photos off of the camera. Here are our best pictures from visiting the Carnegie Mellon and Oberlin music conservatories last week.

Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) has its Music, Art, and Architecture schools in one Fine Arts building. This grand building was built in 1916 and has an odd but elegant mix of international classical images and styles. The technology in the walls, however, is very up to date indeed.

CMU Arts Door:

Lion Carving:

Lady Carving:

Lady Carving 2:

CMU Arts Entry Hall:

Ceiling:

Stairs:

CMU Arts Sign:

Zebra Cafe:

Carnegie Quote:

Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio) has its music conservatory school in a rambling building which looks modern on the outside and like an intimate and comfortable high school on the inside.

Conservatory Building:

Conservatory Pond:

Conservatory Stairs:

Hallway:

Student Lockers:

Message Board:

Email Station:

Ohio Driving from CMU to Oberlin and around Ohio, we saw some lovely autumn scenes, some funny signs, and several cabooses being used as outbuildings.

Autumn Trees:

Ohio Sky:

Ohio Sky 2:

Ohio Sky 3:

Nation's Enemies Sign:

Caboose Building:

Images by Katy Dickinson (Copyright 2006)

Posted at 04:03PM Nov 10, 2006 by katysblog in Home & Family  |