Brie and I had a whirlwind 12-hr layover in Amsterdam last September, en route to Cairo. It wasn't as whirlwind as 12 hours in Amsterdam has the potential to be, but we liked our brief visit. We should mention that when we landed we had been awake for 24 hours and were so very tired! We pushed through - Amsterdam is a place you can keep moving and there's always something completely nutso to see, so that kept it lively! Hope you enjoy - it's the first time I made one of these videos...
The picture quality on this video really sucks. So bad that you can't even see the reason for some of the photos. 100MB size limit on Blogger for videos and the original one in Hi-Def (super-awesome) is 300MB. I am so sad. Oh well, just imagine the photos in sparkling clarity.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The Briar Branch Makeover
Out with the old--a now outlawed double roof of cedar shingles (now considered too high a fire hazzard to own) topped with worn out asphalt shingles, and Hardy Plank siding with deep dark green paint, that absorbs 90% of the sun rays' heat--and in with the new: earthtones of brown and beige with the new roof supported with plywood that has a reflective aluminum sheet on the underside: the latest in energy savings in Houston construction. In no particular order, since I don't yet know how to bring them in that way:
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