I’ve driven by McCowin Park quite a bit lately and a few parts of the park have been catching my eye. More so than ever during the completion of the B.F.A. project. One of those things is a new pavilion that is being built:
I especially like how out of level the structural concrete posts are. This photograph from the digital camera doesn’t really convey it very well, but the metal posts that will soon be supporting a roof are all leaning really bad as well (though I should be completely open and say that they aren’t totally bolted to the concrete yet).
We showed up to the job site today and saw this:
It’s not all that often we get that kind of a Thank You, and I felt pretty good about my job today.
The other night I was browsing around in Google Earth and found a diversion dam in Osgood near where we’ve been working. Monday at lunch I set out to try and find it, but couldn’t from memory. So I printed up a few frames from the satellite photos and yesterday drove out to it. Conditions weren’t very photography-friendly–the sun was pretty harsh and the wind was insane. Today I had a bit of a lucky break and was able to make a photograph. Here’s the digital version (the real one was made with my 5×7):
Today Jon, Darren and I went out to Market Lake to do some birding and photographing. Jon brought along his new Roundshot, a rotating panoramic camera, that was pretty cool to watch operate.
Afterwards, I stopped by Freeman Park and made a photograph with the 5×7 that I’m pretty excited about:
Today as I was crawling through trusses nailing some braces up, my phone rang. I looked at it, saw the number had a 435 area code, and thought it might be an old friend from Park City. So I answered, and heard an unfamiliar voice. The man said he was Craig Law, and that he heard that I hadn’t heard any status on grad school applications, so he was calling to let me know that I had indeed been accepted to the program! Needless to say, I’m super excited to hear the news. I can now start making more concrete plans for the fall, and even begin checking out apartments in Logan. Craig is working on getting my assistantship squared away which will pay for tuition, which will be a big help.