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Postby Luet » Sat May 07, 2011 5:25 pm

I *think* it's a pink dogwood but I'm not positive. It's really pretty!
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Postby thoughtreader » Sun May 08, 2011 8:07 am

I always thought they were Japanese Cherry trees...

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Postby Rei » Sun May 08, 2011 9:51 am

I'm in the cherry tree camp. Those blossoms are rather unlike the dogwood my parents have in their front yard.
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Postby Luet » Sun May 08, 2011 10:44 am

Well, there you go. :)
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Postby zeldagirl1234 » Sun May 08, 2011 7:11 pm

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Garden Gnomeeeesss... have to do with gardens, right? And whats better than a zombie gnome!?
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Postby Eaquae Legit » Fri May 13, 2011 5:36 pm

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Postby Luet » Fri May 13, 2011 5:37 pm

Now THAT is a spring-y picture! :)
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Postby Eaquae Legit » Fri May 13, 2011 6:15 pm

Wee little toes and feet!!!

He was an active little bugger during the scan. The techs had a hard time getting him into position, because he kept flailing around.
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Postby Rei » Fri May 13, 2011 6:31 pm

Definitely spring, although it won't be here until autumn.
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Postby Luet » Fri May 13, 2011 6:32 pm

Spring ultrasounds bring fall newborns!
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Postby Petrie » Sun Jun 05, 2011 3:42 pm

June

(In honor of summer reading programs) Capture something that is related to reading/books.
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Postby LilBee91 » Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:06 pm

June

(In honor of summer reading programs) Capture something that is related to reading/books.
Yay! I was wondering when June would come up. And I like this theme lots.
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Postby Petra456 » Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:37 am

I've been slacking on the other months!

They're both Will's books, but I love reading the Tartine Bread one : )
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Postby Jayelle » Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:37 am

The great thing about living near rocky shores is that we can use giant rocks as bookends!

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Postby Luet » Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:42 am

Here is my OSC shelf. All of my EG copies are loaned out but I have three SftD and two Xeno. :)

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Postby Jayelle » Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:46 am

Is there something between Hot Sleep and First Meetings? Looks small...

Also! You're missing Seventh Son and Red Prophet! Those are the best of the series. :)
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Postby Luet » Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:03 am

My brother is borrowing Seventh Son and Red Prophet (need to bug him to give them back). The thing between Hot Sleep and First Meetings is the April 1978 Analog magazine that has the original Ender's Game short story. It's wrapped in plastic since it's so old (almost as old as me!).

I'm definitely missing a few things, mostly newer books (like Empire) or older ones that I didn't enjoy (like Wyrms) and others (like Stone Tables). But I have read almost all, even if I don't own them.
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Postby Eaquae Legit » Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:28 am

My desk at the department, and my bookshelf off to the side:

(Edit: Gonna have to fix the photo, but it'll be back, I promise.)

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Postby Syphon the Sun » Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:18 pm

Here is my OSC shelf.
You can fit them all on a single shelf? He takes up 4 on our bookcase.
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Postby Luet » Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:56 pm

Mine are all paperback (except the short story anthologies), do you have hardcovers? I think I have about 38 different ones.
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Postby Syphon the Sun » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:19 pm

Mostly hardcovers and rebound paperbacks (I used to work at a book bindery that rebinds paperback into hardbacks). I also have a lot of multiples I've received as gifts that I haven't managed to give away, yet.

The list (with smaller font so as not to take up the whole thread):

A Planet Called Treason (hardcover)
Abyss (paperback)
Alvin Journeyman (hardcover + rebind)
An Open Book (hardcover x 2)
Call of Earth (paperback)
Characters and Viewpoint (hardcover)
Children of the Mind (rebind + paperback)
Crystal City (hardcover x2)
Earthborn (paperback)
Earthfall (paperback)
Empire (hardcover)
Enchantment (hardcover + paperback)
Ender in Exile (hardcover)
Ender's Game (hardcover + rebind + paperback x2)
Ender's Shadow (rebind)
Ender's War (hardcover)
Folk of the Fringe (paperback)
Hart's Hope (paperback)
Heartfire (hardcover x2)
Hidden Empire (hardcover)
Homebody (paperback)
Homecoming: Earth (hardcover x2)
Homecoming: Harmony (hardcover x2)
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy (hardcover)
Invasive Procedures (hardcover)
Keeper of Dreams (hardcover)
Lost Boys (hardcover)
Lost Gate (hardcover)
Lovelock (hardcover)
Magic Street (hardcover)
Maps in a Mirror (hardcover)
Masterpieces (paperback)
Memory of Earth (paperback)
Pastwatch (hardcover + rebind + paperback)
Pathfinder (hardcover)
Prentice Alvin (hardcover + rebind)
Red Prophet (hardcover + rebind)
Robata (hardcover)
Sarah (paperback)
Seventh Son (hardcover + rebind)
Shadow of the Giant (rebind)
Shadow of the Hegemon (rebind)
Shadow Puppets (hardcover + rebind)
Ships of Earth (paperback)
Songmaster (hardcover)
Speaker for the Dead (rebind)
Treason (hardcover)
Treasure Box (paperback)
Ultimate Iron Man I (hardcover)
Ultimate Iron Man II (hardcover)
War of Gifts (hardcover)
Worthing Chronicle (paperback)
Worthing Saga (paperback)
Wyrms (hardcover)
Xenocide (rebind + paperback)
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Postby Mich » Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:36 pm

I missed May, but here is June! I collected all of the books I've bought at Powell's since moving to Portland, as a way of narrowing them down.

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I honestly swear there are more, but I can't find them.

Hmm, note to self: review the Amulet series in Comic Book Thread.
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Postby Luet » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:15 pm

Of those, I don't have:
An Open Book
Characters and Viewpoint
Empire
Homecoming: Earth
Homecoming: Harmony
Masterpieces
Pathfinder
Ultimate Iron Man I
Ultimate Iron Man II
War of Gifts
Worthing Chronicle

And in addition, I have:
Capitol
Doorways (I think only available at Endercon)
First Meetings
Hot Sleep
Rebekah
Rachel & Leah
Saints
God's Army (by Geoff Card)
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Postby Young Val » Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:22 am

Totally cheating and relocating a picture from the Nesting thread. (We have since gotten the rest of our books out of storage and there's an aproximately-three-feet-high stack of books on the floor running the length of the window, as well.

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Postby Rei » Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:52 pm

So I worked for two weeks in the city archives this month, and I took a picture of some of the shelves we audited:

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The earliest of those books starts sometime before 1371 (I can't recall the exact year and I know that's when the second book starts) and they run up into the 1800s, if I recall correctly. They are, excitingly, memoranda of the city.
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Postby Syphon the Sun » Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:01 pm

How I read the vast majority of my books:
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Postby powerfulcheese04 » Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:43 pm

My school books shelf and TV on DVD shelf:
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Postby LilBee91 » Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:22 pm

My bookshelf back home as of 5 years ago. I need to take an updated picture when I go home and my room is put back together from the parents' painting of the basement:
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My bookshelf at college. It is tragically limited:
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Is two pictures cheating?
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Postby Petrie » Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:58 pm

July

Capture the "Things [you] Carry."


The things I carry, on a workday:

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Postby Luet » Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:29 pm

I assume you carry a lot of that in some type of purse/backpack? I really don't think you want me to empty out my entire purse. I carry a LOT in it. Although it neatly organized. Although, it IS the only thing I always carry with me. Sigh...I guess I can empty it out.
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Postby Petrie » Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:09 pm

Backpack. I wouldn't know what to do with a purse.

But hey, you don't have to empty out the whole purse. Get creative! :)
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Postby fawkes » Sat Jul 02, 2011 10:26 pm

Syphon totally stole my idea for last month's picture. I'm afraid to empty out my purse, I have no idea what's in there anymore... I'm not very organized...
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Postby Jayelle » Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:37 pm

You all have made me empty out my diaper bag. Thank you.

This is what I carry with two kids whenever I leave the house. It all goes in a backpack, except the carrier, Maggie goes in that.

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-Ergo Baby Carrier (side note to pregnant friends: best carrier out there)
-wallet
-keys (usually my car keys are on there, but Paul is out with the car right now)
-spray-on sunscreen
-change pad
-toys for Maggie
-spare soother
-receiving blanket
-wet bag for dirty diapers
-bib
-spare outfit for Maggie (sleeper and babylegs)
-wipes
-cloth diaper
-disposable diaper
-a tiny polar bear (for some reason)
-2 small books
-crayons
-pad of paper
-spare outfit for Ginny (pants, shirt, underpants, 2 pairs of socks)

Usually there is a snack in there too. In fact, I'm surprised there's not more stuff in there. :)
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