World Where You Live (show me the scenery!)

actually... ghost kinda looks like he's peeing in the pumpkin patch. xD i love that picture though. and fog freaks me out sometimes too, i think i can blame too many horror novels & movies.

(i swear, soon i'll have a picture to add & not just babble! x3 i'll take a picture of the camel farm i found, haha.)

 

Here's my SD13 Irvin, Locutus, with downtown Pittsburgh, PA in the background (taken from the West End Overlook). I just love the Pittsburgh skyline.

 

JennyNemesis: I don't know about carrying any of my dolls around downtown. That makes me a little nervous. I'm a paranoid DollMom. :p But I wouldn't be opposed to taking some pictures around Point State Park... When the snow/cold goes away. ^_^ I was thinking of doing that anyway, come Spring.

 

Arizona in the morning...



And Arizona in the evening...


And Arizona when it's cloudy...

 

Now that we got snow I had to post these too!


We don't get a lot of snow in the Seattle area so this was a once in a long while opportunity for us.

 

yay! i finally have a couple of pictures that are decent enough to add here! =D hopefully i'll be able to get some more when i go home so that people can see some pretty island/beach scenery from washington! (so expect more later! ) anyway...here are a few from volunteer park in seattle, washington!

by the black hole sun sculpture


looking out over the reservoir, across seattle, etc. it was too cloudy to try and get the mountains in the background, but there's the space needle!


this one looks from a monument at the park towards the reservoir gatehouse. this was before our snow, but there's still green leafs clinging to some of the trees despite all of the lovely golden ones on the ground!

 

Here are some pictures I took at my parents' place in Northwestern Ontario, Canada:





Pretty, but cold! You can see more pictures from this set over here.

 

Bijou (Soom Dia) visits Körner's Folly, an historic home in Kernersville.

The front entry. The home was completed in 1880.

The witches corner was built so that witches, goblins and other creatures would have their own fireplace and not need to bother the people in the house.

If you'd like to see more of the house .... www.kornersfolly.org

 

I really have enjoyed this thread! It's so great to see all the different locations and climates. Today is the first day I've had my doll that I've been home during daylight (I rush out the door in the morning, and it's dark by time I get home) so I was planning to take some pics today. It was raining though, so Riddick had to enjoy the view from my porch rather than exploring the neighborhood. This is Belmont, North Carolina, a small town just west of Charlotte, NC. Maybe someday I'll take him to work and get some city pictures.

It was late afternoon when I took these, and rainy. Riddick had his hood up but really couldn't have been cold. Despite the weather getting colder than usual earlier than usual this year, it had to have been around 70 today. That's unusually warm for this time of year, though. Many people on the board have snow - I've never seen snow on or near Christmas! We may get some in January or February, but rarely very much, and the little we get rarely stays more than a couple days. It's funny, if there's a prediction for even a bit of snow, everyone runs to the store and buys up all the bread and milk!


You can see most of the neighborhood has decorated for Christmas, including me!


Looking up the street. My next-door neighbor on that side has spent a LOT of time gardening. His front yard is mostly a large natural area with stone paths, bird feeders, an arbor and lots of flowers during spring and summer.


This is my house (yes, I have 2 Christmas trees crammed in there!). It's the smallest house in the neighborhood, I think!


My neighborhood is pretty interesting (to me, anyway). My house (and the others in the pics) was built around 100 years ago. At the time, the textile mills were the major employer in town, and they built "mill villages" for the workers to live in. There's still part of the mill near my house, but most of it has closed down. My neighborhood is a former "mill village" and my house is considered a "mill house". It's also called a "shotgun house" because the front and back doors line up - you could open them both and shoot a shotgun straight through.

The mill began working with contractors, and they demolished the houses that weren't in good shape, and completely renovated the rest to sell. Mine is a renovated one - it has gorgeous hardwood floors and high ceilings. You can't see it in the pictures, but my sister bought the empty lot next to my house and built a new house on it. The houses in the neighborhood are all on the smaller side, so the neighborhood is mostly young singles, young families, and a few retired couples. We have a community gazebo, walking path, and half basketball court. It's nice, I live in this small town in a cute friendly neighborhood, but live just 10-15 minutes from the city where I work, so there's good shopping and dining conveniently nearby.

 

I drive through Lake County every time I go to and come home from school, and this is the first time I've stopped for a photo-op.... It's a lovely area. It was also insanely cold. >.< Lake county is the poorest county in California, but...it sure makes a nice place to stop when you're falling asleep behind the wheel.

Rani is wearing his flight suit, and the scarf our friend made for him. It's the equivalent of about 15 feet of scarf, in doll scale.... But you can bet he was warm with it. XD


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Two years we've been living here, and now Christmas morning, I finally get my lazy butt up and over one block to this little park, with my camera and a doll in tow...





Many more here, but these were my two favorite shots.

 

Alrighty! We managed to get some awesome weather here in Pittsburgh yesterday. A lot of people were taking advantage of it. I didn't get any shots from inside downtown Pittsburgh, as I'd be really nervous carrying a doll around downtown by myself. But I'm okay with the surrounding park areas. So without further ado... Enjoy!


Heinz Stadium is directly behind Locutus' head, Carnegie Science Center is to the left and the picture is taken from the Point in Point State Park. That's the fountain on the lower left, but it's turned off for the winter.


Some of the more memorable/notable buildings of Downtown Pittsburgh.


From the Southern side of Point State Park. The far left of the picture on the opposite side of the river is the start of Station Square. (That's the Monongahela River.)


Taken from the North Side of Pittsburgh. (That's the Allegheny River.)

Those are some of the better ones. If you'd like to see all of the pictures that I took yesterday, check out my Picasa album here: Pittsburgh Pics
And if you're curious about Pittsburgh in general, here's the Wikipedia article: Pittsburgh, PA

I'll probably try to get more pictures this coming Spring/Summer. They're supposed to finish renovating Point State Park then and I think it will look a lot better. ^_^

 

It was so bright out that I couldn't get really good pics, so here are two really terrible views of Charlotte. I should have taken him out to lunch with me and gotten a pic of the whole skyline, since it's prettier than the construction view we have from work.

Here's a little bit of downtown (which is actually usually called "uptown") Charlotte. All the big buildings are kind of in a line, with a break before some other ones start, so you can't see many in this picture. Some of the nice ones are lost in the glare, also. The half-finished one is the new Wachovia corporate center. Assuming Wells Fargo keeps the Wachovia name...



Here's the glare-blurred view out the front door of my workplace. That's the Carolina Panthers Football Stadium there. We're RIGHT THERE, so our parking lot is sold by the season for games. Once I had to make someone move their hibachi where they were grilling brats behind my car so I could leave!


I actually left before it got dark today, so I didn't get a picture of the light sculpture on one of the buildings facing our office. It's pretty flashing neon.

 

I live in Germany but I don't have many pics of my dolls in the scenery. Next time I go to Cochem castle I'll have to bring one along =) There is an elementary school very close to it...the kids can look out the window during class and see a castle.

I did take Zima to Trier a couple weeks ago. Here she is at the Porta Nigra, the ruins of a Roman city gate that was built around 200 AD.

 

Starbucks on the avenue Victor Hugo in a very classy area of Paris, ten minutes from the Champs Elysées. (Yeah I'm showing off, I'm quite proud to live here XD Plus I love that picture)

 

Well, I thought I'd unlode some pics on you guys! I've been a few places, and I enjoy bringing my dolls with me.


Bailey at the "Suntide II" In South Padre, I stayed there over the summer a few years back.


Ocean View, Port Isable (On the way into Padre Island.)


My balconey at the Suntide II

And I live in houston so...


Kiyoshi in the line for the last weekend of Astroworld.


By the holloweeny fountian at astroworld.


Saying goodbye..

I have ton of photos of Kiyo and I goofing off at scenic locals. We are never in my backyard. I will be back when I dig them up! XD

 

At my garden...

 

Well, I'm stuck here in Arizona, But I went a little out of my way to get one of our nicer locales. ^.^ First off, some nice shots I got of Archane At the San Xavier Mission, just slightly south of Tucson.


What we have a lot of here: Cactus. Archane was interested.


Still at the Mission, Sunset.



Second, while I was on the way there, I happened to get forced into a detour by a train, and found this in our industrial district. Kinda neat, so I needed a picture ^.^

 

Little bump for this thread
This is kibble palace in Glasgow (in the very very cold)

 

I donno if this counts cause it isn't anywhere famous, just my backyard here in Georgia in the winter XD

 

I live in Utah at the base of the Rocky mountains. Alyssum loves the mountains as much as I do.

 

Vincent monkeys around on my safari rack after a photoshoot at the dam in the distance. Welcome to Northern Nevada, where the most common color is brown.




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...it's a kind of scenery... McDonald's! And Rowen trying to steal my fries!



.... yeah... I don't take the dolls out of the house that often... need to do that more often.

 

Hee, Kai and I live in a little blip on the map called Wakulla FL. (It's about 30mins from Tallahassee) So here's Kai in a few pics posing in my backyard.

 

This shot it soo pretty, it reminds me of the overlook near where my parents live. Except the fact that they live in NJ. =D

 

Some of mine here


My boy..opposite my house standing in front my neighbour house... 8D


Shuya first date with Aza in The Gardens shopping mall, Malaysia


Adora at KL Twin Tower, Malaysia.


With her boyfriend facing KL Suria Park, Malaysia.

3 years ago... meet up with my friend inside a hotel of Sunway Pyramid in Malaysia

 

Some family came up to visit last weekend, so I took my boys with my on our adventure up Highway 101.

This is at Trinidad beach, right where that giant rock kinda pokes out into the sea. Ghost is, as always, Zenfully contemplative. ^_^

It was a beautiful day; delightfully Humboldt, with cold, wet weather, and an outgoing tide.

Both my mum and my aunt worked for Caltrans, so I had to show 'em this broken road. This is what happens when you build on sand, children. (Seriously, the bluff is sand. You can dig your whole arm into it with just your fingernails. In my oceanography class, we measured that the houses at the top of the road have maybe 30 years before they fall right into the ocean.)

We took the tram up the side of the mountain in Klamath, at the Trees of Mystery. Q enjoyed the view, but I kept expecting a T-rex to come running out of the rain.

Here's the view from the top of the mountain. (Q's hair is all mussed 'cause it was raining pretty good at this point, and I had my boys tucked into the front of my leather jacket.)

And here's one last picture, which kind of sums up where I live entirely--trees and rain.

 

This doesn't show a whole lot but I looooooooved the sunset on the water in this picture. This is the pond near m friend's house.

 

Not the coolest pictures ever... xD I'll add more later, maybe next time we go to Denver or Grand Junction... or downtown... >.< my neighborhood is rather boring. Anyways, I have a couple pictures for now.

A lovely veiw of our SUV... and my neighbor's house xD


Not much in the front yard... but a really cool view of the base of some of the Rocky Mountains in the distance ^^

 

Lex went on his first outdoor excursion today and wanted to share~ :3 Not terribly exciting..but here's the flood plain behind my house! It was very, very cold.

 

Aha, finally! Magda is finally here (less than a month!), and we went out into the back yard on one of my recent days off, because it was just starting to be warm. We got out, and my fiance said one of the trees was putting out leaves already -- and when we got down to it, there was this.


The forsythia bush had started blooming! But they're weird blossoms, not just plain yellow, and not the simple, four petalled variety with which I'm familiar. They have 8 curly petals with red on them. Incredibly cool, especially against the dismal grey-brown of a Virginia February.

 

This is the view right behind my apartment building. My complex has a couple of ponds throughout and I like to stop by it on sunny days and take some pictures with Elise if I have time. We made friends with the ducks and a very friendly turtle

 

Anna and I visited Devil's Lake, Oregon, We sat and pondered a bit...

 

My girl and my boy watching the sun come up over the Columbia River in Tri-Cities, WA.

 

I took Hermione to school with me today, and snapped a few pics at school and outside. So the first two are inside Nipissing University, on the crooked staircase. Confused? Trust me, I was too, my first time walking into the school. It just kinda looks like odd perspective in the picture, right?



Nope.

There is this set of stairs that is built as though you were walking down a normal set of stairs. But it's not a normal set of stairs - the wall on one side, and the glass wall on the other - are at a 45 degree angle... so even though the stairs are designed to walk straight down, you can't walk straight down them, or you'd smuck into a wall!



(She looks so unimpressed to be there.... I snapped the pic really fast, cause I didn't want anyone to come along the hallway and see me. >__< )

I should see if I can get a better picture, because they're so odd, students have even made spoof documentaries about Crooked Staircase Support Groups.

And here she is in the random field beside the bus stop by my house.

 

Okay here's a couple good ones of the boys in the backyard I grew up in... we were thrown out by a neighbor but it was worth it!





And finally in our backyard





Sorry for the spam! I just love to share pics of the mountains and my boys! I have more B&W I can scan if anyone is interested!

 

Showing my front yard^^;.

 

I just posted a short story where Miranda gives a tour of Uozu.

Here is an example picture with some scenery.

 

Seth and my friends doll Miral in an old empty building -



Seth in Nottingham (with his old hair)

 

Out procuring fine cheeses in Marin County....


And then Q saw whales and sat there glaring intently to let them know that Point Reyes was his turf, and they had better just keep migrating. (It was super foggy; you can kind of see the ocean in that dip between the hills. XD )


And this is where I live when I'm not at the ocean or hiding amid the redwood trees. Good ol' neighborhood by the park, complete with trees, grass, and dolls with no underwear.

 

Here are a few of part of our world

Firstly, my piggies on a visit to Yosemite last summer:


That's Half Dome in the background

Then, the brothers at Pine Mountain Lake, a small resort where a friend has a house on the lake that we visit each summer:



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And then little Gwenie looking over the lake



I should have more around my own house soon

 

Insane-chan - thanks - I love Yosemite too, and try to get there at least once each year. I actually took a bunch of photos hoping to put together a piggie travel story, but ahem procrastination

JennyNemisis - just looking at the lake pictures really makes me want to be there - summer - ahhhh

But meanwhile, there was some sun today so tried a few in my backyard. Pretty dull California suburban weeds but here it goes:


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sorry they aren't more exciting

 

This is Phyllis praying in my backyard ^.^ Unfortunately she has no shoes right now

 

GAH!
All these Northern CA dolls, when I end up feeling like I'm the only one up here with them! How bout all of you COME OVER TO THE MENDOCINO COAST this summer when it's hot inland for a meet-up? We can do great photo sessions at the beach and by the river, and I have room for some guests- plenty if people want to camp in the back yard.


I live two miles from here:

 

We haven't been very good taking pictures of our neighbourhood... But here are some from our city, at least!



Shiori at Waldemars udde, at the inlet to Stockholm, with the south side shore and a ship in the background....




My friend OldMagician's Alma, also at Waldemars udde but two years later, showcasing one of the huge car ferries that navigate the narrow passages of Stockholm's archipelago to reach the centre of the city...




Shiori again, with a hazy view of one of the small docks that dots the waterline, even in central Stockholm... Also from our most recent visit at Waldemars udde.

 

This is the benefit of living in a little seaside town like Blackpool >v<

 

(Hello Arafel! )
It is spring! Our daffodils are the first flower to pop out of the dirt, very reliable. Never trusted that groundhog anyways.
Henry was excited to find them in their usual spot under the big horse chestnut trees.

It's hardly warm enough for shorts and bare feet though, but that is all he has

 

Ok here are a few from Saskatchewan Canada. None are to fancy but this is all I could come up with at the moment.

First some sky shots, as Sask is known as 'land of the living skies'






A couple pics taken in fall around the yard. *sigh* Yes, its true Saskatchewan is quite flat in places...

 

I remembered another shot with some scenery...



My husband's Mitsuki, taken at my workplace!

 

Not a great shot but you can see the view from my apartment...not so thrilling akshully... (i meant to be silly with that spelling btw)

 

It was a gorgeous day so I decided to take Lena outside for some pics.
I and my family live on 32 acres in rural farm and ranch country- but we don't have a farm.. just grass and trees.

 

Not too exciting but this is the view from the sidewalk infront of my house in Ohio.



Don't ask about the mud-covered Jeep. I didn't notice it until after I took the pictures. XD So I couldn't use this picture for anything but this thread.

 

I hope I can get out more this summer ^^ Especially when i go to Florida and North Carolina in the summer! What beautiful scenery!
Here's some pictures of my boy Danny though at some random bodies of water all over XD

 

Heehee ya that's pretty much it. Although right now were are right in between the tundra season and the desert season, *sighs* and its supposed to be even hotter then normal this summer. *dies*

Anyway, yep I pretty much live in the middle of the flat prairie, with fields as far as the eye can see, which is pretty far, lol.

I hope its ok to post these since there isn't any dolls actually in them... but this is really what its like where I live (when you step out of our yard and out of the trees)


In winter. Those are our neighbours cattle far in the distance.


In the fall with a typical sunset. NO color editing was done.

 

Here's Ezra hanging out with me at a local desert waterfall.





The surrounding landscape.





That's Carson City in the distance on the left.