Pennsic house version ~1.5

[cellio]

We built my Pennsic house in 2000 and it's taken a beating over the years -- from harsh weather, from being moved and I suspect at times bumped, and most especially from sitting in a field with waist-high grass between Pennsics. The folks in my camp have been great about helping to make repairs, patching the wood and doing other work, but the accumulation of patches was starting to get problematic. It was time to strip the exterior sheathing and redo it.

The work is almost done now, and with luck this version will be more durable. That is in large part due to a new material that is supposed to be more moisture-resistant and durable. See that stucco look in the picture below? That's not a paint mixin; that's part of the fabrication. The siding is infused with cement somehow, but doesn't weigh too much more than the plywood we took off. (It's heavier, yes, but not problematic.)

We also got my "stone" corners back.




As you can see the window trim isn't back on yet, but it will be. (New pieces.)

Off-topic: uploading to the scrapbook doesn't work for me in Firefox (I had to use Safari), which doesn't encourage me to use the feature.

Comments

[tashabear.livejournal.com]

I haven't used Scrapbook in forever. It's far easier for me to go to Flickr and use their LJ interface. That way I can share the pics as I want in other places on the Internet.

[sambeth.livejournal.com]

I tried that, but they all seemed to upload from Flickr in really really small sizes, so it looked like I was posting entries with little postage stamp sized pics attached. Don't know what I was doing wrong there. I think you've inspired me to have another go.

[tashabear.livejournal.com]

The interface for posting pictures from Flickr to LJ has changed in recent memory. I don't know how long ago you last tried, but I can tell you how to do it now.

There is no "upload" to LiveJournal. Flickr auto-generates code to link back to their page. What you probably got were thumbnails, which, when clicked on, would open on the Flickr website at sizes visible to the human eye.

You have two options for displaying Flickr photos in an LJ post. The first is creating the post in Flickr. I find this less useful, as you still have to go into LJ to choose an icon, a mood, and/or a security setting. The second is to get the HTML code to show the image and link back to Flickr. I find this somewhat more efficient, as I can write text above and below the image, which I can't do with the auto-post option.

The instructions below assume that you have linked your LJ account to your Flickr account (done through account settings). You can also link your Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Blogger or Wordpress accounts. Ravelry uses the Flickr API to display photos there as well.

To create an auto-post, upload the photo, then go to that photo's page. Above the photo, you should see an LJ pencil icon. Click on it, and a dialog box will open that lets you change the title of the post and write text to accompany the photo. When you click "POST", it will automatically be sent to LiveJournal, after which you can edit the post to your heart's content.

To get the HTML code to embed the image in the middle of the post and link back to Flickr (required by their terms of service, BTW), you click on the Share dropdown menu, next to the LJ pencil icon. Click on the "Grab the HTML/BBCode" selection, make sure that the HTML radio button is selected, choose the image size you wish to display, and copy the HTML code in the box. Paste it into your LJ post wherever you want the picture to appear.

There is an FAQ on sharing pictures here (http://www.flickr.com/help/sharing/#17025585).

Hope all that helps!