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Contributors Jackie Sheckler Finch became a Hoosier more than 25 years ago when she moved to Indiana from Massachusetts for a newspaper job. She covered city government and other areas for The Herald-Times until leaving to become a full-time freelance writer. Editor of Homes & Lifestyles since its inception in 2004, Jackie is also an award-winning travel writer and author of 20 travel books. She was named the Mark Twain Travel Writer of the Year a record six times. Jackie enjoys finding the fascinating people and places that wait over the hill and around the next bend. Growing up in Spencer is a point of pride for Michelle Crowe, who is pretty sure no place on earth can compare with the sincerity of southern Indiana. A bookworm from birth, it’s fitting that her current place of employment is a library. When she is not writing for Homes & Lifestyles, you might find her over-photographing her children’s activities, teaching Sunday school at Arlington United Methodist Church or, of course, with her nose happily stuck in a book. Pete DiPrimio is a Bloomington transplant who was born near Pittsburgh. His favorite part about writing for Homes & Lifestyles is meeting the various homeowners and personalities. He’s an award-winning sports columnist who has written three books on IU sports, plus 21 children’s books on topics that include Tom Brady, Eli Manning, Ancient Rome, Ancient Sparta and more. In 2016 he was inducted into the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame, which he says reflects the fact that he covered his first sporting event shortly after Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden.
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Chris Howell has been a full time senior photojournalist for Hoosier Times publications since 1998. Born and raised in Bloomfield, Chris’ passion is documenting the everyday lives of people in local communities and wherever his travels take him. Away from work, Chris enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing softball and grilling in the summertime. When not designing the pages of Homes & Lifestyles, Dennis Laffoon is the creative services manager for Hoosier Times. He is also an ordained minister and pastor at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and winner of the City of Bloomington’s 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Award. Dennis is married, with three children who bring him and his wife Rochelle much joy. Alexandra M. Lynch thoroughly enjoys writing for Homes & Lifestyles because she gets to meet wonderful people and see fascinating homes. Alexandra has been a writer most of her career, mostly newsletters and magazines. Now, in retirement, she finds the H&L gig suits her fine. In her leisure time, she likes to travel and take photos. Brooke McCluskey is the content and layout coordinator for Homes & Lifestyles. She assists the editor, develops layouts and guides the production process — and does the same for several other magazines published by Hoosier Times. In her free time, she is renovating a fixerupper home in rural Bloomington with her husband. They have two children, a dog, a cat, a snake and many woodland friends.
A lifelong Hoosier, Shaylan Owen grew up near rural Delphi. He has a background in fine arts, photography and graphic design and is the marketing director for Hoosier Times. Shaylan is a self-described food nerd who has created and photographed dozens of recipes for Homes & Lifestyles since April 2009. When not working, he enjoys cooking, reading, running, traveling and the outdoors. Joel Pierson has been a resident of Bloomington for almost two decades and is still finding things to love about the area. In addition to writing for H&L, he is a regular contributor to The Herald-Times. His interests include theater, writing, editing and audio production. He is the author of seven books, all published locally. In his rare free moments, he enjoys relaxing with wife and fellow journalist Dana and their three lovely hounds. David Snodgress was born and raised in Bloomington. He has journalism and political science degrees from Indiana University and a master’s degree in journalism from Ohio University. He is the photography manager at The Herald-Times. He shares a log home with his wife and three children and can often be found camping and canoeing.
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From the Editor Comments Your article, In the Office with Laura Brzegowy (April 2016), was just what I needed to kick start the refreshing of my house. I made an appointment with Laura at Bloomington Paint and Wallpaper, and she told me exactly what she would need to see in order to help me with colors. I took fabric, pottery pieces and pictures and she helped me find a color combination which is perfect. Within two weeks of meeting her, I had chosen the paint, hired a painter and was entertaining in my beautifully updated house! Can’t wait to work with her again on my next project! - Elise Lawrence-Mundy I like your magazine and enjoyed seeing Cardinal Spirits profiled. But the article had an error. The building used to be a church office, not a factory as stated. I was in the building years back. Nevertheless, a good and interesting article. -Shelby Jaynes Editor’s note: Glad you enjoyed our June photo feature about Adam Quirk, Cardinal Spirits CEO and co-founder. To clarify, the distillery’s building was a sheet metal shop from 1960 to the early 2000s, when it became church offices and storage. In 2014 Cardinal Spirits remodeled the building.
Thank you for the wonderful article on Andy Griffith and Mount Airy, North Carolina. You did a wonderful job. I also enjoyed reading the comments of Laurie Ragle in the editor’s column and seeing the photo of the Ragles and Betty Lynn. Congratulations on your travel writing award. You are a real pro. - Craig Distl Congratulations on Travel Writer of the Year. I always look forward to reading your travel articles and hope to visit some of those places for myself. Keep it up! - Bill Carmichael
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hen I was growing up in a small Ohio town, my family didn’t have a telephone. We didn’t really miss it because we never had one until I was in high school. Whenever my mother wanted me or one of my six siblings to come home, all she had to do was tell a neighbor or a local kid. We would get the roundabout message and hurry home. My dad drove a big clunky station wagon and summer Saturdays would often find us at the local drive-in. We were not alone. We always seemed to find room to take some neighbor with us. That’s back when kids under 12 got in the drive-in free and children seldom stayed in the car with adults anyway. We’d spread big homemade quilts on the ground and hunker down in our pajamas to watch the movie screen and snack on homemade popcorn until we fell asleep. One time when I was little, I remember waking up in the middle of the night before Easter. My mother was in the kitchen taking apart our Easter baskets to make two extra ones. A neighbor had become sick and needed to be taken to the hospital during the night so mom took in their two youngsters and made them a bed on the sofa. It wouldn’t do for those two children to wake up in the morning and find that the Easter bunny had forgotten them. Instead, they each had a basket and wore some of our clothes to Sunday school. They stayed with us two more days until our neighbor came home from the hospital. That’s just the way it was. Neighbor helped neighbor. I’m glad to see that community feeling is still alive in neighborhoods today. Times have changed. Society has changed – for better and for worse. Life seems to move at a more hectic pace. But still, neighbors are neighbors. I have really enjoyed reading our neighborhood series by writer Alexandra “Sandy” Lynch. As Sandy has pointed out, Bloomington has more than 50 neighborhood associations. Some are well established. Some are new. But they all have a goal of making their little part of the world a better place to live. I have lived in the same home on the outskirts of Bloomington for almost 25 years. I have seen homeowners come and go. Children have grown up. Trees are towering even taller. I recently came home from a trip and saw that my neighborhood now has a Little Free Library, constructed and installed by a considerate couple. The small book shelter seems to always be stocked with give-and-take titles on a wide variety of topics. To have good neighbors can be one of life’s great blessings. Maybe that’s why Mister Rogers was so popular for so long. Viewers of all ages seemed to want to be his neighbor and to live in his loving neighborhood.
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LilBloomington’s Bub atfamous Home feline
philanthropist spreads good kitty karma By Jackie Sheckler Finch
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ounging on a sofa, the tiny cat doesn’t seem like one of the world’s most famous felines. By all odds, the runt of the litter with multiple medical problems shouldn’t even be alive. But the unusual critter born to a feral cat in a tool shed has not only survived. She has thrived. “When I first saw her, I thought she was a heartbreak waiting to happen,” says Mike Bridavsky. “I didn’t think she would live very long and I knew it would be expensive and a big responsibility to take care of her.” However, Mike couldn’t abandon the helpless kitty. He opened his heart, his home and his wallet to give the “misfit” a forever family. When people commend Mike
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for “saving” the cat, though, he has a quick answer. “She is the one who saved my life,” he says. “Everything good in my life today is because of this cat.”
Meet Lil Bub
Born July 2011, Bub was rescued when she was found in rural Indiana. “I had just lost my cat and I wasn’t looking for another one,” says Mike, known as Lil Bub’s Dude. “But they couldn’t find a home for Lil Bub and, once I saw her, I couldn’t turn her away.” At first, Mike didn’t know whether the tiny cat was a boy or a girl. That’s where the name Lil Bub came in.
Photos by David Snodgress.
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“She started purring as soon as I picked her up and said ‘Hey, Bub.’ Then she fell asleep on my shoulder.” When Mike took his new buddy to the vet the next day, the doc said she was “the weirdest cat he’s ever seen.” Born with several genetic mutations, Bub has a shorter lower jaw and no teeth, causing her tongue to always hang out. With an extreme case of dwarfism, she will be forever kitten-sized. She has an extra toe on each paw and big green eyes. “She is the only cat in recorded history born with a rare condition called osteopetrosis. A couple of other cats developed it in older age but Lil Bub was born with it,” Mike says. “That made it hard for her to move but we have found a way to treat that so now she can run and jump around.”
Kitty Karma
Bringing home a cat with expensive medical problems was certainly not something Mike needed at the time. His life was already on the skids. The recording studio he’d built with his savings and every penny he could scrape together was on the verge of bankruptcy. A string of booked studio sessions had been canceled. His apartment rent was overdue. His band hadn’t played a show in seven months and seemed ready to disband. His girlfriend had dumped him. His car’s radiator blew up and exhaust pipe fell off. And, as the final blow, some jerk had slashed his tires. Above, Lil Bub naps in her sphere-shaped basket. At left, a stuffed Lil Bub watches over the shop. 10 • Homes & Lifestyles of South-Central Indiana • October 2016
Lil Bub’s likeness can be found on all kinds of items, including pillows, toys, socks, calendars, phone cases and wall art.
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“I didn’t plan for Lil Bub to be famous. People just kept asking for more,” Mike says. “So I wanted there to be a reason for all these things, a way to help other animals, a way to pay back for what I have received from Lil Bub.”
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“I was in a very bad place,” Mike admits. “I didn’t see any way out of the mess I was in.” Then Mike met Lil Bub and his whole world changed. “If you believe in karma, then Lil Bub must be my karma. She turned my life completely around.” Wanting to share his delightful buddy with others, Mike started posting photos about Lil Bub on social media. With thousands of people suddenly following the adventures of the amazing creature, Mike asked a friend to design a Lil Bub T-shirt. That’s when things began to snowball. The shirts quickly sold out to friends and strangers so a Lil Bub merchandise line was created and sold online — and now in Bloomington’s Lil Bub shop at 104 S. Walnut Street. Good Morning America and The View came calling to interview Bub and her Dude. She was the subject of a documentary that won Best Online Feature Film at the Tribeca Film Festival. She hosted her own Lil Bub’s Big Show with guest stars. She was photographed with Robert De Niro. She’s been in a music video. She flies around the country, making special appearances. Most important of all, Lil Bub has raised close to half a million dollars, $260,000 of which has been allocated to Lil Bub’s Big Fund for The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. It is the first national fund for special needs pets.
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Living Lil
More facts about Lil Bub:
• She is a “perma-kitten,” meaning she
• She loves to travel and sits contentedly on Mike’s lap during voyages.
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• Her charities provide grants to shelters
• She has no lower teeth, but can easily
• She is polydactyl and has a total of 22 toes and claws.
• With the help of a special device called the Assisi Loop, she is able to run and jump quite well.
• Lil Bub is online at lilbub.com and you can follow her on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and other social media.
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“I didn’t plan for Lil Bub to be famous. People just kept asking for more,” Mike says. “So I wanted there to be a reason for all these things, a way to help other animals, a way to pay back for what I have received from Lil Bub.” Looking around his new home, Mike says he counts his blessings and gives credit to Lil Bub for all of them. Some of those amazing changes? “Lil Bub is how I met my wife,” Mike says, nodding toward spouse Stacy. “It almost didn’t happen.”
What Ifs …
Mike and Bub were in Minneapolis for a meet-and-greet in August 2013 when Stacy heard about the duo. “I was working at the Walker Art Museum at the time and I was very busy. I wanted to see Lil Bub but didn’t know if I could make it.” She did make it and also made quite an impression on Mike. “I thought she was exceptionally beautiful and sweet,” he says, recalling how he gave his
email to a friend to pass along to Stacy. That might have been the end of it. But Stacy did email Mike. The two got to know each other, married and now have a son, 15-month-old Rosco Bear, plus another one on the way. With a growing family, the couple bought a home in May. Built in the 1970s, the Bloomington house has a large yard, four bedrooms and a supersized family room connected to the kitchen. “That’s what I like best,” Stacy says. “I can be in the kitchen and still be part of what is going on in the family room.” Lil Bub has two beds — a jungle-print round one in the family room and a snuggly one inside an end table. But the superstar seems to sleep wherever she wants. “She likes to nap during the day and prowl around the house at night,” Stacy says, watching as Rosco gives Bub a gentle hug and kiss. The family also has two other rescues — a mixed breed dog named Trudy and a cat called Spooky. Although Trudy has many
anxieties and issues because of her past, she is amazingly gentle with Bub. “Trudy is very protective of Bub and of all of us,” Mike says. “Spooky wants to play with Bub but doesn’t realize that she can’t play the way other cats do.” Looking back, Mike says he sometimes thinks about the “what ifs” but doesn’t dwell on them. If he hadn’t come to Bloomington from his Cleveland hometown in 1998 to earn an Indiana University degree in audio engineering. If he hadn’t taken a look at Bub and welcomed her into his life. If he hadn’t begun sharing Bub’s adventures on social media. If he hadn’t taken Bub to Minneapolis. If Stacy hadn’t found time to visit with Bub and her Dude. If Mike hadn’t sent his email to Stacy. If Stacy hadn’t replied. If … if … if. “I think everyone’s lives are a matter of ‘ifs,’ the results of the road taken or not taken. The choice made or not made,” Mike says. “What I always say is that Lil Bub is equal parts science and magic. She changes lives and she certainly changed mine.”
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Sanctuary of the Spirit — Part Two — T.C. Steele gardens are returning to early 1900s glory By Jackie Sheckler Finch
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Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series on the garden project. The first part ran in the April issue of Homes & Lifestyles.
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“All the historic features of the garden are the same — the sundial, two original benches, the layout of the actual garden, the arbor, so T.C. Steele would definitely recognize it if he were to return today ... ”
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fter soaring summer heat and drenching rainfall, Anthony Joslin has a simple message. “Welcome back to the 1920s.” Although this year’s weather may have been a challenge, Anthony says he and his crew are right on schedule for a huge multi-year project to restore the T.C. Steele Historic Site in Brown County to its early 1900s gardens. “We have had some super heat but we have been weathering through it,” says Anthony, grounds supervisor. “We are breathing a big sigh of relief that the construction phase is pretty much over. Now we are trying to get caught up on our weeding, preparing for fall planting.” Another long-awaited happy event happened at 11 p.m. on July 26. Anthony and Caroline welcomed son Lucien Mihaly to the world. “It’s definitely been an exciting year,” Anthony says. The construction phase of the three-year T.C. Steele Historic Site project has included creating an entryway, redoing stone paths, amending the beds, installing a 16-station irrigation system, building a rock wall along the back of the garden, including a Designscape-installed deer fence — in the 1920s deer were near extinction in Indiana until they were reintroduced in the state in the late 1930s — adding handicapped-accessible parking, making walking paths wheelchair accessible and easier to navigate, and placing stone benches around the perimeter. “All the historic features of the garden are the same — the sundial, two original benches, the layout of the actual garden, the arbor, so T.C. Steele would definitely recognize it if he were to return today,” Anthony says. “The layout of the stone walks hasn’t been changed, but they all had to be removed and placed again in order to line up with the new ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant) main walkways.” Even many of the flowers that T.C. Steele’s wife Selma Neubacher Steele tended and loved have been replaced. And finding historically accurate varieties was not an easy job, Anthony says. “It has been a treasure hunt to find some of these plants. One peony we are getting actually is coming all
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the way from Sweden. Some were very hard to find.” Considered “Father of the Brown County Art Colony,” renowned painter Theodore Clement Steele and Selma fell in love with the area on a 1906 hiking trip. The couple bought a dilapidated 211-acre farm near Belmont in 1907 and began turning it into a painter’s paradise. Because of mother nature’s song that could be heard from wind rushing through the screened porch surrounding the home, the Steeles named their new residence “The House of the Singing Winds.” Along with private donations and ongoing fundraising, the three-year project is being funded by the Indiana State Museum, of which T.C. Steele State Historic Site is a part. The garden restoration is part of the INvision Capital Campaign, which raises funds to improve the Indiana State Museum and all state historic sites.
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Photo by Jonathan Streetman. 20 • Homes & Lifestyles of South-Central Indiana • October 2016
An Indiana Treasure “There are no other ‘plein air colony’ formal gardens in existence,” Anthony says. “This is the only one in the world. When you think about famous artists whose properties are existing as they once were, there are not many famous artists’ formal gardens in the world and only one or two in the United States.” At the T.C. Steele Historic Site, two plein
air — outside open air — painting events are held, one in the spring and one in the fall. “It’s a big painting contest where plein air painters from all over come here. They get their blank canvases stamped in the morning and they paint all day. Then there is a judging and usually music and food involved. It’s a lot of fun for the artists and for the people who come to watch them paint.” Although T.C. Steele was the painter in
the family, Selma was the gardening artist and was determined to turn their run down spot of land into something beautiful as inspiration for her husband. Through trial and error and after great research, Selma created flourishing flower gardens. “We have been planting a lot of the historic varieties of plants that Selma would have had in her gardens,” Anthony says. “The effect we have been trying for is heirloom type plants, mostly from pre-1929.”
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Enduring Beauty
After Steele’s death in 1926, Selma remained in their Brown County home. A few months before her own death in 1945, she transferred the property — land, buildings, furnishings, and artwork — to the people of Indiana with the wish that it become a “sanctuary of the spirit” for all who love natural beauty and beauty created by man. Above the central fireplace of the house, an engraving on the mantel reflects the couple’s love of nature — “Every morning, I take off my hat to the beauty of the world.” Sadly, after Selma’s death her gardens were neglected and some of the original design vanished completely. “Back in the 1980s, the formal garden was buried under four or five inches of turf,” Anthony says. “People knew it was there because of oral history and because there was a sundial and some benches. It took a lot of work to uncover the old stones that made a grid of the bed.” Every spring, some of Selma’s flowers stubbornly poke their heads out of the soil for a blooming legacy to the woman who loved them. A dazzling show of daffodils, foxglove, irises, and many peonies — one of Selma’s favorites — spread over the hillsides.
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“Several things have survived from Mrs. Steele,” Anthony says. “We still have the wisteria arbor that T.C. Steele used in many paintings and we have a line of panicled hydrangeas from her time.” After spending three decades as a landscaper in California, Anthony said it has been an interesting adventure to join T.C. Steele and adjust to Hoosier weather and plants. “I started here three years ago around Christmas,” he recalls. “There was three inches of ice on the back parking lot where I had to slip and slide to work. The work truck had two flat tires. The tractor didn’t work. It was very, very cold that winter and we had a lot of snow to clean up.” But seeing the project take shape and helping the House of the Singing Winds return to its former grandeur has been a labor of love, Anthony says. “This project has brought a lot of people together — donors, contractors, volunteers, my helpers and me. We all came together for a real community project and we’ve been able to bring it about. I’m really proud of that.”
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Focal Points Troy Kilgore lets his art speak for itself by Joel Pierson
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n a limestone bench in the shadow of Indiana University’s Sample Gates, landscape painter Troy Kilgore makes a simple, powerful statement: “Everything you need to know about me is in my work.” In large part, this is true, and as the photos of his paintings accompanying this article show, Troy puts a lot of his heart and soul into his landscapes. If, as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, then the thousand-plus paintings he’s crafted leave a million-word legacy about this soft-spoken gentleman. For the sake of his profile, he also shared some spoken words about how he’s come to make oil painting his passion — and his career.
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Troy was born and raised in northern Indiana and came to Bloomington in 1985 for college. He spent a year in school and then left to pursue several different jobs, most of which utilized some aspect of his artistic talent. In his younger days, he tried various artistic avenues and techniques before settling on the oil painting that would define his art career. As Troy tells it, “I’ve been making art all my life. As an artist, you’re always trying new media and ways of expressing what you see around you. I haven’t strayed too far. I haven’t tried sculpture; I like it, but I’ve never really tried it. About 20 years ago, I was really into watercolors. It’s cheaper, it’s more immediate and you don’t have all the toxicity you have with oils. It’s really a convenient way to travel with paints.” About 14 years ago, Troy switched over to oil paints, and the rest, as they say, is history. It became his favorite medium and the defining expression of his vision ever since. “As a beginner, people gravitate toward watercolors. But you have to do a lot of predictions about how the paint is going to go down. It takes a lot of skill. We took a trip out west, my wife and I. I saw all these great paintings in Scottsdale, Arizona, and I thought, ‘That’s what I want to do. I want to paint oils.’ I haven’t abandoned watercolor, but oils are more forgiving. Once you lay a wash in watercolor, you can’t change it. With oils, you can scrape it off and change it. It takes a week or two for oil paint to be touchable. The paint can be scraped off for days.” 26 • Homes & Lifestyles of South-Central Indiana • October 2016
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One of Troy’s signature techniques is the use of “plein air” painting. The translation is straightforward, but there’s much more to it than simply standing outside. “Plein air painting is one of the most difficult aspects of oil painting,” he says. “There’s a need to gather as much information as you can as quickly as you can. In studio, time is on your side. Plein air has become very popular, and it’s a great way for people to get out in nature and experience things in a new way. They’re intensely focused on what they’re trying to translate onto canvas. All art is an expression. You have to translate what you see. There’s no painting exactly what you see.” He doesn’t always consciously choose the locations he wants to paint. Often, “it just happens. It’s a spark. I could be driving around a corner, and I see an arrangement of shapes and light, and I’ll think that might be something. I’ll stop and I’ll explore it. I keep my materials with me. I paint on campus quite a bit, and I’m conscious of being true to these venues. I want to express them in a way that honors the architecture, but it’s not necessarily important that I get the details in. It’s about the light and color.” In addition to local venues, Troy has visited and painted scenes in Switzerland and the American Southwest. He also has a wish list of places to visit. “I’ve never been to the East Coast. I’d love to go to Maine, and I’d also love to go to California. I’d like to go to Italy, to see what everybody saw. I’ve never seen the Grand Canyon.” Still, some of his favorite places are close to home. “Indiana in the fall and the spring — I don’t know that I would be anywhere else. You have to go to these places and soak it in, to understand the light and the color.” A close inspection of Troy’s paintings reveals what some might call a “soft focus,” but what the artist describes as a simplification. “I’m not trying to soften anything,” he explains. “I’m trying to translate what I see on canvas. I talk about it in my workshops. It’s about center of interest. Everything that isn’t supporting that focal point must be subdued; otherwise it becomes confusing for the viewer. It’s best to have a dominant focal point with things that serve the point. A lot of artists de-emphasize the detail surrounding that. You’re giving the viewer just enough information to keep them from being distracted by lack of detail. You don’t want them concerned about something in the corner of the painting. You’re in control of where the viewer is going.”
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At Work with ... Michael purchased these hand saws and scabbards from an auction. A miter saw is used with a miter box to make angled cuts. The classic bow saw is mostly used for firewood.
Michael’s workshop includes a variety of table and circular saw blades that vary in number and shape of teeth. Using the right blade for the right task is an important part of creating custom wood pieces.
A cant hook is a traditional tool for rolling, turning or lifting logs.
Assorted throat plates for the table saw keep wood chips out of the saw motor when using different blades.
The workshop used to be home to a private zoo. When he purchased the building, the roof was partially burned. He repaired the ceiling and extended it several feet higher.
When a board needs flattening or a straight edge, Michael uses this jointer. A movable wooden frame with a roller makes it possible to keep long boards level while they are being worked.
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In woodworking, a jig is a device used to guide tools to make a desired cut. These router jigs are used to cut specific widths and depths for making inlays. “A lot of times, when making something, you spend half the time making a jig to do the procedure that you want to do.”
An old buzz saw blade and cast iron hay forks were repurposed for decoration. “I like cast iron and steel.”
This is a plywood pattern for the Blue Heron advertising sign in the window at the store.
A wood-burning stove is a handy way to eliminate scrap wood while keeping the shop comfortable in the winter.
Michael Evans
Woodworker and owner, Blue Heron Woodworking Supplies and Vintage Home Furnishings After nearly 40 years of hand-crafting quality wood furniture in his shop near Lake Lemon, Michael Evans wanted to branch out and try something a little different. “I knew woodworking and I knew that Bloomington needed a woodworking store,” he explains. In April 2015 he opened Blue Heron Woodworking Supplies to provide tools and supplies for hobbyist and professional woodworkers — as well as a selection of vintage furnishings and restored shop equipment.
This large table saw is used for cutting wood to size, ripping boards into strips, cross cutting and joinery. The tube connected to the top of the plastic blade guard draws sawdust into the shop’s dust collection system.
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As Seen on HGTV Bloomington realtor is ‘Hunting Vintage’ on reality TV
By Pete DiPrimio
This is one of three homes featured in the new HGTV show “Hunting Vintage.” Photo courtesy Carpenter Realtors.
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eff Franklin is not a professional actor or reality TV regular. He does not confuse himself with, say, Matt Damon or Simon Cowell. But the long-time Bloomington real estate agent with F.C. Tucker did star in a reality TV show, and might again. Welcome to “Hunting Vintage.” What’s that? You›ve never seen it? Think “The Bachelorette” meets “House Hunters.” Wait. This new HGTV show lacks The Bachelorette’s drama, intrigue and, well, silliness. But it does give buyers three houses to choose from, with the guarantee that, by the end, they will choose one. “I’ve seen ‘House Hunters’ episodes,” Jeff says. “The houses are more interesting in this series. All are unique and have a special style direction. They attract a certain buyer — more artistic, creative and interesting.” “Hunting Vintage” focuses on matching people with mature homes that have personality — and not the kind of personality that came out of the Norman Bates “Psycho” family tree. The homes range from Victorians to Four Squares to Craftsmans to Brownstones. They have history, character and an old-time charm you get from homes that are at least 60 years old. They resonate with craftsmanship, woodwork and the kind of details rarely seen in 21st century housing. You need buyers who appreciate such things and realtors who can make it all come true. Somebody like Jeff Franklin, for instance.
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The show is a creation of Pie Town Productions, which also produces “House Hunters,” “Tiny House Hunters,” “Flip or Flop” and many others. Bloomington was one of nine areas featured in the debut season. Others included Key West, Sacramento and Baltimore. “They were looking for a hip, trendy place with a good art scene, interesting housing and a nice varied style of home,” Jeff says. For the home buyers, picking three homes started with a list of possibilities from the show producers, Jeff’s research and buyer possibilities. “It was a collaboration. The producers and I reviewed the list, and then the buyers chose the three most interesting. That was the most fun because there were some really exciting houses.” Jeff says show producers contacted him last spring to get things rolling. “It was random,” he says of why he was chosen. “A lot of it was house driven, not agent driven. It was good luck and being in the right place at the right time. “We went through three rounds of interviews with the house, (real estate) agent and buyers to make sure it fit the guidelines. They wanted personalities that were the right fit — make sure the story line is good and that there are unique houses.” In the Bloomington episode, Jeff shows the buyers homes in Monroe County and Brown County.
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Vintage houses in and near Bloomington are Jeff Franklin’s co-stars in the show. Photos by David Snodgress.
“My job is to educate the viewers and the buyers. It mirrors the actual process, although most people look at more than three homes. But this couple was very decisive. They fit the mold of how the show works.” The episode took seven to eight days to shoot, stretching over a couple of months last spring. Jeff says it sometimes took a whole day just to film a five-minute segment. Why? It›s part of creating television magic. They had to shoot different angles, and there was only one crew with one camera. So you might have one shot of Franklin saying something and then another shot of the couple responding. This leads to the first truth behind TV, movies and commercials — don’t expect to get things right the first time. “There is a lot of repetition to it,” Jeff says. “It’s not the same organic process as when you’re showing a house. “I have a good friend in the film industry, and he told me it is terribly boring when you’re doing it. Everything is very measured. It takes time.” This leads to the second truth — change is sometimes your enemy.
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For instance, at the start of one sequence, Jeff wore a sweater, which worked because it was a cool day. But the sequence stretched to a second day, which was very hot. He still had to wear the sweater because it would look odd if he wore it in, say, the kitchen, and had a sports jacket on in the dining room. “You can’t change clothes,” he says. “They were very specific that nothing change in the room. Well, sometimes the sun changes dramatically. Some of the sky would change a little bit
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— it was overcast and then it got nice and sunny.” This leads the third truth — repetition rules. “There is a scene where I’m at the house, the buyers pull up to the house and get out of the car, and I greet them,” Jeff says. “We usually had to do things like that three times to get all the angles because they only had one camera. “That makes you appreciate everything you see on TV or the movies. You see how in production they make things seem seamless in the editing process.” Along the way, Jeff found his groove. “I started getting good at doing things once. You try to pace yourself and not speak too fast or too slow.” You might think the camera would make people act unnaturally, and that’s true at first, but then something interesting happens. It’s almost like the camera ceases to exist. “You do get comfortable with it after the first day,” Jeff says. “There were moments when you forget they’re filming.” In the end, a house was chosen. This is not, after all, a show with an unhappy ending. “The wife liked some and the husband liked others,” Jeff says. “They were able to compromise.” It went so well producers are interested in doing another episode in the Bloomington area. “I’m excited about that,” Jeff says. “Probably the most rewarding part of this was having a chance to represent Bloomington and have Bloomington showcased on the series. According to the production people, it was their favorite episode of the season.” Editor’s note: Which local house did the couple choose? We can’t tell you until October 13, when the show airs on HGTV — so look for a follow-up story coming soon in Homes & Lifestyles.
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Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series about the grain bin project and artist Monique Cagle. In the first story, which ran in February, Monique shared her vision for turning an old grain bin into a shared artists’ workspace.
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Seeds of Change
Grain bin project takes an unexpected detour By Jackie Sheckler Finch
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ately, an old saying has been running through Monique Cagle’s mind: “When one door closes, another opens.” She is finding those words to be comforting and true now that her plan to turn an old grain bin into an artist studio has run into a major roadblock. “It’s amazing how many people have been coming forward to help when they heard this project was in jeopardy,” Monique says. “People have really been pitching in and I know we are going to get it done. It’s just going to take longer.” By this time of year, Monique had thought the project on her Brown County property would be nearing completion. She envisioned the grain bin art studio as a place where artists could gather and teach classes in workshops. She saw it as a way for visitors to connect with her art and see where she is coming from in what she creates. But the project hit a snag earlier this year. Working on a limited budget, Monique had contacted Brown County High School to see if the building trades classes would be interested in working on the project. “Chris Todd, the building trades teacher at Brown County High School, came out and took a look and said the grain bin is in remarkable shape for its age,” Monique says. “He said the students could do it and it would be a good learning experience for them and it would keep the costs down significantly for me.” For a ballpark figure of about $15,000, the students would frame the bin, add drywall and insulation, electricity, windows, two doors and a floor. Reclaimed and recycled material would be used to cut costs and help the environment. “The students did come out and work on it,” Monique says. “They worked really hard and were engaged in what they were doing. They put such good karma and good energy into it.” Then came the bad news. “Chris Todd decided to retire and the school decided to cancel the building trades program,” Monique says. “The project is about 10 percent done but now it will be much more expensive because now I will have to hire a contractor and workers to do what the students were going to do.”
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Volunteers, including Monique’s husband and brother, have made progress on the framing and structure of the project.
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“My mother always wanted me to be an artist. As a child, I fell in love with book illustration and with writing but I went off in other directions. After my mother died, I started getting back into my art because I knew that was what she wanted.” Born in Bloomington, Monique and her family moved to Yellowwood Road in Brown County when she was three months old. Her father, Bill Cagle, worked at Lilly Library where he later became the director. Her mother, Dorothy Stewart, was an artist, president of the Bloomington Area Arts Council and president of the Brown County League of Women Voters. After graduating from Indiana University, Monique worked in retail until her mother died in 2000. Then Monique felt drawn to return to art. “My mother always wanted me to be an artist. As a child, I fell in love with book illustration and with writing but I went off in other directions. After my mother died, I started getting back into my art because I knew that was what she wanted.”
Finding Family Roots
Returning even closer to her family roots about 15 years ago, Monique and her husband Eric Shawver — a graphic artist at Cook Inc. — bought an old farm near Yellowwood State Forest. “It’s just a hop, a skip, and a jump from where I grew up,” Monique says. The farm has nine acres. Adding to the family menagerie are Winnie the goose, Rudi the shepherd mix dog, Molly the lab mix dog — all rescues from the animal shelter — plus some ducks and chickens, along with barn cats that seem to find their way to Monique and Eric’s home. Along with painting, Monique creates jewelry, fiber arts, photography, painted glassware, bookmarks and other items. A devoted animal lover, she also accepts commissions for animal portraits with a
portion of those sales donated to the Brown County Humane Society. As a salute to her feline friends, Monique named her business Sleepy Cat Studio. Her new grain bin studio is going to honor those who have helped, Monique says. “Rob Mills is a contractor who has agreed to help me with the framing and I have a whole group of artists who have said they will come over and help. When it is finished, I am going to write the names of everybody who made donations along the top of the wall in the studio,” Monique says. “Those names will always be there to inspire me.” Although it has been discouraging to have such a setback in her studio goal, Monique says, “Sometimes things happen for a reason. I am finding out that the phrase ‘It takes a village’ is so very true. And I have discovered that I live in a really good village.”
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Downsizing with Care Difficult situations call for Estate and Downsizing Specialists By Alexandra M. Lynch
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ife’s big events — retirement, death of a parent or spouse, moving out of a family home — can happen suddenly and leave us unprepared. There is much to be done in a short period of time. So what do you do? You call Estate and Downsizing Specialists (EDS) in Bloomington, and they assist you with your transition. By offering a wide range of services — packing, moving, property cleanup, selling and donating of items, and even selling your home — the staff at EDS meets the needs of many local people. Perhaps you have helped a relative or a friend downsize from a home to retirement community or a condo. If so, you have a good appreciation for all the details and hard work involved in the process. You may have wished for someone to help you deal with it all. Now there is someone to help. Brian Sample and Kathy Willis head up a company of seven employees who provide many services, primarily to seniors. The company has been in business five years. A frequent issue they encounter is simply deciding what to do with household goods, furniture, art and more. EDS staff identifies household items that need to be sold, donated or just thrown away. As an auctioneer with 20 years of experience, Brian has good eye for value and knows avenues for selling — like online auctions, live auctions, Ebay, and EDS’s retail store inside a Bloomington flea market. EDS recently helped a local family with some very rare items, in partnership with a national company. The top lot of items sold in the mid-five figures.
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Unique Needs
Because every situation is unique, Brian and Kathy meet with their clients to assess their situation before making a proposed plan of action. A client might require just one of EDS’s services, or they might need several. Sometimes the client just wants someone to take care of everything. EDS is happy to do that. Brian and Kathy must be attuned to their clients — their emotions, their fears, their wishes. Sensitivity and caring is required when a client might be grieving the loss of a spouse, or departing their home of 40 years, or having to let go of treasured possessions.
“Sometimes the situations we go into can be sad. But our goal is to make the client’s next step a happy, easy one,” Kathy says. “Some families wish to be involved in the downsizing process.” Brian says. “We need to balance their needs with the client’s needs. Sometimes we end up mediating when family members disagree. We are problem-solvers, and we have the resources to make life easier for everyone.” Many people do not plan ahead for a transition such as moving from a family home to a retirement home. This is where EDS can help. They will create a plan to take care of any aspect of the transition. 48 • Homes & Lifestyles of South-Central Indiana • October 2016
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“Sometimes the situations we go into can be sad. But our goal is to make the client’s next step a happy, easy one...” Perhaps a client needs to quickly empty a house for sale. EDS will identify items that can be sold, donated and disposed of — and will take care of the whole process from start to finish. EDS often completes projects on a turn-key basis, taking care of every detail and marketing the real estate as the last step. Both Brian and Kathy are licensed real estate brokers with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services in Bloomington. EDS also has associates that can provide legal, financial and other professional assistance. “In addition to our full-time employees, we have a diverse team of people with a variety of talents who help us do our work,” explains Brian. “Our company has completed projects all over central and southern Indiana. Sometimes high-value projects require that we travel to other states to appraise property … We keep very busy.”
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What kinds of life events typically bring customers to Estate and Downsizing Specialists? The big ones. Retirement. Illness. Foreclosure. Bankruptcy. Divorce. Death. The stress of these events can be alleviated with help from EDS. Challenges that may have seemed insurmountable to the client are just part of a day’s work for EDS staff.
As their business developed, Kathy and Brian found that they needed an outlet to sell some items from estates. They opened a retail store, located in the B-Town Flea Market. The store carries furniture, decorative items and — hanging dramatically from the ceiling — a floating trampoline resembling a life raft. It’s an eclectic collection for the discerning eye. Its online auctions can include some fascinating items. A recent online book sale included original letters written by famed author Saul Bellows. Outside the store was a gorgeous red 1959 Ford Thunderbird hardtop, headed for an online auction. The EDS store is located at 701 Ransom Lane, just off West Second Street. With the aging of America and all that comes with it, it seems that Estate and Downsizing Specialists is in the right place at the right time. According to a 2014 U.S. Census report called An Aging Nation, “Between 2012 and 2050, the United States will experience considerable growth in its older population. In 2050, the population aged 65 and over is projected to be 83.7 million, almost double its estimated population of 43.1 million in 2012.” So it appears there will be a growing market for the services of Estate and Downsizing Specialists for many years to come.
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Beloved Broadview Broadview neighborhood association helps preserve local history By Alexandra Lynch
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Editor’s note: This is the second in a story series about neighborhood associations.
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roadview is a large, triangular neighborhood on the southwest side of Bloomington. It is bordered by Country Club Lane, Rockport Road and runs along Rogers Street. With about 1,200 residents and 700 homes, the neighborhood is larger than many. This makes the job of Debra Morrow, president of the Broadview Neighborhood Association, larger, too. Debra has been active in the association for five years, since she bought her first home in Broadview. “My house is right across the street from the park, and near the MCCSC Broadview Learning Center,” Debra explains. The Learning Center was formerly the neighborhood’s treasured Broadview Elementary School. “The Learning Center is home to dozens of classes and activities, giving neighborhood residents a convenient place to meet, learn and grow. The MCCSC Broadview Learning Center activities include a Head Start Program, Teen Grad School, Adult Basic Education, English as a Second Language classes, and high school equivalency classes.” As association president, Debra helps organize neighborhood activities, such as a roadside trash cleanup, and gets the word out to neighbors through its Facebook page, the Next Door website, and other social media. There is an information kiosk located near the Learning Center, with postings of current neighborhood and city events. There are almost monthly neighborhood association meetings, always held at the Learning Center. Debra is also the community services coordinator for Middle Way House and helps incarcerated and homeless woman. In 2014 she was recognized as emerging leader at the Women of the Year Awards in Bloomington. The Broadview Neighborhood Association was established in 2001 by a dedicated group of neighbors. Just a few years later, the Broadview School was slated to be demolished. Photos by David Snodgress.
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Artistic murals line the halls of the Broadview Learning Center, where association meetings are held. Many of the murals show scenes from children’s books.
Saving the School
“People who attended Broadview Elementary have great memories,” says Debra. The Broadview Neighborhood Association took an active role in saving the school for use as a learning center. The Broadview Learning Center is still part of the Monroe County Community School Corporation. The City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation department established a pocket park near the learning center where the Broadview Elementary School playground was located. In the neighborhood association’s early days, members worked with the city to bring sidewalks and streetlights to the neighborhood. The city of Bloomington has grant programs for neighborhoods and the Broadview Neighborhood Association uses these resources to print a yearly newsletter. “Honestly, Broadview was the area I wanted to live in,” says Debra. “The idea that my grandchildren could play in the park across the street from my house made me realize that this was my ‘forever’ home.” The association contributes to a feeling of home for all of its neighborhood friends. “One of our more successful projects has been establishing The Little Free Library. We decorated it with painted handprints by neighborhood kids. Although it’s always a challenge to keep kids books in the library, this has become a great way for folks to feel involved in the neighborhood. One day a woman was cleaning out her car and found numerous kids’ books. She donated them to the Little Library,” Debra recalls.
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An annual neighborhood newsletter has become a team effort, with neighbors pitching in to share information. “We received a city grant to distribute the newsletter to 700 Broadview residents. Last year, Mayor John Hamilton of Bloomington came to one of our neighborhood clean-up projects that was sponsored by a city grant and took part in the activities. In years past we have had information festivals for Broadview citizens,” Debra says. The association has also made strides in improving safety and home efficiency for its residents. “Earlier this year, the Red Cross came and installed free smoke alarms for interested Broadview residents. Last year, Duke Energy added items to make homes more energy efficient in Broadview. Our neighborhood is grateful for having the support of so many.” Keeping a neighborhood association on track requires some dedication and organization. Debra is up to the task. “My biggest challenge is to get people to give a little time so that no one has to give a lot of time,” she says. “In the early days of the association, the group was larger, and very active.”
Ageless Appeal
Fourteen years ago, the city worked with Broadview residents to create a neighborhood plan. The resulting document tells us a lot about Broadview in 2002. Here is the vision statement the group created: We, the Broadview residents, desire to preserve qualities people value most about living in a neighborhood for families. To provide adequate sidewalks, streets, lighting, and to raise our families in a clean, attractive community with ageless appeal. Debra sees a bright future for her beloved Broadview, and plans to play an active role in it. “When I was finally able to buy a home, I knew I wanted it to be in Broadview. After I moved into my home, I wanted some grounding, so I joined the Broadview Neighborhood Association. The group was very welcoming. If there was an association meeting, I’d be there. I was asked to be secretary, and then they wanted me to run for president. I’ve enjoyed it, but would love to see somebody new run this year. I’ll always be active in our neighborhood association.”
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360 Degrees of Beauty Bedford home offers one of southern Indiana’s best views — and you could own it! By Brooke McCluskey
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erched atop a bright white plantation-style home, an observatory overlooks 178 rolling acres. From inside, it’s easy to see one of the highest — and most beautiful — elevations in southern Indiana. Every aspect of this 9,200-squarefoot home was carefully selected to maximize its breathtaking views and four floors of space, all easily accessed by an elevator. As you approach the house, a gated entrance, winding drive and long white fence evoke the feel of a southern ranch. The home is surrounded by open fields lined with deep woods. A golfer’s dream
appears in the distance — Bedford’s Stone Crest Golf Community, which is the next-door neighbor. An equestrian would feel right at home here, with large horse stables comprised of eight stalls and both indoor and outdoor arenas. In fact, practically any outdoor activity is possible on the property, including fishing in one of several large stocked ponds, riding or hiking in the woods, and playing sports in wide-ranging fields. Imagine tinkering in a 56-by-53-foot workshop that comes with a kitchen, bath, office and even a pit for vehicle maintenance.
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The home was built for entertaining. Every room has an outdoor view and leads naturally to several levels of balconies and decks. A chef’s kitchen, with stainless appliances and a large island, welcomes guests to mingle in the space. Nearby, a frosted glass door holds the surprise of a deep pantry and storage area. In fact, as you walk through the home and grounds, it’s easy to be dazzled by its size and forget to appreciate the details. Around each corner lies something remarkable. Custom stone tilework in the kitchen gives a sense of richness and history. Every fixture and piece of hardware is of the highest quality, hand selected by the owners as they traveled the country to plan for the home. A downstairs bar, nestled into a huge game room warmed by a beautiful masonry fireplace, beckons with a TV and barstools. The bar’s woodwork was custom-made by Ferree Cabinet Company. And even the lowest level of the house feels bright, as roof skylights bounce sunbeams down through the spiral staircase and into every floor.
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Pirate Fest is part of off-season fun in Panama City Beach By Jackie Sheckler Finch
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ofton Whittington has it all figured out. With his twirling moustache and crossbones black hat, the fouryear-old declares he is going to grow up to be a pirate. After all, he already slumbers in a pirate-themed bedroom and for Christmas he’s hoping Santa will bring him a ship. At that, his mother Amanda Whittington rolls her eyes. But Amanda knows that the Georgia family’s first visit to the free Pirates of the High Seas Fest in Panama City Beach, Fla., is not going to be their last. “We had never been here before but we came when we heard about the pirates, because of Lofton,” she says. “It’s great and we will definitely be back next year. It’s going to become a family tradition.” As for “Captain Lofton,” he has a word of advice. “Cover your ears when they fire the cannon on a pirate ship. It is really loud.” The sixth annual Pirates of the High Seas swashbuckling event from Oct. 7 to 9 includes a grand parade, bead tossing from shipboard-decorated floats, huge treasure drop from nets strung over the street and pirates of all ages swaggering through Pier Park. “We have a blast,” says Jeff Brooks, who served for five years as festival director. “It’s a very family-friendly event and gives people another good reason to come here and enjoy what we have.” Although summer is over, Panama
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City Beach still has plenty of beautiful weather, miles of uncrowded beaches, a treasure of outdoor activities, sensational sunsets and reasonable prices.
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Sparkly white sands, blue water, gulf breezes and enough beach room to stretch out are among the draws any time of year. No wonder Panama City Beach was chosen as one of America’s most beautiful public beaches. With 27 miles of sand, Panama City Beach has plenty of room for folks to find a place to frolic or to enjoy some peace and quiet. Beachgoers delight in snorkeling, scuba diving, deep sea fishing, kayaking, parasailing, swimming and more water sports. “We have people who have been coming here for generations,” says David Demarest of the Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau. “They have their own favorite spots on the beach.” The sand in Panama City Beach is sugar white and soft because it comes primarily from the massive amounts of quartz crystals that were washed down from the Appalachian Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico. The crystals were ground down and bleached by the sun for one of Florida’s most popular beaches. Locals say the area has 320 days of sunshine per year. “A cold front for us,” David says with a laugh, “is that it’s only going to get up to
65 during the day.” That means beach time almost every day, year round. Plus, Panama City Beach offers about 100 free beach access points. For shoppers, Pier Park features an Imax theater and more than 125 shops and restaurants, including the only Tootsie’s Orchard Lounge besides the famous one in Nashville. Other area attractions include Camp Helen State Park, St. Andrews State Park, Conservation Park, Gulf World Marine Park, Man in the Sea Museum, WonderWorks, Shipwreck Island Water Park and the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium.
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To showcase all that Panama City Beach has to offer in the off season, David says that special events are planned almost every weekend. For example, Beach Home for the Holidays includes a free Christmas Concert in November, followed by a Christmas tree lighting ceremony. A family-friendly celebration on New Year’s Eve in Pier Park has free live music, entertainment and a traditional New Year’s Eve Beach Ball Drop when a huge glowing beach ball is lowered to signal the start of 2017. Fireworks follow. For young revelers, there’s an 8 p.m. countdown with more than 10,000 inflated beach balls dropped from nets stretched over the street — with even more fireworks.
Pirates of all ages walk Pier Park in Panama City Beach during the annual Pirates of the High Seas Fest. Photo by Jackie Sheckler Finch. Photos by Jackie Sheckler Finch.
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After seeing their two youngsters having such a great time at the Pirates of the High Seas Fest, Carol and Andrew Thompson of Memphis said they are already booking rooms for the Panama City Beach New Year’s blast. “Allison and Michael asked us to, because they are having so much fun being pirates,” Carol Thompson explains, nodding to her 6 and 8 year olds. “It looks like a good thing that we can do as a family,” she says. “We’ve come to Panama City Beach before in the summer but I think the fall is even more fun and we’re looking forward to New Year’s Eve here.” Of course, all this pirate stuff is serious business. It’s Panama City Beach’s way of celebrating the Legend of Dominique Youx. The story goes, if you choose to believe, that pirates once invaded this peaceful place, intent on stealing the town’s treasure. A mighty battle ensued. The bad guys lost. The good townspeople won. And the treasure was saved. “I love seeing the kids have so much fun,” says former festival director Bob Harnet. “And I love seeing adults having fun acting like kids.” Learn more about pirates and public attractions by contacting the Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau at 800-722-3224 or go to visitpanamacitybeach.com.
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Creating Custom Color Palettes By Laura Brzegowy, Bloomington Paint & Wallpaper
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écor magazines are filled with beautifully-styled rooms featuring inspiring color schemes. We admire the gorgeous photos while desiring to replicate the palettes — but how? How is a color palette created? Armed with the following tips, you will learn exactly that. When developing a color scheme, the first thing to be determined is how you want the space to feel. This will help dictate what type of colors to use. For instance, a completely different set of hues would be used to create a warm, cozy space versus a light and airy one. Next, decide if primarily warm or cool colors will create the feeling you’re trying to project. In the most general of terms, warm colors seem to advance in a room while cool colors seem to recede. This is why warm colors can create a cozy space with ease. Warm colors are defined as red, orange, and yellow, while cool hues are green, blue, and violet. Finally, a decision must be made as to what type of color scheme you wish to create. For simplicity’s sake, I will spotlight five different schemes, beginning with subtle color to the most intense. Understanding these five schemes will allow you to create countless pleasing color combinations in your home. Now that the creation of color schemes has been demystified, it’s time to begin formulating your own. Not only will it allow you to beautify your home, you will also begin experiencing how rewarding and fun it is to create your own custom color palettes.
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Monochromatic schemes are the softest of all because their visual interest is derived from variations in the depth of one color. Benjamin Moore’s Color Preview Collection is perfect for creating monochromatic schemes because each strip contains the darkest to lightest version of one color.
Analogous color schemes utilize three hues that sit adjacent one another on the color wheel. Typically one of the colors acts as the dominant color while the other two are used as accents. The use of three colors with great similarities — rather than different depths of the same color — creates a richer and more interesting palette than one that is monochromatic. Split-complementary color schemes capitalize on stronger visual contrast than the first two. In order to create this palette, select a base color and then determine what is directly opposite it on the color wheel. The split-complementary scheme is crafted by selecting two accent colors — one to the left and one to the right of the color opposite your base. Triadic palettes are more vibrant than split-complementary because they are devised using three evenly spaced colors on the wheel. The greater the spacing, the higher the contrast a resulting palette will have. In order to design a harmonious triadic palette, it’s important to allow one color to dominate and select softer, more muted versions of the remaining two colors. Complementary color schemes are the result of using two colors directly opposite one another on the color wheel. Because of the high color contrast, this type of palette can be highly dramatic, so keep color intensity in mind. Allow one of the colors to have more presence in the space than the other. This will keep the palette from feeling to strong or intense.
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Luxurious bands of pappardelle pasta, tossed with bright apple-gouda pesto, nestle roasted butternut squash, white-wine porcini mushrooms, and toasted walnuts Recipe and photo by Shaylan Owen
Ingredients: 12 ounces pappardelle pasta Extra gouda for garnish Extra toasted walnuts for garnish Sage leaves Roasted butternut squash: 1 medium butternut squash, peeled, seeded, cubed 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon salt Apple-gouda pesto: 1 medium Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, chopped 1/2 cup baby arugula, lightly packed Zest and juice of medium orange 1/2 cup aged (1 to 2 year) gouda cheese, finely grated 1/2 cup olive oil 1/3 cup walnuts, toasted, plus extra for garnish 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and grated
1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves 2 teaspoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon honey 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper White wine mushrooms: 1/2 cup dried porcini mushrooms 1/2 cup water 1 large shallot, sliced 2 tablespoons white wine 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 teaspoons fresh sage, chopped 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Pinch red pepper flakes
While squash is roasting, microwave mushrooms and water in a bowl for about two minutes, then cover with plastic wrap and allow to steep. Prepare pesto by combining all pesto ingredients — except walnuts — in a food processor until evenly processed. Pulse in walnuts last to retain some texture. Test for seasoning and adjust to taste — it should taste a bit strong to flavor the pasta. Transfer to a medium bowl, cover and set aside. Set a pot of salted water to boil on high heat. Melt butter in a medium skillet over medium heat, add shallots and sweat them until translucent. Add garlic, sage and other dry ingredients and continue sauteing for one minute. Drain mushrooms, reserving broth, and coarsely chop. Add mushrooms to skillet and stir to combine. Add wine and two tablespoons of mushroom stock to skillet and reduce for about two minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
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Prepare pasta in boiling water according to package instructions. Just before draining, transfer about one-third cup of pasta water to pesto bowl and stir to combine. Toss drained pasta with mushrooms and pesto and let rest for one minute — pesto should thicken slightly and cling to pasta.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees, toss butternut squash with olive oil and salt, and spread evenly on a baking sheet. Roast in upper half of oven for 20 to 30 minutes, turning every ten minutes, until squash is tender and beginning to brown.
Fry extra sage leaves in olive oil for about 30 seconds and drain on paper towel. Plate four portions and top with roasted squash, extra walnuts, gouda and fried sage leaves.
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