a.k.a. the Music Room, because the piano is in there. Although the majority of what’s on the shelves is glass, there are also shells, rocks, fossils, pine cones, antique toys, a dead cicada (still nicely preserved), a couple of family photos...
I like the old concept, from past centuries, of a “cabinet of wonders” or “cabinet of curiosities” and want this room to have a bit of that quality, fostering curiosity. The windows are the main element, but the top of the piano has an artfully arranged and periodically changed display, Frank’s collection of Oz books sits below the window on a long brick-and-board shelf. In the early years of our marriage all our shelves were boards, bricks, cinder blocks and old wooden crates. I imagine a lot of young people have similarly constructed shelves today.
The photo is taken for my get pushed challenge. Lisa challenged me to either a forced perspective or panoramic shot. I have not had the energy or creativity to come up with a clever forced perspective shot. This is done with the phone. In previous tries I’ve not had as good a luck with panoramic shots using the DSLR camera. I know it’s a matter of spending the time to master it. But I didn’t have the energy to think of a forced perspective shot, and didn’t have the energy to get out the camera either.
The windows don’t really bulge inward like that. I couldn’t get a good steady shot moving straight across, so I stood in one place and slowly rotated myself. Usually the two side windows slant inward from the center windows.
@30pics4jackiesdiamond I’m sure the K-State Players, back in the mid to late 60s, did not have the permission of the motion picture academy to replicate their statue! 🤣 But there you are—Frank has two of them.
Wonderful glass shelves in the window to hold your treasures. I had glass shelves in one window of the kitchen at my old house and I really liked it. I was ready to comment on how interesting the bow window was until I finished reading your comments.
