hurts.

We elevated everything. We have a flood plan and it involves lot of milk crates, duct tape and garbage bags.

Whitney French, historic site director for the Farnsworth House, commenting on the two feet of water that breached Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House when the Fox River spilled its banks on 14 September in a Wall Street Journal Blog.

I try to avoid loving objects much, but the Farnsworth House is one that I do. Maybe too much. Getting the news of the flood was like hearing a friend was in the hospital. And worrying that he'll never be entirely all right again.

About the Farnsworth House: beinahe nichts – almost nothing »

And a slideshow of images, from back when it was dry »

shout out

Sending some love to the good folks at Museu Oscar Niemeyer (MON) in Curitiba, Brazil, because they were kind enough to pick up a photo from my Farnsworth House set for publication in an "art educational primer that will be distributed free for the public schools of Parana State, encouraging students to visit the museum frequently."

Don't know which one they picked up just yet, but they were kind enough to promise me a copy.

Yay.

That set's getting a lot of airplay: Heard from some folks in Denmark a while back who made a similar request to use one of the Farnsworth exterior shots for "a children's (educational) book about architecture and air" by "Danish writer/architect Bente Lange", and have also granted permission for its use in The Fundamentals of Architecture by AVA Publishing out of Switzerland.

No word on whether I'll see the ink on either one of those.

Oh. Yeah. And before you think I'm one of those easy girls who gives it all up for nothin': Just sold a shot for real money that will grace the cover of a literary magazine, but they're sending 10 whole copies, so I'm holding back naming names until I have something to show for that one. :)

Double dog yay.