Fragments of a Life

Fragments of a Life http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html So, here’s the deal. I created these tiny little items from scratch to sprinkle around downtown Seattle, September 2008. Here’s the proof--the pictures. It’s possible they will be stumbled upon, but you, lucky person, will have the exact details of where all these little devils are hiding. So, first go down to Pioneer Square to the-- http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#0 853a8819-9045-4a6e-986c-cdd4f1f70244 http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0465.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0465.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> --just there, hiding in the weeds, this! Now, pull your eyes away and-- http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#1 0ac17e5d-b642-4c28-b175-ace89d15d9ba http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0466.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0466.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">--just there, hiding in the weeds, <span class="style_2">this!</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Now, pull your eyes away and--</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#2 98fb6768-b732-446e-9e40-5f0c269b5812 http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0408.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0408.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> --hey, there it is! http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#3 cc6aaeac-b06a-4aed-8a57-586caa477a9b http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0409.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0409.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">           --<span class="style_1">hey</span>, there it is!</p></div></div> And, again, another view. Sorry, it doesn’t work. Cord’s cut. See? http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#4 302ea185-2ce3-4f15-a1cb-bbc9469e3c96 http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0468.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0468.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">And, again, another view. Sorry, it doesn’t work. Cord’s cut. See?</p></div></div> Now we’ve moved on to Elliot Bay Books, @ 101 S. Main St. http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#5 323aedf2-53e8-4d97-b847-447b4c900900 http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0426.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0426.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">           Now we’ve moved on to Elliot <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">           Bay Books, @ 101 S. Main St.</p></div></div> Of the west windows facing 1st Ave, go to the one furthest south to see this little deal just inside the glass. Find it? http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#6 3c107924-8ccb-4f69-b4bb-41e953d9d6de http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0423.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0423.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">Of the west windows facing 1st Ave, go to the one furthest south to see this little deal just inside the glass. Find it?</p></div></div> A bit closer...Teensy books in a book store. Get it? Us arty types like to call this “context.” http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#7 385b2162-f657-4849-a847-54e163316a8e http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0428.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0428.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2"><span class="style_1">A bit closer.</span>..Teensy books in a book store. Get it? Us arty types like to call this “context.”</p></div></div> At 319 3rd Ave. South, in Catherine Person’s window you’ll discover-- http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#8 838c368d-7f08-47f7-8b46-3ecfdc65e6c3 http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0434.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0434.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">At 319 3rd Ave. South, in Catherine Person’s window you’ll discover--</p></div></div> --this little devil! http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#9 4b30ba7c-0c82-4a42-a7dc-476be219e504 http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0437.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0437.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">--this little devil!</p></div></div> View from the street. If you see her, tell Catherine Rick says “hi!” http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#10 8aaf108d-967a-4fb1-b378-5cba70545f9d http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0431.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0431.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2"><span class="style_1">View from the street.</span> If you see her, tell Catherine Rick says “hi!”</p></div></div> Now you’ve reached 619 Western Ave, where-- http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#11 45709e47-e976-4a2d-855b-b7489c5ad9cc http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0442.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0442.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Now you’ve reached 619 Western Ave, where--</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#12 fb97acb5-4931-4731-a19a-c5fd054767be http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0441.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0441.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> See? Just there, amidst the grime and dust. See that buried screw? Good clue as to the scale of these teenies. http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#13 4ff2d619-ff1e-4a64-a6cb-88400bf7c6ca http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0438.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0438.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">See? Just there, amidst the grime and dust.  See that buried screw? Good clue as to the scale of these teenies.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#14 7240c932-27c9-437a-a782-755ca8f6b53c http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0464.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0464.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> --to see this little bit of fun. http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#15 4fe7f5d8-a7be-45c5-90b1-284e3c779a4d http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0461.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0461.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">--to see this little bit of fun.</p></div></div> See it? Right there. Below your nose. Look down a bit. C’mon! It’s right there! That’s it! http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#16 04942cf6-5a32-4dda-8b30-c49226618274 http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0443.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_0443.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">See it? Right there. Below your nose. Look down a bit. C’mon! It’s right <span class="style_3">there!</span>   That’s it!</p></div></div> Sill hanging in there! The leaves have gone, but my little beauty endures... February 14, 2009 http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life.html#17 c4ef707c-b727-4b08-958d-4324e5d3d0e6 http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_1025.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/rickaraluce/Site/Fragments_of_a_Life_files/Media/IMG_1025.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_5">Sill hanging in there! The leaves have gone, but my little beauty endures...<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_5"><span class="style_4">February 14, 2009</span></p></div></div>