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Nice going, Carly! Of course, you would get technical on me right off the bat, & want our Village to be in a particular ZONE! Well, I'm so new at this, that I'm gunna plant anything I want at my house . . . cuz I don't know any better!
Hey, I know! I think that since our Village (called Carlyville) is virtual anyway, each person's yard can be in a microclimate. ("microclimate: a local zone wherein the climate differs from the surrounding area.") So, everyone should declare their own zone & decide what conditions exist there, so they can plant appropriately. (For example, people who don't have deer running through their yards wouldn't want to study up on which plants are deer proof ...but I'm going to build my house next to the forest, & deer live there, so I have to have stuff like that.)
I've never seen trees like this before, so I have no idea what they're called. We need to have a Forester move in with us. (I think I see FLOWER BUDS forming on some of them! How weird!) Maybe they'll be blossomed by Christmas, so we won't have to dig out our own ornaments!
OK, I'm off to start building my house & planning my gardens. I've never used the PAINT program before, & I have some cooking to do today (Got to keep the natives happy, here), so it may take a while for me to get back. (Since you didn't stake your claim on the map, I hope I don't build my house on top of yours!)
----------------- Mel, I love the graphic that you put in Carly's goofed up thread from last night! (That topic is closed now, so I couldn't comment there) Black isn't her color tho' & she shouldn't cut her hair so short!!
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OK - just put your updated drawing on this thread . . . the other one has been 'locked', so we won't be getting mixed up. I guess somebody will eventually delete it.
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So, how come I'm FIRST here? I should make you stake your claim first, so I can see how you're going to do it! As I started working on mine, I realized that Carlyville MUST be on a different planet, cuz the trees are monstrous! I think they're related to the Giant Redwoods like they have in Calif, or the Giant Cedars in NW Montana. Other than those, I've never seen trees this big! (I can't wait to see what the flowers look like! LOL!) I'm also hoping they're deciduous trees, or we're going to be up to our eyeballs in leaves!
I think we'll need a Community Compost Depot in Carlyville... Not that we will need it, with as rich as the soil is, but maybe we could sell it to other towns. (Hmmm... or, maybe I'm wrong there... Does soil "wear out" & need to be reconditioned all the time, or do the plants take care of that naturally?)
Anyway, I tried to ignore the trees while making attempts at some sense of perspective, & so far I've only got the driveway & parking areas in (The builders are going to need that, cuz I found really rich, black soil in this village, so I was afraid their trucks would bog down & cause more work for me later, regrading the ground for a driveway!) Also made it a turnaround drive, & I'm sure they'll appreciate that... besides, I always wanted a turnaround driveway, cuz my NEW car will stay looking nice longer, if I can keep from using reverse!
My Contractor couldn't order building materials today cuz everything was closed, but I managed to get the slab poured for the house & the front porch, & built my Flagstone patio. (I had a lot of free time today, you see, cuz T-Day dinner was at my Son's house, so I only had to make a batch of Corn muffins & a Crumb cake!)
So here's my place: I decided to go big, cuz I might hire a gardener anyway, but I deliberately made the house smaller, with 2 Bedrooms & a Den, to discourage my kids from thinking they can move in with us! Ha ha!
BTW, I bought the cement mixer at an auction the other day, for $20 but won't be needing it anymore now, so it's for sale to anyone who wants to pour their own slab. ($25.00!) If I can't find a buyer, I suppose I could make a planter out of it!! (Now aint that a classy idea?!
We need people for this village, so I hope somebody else will hop on board here! (Dang, Carly, I hope I'm not the only 1 who liked your idea!) Being that we have no City Planners or a City Council yet, I took it upon myself to name the streets (so I could find my way back home)! I suppose when we need stuff like this, the decisions can be made by the 1st person who thinks of it, huh? Don't assume that I think I can make all the rules... YOU are the Mayor of this place, you know, so all you have to do is take charge!
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Here's my latest - I've chosen my lot. Also, I've made a few changes - I took those big trees out (they were too big really). If anybody wants to put trees back in, go ahead.
I've also put the 'downtown' area of the village in (if a village has a 'downtown' area')
But it's just a place where the shops can go and the town hall, of course.
Like I say, don't worry about running out of room - at least 30 people (families) ought to be able to live in this village - we'll just expand the picture as we go along.
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Mel, I have no idea what you're doing, either! (Sounds like a touch of Turkey Overdose to me! ) Were you trying to add a sketch, to stake your claim on a piece of land in Carlyville? If that's what wasn't working for you, the only thing I can figure is that you didn't click on "Full Reply Form" Of course, I realize that you've been around here longer than a lot of us, so you MUST know that, but it's the only reason I can think of, why it wasn't working for you. (Or were you really on Carly's closed reject page?) Please try again... we need neighbors!
Carly, thanx for taking the trees out... but you left me with no shade! I think the new ones must be fast growing fruit trees of some sort, huh? (Too many more of those plantings, with that spray can, will give you Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, you know!) BTW, which way is North around here? ("UP" maybe?) That'll work for me (even though it still won't solve my shade issue, after I went & planted another big Evergreen tree by my house today!), but I'd rather have the full day sun across my whole back yard, for what I'll be planting, I think. There's still plenty of shade in front for Hydrangeas & stuff that don't seem to do well in the all-day heat.
quote:...don't worry about running out of room - if the village fills up, we'll just expand.
Right, Carly. If this catches on, we might surpass Village AND Town , & turn this Popsicle stand into a CITY !! (Right on, kiddo-THINK BIG!) Just as you have to turn a page to go to the next place in an Atlas or a Thomas Guide, if we do need to expand, we'll just start numbering the sections of Carlyville, & property owners will have to note which section they're in, on their Platt maps & photos, so people can find them on the zoomed-out page!
While we're "thinking big", I'd like to suggest that you hold down the "expansion" of your drawings (...to a width of less than 640 pixels!) As close as I could figure, your last sketch was 1,000 & my mouse is having nervous breakdowns anymore, scrolling horizontally so I could read the page! (There's a rule about image sizes here anyway, ~see # IV~ & I don't think we want to have Mr. B jumping in here & hollering at us for making our pictures so big that people won't want to read our topic! I'm sure that you'll agree that its important that we try to run a nice, neat village here, anyway!) I might have a pretty old version of the MS PAINT program & it doesn't have a resizing feature in it ...I don't know if yours has it or not. I bring up 1 of my ArcSoft Studio programs to resize, before I put my image files on Photobucket.com. (Carly, if you use PhotoBucket, I think I can help you fix this page so it's more user friendly... but it IS sort of involved! I fixed 1 of my own one time, after it was already posted & too late to edit, so PM me if you use Photobucket & are interested in fixing your image sizes.)
I also convert any .bmp files to .jpg while saving the new size, cuz it reduces the size of the image file by about 80 times, & it uploads lots faster (...not to mention that .bmp files take up a ridiculous amount of space on the Hard Drive!) When copying a Carlyville sketch from this page so you can edit it (right-clicking on the sketch, then clicking "Save Picture As"), your choices of file extensions are only going to be .bmp or .gif (it's a browser default thing) so if you want to save the sketch as a smaller file in your Hard Drive, you'll need to convert it with a program that has a Picture Editor feature, then delete the .bmp file. & don't forget to dump it from your Recycle bin as well, cuz if it's anywhere in your machine, it's still taking up space! NOTE: If you plan to put the sketch in MS PAINT, to make changes on it, make sure that your picture editing program supports .gif files before saving with that file extension! (Mine doesn't.)
Man, I'm sorry to have gone on about this, but I think it's pretty important, so we can make this whole experience fun for anyone who wants to join us. (As well as for the people who might want to follow our progress.) The type of file you use isn't nearly as important for our purposes here as the size is, however, & that's really what I want to emphasize: The width of image files posted here should be no more than 640 pixels. {The largest ones I ever post are 600.)
quote:(Is this village about to become a town?)
Interesting point! I looked it up & here's a couple things that Merriam Webster has to say about the diff between a Village & a Town: VILLAGE: an incorporated minor municipality. (territorial area having the status of a village especially as a unit of local government.) TOWN: a compactly settled area usually larger than a village but smaller than a city (a large densely populated urban area) "...especially as a unit of local government", I'm guessing, would mean that if the Mayor wants to call it a Village, it's a Village! ...and YOU are the only Government we have at the moment! (OMG!! )
BTW, as long as we're taking care of the technical items; you weren't elected Mayor, you were appointed ...& that's only cuz I'm the only other 1 in town, & I'm too busy to be in charge! Besides, we couldn't even register to vote or go to the polls, since there was no Town Hall at the time! (Oh, and "Town Hall" is just a figure of speech here, I take it. We can't call YOUR OFFICE "Village Hall", cuz that sounds more like a place where we should have dances ... but you have an image to maintain, Ms. Mayor... better not get caught partying in your office!) I see that we have a post office & a bar... so, when are you going to build us a Night club?!
All I did today was clean up my slab, from all the stuff that blew over to my place while you were ripping those monster trees out, then I planted a new 1 (in the wrong place, cuz I don't think my house is going to be in its shade, after all)! Oh, & I see that you must live on Woodland Road (no street sign yet), since it doesn't look like a "municipality maintained thoroughfare"! Are you going to pave it? (I think you'd pay less taxes if you leave it "natural" & bring in some river rock for it!) Are you going to make a street sign for Carlyville Ave? My hand-made sign looks pretty tacky!
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Woodland Road (Drive). Hmmm . . . well, I think the Woodland Drive that you created can continue on round the bend.
If you want to take that into your latest update, go ahead. If not, I'll do it next time I do an update. Doesn't matter, I guess.
As for that tree removal, if you'd like to put more trees in, that's fine. I'll probably put some over on my side - gotta' have some shade. I guess that's because I'm so used to working with land that's got a lot of shade, I just can't imagine dealing with a lot of sun lovers.
I haven't read through the whole of your long post yet this morning - I'll wait for the movie - ha ha!
I'll read through it later on.
My cold seems to be flagrant again today so I'm taking it easy till later on in the day - I'll take a Citran drink around noon and spend the afternoon in bed.
We're supposed to get warmer weather for Sunday, so I want to be well if I'm going to go out and enjoy it.
We have about 3/4 of an inch of snow - that will either wash away with tomorrow's rain or it will freeze up . . . hope it's not the latter.
BTW - if anyone's having a problem doing this copy/paste or creating an updated graphic, let me know on the PM.
Melcom - if you really can't get a graphic up, let me know - I'll give you my e mail addy on the pm (INTER FORUM E MAIL) and take your update up to my server.
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ATTENTION, Forum Members: Speaking on behalf of Mayor Carly (3052 Woodland Drive - Carlyville, GH-WWW): Carlyville is now recruiting for the positions of Head Barkeep (and patrons). Applicants should stake their claim to a parcel of land, be ready to plant a garden and share gardening information, as locals only will be considered for these positions. (The type of dwelling place on claimed property is optional.)
Applicants for the Barkeep position must be experienced (mainly, in cleaning up after others), able to maintain order, willing to select and care for plants, fountains and other furnishings inside the building, as well as outdoor adjacent planters and flower beds, and be in charge of Slug control within the village (distributing spilled/recovered or abandoned ale from the workplace),
All applicants (including for Barkeep position) must agree to be in control of their faculties 90% of the time, be willing to help others with gardening issues, and to pass random inspections for broken fingernails and/or dirt ("soil") under fingernails, to prove that they are true to the community purpose of gardening.
Since the Tavern in Carlyville (yet to be named) is currently not selling or stocking snacks or beverages, the business will operate strictly on a BYO basis. Sleeping and littering will not be tolerated on the premises; violators will be sentenced to weeding the planters and flower beds adjacent to the building.
TO APPLY: Simply right click/save map image file (above), use MS PAINT (or any picture editor program) to stake your claim, then post your update on this thread. If you need assistance, send a PM to Mayor Carly.
Very truly yours, Patty 6889 Woodland Drive Carlyville, GH-WWW
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OK, thank you Patty, for your looking after the Mayor's interests while she's sleeping.
Like I say, if anybody needs help with staking a claim on the drawing, let me know. There are a few ways you can go about this.
The word processing programs have drawing functions too - it doesn't have to be complicated - for that matter, you can just slap an X where you want your lot and I'll do the rest.
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Carly, I have no idea what I'm doing incorrectly. I've tried and tried to place Major Manor on the map but I can't make it paste back on the Forum. I've copied and pasted in email, IM correspondence, and Word. Anyway, I'm there in spirit.
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Folks, don't feel intimidated if you can't get the hang of this . . . I realize everybody doesn't get into 'desktop publishing', then bust their heads for a year learning to do it - ha ha!
I took a course in 1996 to learn to do it. When I started that course, I was boggled.
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Sheri, place your mouse over the last image - click the right mouse button, then tell it to 'copy'.
That puts the image on the 'clipboard', then all you have to do is open up your paintbrush program (on the accessories, under 'programs').
Here's two urls that contain instructions for using paintbrush programs:
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BTW, this can be done in MS Word too - you can use the drawing function on it - or if you've got MS Publisher, that's a good program too.
You can do it in Front Page as well.
I don't advise getting into Corel Draw - it's just too much to take in all at once. I never did get the hang of their recent programs. I found it complicated enough in '96 when I took the desktop pub course - now it's a monster.
If you don't have time to experiment with this, just let me know exactly where you would like your plot of land and I'll put you there.
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So Sheri, tell us about your place! It doesn't look like you've planted any Herbs yet, but I see that you have flowers in already... what are they & what zone are you in? Did you see on page 1, that each of our properties is a "microclimate"? Residents can be in whatever planting zone they choose. (Now THAT'S going to be fun, if 1 person has 3' of snow in their yard while their neighbor grows bananas!) And your Manor... WOW! How many stories is it? Are there swimming pools, botanical gardens & Aviaries inside there, or are you running an orphanage?!? BTW, your address is 1423 Carlyville Ave. & you're registered at the Post Office now. (Addresses are determined by resident's member number & the street where their property is located. Carlyville doesn't have a Mailman yet - hint hint - so residents have to go to the post office... or simply send PMs.)
We still seem to be missing a Head Bartender (cuz Weezie hasn't staked a claim yet)! Sheri jumped right in here, so maybe she wants the job! (Come on, Weezie... there are thirsty & lonely people waiting here!)
GOATS, Carly? Did you say GOATS? OMG! With the size of your property, why would you need to graze your goats somewhere else?!!! (Ahem... So, what kind are they?) Oh... I get it! You must be planning to offer a Blackberry bush irradication service, huh?
Either my original perspective of Carlyville was way off & you people who followed me grabbed up HUGE lots, or I'd better get busy & move my property line a little over to the West, so it doesn't look like I live in the slums! & here I thought I "went big" when I staked my claim!
I guess the Mayor is going to have to get her map makers busy making more pages, with the rate land is being scarfed up around here!
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I don't drink alcohol so I don't know enough to be a bar tender. I'll serve up all the Pepsi you want.
Carly, you can put some goats on the back 40. I could use the help.
I had put in a pool and a tennis court but in all the moving around they and some of the address for the town hall got deleted. Oh well, it's getting winter - I'll get the pool going by the summer.
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Well, I've really thought about this - like I am a lady of leisure with unlimited funds and have absolutely nothing to do - ha ha!
There are two ways we could handle this biz of the map expansion . . .
1) The map is just a map - it doesn't really need to change in size - individual lots can be done up as separate maps;
2) Or, like Patty says, we could make pages . . .
Once we have a few people living in the village (or at least owning property there), I can put the map on a web page - then I can make links on the map.
The thing to do now is work on drawing up our properties . . . you don't have to do that on the map itself.
I am going to do my drawings on my own forum at Wild City and link back here to Garden Helper. You could do the same.
(I don't think anybody could fault me for soliciting a little action at my own forums - I'm such a hard worker and outstanding member of the community)
*Humble Blush*
:-)
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Carly Its on the way to you. I was working in Illustrator 9 then in Photoshop. Had backsaved it from an .ai file to a .psd then to a .jpg. Looks good on the computer, any computer, but photobucket doesn't want to "show" the .jpg.
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Of course, you would get technical on me right off the bat, & want our Village to be in a particular ZONE! ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Well, I'm so new at this, that I'm gunna plant anything I want at my house . . . cuz I don't know any better! ![[tongue]](graemlins/neener.gif)
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(That topic is closed now, so I couldn't comment there) Black isn't her color tho' & she shouldn't cut her hair so short!! 
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If I can't find a buyer, I suppose I could make a planter out of it!! ![[thinker]](graemlins/idea.gif)
(Now aint that a classy idea?!
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I'm sure that you'll agree that its important that we try to run a nice, neat village here, anyway!) I might have a pretty old version of the MS PAINT program & it doesn't have a resizing feature in it ...I don't know if yours has it or not. I bring up 1 of my ArcSoft Studio programs to resize, before I put my image files on Photobucket.com. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Applicants for the Barkeep position must be experienced (mainly, in cleaning up after others), able to maintain order, willing to select and care for plants, fountains and other furnishings inside the building, as well as outdoor adjacent planters and flower beds, and be in charge of Slug control within the village (distributing spilled/recovered or abandoned ale from the workplace), ![[sleepy]](graemlins/sleepy.gif)
Sleeping and littering will not be tolerated on the premises; violators will be sentenced to weeding the planters and flower beds adjacent to the building. 
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