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Posted in food, photos, recipes on July 5, 2008| 3 Comments »

Ok, so based on my last post, I may not be a fan of a bunch of photographs of flowers, but food, I can do.

This is a close up of the large batch we picked last week. I didn’t make jam like I usually do because of time and energy needed (and the open house) but we ate a good portion of these as well as froze the rest to make smoothies. I think that will be a summer staple and I am afraid they won’t last through the summer. Oh well, next up is blueberry picking next week.

This was a past dish I threw together with the vegetables I received in our organic box. I really like seeing what I can come up with that comes in the box. We are on break for the summer but will be getting it again in the fall. I have a small garden planted and will get lots of tomatoes. If I get enough I will can some.

I think I realized something about myself, in regards to photos of flowers verses photos of food. I love flowers, wish I had some more around my yard, but I don’t really like to garden, and I don’t much care for bugs or dirt. However, I love food. I love to eat food and make food. Photos of food inspire me. I always wish a cook book has a photo to accompany the recipe. Funny huh?

Oh, and if you are interested in how I made this I will tell you as best as I can remember. I cooked the penne, because that is the kind of pasta I had on hand. I boiled the green vegetables very slightly and then threw them into a pan with hot oil and sauted the rest of the way. I used small red and yellow peppers and toasted them in the toaster oven and chopped them up and threw them in the pan. I added salt and black pepper, probably some garlic powder and basil. Finally I tossed it together with grated Parmesan cheese. Yummy!

Susan

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Photography impaired

Posted in photos on July 5, 2008| 2 Comments »

Some of my favorite blogs to read are ones that provide lots of photos. It is so fun to see what people are writing about. Unfortunately taking photos is a very weak area for me. I don’t carry my camera around with me. I get somewhere and slap my forehead because I didn’t have the camera to document the experience. But having my camera doesn’t necessarily solve my problem. You see, I can have my camera and still not think of taking photos. I don’t really know why except maybe because growing up my Stepdad always took the photos in the family. Maybe in the back of my mind I have some idea that it should be hubby’s responsibility to take the photos. Maybe it’s because there is some deep rooted resentment that I am never in the photos and there is hardly a photo of me in thirteen years of marriage and 11 years of motherhood.

Then there is the problem of what to do with those photos once I take them. I don’t seem to print them out. I don’t put them in albums to look through. I don’t scrapbook and really have no desire to start. I also have this weird conversation to myself of, do I really want to photograph this? Is this something I would enjoy having a copy of once I’ve taken the photo? How many photos of flowers does one need (unless one is making something of a photo, which is frankly the only reason I could take photos of flowers). I prefer photos that tell a story, but I am not very clever about taking them.

I don’t seem to have that creative eye when it comes to taking a picture and I certainly haven’t figured out how to use all the functions of my camera. I can only manage to take a photo and turn the flash on and off. I have no idea what all the other buttons and settings do. By the way, I had to have a friend show me how to turn the flash off. I was at the Huntington Library in LA and saw these beautiful Gutenberg Bibles. I desperately wanted to take photos of them, but couldn’t figure out how to turn the flash off, a requirement by the Museum. I was so disappointed by my lameness when I realized how simple it was to turn the flash off.

Despite taking a photography class in High School, I seem to not have retained anything from that class. (Never mind that it was 26 years ago).

I think one more thing that prohibits me posting photos is that it is such a pain to get them uploaded. First I have to take them off my camera. Then once they are on my computer I upload them to my flickr account. Then with each one I choose the size and them copy and paste the code into my text box on my blog post page. Is this how you all do it too? Is there a shorter way? It takes time to go through all this and most of the time I don’t want to bother.

All this to say that I am going to make a better effort to take more photos and to post them on my blogs. I really desire to take better photos. I’m just not sure how to go about it. I guess the first step is to keep my camera on my person at all times. Will practice make perfect?

Susan

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Lost Power=Lost Hardrive?

Posted in computer, photos, Uncategorized on March 18, 2008| 2 Comments »

Sometime in the middle of last night we lost power. It was back up this morning when I got up. We have a backup battery for our computer (not my MacBook) and when we loose power the backup battery makes either a humming sound or loud beeping. Hubby turned the power to it off so we wouldn’t hear the noise. This morning I jump on my MacBook to do my daily checking email and browsing bloglines. I then realized that our internet is hooked up through the battery. I go to turn it on, and loud screaming noise comes out of it. I turn it off, then back on again, then POP and a flash of light. Something inside the other computer blew up. I unplugged it all and rerouted my internet. Must. Have. Internet. Now, I am pretty sure the main computer is a goner. I don’t think flashes of light/fire can result in anything but bad news. I hope, I hope, I hope I have burned all our photos onto a CD. I think I have but I am not sure. Not only that, I am not sure where it is, because there is a good chance it doesn’t even have a label on it. I am really bad with photos and I don’t print them. Some of these photos are from when my last child was 6 months old. That was 6 years ago and I have yet to finish her one year baby album.

Chickadee, who knew this lesson would be learned so quickly.

Susan

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Sensoring my life

Posted in life, photos on February 5, 2008| 3 Comments »

If you know me today, whether in real life or through my writings over the last 2 1/2 years on my blog, you will know that I love my God and my family. You’ll know that we attend church regularly and that I try to live my life in a way that pleases Jesus. If you knew me 15-20 years ago you would know that who I was then is NOT who I am today. I am pleased to say that I have grown up and that I continue to grow as the Lord changes me from the inside out. Sometimes the growth is slow and sometimes, faster than I would like (through trials), but growth nevertheless is something that I plan on doing until the day He calls me home.

Today’s packing area is a large cupboard in the hallway where I keep all our photos. I have several photo albums that span my childhood years, through high school, college, travels in NYC and Europe, to my days as a wife, and mother of three. I couldn’t help scanning some of the early albums and seeing who I was and what I did when I was much younger. To say that I was pleased with what I saw is an understatement. Embarrassed would be more like it. I had photos of people that I had no clue what their names were. I had photos of me looking like a fool. These images where not those that I wanted my children to see. In fact, I really didn’t want hubby to see. I know I am a sinner, but to see hard copies of my sin, is not something I care to share with my family. I don’t want to lie about who I was, and if my kids ask me I will tell them the truth. But as far as the photos go, they are in the trash!

Susan

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