Aug 23, 2010 | food, recipe
What’s not to love about a thick slice of rich chocolate cake? The cake is rich and moist and perfect. The frosting… well, not so much. I’m still on the hunt for a good frosting, do you know of any? I used King Arthur Flour’s unbleached cake...
Aug 22, 2010 | inspirations, photography, Uncategorized
1. E’ una Vita che ti Aspetto … , 2. Strawberries-and-Cream-copy-web-lensbaby, 3. playa, 4. Breakfast I was lucky to get to attend a lensbaby demo class/lecture at the local camera store on Saturday and got to play with a composer and several of the...
Jul 15, 2010 | inspirations, just everyday
I uploaded this to my flickr stream yesterday but thought I would add it here too. It usually isn’t this clean — my space is shared space. My husband and three of the younger kids also use the desk and computer. A lot. Sometimes it seems like I’m...
Jul 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
They go together like a horse and carriage…to paraphrase! I spent some time this morning playing with my new Topaz filters. I used Simplify to posterize the picture of my son after I had desaturated and cropped it a bit. And then I threw on a couple of textures...
Jul 8, 2010 | photography
Since I’ve mentioned her several times, I thought I would post a picture of Pixie the barking King Charles Cavalier Spaniel. She’s cute — but she is very vocal too. I’ve also developed a Lightroom preset from the post-processing that I did on...
Jul 7, 2010 | inspirations, Uncategorized
Like most kids, my children’s books shelves are overflowing with all manner and sorts of books. Some are junky (yes, I have several editions of Sponge Bob and Dora — it avoids a teary messy departure from the Borders) and some are very nice. There are even...
Jul 6, 2010 | daybook, just everyday
FOR TODAY Outside my window: The sun is blazing away and my flowers and pumpkin vines are wilting to nothing. I think I forgot to water them this morning. I hope they survive until the evening. I am thinking: that Buggy might walk sooner than the others —...
Jul 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
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Jul 5, 2010 | inspirations, photography
Last week during the lovely break from hot weather, I took the little boys to a nearby botanical garden. We took lots of pictures and there were a lot of them that turned out very cute of the boys — I will take them back again in the fall for some beautiful fall...
Jun 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
Susan asked what we like about summer — I’d say babies blowing bubbles. Pure...
