Archive for July, 2009
As Pictured Below: Entertain Me
Posted in As Pictured Below, Photographs, tagged animals, cats, iPhone, Nip/Tuck, television, TiltShift Generator, ToyCamera on July 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Is it hot in here, or is it just this awesome poblano souffle?
Posted in CSA, Photographs, tagged baking, co-workers, CSA, dehydrator, food, homemade, iPhone, photograph, souffle, vegetables on July 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’m up to my neck in CSA vegetables: Swiss chard, zucchini, cucumbers, poblanos, cherry tomatoes, squash and more. I made tiny souffles (my first ever) on Friday night with a recipe for Poblano and Cheddar Cheese Souffle from the 5 Star Foodie Culinary Adventures blog. I give credit to the Inspired Bites blog for helping [...]
As Explained Below
Posted in As Pictured Below, Photographs, tagged iPhone, photograph on July 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve added a new feature to this blog, titled As Pictured Below. I admit, it was inspired by an unexpected love for my new iPhone’s camera. In under five clicks, I can take a photo, upload it to WordPress, and post it with commentary. It’s addictive, really. Be sure to check out the hover text for each [...]
As Pictured Below: Empty Threats
Posted in As Pictured Below, Photographs, tagged home, iPhone, photograph, ToyCamera, weather on July 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Mother Nature can be such a drama queen.
One more set of life’s training wheels, gone
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged adulthood, animals, bicycle, cats, childhood, cooking, decisions, father, homemade, kidney failure, letting go, making peace, mother, pets, safety, scars, training wheels, veterinarian, wheels on July 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Remember training wheels? For me, they were the last bastion of bike safety, and they became more of a security blanket than a training tool. I remember being reluctant to let my dad take them off, until one day I realized that they didn’t seem to be touching the ground anymore. Sure enough, I took [...]
As Pictured Below: Okra Stars
Posted in As Pictured Below, CSA, Photographs, tagged Apple, CSA, food, iPhone, okra, photograph, ToyCamera on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OMG, iPhone. After downloading the ToyCamera app, I worry I may never want to pick up my regular digital camera again. What’s the matter with the digital camera companies that they can’t make regular photography this much fun, with so little effort on the user’s part? Does Apple have to do EVERYTHING? This is a [...]
As Pictured Below: Watercolor Cat
Posted in As Pictured Below, Photographs, tagged animals, camera, cats, husband, iPhone, photograph, travel on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I didn’t see this coming: I LOVE the camera on my new iPhone. I barely get along with the family digital camera, so I didn’t think I’d have much going for this one. It is four shades of AWESOME, though. It’s always at the ready, and I can use the images without dragging out USB [...]
The wind beneath a bad idea
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alabama, bad ideas, bed, Dauphin Island Parkway, DYI, mattress, minivan, Mobile, moving, rope, Southern, truck, wind on July 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Pity the do-it-yourself mattress haulers of Alabama. Tasked with toting an unruly bed across town, armed with only a station wagon or minivan and cheap rope, they bravely soldier on, carrying out their duty with a degree of ineptitude and inadvisability usually exhibited by sugar-stoked, undersupervised 7-year-old boys with bottle rockets and short attention spans. I can’t go two weeks without [...]
As Pictured Below: Seedy Discovery
Posted in As Pictured Below, CSA, Photographs, tagged ancestors, CSA, eight-ball squash, farm, food, iPhone, photograph, Southern, squash on July 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
During my most recent CSA adventure, I made stuffed eight-ball squash. Don’t tell the generations of ancestors before me who were Southern farmers, but I still just don’t like squash. I did like the seeds, however, roasted at 350 degrees with a little olive oil and salt. They were crunchy and delicious, plus they looked [...]
Convenience FAIL, cat care WIN
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged animals, cats, husband, veterinarian on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I found out the hard way yesterday that my mobile vet isn’t so mobile anymore. He sold his RV since our last visit. Don’t you hate it when a great, well-thought-out endeavor fails? I mean, what’s not to love about a mobile vet? For an extra $40, he shows up at the end of your [...]
