16 Monday Jan 2012
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I admit it. It’s my fault.
I wished for snow, for a blizzard!
I took this with my phone when we left the house around 10:15:
and this one on the road:
5 hours after leaving home:
and 15 minutes ago…
9 1/2 inches!
Oh Dear. Don’t hate me.
18 Sunday Dec 2011
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Yesterday I spent a few minutes with the Adelstiens during a miraculous break in the clouds at Zuanich Park.
This picture alone tells the story of Doug and Elizabeth as I know them.
A little album cover shot.
…if they were a band, I’m sure they’d use it.
I love this one of Kat and Michael!
Such a beautiful family!
Papa and his baby girl…
Mom and her sons…
And this handsome guy is my godson!
27 Sunday Feb 2011
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Yesterday afternoon, on our way to the gym for our workout Rick said, ‘I think we should go out on a date tonight. How does True Grit and Boomer Burgers sound?’
Sounded GREAT to me. Our usual weekly date nights have been put on hold indefinitely, and we haven’t gone out just the two of us in ages.
While we were finishing getting ready Rick said, ‘Maybe not boomers. Maybe more of a sit-down place. And maybe not True Grit?’
Fine. Sounded great to me. I would have been happy with a Comcast On Demand movie and a Tino’s Calzone delivered.
We ended up at El Rinconcito on Yew Street. We haven’t been there in years and had forgotten what great Mexican food it is! Rick had Pollo Chipotle and we both groaned when we tasted it, so good. I had the special, two enchilladas, one with white sauce and one with their own tomatilla sauce. The white sauce was simply Mexican crema as far as I could tell, but so yummy, and I happen to still have my leftovers in the fridge waiting for me to indulge for my early dinner. Poor Rick ate his leftovers last night after the movie. He’s on his own tonight!
The movie was amazing!!
It's a good movie if Rick doesn't already know the end in the first 30 minutes, and he didn't guess the end until it was unveiled! Good acting, intense, suspenseful, without being gorey and gross. Totally go see it!
Today we got just almost up to the 9 inch mark of snow before it started warming up and raining a little. It’s melting now, but not super fast, so there’s still enough to justify not putting on makeup or doing my hair, lazing around in yoga pants and sweatshirt, and pretending we’re still snowed in and hunker down to watch the Oscars tonight.
Ok, speaking of the Oscars. I’ve only seen three of the movies up for Best Picture:
Inception, The Social Network, and Toy Story 3
(This is mostly due to the fact that Rick and I don’t go out on dates right now. Going to movies, or at least WATCHING movies is one of our favorite things to do together, so this is really cramping my style right now! )
Incecption: though everyone I know loved it, I didn’t. Maybe I was too tired the night we watched it, but I just couldn’t follow it. And I’m usually really into movies that are hard to follow.
The Social Network:
Again, maybe I was tired that night, but it must have been forgetable because I don’t remember it much.
Toy Story 3:
I’m sure I would have loved it, had I stayed awake.
Are you seeing a trend here? Maybe we’ll rent each of these once my thyroid and iron levels come back up to within normal range!
I’ll still enjoy the Oscars tonight, even though I’ve seen none of the movies.
If I can stay awake.
P.S. I saw a coyote in the woods behind our house today. I’ve made the dogs stay inside since then.
12 Wednesday Jan 2011
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On a walk along the waterfront last weekend I came upon this tree adorned with random Christmas ornaments. I thought it was cute, and quaint, and unexpected. Beyond these little trinkets the bay was calm and many boats were out enjoying a bit of the winter sunshine. The last vestiges of Christmas holding on with all their might, reminding me of the season of hope, joy and peace we’d just come through.
Here is a before and after. Straight out of the camera, before editing, and after I brightened and saturated the color in photoshop:
The edited photo might be a little bit over sharpened, but really? Is there any question which one is better?
I used to pride myself on not editing my photos. I wasn’t being smug, or thinking more of myself than I should have, I just truly liked them straight out of the camera better. Now that I’ve learned some about editing photos, though, I just can’t help myself. I love the process of editing and love seeing the colors come alive.
I can think of some spiritual analogies here, stuff like, “if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come”
and ”And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed
into his likeness with ever-increasing glory …”
….actually lots of stuff about what God does for us when we come to Him. But I know how how many weeks I’ll have to put up with my sons making fun of me if I go there, so I’ll just leave it at that, and ask,
Which is better? The flat , drab, colorless photo? Or the brighter, sharper, richer one?
Which would you rather be?
Er…I mean, HAVE?
10 Monday Jan 2011
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We pass these barns on our way to town every day. And every winter I want to stop and take pictures when it’s been snowing. And I never do it. But yesterday Rick pulled off the road and said, “take pictures!” And, since I had my camera in my hand, I did.
This first little barn houses chickens and goats. They are out in the barnyard in the mornings and evenings in the summer. And I’ve caught coyotes stalking the fenceline at dusk and at dawn more than once.
Someone I know might recognize this little outbuilding. It’s in your family.
Rick noticed the way the snow had curled around under the eave. He thought it looked like a surf wave if you turn it upside down. And it does.
Remember I said I was going to go into winter and embrace the snow, or the rain, or the cold, no matter what was thrown at us? I started to want to complain this weekend about the cold, but caught myself and reminded ‘me’ that this is the new me! I no longer dread winter and I will not complain if it snows.
So on Sunday morning Rick and I stayed in bed all morning, opting to drink our coffee and eat our breakfast there…
(fried eggs in the cast iron skillet, and bacon on the cast iron griddle, and finally, no smoke alarm going off)
…it was the laziest Sunday morning ever, spent surfing the internet, blogging, and reading, occasionally looking out the window at the snow-laden trees, and I had to admit…
It’s really beautiful.
