They say every summer has a story. Around here, it's the summer of love. S U M M E R is like the ultimate one-night stand: hot as hell, totally thrilling, and gone before you know it. S U M M E R where all the days run ...
Post #888!
This is post #888 over the course of five and a half years of blogging. That amounts to a post every other day. That's a lot of recipes and farm stories! Instead of a recipe or farm story today I am going to share some of the miscellaneous pictures ...
A little getaway to beat the heat…
We accepted the kind offer of a friend to pet-sit and we headed out of the sweltering heat of the central valley to the cool California coast. We arrived at Half Moon Bay on Sunday and will be leaving tomorrow. I wanted to post daily but the ...
Farm Focus Friday 6-6-2014
The weather is heating up fast. We were fortunate to find a field mower who could clear the grass from the pastures. If we had waited a little longer, it would have been too late. The guys won't mow when there is a chance of a spark igniting a fire. ...
Freaky Farm Friday
This being Friday, I would normally post a bunch of pictures under the title Farm Focus Friday. Normally. This Friday morning I went out to do my chores with my camera around my neck. I imagined cute animal pictures, pretty ...
Antique Street Fair
The Auburn Antiques Street Fair was held today. I almost didn't go for fear of the parking nightmare I knew would await me. The vendors start setting up at 3:00 a.m. and shoppers are allowed to come join them, flashlights in hand, to score the best ...
Farm Focus Friday 5-9-2014 at the Egg Farm
I am a bit tardy in posting my Farm Focus Friday photos because it became Food Focus Friday instead. Friday was the last day of the first week of my food photography class, Food Photography Au Naturel, taught by guest instructor and food photographer ...
Farm Focus Friday 5-2-2014
This is an exciting Friday for me. I am starting another food photography class, this time with guest instructor George Crudo. Today is the first day of the class. I am always excited when a new class starts then I obsess over the assignments and ...
Farm Focus Friday 4-25-2014
There is danger in procrastination when it comes to Farm Focus Friday. You may find yourself with a driving rain all day and an expensive new camera. The only picture I took yesterday was this shot of a patio chair being eaten by a wisteria bush. ...
Farm Focus Friday 4-18-2014
I bought a new camera two weeks ago. I have lusted over the Canon 5D Mark III for quite some time and finally decided to buy one. I am still getting used to it, but having a lot of fun. This week Michael even laid on the grass to get down to ...
What lunar eclipse?
Did you hear anything about a lunar eclipse? I did, and in preparation I set up my time-lapse camera to capture the entire thing while I slept. Michael and I watched the first phase, he took some still shots, then we headed off for bed at about this ...
Farm Focus Friday 4-11-2014
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Farm Focus Friday
This week's purchase of a new camera, a Canon 5D Mark III, has reignited my love of photography. My plan was to use it for food shots exclusively, but a trip out into the pasture changed all that. I am still getting used to it and probably don't have ...
Geminid Meteor Shower
This weekend the Geminid meteor Shower put on a show. Unfortunately, the peak viewing time coincided with my peak sleeping time, four o'clock in the morning. We put our little Brinno time-lapse camera out on the front step and let it capture the show ...
Word”less” Wednesday – Dec, 11, 2013
This is the 777th post I have made to my blog! We just enjoyed our first snow. ...
Finally caught the little guy on video…
A little hummingbird has taunted me around the red flowers on the pineapple sage. It comes around and stays until I go inside for my camera, then it flits off. Today it was still there when I got back outside with my camera. ...
Word “less” Wednesday
Because I just can't seem to handle wordless. Which one is molting? ...
Me, my dog, my camera, and my car.
My old, reliable Prius was beginning to show her age. She still got great gas mileage, but the dented passenger side and worn cloth seats just weren't working for me anymore. I researched and considered buying another Prius, but in the end I fell in ...
Wordless Wednesday
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Halloween Preparations
I am a huge fan of Halloween. When my children were little we used to decorate our house and scare the neighborhood kids. A few years ago I started amassing a large collection of Halloween props and decorations. I cannot even estimate the amount of ...