Pasta Primavera

Off Season

Spring Pasta! Sometime I just have a craving. I know it’s not Spring, and I really do try and be the best locavore I can be. However - when I have an intense urge for VEGETABLES and not sweets I must give in! As you can tell I’ve done a […]

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Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies

Squeeze Me

Everyone needs a sweet treat! Lemon and Poppy seeds are one of my favorite combinations!

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Homemade Marshmallows

Merry Ex-Mas!
I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday, whatever it was that you celebrated. Coming back from a four day weekend is hard! But, I’m finally back in the swing of things, and have a chance to update the blog. I’m lucky enough to have had a great and mostly relaxing vacation. […]

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Betty & Mark Wedding: Teaser Photo

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The Bride

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The Bride: Betty [my sister-in-law]

I took 354 digital photos, about 15 Polaroids, 10 toy camera black and white photos, and 48 regular color film photos!! So, this is just a small sampling! I’ll upload more as I review/edit/develop/scan them. I was the backup/secondary photographer. The official photographer wasn’t able to be there for the whole thing. Hopefully I got a good mix and BJ & Mark are happy with what I did. I kept choking myself; with three cameras wrapped around my neck at one time, lol. It was more fun that I thought.

I was mostly worried about my battery life; but in fact my main concern was memory/film. I ran out of space on my memory card & was down to half a roll of color film during the reception (after the other photographer had left). I still had the speeches, the father daughter dance, and the cake cutting among other things. I kept having to frantically review the photos and my camera and delete the ones that I knew weren’t worth saving. So I probably deleted about 50 photos that were too blurry, had the wrong exposure or setting, or were of something stupid like my foot. HA!

I’ll post more soon. You can view the whole set here as I upload them. There are only about 6 in there now.

Mike @ May 4, 2008

Puppy Smiles

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Family Vacation this weekend to visit family. I hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather.

Mike @ May 2, 2008

Rhubarb Upside Down Cake

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Spring has Arrived

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We went to the Farmer’s Market like we do every Saturday. Picked up some asparagus, fingerling potatoes, salad greens, and rhubarb.

We grabbed the puppies and were off to visit my parents. The weather was perfect. A great day. Wednesday and Schuman had soooo much fun running around and jumping in the muddy swamp that sits near the house that they had to get baths before they could come inside.

Now, I’ve never been a rhubarb fan. Probably because I’ve always been such a picky eater, and wouldn’t branch out and try new things. Well…

Today was The Day of Rhubarb. Joe made a Rhubarb Upside-down Cake [Recipe below], and my mom made a Rhubarb Pie. Both were glorious.

AND dinner was just as fabulous. Herbed chicken, grilled asparagus, steamed and statued potatoes, micro-green salad, and sourdough bread from Eugene City Bakery.

We also had a chance to watch Juno again. My parents hadn’t seen it yet. I’m going to try and watch it with the commentary before we have to return it. It is such a great movie!

A day well spent.

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Mike @ April 27, 2008