Showing posts with label say it with pictures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label say it with pictures. Show all posts

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Holiday Cookies!


I am a lucky lady, and I was able to get myself a pretty neato camera for myself for my birthday, back in November. It's not terribly fancy, but I like it. I've been trying to document happenings and whatnot, for me, for photo albums, and for the blog. Well, now that I have a minute really should be sleeping, I thought I would get a start on uploading the photos.

Before Christmas/Isaac Newton's Birthday, the Monster and I made my favorite holiday treat, Candy Cane Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Jump for photos!

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Haven't given up the ghost completely...

...yet.

Hello again, gently readers.

I've been composing this post in my head for the past few days, and have been thinking about my poor, abandoned blog for even longer. I'll admit it, I was slightly embarrassed that after all my bluster that I had to let go of not one, but two projects. Boo hoo. Only not really.

So, a bit of a recap: there was a trash-fashion show that I competed in--I've been participating every year since it started, but this was the first one where I modeled.

bad cell phone photo
another bad photo of sleeves!
bustle!

And here's the finished outfit!
The first photos are poor quality, yes, but you get the gist, and this was the only photo I got of my complete outfit! I did not plan for documentation. Bad one on my part. Anyhow, the top is a bra with bottle caps (from across the country!), the corsety-bustier thing is out of heat-treated potato bags, and the skirt, bustle, veil,  and sleeves are made from onion bags.

I had been working away on this project despite my body deciding to not play fair: the week before I had some close contact with dogs that I don't know, I'm quite allergic to dogs and paid the price for that; and the week leading up to the show a cold decided that it was the perfect time to wage war. Side note: though zinc-heavy remedies can be super awesome, they make you feel fun-kay. Blech. That's why I hadn't been posting in the blog as much--I have super limited time after the monster goes to bed, and between allergic reations, colds, trashion shows, and, well, cats on the internet, I hadn't had a lot of time for blogging. Boo.

Now that the trashion show is over, I have been re-thinking my projects. I have a few irons in the fire, just in regular life, and I have been having doubts as far as adding another one to the pile. Of iron. So, I'm not. Adding one. To the fire. I've decided to not participate in NaNoWriMo.

What? you ask.  But you've been talking about that in your blog for a long time!
That's true. I have.
Are you the type of gal to string a reader on?
Maybe, but I don't try to be.
Why drop this one, and not one of the other 'irons' in your 'fire?' Hmm?
Well, a) I don't appreciate the tone you're taking with the quotes there, buddy. Watch it , or I might not let you ask any more questions.
Noted.
And b) it's more of a last in, first out kind of order. NaNoWriMo is the youngest project, so it can chill. I didn't register as a participant, so I'm not dragging down the success rate of the project. There are plenty of other people who will start and not finish.
You mentioned that you had let go of two projects, but you have more. Do you want to elaborate?
Not yet--some I can't expand on yet (SQUEE), and some I will, but in future posts. I can't blow my wad all at once--gotta keep it going for a little while, eh?
What does abandoning projects that you speak about publicly do to your reputation on your blog?
Nuthin. Key phrase is 'your blog.' (How do you like them quotes now?) My blog, my rules. This interview is OVER.

Don't worry, gentle reader: since this exchange happened in my head, I totally flipped over the imaginary table. That's the only way to end an interview like that.

And that's the end of my post. Only time will tell if I'm actually back on the horse.


Sunday, August 26, 2012

Jammin'

First there were these:
lots and lots of brambles!


















Which means that there are these:
oh, look at those berries!


















Which means that there are lots of these:
so ripe!


















Which means that I got lots of these:
so many berries!

















 So I made lots of this!
jam!

more jam!

I had some time to myself while picking and picking and picking berries, and I got to thinking about the phrase a peach out of reach, a phrase meaning a lovely thing that you just can't have. So, if a peach out of reach is something that you want and just can't have, would a blackberry out of reach be something lovely that you want and can't have, and will end up bleeding if you try to obtain said lovely thing? Thing is, the latter phrase looses all the flow of the rhyming phrase of a peach out of reach.

Hmm.

Some suggestions: A berry that will parry? A bit esoteric, perhaps. A fruit that will fight? Doesn't really convey the message.

What do you think?