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The Puppies-May Ten on Ten

May 10, 2012

This month was all about the puppies. We had a new puppy join our family. Meet Murphy.

cavalier king charles puppy

I know, seriously adorable, right?

Our son recently got a puppy too. This gorgeous Australian Shepard, Louie…and to make things even crazier…his roommate got a Chesapeake Bay retriever, Hudson.

australian shepard

That’s going to be one crazy apartment, isn’t it?

Anyway, we were all about puppy playdates this month. And belly rubs…and playing tug-a-war with our other puppy, Maggie.

puppy play date

No, I didn’t get much accomplished this month except puppies…why do you ask??
a boy and his dog

Could you resist this face??

cavalier puppy

Hop over to Los Angeles Photographer, Amy Shertzer and see what she has been up to this month, then click along out blog circle and see what this month held in store for all our friends in our Ten on Ten group.

Tags: 10 on 10, cavalier king charles, puppies
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Fine Art Friday – The Lilac

March 30, 2012

lilac bloom

This is the first time in about 10 years that my lilac bush has bloomed. It met with an unfortunate tree cutting down incident about 10 years ago…we moved what was left of the bush and it never bloomed again. Each year in spring, I eagerly await for it to bloom. Year after year, I am so disappointed. Each year I wrote about my eager anticipation and eventual disappointment at my personal blog, Wine on the Keyboard.

Finally, this year, after almost giving up hope, she bloomed!! Isn’t she beautiful?? So, of course, I chose to capture the beauty of a lilac bloom for our Fine Art Friday this month. Jump over to Story of Life Photography Fine Art Photography, Northern NJ to see what Dalia came up with this month for our Fine Art challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tags: fine art, flowers, lilac
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Food Photography Challenge for February

February 20, 2012

This month’s food photography challenge in the food photography group I’m in was for veggies. Uncooked and cooked. My husband has been on a low carb diet for awhile…and I have to say I’m really missing our pasta. Then I recently discovered spaghetti squash…

food photography columbia missouri

I can’t believe how yummy it is! I slice it in half lengthwise, place it sliced side down in a glass pan with a bit of water and bake it in the oven for about 45-60 minutes. Then just scoop/scrap out the “meat” of the squash with a fork. Makes wonderful “spaghetti” noodles. Here it is with a marinara and sausage sauce. It has a wonderful nutty flavor and texture.

I also made the squash up and then heated the “spaghetti” noodles in a bit of olive oil and italian spices. Splashed on a bit of balsamic vinegar. That was excellent too. My new favorite veggie. Spaghetti Squash.

As an aside, my camera was in the repair center to get the focus fixed on it…hopefully… I used my backup Canon 40D on these photos and once I got my groove back with it, I will say the old girl still does me proud. A bit weak in the higher ISO department, but I still love that camera. I did have to steal it back from my husband though. He’s been using it. Oops!

Jump over to Tiffany Dahle from Develop to see what she came up with for this month’s Food Photography Challenge.

Tags: challenge, columbia MO food photography, food, squash
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