Day: February 15, 2006

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Instant Review: Pomegranate Juice

Shelly

I mentioned that this was food co-op delivery day, right? I forgot that I’d ordered pomegranate juice. Oh my! It’s just about the yummiest thing I’ve ever tasted. It’s not sweetened, so it’s tart, like really, really good lemonade. Mmmm.

I haven’t had pomegranates in years. Every once in awhile I see them at the grocery store and am tempted, but they’re so much work to eat, that I decide against it. I remember, though, when I was five years old, eating a pomegranate while playing outside. My memory is that it was cold out. We lived in a little bungalow a few blocks from Lake Michigan. There were concrete lions flanking the front steps and concrete statues in the yard, which was entirely enclosed by hedges. It was a wonderful, private place to play make believe games. That day I wandered around outside, by myself, eating my pomegranate and making up stories in my head about the secret lives of the statues.

Pomegranates remind me of that day.

Pets, Photography

When Good Pets Go Bad

Shelly

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I have no idea who the guilty party is. The inclusion of one of my socks implicates Pandora (she has a bizarre sock fetish, and will carry them around the house in her mouth), but Harriet was the one I found at the scene of the crime. All I can say is that I can think of about a million things I’d rather do than rewind a ball of hemp twine. That’s one job that’s definitely going at the bottom of my To Do list.

So, today was food co-op delivery day, the time of which coincided beautifully with sunrise. I managed to get quite a few good shots, three of which I stitched together into a panorama. I’m kicking myself for not pulling over when I got to Spencer, though, because as I crested the hill leading down into town, the far eastern ridge line was glowing an astonishing shade of fluorescent orange. (More of this morning’s sunrise photos can be seen here.)

Sunrise Panorama

Crankypantsing, Meta

Tha Limpix

Shelly

I haven’t paid too much attention to the Olympics coverage so far, partly because I’ve been busy with other things and partly because there hasn’t been much of interest to me so far. Men’s figure skating is on right now, though, and oh wow. Japan was allowed one men’s skater and good lord was he ever amazing. He fell and screwed up his score, but even so, he was absolutely breathtaking to watch. Just beautiful.

I think I’m done fiddling with the blog template. Finally! It’s very nearly exactly what I had in mind, which is Good Enough. Coppermine is not being so accommodating, though, so I’ve got some more tweaking to do there. I need to delve into the help fora to find info on customizing headers. That dude lurking at the top right has got to go, and the grid pattern and stripes are ugly, too. So, no more unscheduled blog ugliness (ya-hoo!), but if you go to the gallery and are struck blind by the hideousness, I apologize in advance (boo-hoo!). I suppose I could take it off-line while I tweak, but with my luck, I’d forget to re-set it. Yes, I suck, that way. I suck in other ways, too, but we won’t speak of that right now.