Day: February 1, 2008

Photography

Tomato

Shelly

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Tomatoes were US$2.49/pound at the grocery store, which is out of control. But, since there were a few that still had green on them, I bought them anyway, so that I could have fried green tomatoes. For breakfast. Mmm. Much better than oatmeal!

This one was almost too ripe to fry, but it turned out fine. I actually like them better when they’ve started to turn a little pinkish red than I do when they’re hard and green. The semi-ripe ones get soft when you fry them, but the flavor is wonderful.

I just slice them, dredge them in a little bit of flour or flour and cornmeal mixture, and fry in olive oil until they’re brown. Then just salt and serve.

Photography

Gesso Brush

Shelly

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I’ve been doing a lot of gessoing lately. The brush I use is an old one that I bought when I was in school. I think I probably paid US$1.99 for it 15 years ago. It’s a horrible brush (and I’ve obviously not treated it nicely!), but the plastic bristles don’t shed, so it’s perfect for gessoing canvases.

I stretched and primed another canvas this morning. The second coat of gesso is almost dry. Tonight, we paint pears!

Photography

Blue Day

Shelly

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I took this yesterday (yes, I’m cheating again), before heading out to hunt down a memory card for the new camera. I think my little Kodak knew that something was up. I am a shameless Photoshopper, but I did absolutely nothing to this aside from resizing and editing out a little bit of the deck overhanging my patio. It was a breathtakingly beautiful day, and I couldn’t have asked for a better photo.

Today was not so pretty. The weather guys been threatening us with Icy Death from Above. So far, it’s not materializing, which I guess is good, though I was kind of looking forward to having a bad weather day off work. If it ever does attack us, we are well prepared. The road crews were out this morning, spreading salt on the roads. It was mostly swept to the sides and centers of the roads by this afternoon, but when I came home from work, I saw that more salt trucks were out to replenish it.

Another thing that’s making me grumpy is that my Lensbaby arrived, but it’s the wrong mount. I emailed the vendor and will have to send it back to exchange for the correct one. Hmf.