IMG_1927, originally uploaded by lclea.
Hazelnut genoise, or how I made Swiss praline buttercream bend to my will
This month in the middle of going back to school, moving and basically making almost every major life change someone can make that involves only one person, I decided to become a Daring Baker. This is an online challenge [...]
Archive for July, 2008
My First Daring Bakers Challenge
Posted in Daring Bakers, Food, Recipe, cooking on July 30, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Pretty pretty
Posted in Uncategorized on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
IMG_1873, originally uploaded by lclea.
Okay, making up for my snarky rant, here’s some nice pretty petunias, straight out of the camera. They aren’t that blue in person, it must be the light.
Quality vs Easy
Posted in Food, family on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
000_0044, originally uploaded by lclea.
I’ve thought about this dychotomy a lot lately. It seems like we live in a world where fast and easy is better for many people. We’ve lost touch with quality. Really good locally owned restaurants used to be commonplace in my hometown growing up. Slowly, most of them have gone away [...]
Day Lilly
Posted in Uncategorized on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
IMG_1843, originally uploaded by lclea.
I’ve been a bad, bad blogger. With all I have going on, sadly blogging has fallen to the last on my list. To make up, I’ll send this pretty little day lilly picture to brighten your day. I’m still waiting for thing to come together.
Wish me [...]
Clothes line
Posted in Uncategorized on July 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
IMG_1853, originally uploaded by lclea.
Does anyone hang their clothes out anymore? I love to when I can. Nothing smells better than sheets that dry out in the wind. Does that make me a throwback, old fashioned? Maybe. I’ve been known to can tomatoes and make my own bread, so I guess sort of. Heaven knows, [...]
Bridal Veil Falls
Posted in Colorado on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
scan0405, originally uploaded by lclea.
This is one of my favorite hikes in Rocky Mountain National Park. It’s a relatively easy hike, but you can get back to this great waterfall. What I love most about it is even in the middle of the summer when the rest of the park is swarming with [...]
Me and Mind
Posted in Uncategorized on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
scan0250, originally uploaded by lclea.
Here’s me and my cousin again. She’s haming it up, of course, and I’m looking sweet and demure in the back. Looking is the operate word in that sentance. I’m still working on all the logistics of the Big Move. Tomorrow I get to have a blood [...]
Flag Cake
Posted in Uncategorized on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Flag Cake, originally uploaded by lclea.
Possibly not the prettiest flag cake joining the barrage of them online this year, but it’s mine. Ina Garden’s Flag Cake has spread across the food blogs like cicadas. We had a low key 4th and a the ubiquitousness flag cake. The frosting and fruit rocked, and [...]
Happy Independence Day
Posted in Uncategorized on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Patriotic gussie copy, originally uploaded by lclea.
I’m taking the weekend, and may or may not post. Take the three day weekend most of us have and spend it with family celebrating our freedom fought for us over 200 years ago and currently being fought for us overseas.
Flowers
Posted in PhD, pictures on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Flowers, originally uploaded by lclea.
These are some great flowers. I think I took this last year in Colorado. Some last of the season blooms from August. They look pretty good, spring like even. I remember taking this picture to paint from. I went around taking a bunch of pictures of minutia trying to get this [...]
