Photo Phun
Here are some photos from recent events that I hadn’t gotten around
to downloading from Madalene’s camera yet. I hope you’ll find them
interesting. Beware that the high-rez images are quite large, over 200k,
and 1280X1024 resolution. I’m always annoyed when I see a cool photo
online, but can’t get in to see some detail. The flower picture could
also be suitable for desktops, which you are more than welcome to do,
should it strike your fancy.
The first photo is from the other day when Madalene’s Japanese Acacia
began to bloom. She bought the acacia last year at a bonsai dealer as a
‘starter’. They sell seedlings and cuttings that are healthy, but
untrained and unpotted, ripe for training as bonsai, or just growing as
nice small plants. We potted it in a blue oval ceramic pot, and it has
been doing very well since then. It didn’t flower last year, which
disappointed us, but a few weeks ago I noticed a few flower buds. Now
there are quite a few buds, and this one glorious open flower. There is
a really nice sense of satisfaction that comes from nurturing a plant to
the point where it feels comfortable enough to flower. (high
rez)
Here is another image, from a wider point of view. The plant is quite
small still, yet there are lots of buds appearing. Acacia’s often bloom
quite vigorously, in some cases covering the entire plant with flowers,
which makes for a striking display. (high rez)
The following photos are from March 14th, when we celebrated Pi
day by making
Pizza Pi’s and a Key Lime Pi. This first photo is of our Key Lime Pi,
emblazoned with the greek symbol we use to describe the fantastic and
enigmatic number. In case you are wondering, the reason the pie is
orange, and not green, is that when we pulled out the food colorings, we
decided that it would be boring to make the pie green like everyone
else, so we made it orange instead. (high rez)
This is Dennis’s Pizza Pi, which uses bell peppers to make the symbol
of the number were were celebrating. That pizza also got more cheese,
more peppers, mushrooms, onions, pineapple and mandarin oranges added to
it before baking. I call the combination the “big kahuna” and its very
tasty. They come out a bit moist, but the taste combination is
excellent. If you are into the whole “eating dead animals” thing, you
might like it with canadian bacon as well. The high rez version shows me
off to the side dutifully cutting peppers. (high
rez)
Caroline also made a pizza, but instead of following along with us,
she decided to buck the trend and make her pizza a tribute to another
number, that being The Sign of the Beast. I don’t know what it is, but
there is something really funny about food that has The Sign of the
Beast scrawled on it. Plus Caroline is so proud of herself, you can’t
help but laugh. That pizza ended up with more peppers, more cheese, and
mushrooms on it.
bit closer”>(high rez)
Wednesday 26 Mar 2003 | Sam | Personal