Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting
For years my brother and I competed for the honor of “Best Carrot Cake.” Eventually I gave in and told him “You win! You make the Thanksgiving carrot cake from now to eternity.” He tried to get me to take on that task after a few years, but I declined. I must say, I…
Backbutton focus
So — I wonder if this method would have made better shots of the hummingbirds outside my window. Next season, I think I’ll give it a try… maybe test it out on some fast moving grandchildren. It is fortunate that I too shoot with a Canon 6D, so these…
Cultural Appropriation – Really?
I was reading a piece in the Washington Post concerning “Cultural Appropriation.” The whole thing struck me as absurd, so my next step is to research this term and what it means to folks. From Wikipedia (via Google): Cultural appropriation is the adoption…
Notes to self
Some great places to learn Divi and get help: (list to be updated regularly, I hope) Elegant Themes Blog – the creators of Divi offer some good ideas and tutorials Quiroz.co – tutorials and more DiviThemeExamples – examples of themes, tutorials and…
Fall in New England
We spent a long weekend in Westerly, RI visiting my husband’s family. Now that is what Fall should be like… frost in the morning, cool, clear beautiful days, and trees beginning to burst out in fiery colors. At home it was in the 80’s. In New England…
Cousin Camp 2016: first images
Once again, I’m not at Cousin Camp. But, I can enjoy the pictures. There’s a new kid in town this year: Luke is probably not sure what’s going on, but he seems to be taking it in stride.