tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69632850505693135932024-03-19T01:47:09.668-07:00handmade hobbyista chronicle of creative endeavors (mostly) in ceramics, sewing, and cookingAnna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.comBlogger1065125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-62618881982584147172024-03-18T12:53:00.000-07:002024-03-18T14:12:41.719-07:00canoe + cook + craft: st. paddy’s day weekend <p><span style="font-family: courier;">The best thing about all the mile swims and canoe paddles are the calories burned and thus the calories I can consume. Two Saturdays ago was cloudy. I thought I was late when I saw paddlers in the canoe, but that was the 8:30 open practice coming in. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWEa4fQ0Q-gVRFDWYSWskEpw_QOXZ6651CS28EE4PZtFaf4ZKyrybWP_YfC3_Ri_7WgqlQBj7GrJxIFPVZBOz3BudCQxJa03EAWRhWX1pfs8AkX7llFVTru3veDzkwFPMcM_CQ7i17rKHZmmRoBcaoH0m9Mx7YKX-pjG_jwOKd59LMQ3bJlQ8LnDxWdE/s4032/IMG_1662.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWEa4fQ0Q-gVRFDWYSWskEpw_QOXZ6651CS28EE4PZtFaf4ZKyrybWP_YfC3_Ri_7WgqlQBj7GrJxIFPVZBOz3BudCQxJa03EAWRhWX1pfs8AkX7llFVTru3veDzkwFPMcM_CQ7i17rKHZmmRoBcaoH0m9Mx7YKX-pjG_jwOKd59LMQ3bJlQ8LnDxWdE/s320/IMG_1662.jpeg" width="240" /></a> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQRUgVCK2oJjW_BRwhr_fZ6OLbeIcOpp9SIDomx1U8UbwRzv-0qWsPil0bUfv3kS3a5ttKJaO0Ya6Zy5a6FZAVyzD2iT1fQDk7gxAInx-0GnvVnO6ShYIU7sMPLYY4SMETjcne3EifY_gIY74Rbmhy7WB6-MqI3YB5bOb0iZcTx5ghW5YPapZ3Fa4m7Y/s4032/IMG_1663.jpeg" style="font-family: courier; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQRUgVCK2oJjW_BRwhr_fZ6OLbeIcOpp9SIDomx1U8UbwRzv-0qWsPil0bUfv3kS3a5ttKJaO0Ya6Zy5a6FZAVyzD2iT1fQDk7gxAInx-0GnvVnO6ShYIU7sMPLYY4SMETjcne3EifY_gIY74Rbmhy7WB6-MqI3YB5bOb0iZcTx5ghW5YPapZ3Fa4m7Y/s320/IMG_1663.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">After practice, I consumed the rest of the ingredients for a hotpot...</span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkcDsSZpN2xvDQL0k8-DHD4uKaRT6BH10-vC8oVV1kyEdnYCTyQa7MIaVjqZ7jbak-h2R31gU58V_iHaZ86M7REPqv3t6B3HBBWcQh51h36HuqoahULjSiGstSGPd_ailqQF7hsUR5SG8ViTQA-93a0m7MoK0YFfkvt7vT4SJqMw9sx11q-5A5GvpijME/s4032/IMG_1688.jpeg" style="font-family: courier; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkcDsSZpN2xvDQL0k8-DHD4uKaRT6BH10-vC8oVV1kyEdnYCTyQa7MIaVjqZ7jbak-h2R31gU58V_iHaZ86M7REPqv3t6B3HBBWcQh51h36HuqoahULjSiGstSGPd_ailqQF7hsUR5SG8ViTQA-93a0m7MoK0YFfkvt7vT4SJqMw9sx11q-5A5GvpijME/w480-h640/IMG_1688.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">...it was a belly buster of a bowl of Chinese sausage, tofu skins, chicken and cilantro wontons, bok choi, green onion, cilantro, garlic, seasoning sauce, oyster sauce and soy sauce. Prior to my next swimming and paddling session, I fueled up with an omelet of chorizo, cheddar cheese, green onion, cilantro, sour cream and lots of chipotle hot sauce. Rather than flip it, I broiled it to melt the cheese while also toasting an English muffin I lavished with lots of butter. Glorious.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCl9IsSbhaxnDGVymJoYtBjpAG_1taAou4g2v2NRTnuZXH174nPT7SzAMf8QxEO0dK_6u2oT69yX6taG9e5PTqzklkOKuonx-nxT_q-Kx00fWV71DlxLG7VR1cZD8AjhbZJRbIJ8OENbymERxTlhxeM1OaCHxE7Lr2Ep1sWZqEz4ee2Pm9qgf6Wa0ieA/s4032/IMG_1689.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCl9IsSbhaxnDGVymJoYtBjpAG_1taAou4g2v2NRTnuZXH174nPT7SzAMf8QxEO0dK_6u2oT69yX6taG9e5PTqzklkOKuonx-nxT_q-Kx00fWV71DlxLG7VR1cZD8AjhbZJRbIJ8OENbymERxTlhxeM1OaCHxE7Lr2Ep1sWZqEz4ee2Pm9qgf6Wa0ieA/s320/IMG_1689.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOfDVjnZCyS4iW4I29cJ_gw81RNgHfsdw2-kjnW1Fb9gKckYajIKYV1DbVudl704wOWHIIStfeXcK1V2HAaR6Y66qrA2Dhe8n7THNJxQ5MbMCoEnihgBVpHRgPz0YE5vTIH4vCW69m797lT6GDsogATeiBya1bunS1ojO19RcH3qtv_HS0A0zfzKQZlU/s4032/IMG_1691.jpeg" style="font-family: courier; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOfDVjnZCyS4iW4I29cJ_gw81RNgHfsdw2-kjnW1Fb9gKckYajIKYV1DbVudl704wOWHIIStfeXcK1V2HAaR6Y66qrA2Dhe8n7THNJxQ5MbMCoEnihgBVpHRgPz0YE5vTIH4vCW69m797lT6GDsogATeiBya1bunS1ojO19RcH3qtv_HS0A0zfzKQZlU/s320/IMG_1691.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">And yesterday's practice included more stroke technique as well as some tempo work on a gorgeous sunshiny Saturday.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjat_UemE3lFge_1ZDJqbho7DbSWpxncTSitBU6Er8egkBCgBBRN0OArIHMDz4uJZZY-lj54R6nCTEwOETyhllnNDspJBMF1Enok5i-XjmVgcAK5Svz0VesmjUffAoB9VUE5bpzBITm-iirUw2mMk7ZCi8pUV3L4D4M5R-jJi16-YMxVQsdqvd0lv8B2fU/s4032/IMG_1695.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjat_UemE3lFge_1ZDJqbho7DbSWpxncTSitBU6Er8egkBCgBBRN0OArIHMDz4uJZZY-lj54R6nCTEwOETyhllnNDspJBMF1Enok5i-XjmVgcAK5Svz0VesmjUffAoB9VUE5bpzBITm-iirUw2mMk7ZCi8pUV3L4D4M5R-jJi16-YMxVQsdqvd0lv8B2fU/s320/IMG_1695.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBrGKPY6-ZoI-gDAZxIyisxVXOx03gWsbLjlHHlxMZPUYjq8ri0_GpgXzRaxJBC3GXSF1x5GcHfjGTzec20Vbh6soE6sAFAEJHqcs_s076zC0bQEjtl0M5E9uJA7BHUqBxBbUioUawxDcCH7qSTkZ81Gwy9YAaJjcMu-boE6oUtAcmTKtUj-vtH27Iag/s4032/IMG_1693.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBrGKPY6-ZoI-gDAZxIyisxVXOx03gWsbLjlHHlxMZPUYjq8ri0_GpgXzRaxJBC3GXSF1x5GcHfjGTzec20Vbh6soE6sAFAEJHqcs_s076zC0bQEjtl0M5E9uJA7BHUqBxBbUioUawxDcCH7qSTkZ81Gwy9YAaJjcMu-boE6oUtAcmTKtUj-vtH27Iag/s320/IMG_1693.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>And the club had the most ever number of canoes in the water for practice: 6, and so 6 coaches plus 30 novice paddlers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCzRYmiSowfGFhyCP8BoUWJ9MhYiHgMefqvA1sxizMksy95g8Oy40_d9w_mbfftQBQexVONIyT_JC75oWXy_vouz21cAZIZW9STUveLbMWA8SOAbNqjiOGYnfSO0Rh9FFXIdGrL8E14RIe5FeLXsZwsVNB0NIanYJ0K60d5GUvY52sEfb_i_SaNOf1eU/s4032/IMG_1692.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCzRYmiSowfGFhyCP8BoUWJ9MhYiHgMefqvA1sxizMksy95g8Oy40_d9w_mbfftQBQexVONIyT_JC75oWXy_vouz21cAZIZW9STUveLbMWA8SOAbNqjiOGYnfSO0Rh9FFXIdGrL8E14RIe5FeLXsZwsVNB0NIanYJ0K60d5GUvY52sEfb_i_SaNOf1eU/s320/IMG_1692.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DWlnOI3pDr2tDWfR7JwYsQWOElmcKdbBKVWPHCEJXPbdmxcwu2X36FQYTEnx_Evgyh2CKaCaUcLq1ybiHWXUTaz25oCSNNheCYYNnxN1zL36iyT3EErwhmxT1Zuf08kdYnXJJoHBczGyEUXzawmRlgcw2xZJko3tk0WNFP9qltJ3z6fjGkiVwS_mIzk/s4032/IMG_1696.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DWlnOI3pDr2tDWfR7JwYsQWOElmcKdbBKVWPHCEJXPbdmxcwu2X36FQYTEnx_Evgyh2CKaCaUcLq1ybiHWXUTaz25oCSNNheCYYNnxN1zL36iyT3EErwhmxT1Zuf08kdYnXJJoHBczGyEUXzawmRlgcw2xZJko3tk0WNFP9qltJ3z6fjGkiVwS_mIzk/s320/IMG_1696.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And no ceramics though I did stop by the studio to pick up the silicone flower molds and talked to Meral a bit. I decided to get a pedicure because I'm starting to wear flip flops to practice, and it was a good call for me as I got to sit in the massage chair as the nail tech was trimming my nails, pushing cuticles, sanding and buffing my calluses, and then massaging my calves and ankles and feet. It was so relaxing, and the bonus was sitting in ANOTHER massage chair as I waited for nail polish to dry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>And during these past rainy weekends, I’ve been window shopping home decor. I loved this turntable I saw at World Market. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR837RZlCbHejedsb5-pkBBS468LY01bU__BT8aCiO9MYrxiYbE4avm5LzcmujLybqWyg_apGYYAO-ZHfnmsjh3148ivOZY4p5YyoCHAHt3wROrZ2yKl9F5Ek0k2ie38E_hDxtLlOi7jwY-o4XC9yz2ocfkmnsvxVw4eF6eYxbrXZF-LIFA1lIUm_WNnw/s4032/IMG_1660.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR837RZlCbHejedsb5-pkBBS468LY01bU__BT8aCiO9MYrxiYbE4avm5LzcmujLybqWyg_apGYYAO-ZHfnmsjh3148ivOZY4p5YyoCHAHt3wROrZ2yKl9F5Ek0k2ie38E_hDxtLlOi7jwY-o4XC9yz2ocfkmnsvxVw4eF6eYxbrXZF-LIFA1lIUm_WNnw/w480-h640/IMG_1660.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Nope, I ain't collecting vinyl again. And I admired these linen-covered storage boxes and this wicker basket at Target.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4SIKtNHsyDBxHz-m4OBcEAwNgpd0q_IEZ9jY3yyU5bvs3OI-cDc7MjMsLP0xrMGpyu6hatTl64BGILEJHkoTFdFVtxjcRHxlvkoexskXxBB6rGQ1R_hldXrzHzc2vefRzi8UIuok8JfrOpy3ZjGiv4djgygxmRRLhqR-DZESIN5UyRiHjU0h5jivnxX4/s4032/IMG_1460.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4SIKtNHsyDBxHz-m4OBcEAwNgpd0q_IEZ9jY3yyU5bvs3OI-cDc7MjMsLP0xrMGpyu6hatTl64BGILEJHkoTFdFVtxjcRHxlvkoexskXxBB6rGQ1R_hldXrzHzc2vefRzi8UIuok8JfrOpy3ZjGiv4djgygxmRRLhqR-DZESIN5UyRiHjU0h5jivnxX4/w200-h150/IMG_1460.jpeg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjySt45yZ6asNq5gmt735u_nWSD4ZxsSHJKlQ1ezBFPtGILKd0j-ISmxAocUhFCjXwbiCTpBd1goHaBDAAnBCEW3-KK0_Gf4vuhhDj_xjXf-NkoOxLLd8EizlHsUDedceVgcv3YYykDSVceAoy6as-vfIk56CJ53gsUpRMVHmVcpohwx9i3ej-ufgOy0/s4032/IMG_1458.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjySt45yZ6asNq5gmt735u_nWSD4ZxsSHJKlQ1ezBFPtGILKd0j-ISmxAocUhFCjXwbiCTpBd1goHaBDAAnBCEW3-KK0_Gf4vuhhDj_xjXf-NkoOxLLd8EizlHsUDedceVgcv3YYykDSVceAoy6as-vfIk56CJ53gsUpRMVHmVcpohwx9i3ej-ufgOy0/w200-h150/IMG_1458.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div>I ended up leaving the store only with Swiffer. I'm getting better at not buying yet more stuff. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">On St. Patrick's Day, I got up at 9:00 to pop my marinated lamb roast in a 275 F degree oven. I had used a <a href="https://www.seriouseats.com/slow-roasted-lamb-garlic-anchovy-lemon-rosemary-food-lab-recipe" target="_blank">Serious Eats recipe from Kenji Lopez Alt</a>, but a similar <a href="https://www.dartagnan.com/roast-boneless-leg-of-lamb-holiday-recipe.html" target="_blank">slow-roasted boneless leg of lamb with mint gremolata</a> from D'Artagnan looks even better because of the addition of thyme and orange zest and the green sauce. However, I can recall from memory the ingredients in the marinade/rub: garlic, shallots, anchovies, rosemary, lemon zest, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, olive oil. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbteTVjz7m44WFQ7I8feVjN0AE5BNrbmg2gnDMygFEthdCDsvvcMDQFhc_NhAHCgbau77Y5eqsjfX0KIoF9fwsoYeK26YlXjz92lPOaXcODCMyF8_Heu2YH6uceIfF8nB4k-0STedCCPz9X97S-BGW0HjWV23Bc06alTIUgbDrUGryXEg1TLg5PNAFld8/s4032/IMG_1698.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbteTVjz7m44WFQ7I8feVjN0AE5BNrbmg2gnDMygFEthdCDsvvcMDQFhc_NhAHCgbau77Y5eqsjfX0KIoF9fwsoYeK26YlXjz92lPOaXcODCMyF8_Heu2YH6uceIfF8nB4k-0STedCCPz9X97S-BGW0HjWV23Bc06alTIUgbDrUGryXEg1TLg5PNAFld8/w640-h480/IMG_1698.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's the roast after 2 hours, which could have done with 20 minutes less. I scraped off that crust I had rubbed on because I didn't want it to burn. And I let it rest for 30 minutes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPELEnMKflheFlobL93wbaEzRPxNoroLO4dD1qSULXDUQvLEtcZzvqgnTwy6lHyl1mRIkhHTjMF3Q-81QZZe1qDt4by-H7j9r9SECQlWHoXDDaeDZh3T0Hpqxofw3RUy2lWpHnTptbWqw9mzlCu2leRe0KwqCXrt4pQsOVzAZRrkwK5Ho54PJU82mQSQw/s4032/IMG_1699.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPELEnMKflheFlobL93wbaEzRPxNoroLO4dD1qSULXDUQvLEtcZzvqgnTwy6lHyl1mRIkhHTjMF3Q-81QZZe1qDt4by-H7j9r9SECQlWHoXDDaeDZh3T0Hpqxofw3RUy2lWpHnTptbWqw9mzlCu2leRe0KwqCXrt4pQsOVzAZRrkwK5Ho54PJU82mQSQw/w640-h480/IMG_1699.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>After resting, I put the lamb roast back into a 500 degree oven for 10 minutes. Not too burnt as I'd feared.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOpyJOvGP0jqlpjYnc4lvZyUp_7d93z1kbH4OFYwSyJ2fEOrlphcc7iiyKQHIf_bogefZW9NVc-bCK5JJek4suQ0qh5vMR1wKmkpusiVndnb27PlFmHrO0ye6_YPLNXEb2_SvzFJ_P_cAZ2slUqctzeNtXobgbynxifbJQitqKTWUgEmlXQQu6RLuxYI/s4032/IMG_1706.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOpyJOvGP0jqlpjYnc4lvZyUp_7d93z1kbH4OFYwSyJ2fEOrlphcc7iiyKQHIf_bogefZW9NVc-bCK5JJek4suQ0qh5vMR1wKmkpusiVndnb27PlFmHrO0ye6_YPLNXEb2_SvzFJ_P_cAZ2slUqctzeNtXobgbynxifbJQitqKTWUgEmlXQQu6RLuxYI/w480-h640/IMG_1706.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I flipped over the roast. It's beautiful to my eyes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5ouw7nVJWtBB8HCRTHofvA7MQm0GD-3D2a5cv-QISsh1BH1RXxiPxg89f6lmcQqQOW18VefwGJypvbhLg5TaYoC6l11Angn9MHOuhgNg6_hVh9gnM1JWvOeRRUHXJpjw01eo05YW9lGLjx4Yr8m3qEWn5LLhcRqL_cgUC2rL0HAqNI_eCWWKSgkGg2w/s4032/IMG_1700.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5ouw7nVJWtBB8HCRTHofvA7MQm0GD-3D2a5cv-QISsh1BH1RXxiPxg89f6lmcQqQOW18VefwGJypvbhLg5TaYoC6l11Angn9MHOuhgNg6_hVh9gnM1JWvOeRRUHXJpjw01eo05YW9lGLjx4Yr8m3qEWn5LLhcRqL_cgUC2rL0HAqNI_eCWWKSgkGg2w/w640-h480/IMG_1700.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>I drained the pan drippings, but couldn't find my thermometer. Cecilia lent me her thermometer and brought me an iced Irish coffee. Delicious!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMB4aqldAVJcWfuaj53-e_xqtK0XjNk8e8SEcqQsROF1K25Y-WYa_QCj5gCnSur_iZ0HHWvWruhf3h9_PHqbWxwkmPmu-ddxqteWWL6NGLzlh3zn0o2dTFjczif684_0nPpdKf-J976475ysnb04wey51fUkfEw-mfO7pbce7mprqk-1Nd7eQHvu6f4U/s4032/IMG_1701.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMB4aqldAVJcWfuaj53-e_xqtK0XjNk8e8SEcqQsROF1K25Y-WYa_QCj5gCnSur_iZ0HHWvWruhf3h9_PHqbWxwkmPmu-ddxqteWWL6NGLzlh3zn0o2dTFjczif684_0nPpdKf-J976475ysnb04wey51fUkfEw-mfO7pbce7mprqk-1Nd7eQHvu6f4U/s320/IMG_1701.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mSBJVS7QAFw7f6is_aQ7dxWD04Uufu9-wIZVq6Bgt4bm1easfgJKkseMMOBWlvvOICs0n_0M8oPVP8mw89qiwyOozMiMDOSvnw1E2VIQjM6f05ROn44NRcqvs36Pv2VBpr2GzwgZtMUBka03FuYjQo2wFxKamklzrG5-PDvth6MepkeEjJOvjBtliOQ/s4032/IMG_1702.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mSBJVS7QAFw7f6is_aQ7dxWD04Uufu9-wIZVq6Bgt4bm1easfgJKkseMMOBWlvvOICs0n_0M8oPVP8mw89qiwyOozMiMDOSvnw1E2VIQjM6f05ROn44NRcqvs36Pv2VBpr2GzwgZtMUBka03FuYjQo2wFxKamklzrG5-PDvth6MepkeEjJOvjBtliOQ/s320/IMG_1702.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I abandoned making a pan gravy and turned instead to the side dish I wanted to accompany the roast lamp. I made a <a href="https://www.recipetineats.com/pea-puree-side-sauce/" target="_blank">pea puree from Recipe Tin Eats</a>. I minced shallots, garlic and julienned fresh mint. I also had at the ready chicken broth and frozen petite peas. The recipe called for a lot of butter! Kerrygold to the rescue with what was left, almost 8 tablespoons to sauté the shallots and garlic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikaSZECiQGMQovMwIJEItP93cEd4WhUFcfWBn55LSyMysLpHOWtu1doYSnaPzuUr3DcyUQEF3kAfGKpuX-mD_DZyXI4zdoOjO6ShZ-9NqFMzttD28vdRezpVxqVU3XgRVsGFUUxsdzegHHsWQrgi2MRpkqK_EnqglbrExct_bHdLTBJOHAn9IjmnJ3XU/s4032/IMG_1704.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikaSZECiQGMQovMwIJEItP93cEd4WhUFcfWBn55LSyMysLpHOWtu1doYSnaPzuUr3DcyUQEF3kAfGKpuX-mD_DZyXI4zdoOjO6ShZ-9NqFMzttD28vdRezpVxqVU3XgRVsGFUUxsdzegHHsWQrgi2MRpkqK_EnqglbrExct_bHdLTBJOHAn9IjmnJ3XU/s320/IMG_1704.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN13E8Ttsy72FnevL3aV5IkFnF5jnKTOeuVwic2Tdaw7Ys31pYFSgyHwgQC8SwUoIpa1XymbpSVyvpkV2_JtVf33gZWoFaBQQO165cIcY3CxnbF1dWrNd7SxgUKhoQBrNi_EvGcSlRwb3EwKZpNwHBOYP4d-yfb7RHopRXi31gygWQcDIizu4zr6QJ9-w/s4032/IMG_1705.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN13E8Ttsy72FnevL3aV5IkFnF5jnKTOeuVwic2Tdaw7Ys31pYFSgyHwgQC8SwUoIpa1XymbpSVyvpkV2_JtVf33gZWoFaBQQO165cIcY3CxnbF1dWrNd7SxgUKhoQBrNi_EvGcSlRwb3EwKZpNwHBOYP4d-yfb7RHopRXi31gygWQcDIizu4zr6QJ9-w/s320/IMG_1705.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I used probably too much broth and felt like I overcooked the peas, taking away from a more vibrant emerald color. However, the puree was delicious, and though the dish looks like baby food, the neighbors ate it up. I had lots of lamb leftover for dinner, and so I made a gravy with the pan drippings, mashed a potato and sautéed Swiss chard from the garden with minced shallots and garlic. Dinner success.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArpT59uj6zyzqOUTWlyV2VKZsGU7tzEYpGug60K-EeJdF0N5gI1O8faG-u8FDcJoXBToh8szAG5-wEer8vmIkDoUO8Ou8q6ZWJBa1SBfD8aQFcM4VctyRfagaj19pjqmHJmPh-y3726m990L2fZ7CgZLpy65cEIZaCxKA0TnI4ZuD31zi5YoOKVWMRl8/s4032/IMG_1707.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArpT59uj6zyzqOUTWlyV2VKZsGU7tzEYpGug60K-EeJdF0N5gI1O8faG-u8FDcJoXBToh8szAG5-wEer8vmIkDoUO8Ou8q6ZWJBa1SBfD8aQFcM4VctyRfagaj19pjqmHJmPh-y3726m990L2fZ7CgZLpy65cEIZaCxKA0TnI4ZuD31zi5YoOKVWMRl8/s320/IMG_1707.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0SuRZU5THAoUDHlbWCs2BlCeNMRninPLg2XcmwcZRM_yjR-K5dbaHYw5XubHkBrBNWt3vaHp9z6rayodZz42SAjj8HeHtmm0EXAMUjqfvdpleVm0XUxXTGkdGt6c1lIcQcl0I2H6ck_17quZmKfHSgIPcFhxL1z0ZJQMlDpGFQ2r0pFiRNtDMifhwhI/s4032/IMG_1708.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0SuRZU5THAoUDHlbWCs2BlCeNMRninPLg2XcmwcZRM_yjR-K5dbaHYw5XubHkBrBNWt3vaHp9z6rayodZz42SAjj8HeHtmm0EXAMUjqfvdpleVm0XUxXTGkdGt6c1lIcQcl0I2H6ck_17quZmKfHSgIPcFhxL1z0ZJQMlDpGFQ2r0pFiRNtDMifhwhI/s320/IMG_1708.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>And this week I look forward to carving a kurinuki cup. I compressed and wedged a slab and then hollowed it out into a thick cup. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtKYSe_Uq-aBE-DmsxkPTCezOWtweT6mR3svAkgoLfSPRgU8VcUlaUBAH5tEEPDS7RhqbQWRpBKeETMqn5y5gEJuw-cbovuJraF21rI9jRIlNcN7fev5P5bYzCu5Oxg8ReJGdjOtXqPdq1wB4eVKQ9CCCiTROmgvVFPQGyMnt3Xke-x2qlIYpdjGNn7k/s4032/IMG_1686.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtKYSe_Uq-aBE-DmsxkPTCezOWtweT6mR3svAkgoLfSPRgU8VcUlaUBAH5tEEPDS7RhqbQWRpBKeETMqn5y5gEJuw-cbovuJraF21rI9jRIlNcN7fev5P5bYzCu5Oxg8ReJGdjOtXqPdq1wB4eVKQ9CCCiTROmgvVFPQGyMnt3Xke-x2qlIYpdjGNn7k/s320/IMG_1686.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-KMNRIhbr8_Cw53w-sW-iyZcY0nc3iT9UUkXjaMIRYh1EIXfwzd5mocbECQCMYfbibRxpVw3848x34JXKb_6WBjS7xd5Xf32aZ4u5JRkaWk3ynBy3mcVNO2q2so1nUd6e5PCCEU-dbme47H97awrPlxbsz33LEYIHU8Okm2quMNvzUsjE868qNiYu9U/s4032/IMG_1687.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-KMNRIhbr8_Cw53w-sW-iyZcY0nc3iT9UUkXjaMIRYh1EIXfwzd5mocbECQCMYfbibRxpVw3848x34JXKb_6WBjS7xd5Xf32aZ4u5JRkaWk3ynBy3mcVNO2q2so1nUd6e5PCCEU-dbme47H97awrPlxbsz33LEYIHU8Okm2quMNvzUsjE868qNiYu9U/s320/IMG_1687.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>I also admired Zan's snake pin and hope to make the same. And I've been looking online at other examples of kurinuki. These carved out boxes are GORGEOUS. I love their assymmetry...</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4EGqHHbBjF4wsiQgQvm1MtMng-OWYOdy_IgNl2r5z8W4nK9789H5pn246SMi0RyxjIPS-pMCBf6ovHQxqk-dEEVMJzBK1M0t_NZwd4BPyoojHogAuVjGzss1wDTUqiOvNt-GhrSHwpq8OMOCTa8gSTtYTePm-ehxU409LtaBNKd9UmBLU5mesqQzEsTs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4EGqHHbBjF4wsiQgQvm1MtMng-OWYOdy_IgNl2r5z8W4nK9789H5pn246SMi0RyxjIPS-pMCBf6ovHQxqk-dEEVMJzBK1M0t_NZwd4BPyoojHogAuVjGzss1wDTUqiOvNt-GhrSHwpq8OMOCTa8gSTtYTePm-ehxU409LtaBNKd9UmBLU5mesqQzEsTs=w414-h414" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...and I particularly like the textures on this box.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivLt_ErYRz-1QjrBpuKqjo69oVRy6EUHylCbExJbTfEXnaAbiqBUM5OFJvsmH0eEsTOgJKZJVv-kXfNsLdDw2ikNTmDEPEmG0xeFp0yZImk8Z08SUpqTboSDcxR91p2tkLGMEfUJljG4wcTho7sAe13n4TObFVPbi2gOUfBBeM_-ioYznyo5QXyIipgQA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivLt_ErYRz-1QjrBpuKqjo69oVRy6EUHylCbExJbTfEXnaAbiqBUM5OFJvsmH0eEsTOgJKZJVv-kXfNsLdDw2ikNTmDEPEmG0xeFp0yZImk8Z08SUpqTboSDcxR91p2tkLGMEfUJljG4wcTho7sAe13n4TObFVPbi2gOUfBBeM_-ioYznyo5QXyIipgQA=w381-h381" width="381" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've a bunch of white quart crystals that I think would make lovely knobs for these imperfect boxes. But let me not get ahead of myself. I want to make a cup first.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieVaAcdLEtP3nVjkcia7qPTsxrqhv0WDjrVe6NX8CzcyBQ0qJJ9NhTvWxn7EOAapNLpSA8cotL-SxJoMNdv4u4vedBUeq7jTPW_xU3lPe2VhwWbqC-XU7PKVwylY4abn1LG7LdUZcpSa5WIagz3mLCGSMtjXbO-GNkTzU7KK0udVheunR91_zMOrlRxlg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieVaAcdLEtP3nVjkcia7qPTsxrqhv0WDjrVe6NX8CzcyBQ0qJJ9NhTvWxn7EOAapNLpSA8cotL-SxJoMNdv4u4vedBUeq7jTPW_xU3lPe2VhwWbqC-XU7PKVwylY4abn1LG7LdUZcpSa5WIagz3mLCGSMtjXbO-GNkTzU7KK0udVheunR91_zMOrlRxlg" width="224" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjnb_VCrYu6rL8_7VOl9MinzI46DWcSrxNJ5xaUkoTdD8LNj03Je2pENM6c4jJuRkr4_o1aZR4gbbz2AZHn7CMjhFTnN4OM2CLGeD27wgYjdQTOLaWe5iwrUTcP5P3br2q_bBwuIdQfzeH9cADyVTI_tWWvaN8HQazopfCxGpu3FG25wiHsI2DvyTHGzM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="318" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjnb_VCrYu6rL8_7VOl9MinzI46DWcSrxNJ5xaUkoTdD8LNj03Je2pENM6c4jJuRkr4_o1aZR4gbbz2AZHn7CMjhFTnN4OM2CLGeD27wgYjdQTOLaWe5iwrUTcP5P3br2q_bBwuIdQfzeH9cADyVTI_tWWvaN8HQazopfCxGpu3FG25wiHsI2DvyTHGzM" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">And I just bought a few glazes which are not especially interesting on a flat surface, but just may stand out on a bunch of different planes. And then I will make boxes which will not necessarily look like a cool chunk of rock though those are pretty too. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLVUV4_pvI-RlxKJwkIuzefx3_nr5rVi0rAQY2nTV3he77mEZTubugVyCzNPC57E_AmD7Pc7_uIsRTG9bdAl294__VRZsOQkP5PNzV2r_Du_hC0vSUhUD0IW-J8YPKKMKgHJbodZgatyLvpuzwoOa3hFhKFmXj6uU29lyIeMdg0la3scgx-RV3PeRegF0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLVUV4_pvI-RlxKJwkIuzefx3_nr5rVi0rAQY2nTV3he77mEZTubugVyCzNPC57E_AmD7Pc7_uIsRTG9bdAl294__VRZsOQkP5PNzV2r_Du_hC0vSUhUD0IW-J8YPKKMKgHJbodZgatyLvpuzwoOa3hFhKFmXj6uU29lyIeMdg0la3scgx-RV3PeRegF0=w320-h320" width="320" /><img alt="" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="241" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsW-BehECrRAnZ9uv29j4Frg-NhWmUFsEmm5NasiTETC9t00gv_bWhuBefaMtMkWh10MlZKvQ5wkRPLCmUj4gdhDR8705NwC_zMh9DRByLLwH047XviBexTrOhBVlEEBxEwmwzAV2NLEwLa4TTrkmx6W4cN3u-wBkJFqz33KfC4041wiGOQIw3OjSNKkA" width="277" /></span><br /></a><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">Okay last but not least.</div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi1uchhUHanMjYq_M2Ux-W6N8qLiDZMLki6TfNRWXirSZLd9DxKl8BeyXByAHdRqevi4baFMEAE3PoUZhBUyCW6XlFdtwF-Lr7JTThB-RkVIPw0YiM6pdmy5JuqILpVdV0JGKK0X4Wtl1NV9VQyZW2A9HW5XPrtRQnr0ZSNefLIJgBp5ClkMH-24evb2s" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="2056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi1uchhUHanMjYq_M2Ux-W6N8qLiDZMLki6TfNRWXirSZLd9DxKl8BeyXByAHdRqevi4baFMEAE3PoUZhBUyCW6XlFdtwF-Lr7JTThB-RkVIPw0YiM6pdmy5JuqILpVdV0JGKK0X4Wtl1NV9VQyZW2A9HW5XPrtRQnr0ZSNefLIJgBp5ClkMH-24evb2s=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Fucking beautiful right? The epitome of wabi sabi.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-41508297146148930252024-03-16T22:38:00.000-07:002024-03-17T09:37:14.439-07:00clay, cook, cloth: candelabra, cabbage, carryall<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 22px; text-align: start;">‘Dear March – Come in – / How glad I am – / I hoped for you before – / Put down your Hat – / You must have walked – / How out of Breath you are – / Dear March, how are you, and the Rest – / Did you leave Nature well – / Oh March, Come right upstairs with me – / I have so much to tell…’</span></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div>Last Saturday was a whirlwind. Our last day of clay for the winter term. I continued work on my taper candleholder, which my clay mates said was looking very "Anthro," but haven't been taking any pictures of my progress and instead photographed Jessica's cute little shot cups. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICrOURzJbef3UqzP6MW9bM1D90-8MoqtfBrLSgMd-48nOx965nuwpIIy4M9OAOBIKJVkcZ4QTdWqnws0APBc1KeRFIuEadpgZPEUOFdakD2dKfzNWCtYwNEWOwovHQ0e88aUFmXhLsjmXGr7xzl1jATirIrQqy7ONXY-NI6uawoyaZGIOsdIiPB5O0ak/s3346/IMG_1664.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2269" data-original-width="3346" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICrOURzJbef3UqzP6MW9bM1D90-8MoqtfBrLSgMd-48nOx965nuwpIIy4M9OAOBIKJVkcZ4QTdWqnws0APBc1KeRFIuEadpgZPEUOFdakD2dKfzNWCtYwNEWOwovHQ0e88aUFmXhLsjmXGr7xzl1jATirIrQqy7ONXY-NI6uawoyaZGIOsdIiPB5O0ak/w640-h434/IMG_1664.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And the weather was so very dreary that I soaked beans from El Gordo and chopped fresh Savoy cabbage...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMH26-2UHUPJ8sqe9EU8sEceZ-fmj9ylxixKXrDj86_zohjAcdM9__l5dsYgAyEl8vsRbWfFsC6TkWfP7ICNnpI_d9CioQeVSSOyhzCXBnk76WOoNa6WKAw7vLKUsAXzYHXzum27ZGLj75DydPrT4W2y0ADPcCDBU99CIgVpb_Znug6SjZ_sVZt1ZlG3Q/s4032/IMG_1681.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMH26-2UHUPJ8sqe9EU8sEceZ-fmj9ylxixKXrDj86_zohjAcdM9__l5dsYgAyEl8vsRbWfFsC6TkWfP7ICNnpI_d9CioQeVSSOyhzCXBnk76WOoNa6WKAw7vLKUsAXzYHXzum27ZGLj75DydPrT4W2y0ADPcCDBU99CIgVpb_Znug6SjZ_sVZt1ZlG3Q/w480-h640/IMG_1681.jpeg" width="480" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGCekL1bQXOd8iSjk8Tlwh_Dpb7coeFz8PjSjngaqezFQatDrSkoLgOSUbD8C8XzFdfd1qc761FKq8eBehAg8DP7o34Sgo_RLFp5vMnFC5w06sKe24Be3uvtKaLuuSa6H8RPTK71m-5q4OveUh6oXLefIhfpWhJfUxeGmmQrGNBFQet23Zusx12XzGF4/s4032/IMG_1682.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGCekL1bQXOd8iSjk8Tlwh_Dpb7coeFz8PjSjngaqezFQatDrSkoLgOSUbD8C8XzFdfd1qc761FKq8eBehAg8DP7o34Sgo_RLFp5vMnFC5w06sKe24Be3uvtKaLuuSa6H8RPTK71m-5q4OveUh6oXLefIhfpWhJfUxeGmmQrGNBFQet23Zusx12XzGF4/w640-h480/IMG_1682.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...baked chive and cheddar biscuits and cooked bean soup for dinner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsk0Lymxro1Fl0X0zQKjRmM_7gmmoOb9izX-U0mRkdkQP8v1txS5vp_diPKPhagP4YokomHy41Y-MwtF4a7SpZoZeHWXRQkR0DkmH2VVk1BiH1RntWAOMJbK4gsUQAxbOgSbSXF-wJFvKRhSkhY6A-FffCVPAD_kZgg8jB3K4MhWVBXxr_7rlFjq7WbMM/s4032/IMG_1683.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsk0Lymxro1Fl0X0zQKjRmM_7gmmoOb9izX-U0mRkdkQP8v1txS5vp_diPKPhagP4YokomHy41Y-MwtF4a7SpZoZeHWXRQkR0DkmH2VVk1BiH1RntWAOMJbK4gsUQAxbOgSbSXF-wJFvKRhSkhY6A-FffCVPAD_kZgg8jB3K4MhWVBXxr_7rlFjq7WbMM/w640-h480/IMG_1683.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And I finished two zippered pouches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqodBFRQt_2S1jgXFtP-lwAI9am-AXkmxxKuu-GKpCFm0-FsF2TxlUWWKxSpzZganMlwixlLnQMv8l0wDtkUgTPHAm8PzjIn86wAHvGqEz4RnK3T-kvNGud5R_0_sGiZkU1CwVvsVYncPRP8ha5WTb7VQpXQ-oGZ6OgBraYfMbCX76GxPBy9wHPCl7Y0/s4032/IMG_1685.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqodBFRQt_2S1jgXFtP-lwAI9am-AXkmxxKuu-GKpCFm0-FsF2TxlUWWKxSpzZganMlwixlLnQMv8l0wDtkUgTPHAm8PzjIn86wAHvGqEz4RnK3T-kvNGud5R_0_sGiZkU1CwVvsVYncPRP8ha5WTb7VQpXQ-oGZ6OgBraYfMbCX76GxPBy9wHPCl7Y0/w640-h480/IMG_1685.jpeg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_yoD6SfJEXNKPz4WM9FvqQTWgGq0ATrfcU5zpyUrL1o7_IjfM1Ma0jGw0IStmyHpS_UBlURBApz5MdNkJzuhP2Sy2Xq8GafMxEsdZTfZNa2xMDy3IKT8XtbynecbM5mkjipZVLixw-iPwMx7FtSG1oVCRVHzGiEf-QNy4Ky8s2eeKtlyDfLO5plj6Vw/s4032/IMG_1684.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_yoD6SfJEXNKPz4WM9FvqQTWgGq0ATrfcU5zpyUrL1o7_IjfM1Ma0jGw0IStmyHpS_UBlURBApz5MdNkJzuhP2Sy2Xq8GafMxEsdZTfZNa2xMDy3IKT8XtbynecbM5mkjipZVLixw-iPwMx7FtSG1oVCRVHzGiEf-QNy4Ky8s2eeKtlyDfLO5plj6Vw/w640-h480/IMG_1684.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And it's already the Saturday off from clay. More about canoeing to come.</div></span>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-18069552209870032322024-03-07T12:37:00.000-08:002024-03-07T12:37:22.310-08:00cook: winter vegetables and a calamari steak supper <span style="font-family: courier;">Patrick’s garden has produced some beautiful produce as well as tulips and daffodils for my vases. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1g_e7WBscMkMnllQvbyO46O6k7PSztJLvoUYzOYsZj0pAWg0X-vQ6YDFkCXijlnMICZpamQ65nisAqEA4VnOO8pF2RqqPfBxtC-WuXFjbvVIUiXCnnxSfPT7IQxf-yk6GDseg0E-BT1mhYsKxg3lPkQE3E0GYx2-PPqpkH5QGunqHCkZzXglacNSLy4/s1328/IMG_1653.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1g_e7WBscMkMnllQvbyO46O6k7PSztJLvoUYzOYsZj0pAWg0X-vQ6YDFkCXijlnMICZpamQ65nisAqEA4VnOO8pF2RqqPfBxtC-WuXFjbvVIUiXCnnxSfPT7IQxf-yk6GDseg0E-BT1mhYsKxg3lPkQE3E0GYx2-PPqpkH5QGunqHCkZzXglacNSLy4/w564-h640/IMG_1653.jpeg" width="564" /></a></div>One night, I roasted the broccoli and cauliflower. I just drizzled olive oil and sprinkled sea salt on top and then into a 425 degree oven for 20 minutes until it browned and caramelized a teeny bit. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYIm5mTovyYbYcPEC8R-_oPAeZkVx-tKlCzzvIajR8mhoEc3JRl7DJzM7f4UfnvtWSvma2dKE0l9UV6ZbteL9qtD5G2prGXmRc9mRQLO6xWZq9cUDmM80ZkB-Naz2MmjxJ9pbHbn_9GPygmJd__b6cXd6sNqfYSJpeDrCnermMTw-eFsswB0eE07XDlY/s4032/IMG_1645.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYIm5mTovyYbYcPEC8R-_oPAeZkVx-tKlCzzvIajR8mhoEc3JRl7DJzM7f4UfnvtWSvma2dKE0l9UV6ZbteL9qtD5G2prGXmRc9mRQLO6xWZq9cUDmM80ZkB-Naz2MmjxJ9pbHbn_9GPygmJd__b6cXd6sNqfYSJpeDrCnermMTw-eFsswB0eE07XDlY/w480-h640/IMG_1645.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>The roasted vegetables accompanied a calamari steak dinner. I had defrosted calamari steaks and decided to simply bread them and make a beurre blanc sauce to drizzle on top of them, for which I found a recipe on the Costco site but can't find since though this person's recipe on primal wellness is exactly the same. I did not have panko breadcrumbs, and so I toasted and then pulsed in my Vitamix a couple slices of sourdough bread. I simmered the 1/4 cup Chardonnay (the rest of the 2 glasses which I sipped and drank with dinner), 1 and 1/2 tablespoons of lemon juice, finely chopped shallot and garlic as directed in the recipe... <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2Nk6Cq7qsztZszpWHtx6Xab2b9YO7jOg49MTeTq7WfyE5NSj3xgKmR2Wpaa9CmP7gRXtcTtbep0gVTIiNV0fo98U3IWoUGlrzldkQBOs0bXJ8ozl7h8mJYH1DKauzcxcdD7WVrK9JPW3V8ZkRGwhbIA_wKpv3ydv_8i4NFcpdyABeHE_mIobndHhnNk/s4032/IMG_1646.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2Nk6Cq7qsztZszpWHtx6Xab2b9YO7jOg49MTeTq7WfyE5NSj3xgKmR2Wpaa9CmP7gRXtcTtbep0gVTIiNV0fo98U3IWoUGlrzldkQBOs0bXJ8ozl7h8mJYH1DKauzcxcdD7WVrK9JPW3V8ZkRGwhbIA_wKpv3ydv_8i4NFcpdyABeHE_mIobndHhnNk/s320/IMG_1646.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizby6jFpIVlIMvY2HYJWSiuSW_pblAKIg-Fqp4R7q9WpopbeuLxse9ugLBk9SI9nvc-hkQDQOe1ASz_U0F7kizpDMDdF6CDS-ARHe2CkXRdvdMrcusyW1iueQDdz4lYGtCc42zigY_hymWazzUAqWEeStk-ZemfFJMboAaYP8xe6ExnDWsrVS4fvD9WNo/s4032/IMG_1647.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizby6jFpIVlIMvY2HYJWSiuSW_pblAKIg-Fqp4R7q9WpopbeuLxse9ugLBk9SI9nvc-hkQDQOe1ASz_U0F7kizpDMDdF6CDS-ARHe2CkXRdvdMrcusyW1iueQDdz4lYGtCc42zigY_hymWazzUAqWEeStk-ZemfFJMboAaYP8xe6ExnDWsrVS4fvD9WNo/s320/IMG_1647.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">however, I did not have an immersion blender to emulsify and puree the sauce and instead drained the simmered aromatics and added the cold butter to the thin sauce. In the meantime, I boiled linguine and fettucine pasta and heated my stainless steel and cast iron pans for sautéing the alfredo and pan frying the calamari steaks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMulvt0RmnFY2BoiQdKki0IYbtCHcQAlolkzALeiRZpUgHU9D6C7rcFLIMJeGh82-_nYpQQM7cOdAFSBDW-8XDThMvVsVHgTLa5Uh4bcEdAvvKUldpV6CD1TnaZ742c-8MRUDGcRcpgUKMryeQgc6DnRPJUN9ouqVu-Jm7zOxu7LzM1c_cF3bIpjAwv9Q/s4032/IMG_1648.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMulvt0RmnFY2BoiQdKki0IYbtCHcQAlolkzALeiRZpUgHU9D6C7rcFLIMJeGh82-_nYpQQM7cOdAFSBDW-8XDThMvVsVHgTLa5Uh4bcEdAvvKUldpV6CD1TnaZ742c-8MRUDGcRcpgUKMryeQgc6DnRPJUN9ouqVu-Jm7zOxu7LzM1c_cF3bIpjAwv9Q/s320/IMG_1648.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMa1oB-YufnYrU_zGvaiRBlutxOp3FTTIBM0oYbMbWkt5TeL7_h7NRSgvXbyC6Fn1Q2hSzJGu58mm-p0DqTKAnxofJewOLcNSTTWLkTg49bm-6OQ_x42Luj-Lsp8fcNajwe-5dHKS_SCk93PGbOOgz5KCWo89RrEXnjO0izyXJdauAHhQ_3FUut7xJNxU/s4032/IMG_1649.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMa1oB-YufnYrU_zGvaiRBlutxOp3FTTIBM0oYbMbWkt5TeL7_h7NRSgvXbyC6Fn1Q2hSzJGu58mm-p0DqTKAnxofJewOLcNSTTWLkTg49bm-6OQ_x42Luj-Lsp8fcNajwe-5dHKS_SCk93PGbOOgz5KCWo89RrEXnjO0izyXJdauAHhQ_3FUut7xJNxU/s320/IMG_1649.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It'd been a long while since I made a cream sauce, but I had ground a lot of garlic cloves and soaked the allium in Golden Mountain seasoning sauce and which I sautéed in butter before adding heavy whipping cream and grated Parmesan. I do not yet have the technique for making a smooth, creamy Alfredo sauce without it turning into a clump of cheese. I think this time I had not used enough cream for it to emulsify. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipisD3dmNl4SbKDVvKVbrVnTmiZw9PruX30ocnj_r-BiNi7VLUKNkgyh3YTH8cmouNeDDXLUDCyhMAISbYtNCQsmBoMfvTO0Aa5-s1UdKydmNry8KRctKlDLk5Dixshkm3kZ7jnDMT3zYJ7386rNRBz8WCcPpyZRAfeU3ogum7c56YbBDiVuwUt7Ul5OA/s4032/IMG_1650.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipisD3dmNl4SbKDVvKVbrVnTmiZw9PruX30ocnj_r-BiNi7VLUKNkgyh3YTH8cmouNeDDXLUDCyhMAISbYtNCQsmBoMfvTO0Aa5-s1UdKydmNry8KRctKlDLk5Dixshkm3kZ7jnDMT3zYJ7386rNRBz8WCcPpyZRAfeU3ogum7c56YbBDiVuwUt7Ul5OA/w240-h320/IMG_1650.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCJ4Nx-_UzEClE5l8nPCeWgrd31kKvI7tsfy2z2X7HLRjE5EX60lvg2JZG0GLb6o2kKISpauhYAkP10SdBh7rYnMCRHi40gIIXQsikMU21ZPQrsmEeJPfq1pQQMMxHyP88N0tpM275qGcDHx-wB9_ymAM6qFLH_NCQ2GObeNwhpR2ONCwkZ10VadkszY/s4032/IMG_1651.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCJ4Nx-_UzEClE5l8nPCeWgrd31kKvI7tsfy2z2X7HLRjE5EX60lvg2JZG0GLb6o2kKISpauhYAkP10SdBh7rYnMCRHi40gIIXQsikMU21ZPQrsmEeJPfq1pQQMMxHyP88N0tpM275qGcDHx-wB9_ymAM6qFLH_NCQ2GObeNwhpR2ONCwkZ10VadkszY/s320/IMG_1651.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On another night when Patrick grilled steak (the weather finally paused in its rain, so he could light some charcoal and also because our dog needed human vittles to eat with her kibble), I also chopped the Savoy cabbage and some red cabbage that I had in the fridge and decided to sauté in salted butter. I love the bright green and purple of these cabbages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglCV0u5TodziTENTmFrh7i_XR1uJt5KpRXcxNhyphenhyphenCHBf1F9N0t4kuXMocPdxWw_uXTJnXfE1YArck6vGwokWlPI99UH6CMhT38Ne66SeAKbNH8Mpy43C5LUXH8nubs3Un7EASrqhl1524z8Q-bT4P_y-faMxiiwAz_anvg-eaKGMC7AvdJ3WG5hP5SUto/s4032/IMG_1652.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglCV0u5TodziTENTmFrh7i_XR1uJt5KpRXcxNhyphenhyphenCHBf1F9N0t4kuXMocPdxWw_uXTJnXfE1YArck6vGwokWlPI99UH6CMhT38Ne66SeAKbNH8Mpy43C5LUXH8nubs3Un7EASrqhl1524z8Q-bT4P_y-faMxiiwAz_anvg-eaKGMC7AvdJ3WG5hP5SUto/w480-h640/IMG_1652.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Hubs said I needed to cook the cabbage longer as it was a bit al dente for him, whereas I disagreed but said next time I will separate the stem from the leaves and cook it earlier in order for it to soften. To each his or her own opinion.<br /></span>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-9585249837674367232024-03-06T08:51:00.000-08:002024-03-06T20:03:33.871-08:00clay: low fire crystal glaze<span style="font-family: courier;">Some years ago I bought this low fire crystal glaze, I was disappointed when I first tried it. I didn't get this beautiful "patriarch" purple, which is what Wikipedia terms this reddish purple. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7hJuiN-6Gd8omCF8hcDySmSXDrfX9mSmJ9mAGXXhl2Q3CFDrlB3JpijMZ0L4CMnIUO8RK_4IEWYCD2V_H0QlTIv5RUO2q4Xs3Y_mG_3PgSp4TKFayGM9uMygklR8P2jDGt-ug0a4Ps1fKgSO6Sv2svuhkBrtE-1qsNXSDD5aYkjcadb2jadDnh1pwBI/s4032/IMG_1644.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7hJuiN-6Gd8omCF8hcDySmSXDrfX9mSmJ9mAGXXhl2Q3CFDrlB3JpijMZ0L4CMnIUO8RK_4IEWYCD2V_H0QlTIv5RUO2q4Xs3Y_mG_3PgSp4TKFayGM9uMygklR8P2jDGt-ug0a4Ps1fKgSO6Sv2svuhkBrtE-1qsNXSDD5aYkjcadb2jadDnh1pwBI/w640-h480/IMG_1644.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The result was instead blue with splotches of orange and a little yellow and white without any crystalline effect. And so when I cast some clay into plaster mold to make a carp, I thought I'd try the glaze again. But I got the same result.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YhVMokHh0Q-ggMGqKmFEZmp3Y3VUKSKltRTB-gvIKfpZ-wIvsFXCclPPX0xz6LdqOrXHJLBYz5Lbrbs9yggzXaTXkSJiu87vDUSee1R9Qp2d11wqb5AmPDXUyWG8nq01IgpEs6uO0lEsc8k9HqfkUYbs72lEzAMXLiNC-W4-mCahQxOax9J6TMJnR7M/s4032/IMG_1642.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YhVMokHh0Q-ggMGqKmFEZmp3Y3VUKSKltRTB-gvIKfpZ-wIvsFXCclPPX0xz6LdqOrXHJLBYz5Lbrbs9yggzXaTXkSJiu87vDUSee1R9Qp2d11wqb5AmPDXUyWG8nq01IgpEs6uO0lEsc8k9HqfkUYbs72lEzAMXLiNC-W4-mCahQxOax9J6TMJnR7M/w480-h640/IMG_1642.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>I like it though. It's pretty even though the effect was a Cone 6 instead of the Cone 06 I expected. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHOLMKTRMeWlVoyyA9aRpRP0Um9WgwrppQaUNFAOOctXWvmtXVUN7vcBjvoqnwNK_qVUy_pCdxxOE5K2Eni-irTzIa330cZln2Vj1DZKCXK_4JlJhumPFg-rrVhi5g1V8xNyPD5bLRFrqtFhVI9-EYMcE5LAoJCWhteSQBXEthjDy-kmkCApqpQQ1lF_o/s4032/IMG_1641.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHOLMKTRMeWlVoyyA9aRpRP0Um9WgwrppQaUNFAOOctXWvmtXVUN7vcBjvoqnwNK_qVUy_pCdxxOE5K2Eni-irTzIa330cZln2Vj1DZKCXK_4JlJhumPFg-rrVhi5g1V8xNyPD5bLRFrqtFhVI9-EYMcE5LAoJCWhteSQBXEthjDy-kmkCApqpQQ1lF_o/w480-h640/IMG_1641.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>I swear though that I put it through a low fire kiln. And so let me try again because maybe it did get put accidentally on the midfire shelf.</span>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-41739626982040792542024-03-03T20:25:00.000-08:002024-03-03T20:29:12.649-08:00clay + cook: pin gifting + refrigerator clean-out<p><span style="font-family: courier;">I spent a short weekday afternoon adhering epoxy to the back of these pins that I'm giving to friends, and I'm so pleased at how they turned out.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5QXh-avfwkwO3DgpKmd8BA9TlSrRjWkxsEU9CmVExH2suniAt87CpcEfSs5eIOziHGkM3OYm-WVSVsleg9WRrbk2f5ygkWMod9-T3i1-Ht8rV_52L4vu5rVBIZUKESxKnk5r-TVI-rox2-xS16bfwBEGQZU1KyWCPOT4Mrtp-ciIOp-1mBC9vIIiQ1w/s4032/IMG_1619.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5QXh-avfwkwO3DgpKmd8BA9TlSrRjWkxsEU9CmVExH2suniAt87CpcEfSs5eIOziHGkM3OYm-WVSVsleg9WRrbk2f5ygkWMod9-T3i1-Ht8rV_52L4vu5rVBIZUKESxKnk5r-TVI-rox2-xS16bfwBEGQZU1KyWCPOT4Mrtp-ciIOp-1mBC9vIIiQ1w/w480-h640/IMG_1619.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;">This Sunday is the birthdays of two of the sweetest people I know: Michaela and Nicole. And of course, they're animal people. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADkMdxzT3wDKmhngirIJYx330hzRtHLescQrgtqnqYWhXoCeJMt33XBsofDH93HD-7fl7idIfIHUfrBLg8kMP15s_TdH42X0NXiSUve54twdp0IePCt3Enzl8ajqIms-yZkMp7gXnhIKJx3lztePlTQxh9AuQMnJDDbDz6aeqW0TCscDgLChqzx1fPIg/s1600/image000001.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADkMdxzT3wDKmhngirIJYx330hzRtHLescQrgtqnqYWhXoCeJMt33XBsofDH93HD-7fl7idIfIHUfrBLg8kMP15s_TdH42X0NXiSUve54twdp0IePCt3Enzl8ajqIms-yZkMp7gXnhIKJx3lztePlTQxh9AuQMnJDDbDz6aeqW0TCscDgLChqzx1fPIg/w480-h640/image000001.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>See? The warmest women I know. They posted this pic after I had left their birthday cards and presents at the computer behind the circulation desk at our library. </span><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">No outrigger canoe paddling because of 17 mph winds, and I hadn't scheduled myself to swim. And so I spent Saturday morning making tuna salad to eat the hot dog buns in the pantry and then departed for the clay studio where I spent the afternoon making a candelabra and came straight home to avoid the rain. In order to not go out grocery shopping and face rain, I cooked fried rice, integrating leftovers for dinner. I wasn't even willing to get wet in the rain for a bottle of my favorite Chardonnay. Instead I squeezed a bunch of oranges and made, not a Negroni and not an Orange Campari, but a combination of the two drinks with lots of fresh squeezed orange juice (probably 6 parts), one part Campari, one part sweet vermouth, one part gin. Next time I'll remember to add sparkling blood orange-flavored soda. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcynawYUEXN6CV8lgWKGoh-60fTqbTxsAJ11AzaiWi-sMHbDGmiYC9HRWdUDwyilKJ4SqJZBuGOOHysj_zM0OJvnVCZ5-9xGDEbEzS0I-OSb-3PHFTZgFkv3nLsSLCLObY8z6dkGwohQjaqOb6lquc_NORxiNTTazvv3NGKROjCIFiYzdPpLQkFE8W7U/s4032/IMG_1626.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcynawYUEXN6CV8lgWKGoh-60fTqbTxsAJ11AzaiWi-sMHbDGmiYC9HRWdUDwyilKJ4SqJZBuGOOHysj_zM0OJvnVCZ5-9xGDEbEzS0I-OSb-3PHFTZgFkv3nLsSLCLObY8z6dkGwohQjaqOb6lquc_NORxiNTTazvv3NGKROjCIFiYzdPpLQkFE8W7U/s320/IMG_1626.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbOXBH68tgiS3H7avOJJejEcbUuQQ6Mn1ZLM5Fmid3RbkTKQiqWsrwg4Kejy13ssGz8SEAa7deTcSVqh9oUpF3TONjE0Mu0vRT96yy5BBGkvpquURh1Kwu-j-4EZtBXy2MV_hfAPSxkbVSuRh1ZsSgB8JvGxCQmgPF_ueM83T0oYCyomjyjbNJkSufnY/s4032/IMG_1624.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbOXBH68tgiS3H7avOJJejEcbUuQQ6Mn1ZLM5Fmid3RbkTKQiqWsrwg4Kejy13ssGz8SEAa7deTcSVqh9oUpF3TONjE0Mu0vRT96yy5BBGkvpquURh1Kwu-j-4EZtBXy2MV_hfAPSxkbVSuRh1ZsSgB8JvGxCQmgPF_ueM83T0oYCyomjyjbNJkSufnY/s320/IMG_1624.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>I combined leftover orange chicken with leftover brown rice, took out what was left of frozen green peas, chopped a yellow onion and couple cloves of garlic, chopped celery and carrots and scallions, and sliced a few Chinese sausage. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSy1r5N67id4_Dg8GK_tS1gH8q-x8wT2eI9Dcemrkl_sqwHmjwrn8jewv-oTZUU5EHYZ1frNrBFhlqbJdEoLPDqvVCUcySXD3ZERqTxuADuIgxkuXNmjyd2SImzoN2zrZEtO2bfC6SM88L4u_L59zBo63gJ-K6POmyhYEQTbeivFpc0Seh9rYN1D3ijoU/s4032/IMG_1625.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSy1r5N67id4_Dg8GK_tS1gH8q-x8wT2eI9Dcemrkl_sqwHmjwrn8jewv-oTZUU5EHYZ1frNrBFhlqbJdEoLPDqvVCUcySXD3ZERqTxuADuIgxkuXNmjyd2SImzoN2zrZEtO2bfC6SM88L4u_L59zBo63gJ-K6POmyhYEQTbeivFpc0Seh9rYN1D3ijoU/s320/IMG_1625.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVOqjnLP2Y91Ypr2T_rcqQQw1H4u44v_TKFkhLfVeUSebv_OWSoVTGxyg7Kc5cAIqN-AqBwZ_GehL0ap8_f7nA0V7TG8GkN0CqnI6M_d2hNs6VTSo2t7ZTn7e3GkS25UJkehO3Wo_HW503G5PegU-Qxr7TSLilluw0yeB0jDxEbFBx2Sg5HKStwSzhRZM/s4032/IMG_1627.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVOqjnLP2Y91Ypr2T_rcqQQw1H4u44v_TKFkhLfVeUSebv_OWSoVTGxyg7Kc5cAIqN-AqBwZ_GehL0ap8_f7nA0V7TG8GkN0CqnI6M_d2hNs6VTSo2t7ZTn7e3GkS25UJkehO3Wo_HW503G5PegU-Qxr7TSLilluw0yeB0jDxEbFBx2Sg5HKStwSzhRZM/s320/IMG_1627.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I sauteed the onions, carrot, and celery for five minutes until softened and then added the Chinese sausage for a couple minutes. And then the brown rice and sausage and the sauces of oyster sauce, soy sauce, cooking sake, and sesame oil. And oh boy, the fried rice was pretty soggy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifENQYnNrWT1JMRwW5rRS_6FZHiII6Yw5rh7sUQHRa9G2M1S09UTe2fXtrb7zJ5vAtnB3437Ss34PyeDFBSJooyB6QcFEba3pHJDW-7ynwLJyotJcKtK3Tr2U2pix0JvMA15YaeZSXLutR6mI7LL2EN_nivllCO-l5XGe8XiCWDvhYDZ1zFBKjvcMFT58/s4032/IMG_1628.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifENQYnNrWT1JMRwW5rRS_6FZHiII6Yw5rh7sUQHRa9G2M1S09UTe2fXtrb7zJ5vAtnB3437Ss34PyeDFBSJooyB6QcFEba3pHJDW-7ynwLJyotJcKtK3Tr2U2pix0JvMA15YaeZSXLutR6mI7LL2EN_nivllCO-l5XGe8XiCWDvhYDZ1zFBKjvcMFT58/s320/IMG_1628.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcpEIn-Mjkl4vn8Q657YhLzcO0Sv5g-EwcvwsdHFVSGpPIA8A3USE6hH87jXEPWqDskuRdCXSVJx2RDY8PT1FZf5ofkV88Anr4QkpAxQbzjZ2egUTriURkXuv_qwsGUK5AnT5uP6_D_taRbPMBuSrFacESEWTd5D74osS81Ig-zzesW7iVBwB6eD0k-Q/s4032/IMG_1629.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcpEIn-Mjkl4vn8Q657YhLzcO0Sv5g-EwcvwsdHFVSGpPIA8A3USE6hH87jXEPWqDskuRdCXSVJx2RDY8PT1FZf5ofkV88Anr4QkpAxQbzjZ2egUTriURkXuv_qwsGUK5AnT5uP6_D_taRbPMBuSrFacESEWTd5D74osS81Ig-zzesW7iVBwB6eD0k-Q/s320/IMG_1629.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I tried to dry out the dish and let a brown crust develop on the bottom. And I fried a couple eggs before plating and then topping the rice with the egg and then sprinkled chopped green onion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9PQmbSIpXgduw5jkX8oW-8hZznwmsABKdTEoy19KDMHrFIKGDesby49dipWIUOtb84a5B_wKQt3DpD2sy_Mvvhg1lBjKWabmX5GlpGxxD42w2A83-MiMF1xxpJi4vibE2v8qvscBfJHmOcmu3E63UevI6jJBps0TxNrnAriap1dAighjhG_Clsz68Rg/s4032/IMG_1630.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9PQmbSIpXgduw5jkX8oW-8hZznwmsABKdTEoy19KDMHrFIKGDesby49dipWIUOtb84a5B_wKQt3DpD2sy_Mvvhg1lBjKWabmX5GlpGxxD42w2A83-MiMF1xxpJi4vibE2v8qvscBfJHmOcmu3E63UevI6jJBps0TxNrnAriap1dAighjhG_Clsz68Rg/s320/IMG_1630.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1X5bYbfndengfhtnrx-UxHvfdrAukmRKq7DYsGk1fpOcZ1BUf4RIWuXHiLY175fhTEIU4hJAMMS85BvW9icoscthkVOWpGjMvto1P0lQr-FaFeIvIDexFrVoHh9YyGnsPF-PS4ojJXocX0IGSSQfvVMqs_I-olUsriRuiov5UXpXqg54ECXhI2VE-oew/s4032/IMG_1631.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1X5bYbfndengfhtnrx-UxHvfdrAukmRKq7DYsGk1fpOcZ1BUf4RIWuXHiLY175fhTEIU4hJAMMS85BvW9icoscthkVOWpGjMvto1P0lQr-FaFeIvIDexFrVoHh9YyGnsPF-PS4ojJXocX0IGSSQfvVMqs_I-olUsriRuiov5UXpXqg54ECXhI2VE-oew/s320/IMG_1631.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sunday morning was sunny and clear and my mile swim felt great. When I came home, I got rid of more leftovers by making myself a pita sandwich. I had lamb and chicken kabob in the freezer which I fried and lemon hummus and tzatziki in the fridge to spread on the pita. Add some chopped red onion, romaine lettuce and tomato. All made for an awesome Sunday brunch.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVI6KZu-caYEXXW7J92YjVEm2bK-3hxuMwdpGErA-9mQuA3o8qveeuK1_tWflB_Fr1x8-bz41vwEz1Y7W5lr9hMgzA_-S6Hyi6zzSQPQ-9JtlUCDC9pLE2tC2fpRomqokDEUeOfiX5ya_qdhd-n7iUfrxJM_eBd3yYFZMNGSC6E3jX_uxffqik5FBxHgw/s4032/IMG_1633.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVI6KZu-caYEXXW7J92YjVEm2bK-3hxuMwdpGErA-9mQuA3o8qveeuK1_tWflB_Fr1x8-bz41vwEz1Y7W5lr9hMgzA_-S6Hyi6zzSQPQ-9JtlUCDC9pLE2tC2fpRomqokDEUeOfiX5ya_qdhd-n7iUfrxJM_eBd3yYFZMNGSC6E3jX_uxffqik5FBxHgw/w480-h640/IMG_1633.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Earlier in the week, I had gathered a mini bouquet ($3.99), a bouquet of Dotties ($4.99) and bouquet filler of greenery ($3.99). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4MS8G8T5Mbul98ZDTnbr9uD8ySFhHb0xDbnFMUJW481H7vzXplsiFK9paYHFHgahF7JiV9O23CFY_lVZoIbwDKwswvfKsD6zBhRhboZOFQ-XAvgKVdrqh3bmfUQzof-opf8Q042kvFYhCEB_MjueeMCvNCAWf1irsYDMIWyifUAhTmrFKsaExD3cSBU/s4032/IMG_1620.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4MS8G8T5Mbul98ZDTnbr9uD8ySFhHb0xDbnFMUJW481H7vzXplsiFK9paYHFHgahF7JiV9O23CFY_lVZoIbwDKwswvfKsD6zBhRhboZOFQ-XAvgKVdrqh3bmfUQzof-opf8Q042kvFYhCEB_MjueeMCvNCAWf1irsYDMIWyifUAhTmrFKsaExD3cSBU/w480-h640/IMG_1620.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This morning at Safeway, I noticed these moon cacti. I've a couple of these and wonder if they'll ever bloom like these in the grocery store nursery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4nSK6IYmBEKwng0GbyTDrHYN7Z0a-rGygj1pP2ZG7KpUteLzU7LD-QuZEpaC-u-aMB5uLkmKWHSBNsR_h2-3-QZ1CLy9Ptum5c55NXQe4XX1mt_-mJembIngEHT1XTOBj6-aFaPCzapJha6UvHIZdM4CcjOLkXrioHRRUI6RVBpfK4Nmxr8YASopXVCc/s4032/IMG_1632.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4nSK6IYmBEKwng0GbyTDrHYN7Z0a-rGygj1pP2ZG7KpUteLzU7LD-QuZEpaC-u-aMB5uLkmKWHSBNsR_h2-3-QZ1CLy9Ptum5c55NXQe4XX1mt_-mJembIngEHT1XTOBj6-aFaPCzapJha6UvHIZdM4CcjOLkXrioHRRUI6RVBpfK4Nmxr8YASopXVCc/w640-h480/IMG_1632.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'll need to ask Annemarie who gave me this cacti as well as a bunch of other succulents. I spent the majority of my Sunday sewing pouches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh32zt3XpfLaQFjD78a46bdUPntyWVK1Ff3saPpd7Y62VUVzDrVtl85V5bHYX918icJwtQBl2HTPzbjjsIKEoIphfaWfl_Vt9f2wOY7LJJdmYQcwEDwu6wDoQnrBb_1YgZ6rluPFdqbdyL_K5Oj-uMOIvb2eIULNW3h0GpyKzRhcCINZPHVyyAwEnv56L8/s4032/IMG_1635.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh32zt3XpfLaQFjD78a46bdUPntyWVK1Ff3saPpd7Y62VUVzDrVtl85V5bHYX918icJwtQBl2HTPzbjjsIKEoIphfaWfl_Vt9f2wOY7LJJdmYQcwEDwu6wDoQnrBb_1YgZ6rluPFdqbdyL_K5Oj-uMOIvb2eIULNW3h0GpyKzRhcCINZPHVyyAwEnv56L8/s320/IMG_1635.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHUV2-W8iFRpcWCDjHVe17sVBpRDTUJr8Vo7p2Chn-X4UX46EPPvwwfMjO2-CT6JVtQFPBOw2PSljjZ8V0TFIu5mVLjiYJOpDIl1PT78OcAEElnALb8Z4d8CXx9EJw-yXrXH_7LXeG2D0wqEc3dPQQAZrb_aWiENrm6wHVEnIXBPnZq_fb3OSa84njss/s4032/IMG_1634.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHUV2-W8iFRpcWCDjHVe17sVBpRDTUJr8Vo7p2Chn-X4UX46EPPvwwfMjO2-CT6JVtQFPBOw2PSljjZ8V0TFIu5mVLjiYJOpDIl1PT78OcAEElnALb8Z4d8CXx9EJw-yXrXH_7LXeG2D0wqEc3dPQQAZrb_aWiENrm6wHVEnIXBPnZq_fb3OSa84njss/s320/IMG_1634.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>I finally figured that the most efficient way to sew these pouches is to cut the fabric, backing or interfacing and lining and then have them all basted together for installing a zipper. And so I have a stack of 5 pouches for which I need to buy more zippers and 3 with zippers pinned on, ready for changing my walking foot to a zipper foot on my sewing machine to complete.<br /></div></span><p></p></div>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-16469001699096013422024-02-26T15:44:00.000-08:002024-02-26T15:44:47.993-08:00clay + cook: whirlwind weeks<p><span style="font-family: courier;">Last weekend did not feel restful, but I got some social and family obligations done. I went to the de Young Museum to view a fashion exhibit and discovered some other installations I hadn't noticed before. The day started out clear from all the atmospheric river and sunny. Kind of shame to be inside a museum when the weather looked so glorious.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vrgdkcfBnYXwOfUJYBw58WE_YBwJwo7ppwA-0RcJ0-nqsqMbwfvEDFZldw1Sbqi5tfzkagEaE8uFCzlsOkBFOqc9aVUO_827ANWH26uuIMOPWEmvQOObEF0omP7LiSoaLRRZ_btRUfaFyjr5QQkTEKT4beo4tVncHSUIWxI7diGlfEnnDt9SEMm-p94/s4032/IMG_1567.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vrgdkcfBnYXwOfUJYBw58WE_YBwJwo7ppwA-0RcJ0-nqsqMbwfvEDFZldw1Sbqi5tfzkagEaE8uFCzlsOkBFOqc9aVUO_827ANWH26uuIMOPWEmvQOObEF0omP7LiSoaLRRZ_btRUfaFyjr5QQkTEKT4beo4tVncHSUIWxI7diGlfEnnDt9SEMm-p94/w480-h640/IMG_1567.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div>I was really entranced by this ceramic sculpture.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22uWbVkX6L0bX3n_i1pVmJhhvkNV93kcLCDuh5GfOS7d5YckFjMnFDjaW80Jhei0QjwYwCF32smZ1EP6NMC5pD_ZbF-nDK5qG1R-VgG9j7pQjMTtzE-xcY9UPfX5OA_5_3U2kPKw4D1EJWJrsqzxTQAb3Pb3BUUMB-8buE-vGcJ7OK4ru-OzbPg4mshE/s4032/IMG_1588.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22uWbVkX6L0bX3n_i1pVmJhhvkNV93kcLCDuh5GfOS7d5YckFjMnFDjaW80Jhei0QjwYwCF32smZ1EP6NMC5pD_ZbF-nDK5qG1R-VgG9j7pQjMTtzE-xcY9UPfX5OA_5_3U2kPKw4D1EJWJrsqzxTQAb3Pb3BUUMB-8buE-vGcJ7OK4ru-OzbPg4mshE/w480-h640/IMG_1588.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>I thought Mesa Verde magical when I visited in my early adulthood, and this piece makes me want to return. </span><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">And, of course, I was loving this discovery of a Mark Rothko painting in all the colors I'm in love with these days.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdXml4_0qd36RTYOHqN7hlLkLbY5bEyPPPB2Xa1P6Jmkn6vR20eN_ZYV0zEN42THe5uAHWUk4KBV_ZwtTPgcXxPofKhD0OkKvqfmbV4TSiERzxe8f2kkPy4Pz8swWJO_FApGq-4TTYNtSEak4yBfiSOL4HWLjjQTpIvMNi2oogFnGTOE7Dl48qbwCg1w/s4032/IMG_1573.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdXml4_0qd36RTYOHqN7hlLkLbY5bEyPPPB2Xa1P6Jmkn6vR20eN_ZYV0zEN42THe5uAHWUk4KBV_ZwtTPgcXxPofKhD0OkKvqfmbV4TSiERzxe8f2kkPy4Pz8swWJO_FApGq-4TTYNtSEak4yBfiSOL4HWLjjQTpIvMNi2oogFnGTOE7Dl48qbwCg1w/s320/IMG_1573.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVKXJzEXemZljLcfcibZ53KY1GwKNBQUBDKt-u_24wJ_acpM-1oA9ZtKrm4boS71nRGCBZyjrjkn3os1v6vgwp1tgQlItbGBHALuJJPOVKm2Q3l4neVvIdtPrvmWYQbwGZ1ao01rQr-5-QHFP_HZAAAStfl6Zid_41UxZD-TI1-HOhgE6BWFnisFFlr0/s4032/IMG_1574.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVKXJzEXemZljLcfcibZ53KY1GwKNBQUBDKt-u_24wJ_acpM-1oA9ZtKrm4boS71nRGCBZyjrjkn3os1v6vgwp1tgQlItbGBHALuJJPOVKm2Q3l4neVvIdtPrvmWYQbwGZ1ao01rQr-5-QHFP_HZAAAStfl6Zid_41UxZD-TI1-HOhgE6BWFnisFFlr0/s320/IMG_1574.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div>There was an exhibit by Ling Mingwei called <i>Rituals of Care</i>. There was a letter reading and writing station, which if I'd had a membership would return to ruminate and write, but I moved on to his invitation to other artists to render their own paintings of <i>Peaceable Kingdom. </i>There were many renditions, but I took pictures of just two. I liked the linework of the interpretation below.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_N8UN_lJAkyQQuAwfwbW2ecyTiyTNotrHTFI0fmwe6UkD-X-4WgkEyGAKrXGYcbMq2LzL_KaK0214L_71XhOPPK6UTgIaAhUwz992yVcoeRq6Q5uhgjEHPLPK0btoKM4j4UN3CZttwpI1I8BGcROTwRNGIygKFx4K4D-we07PDynWZXJGIMPM57jLpo0/s4032/IMG_1571.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_N8UN_lJAkyQQuAwfwbW2ecyTiyTNotrHTFI0fmwe6UkD-X-4WgkEyGAKrXGYcbMq2LzL_KaK0214L_71XhOPPK6UTgIaAhUwz992yVcoeRq6Q5uhgjEHPLPK0btoKM4j4UN3CZttwpI1I8BGcROTwRNGIygKFx4K4D-we07PDynWZXJGIMPM57jLpo0/w640-h480/IMG_1571.jpeg" width="640" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUhxrrK4hV-IoBxNJGma-lJQBg41Q8Jv-cg413b_RbNGtvY0AtCu-NxvKeMhbTXXLVB0hsICntGJmWhIylro9XNeaaQ4tmUYRXTvh3tIcw8XHYr0ftjOCqhNuhxwUkcViHPOAZSjxzSbExahncXxjVA_1WGFg3JnG3tIxJyLLfGfvsO3-K4a_k57jTANo/s4032/IMG_1572.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUhxrrK4hV-IoBxNJGma-lJQBg41Q8Jv-cg413b_RbNGtvY0AtCu-NxvKeMhbTXXLVB0hsICntGJmWhIylro9XNeaaQ4tmUYRXTvh3tIcw8XHYr0ftjOCqhNuhxwUkcViHPOAZSjxzSbExahncXxjVA_1WGFg3JnG3tIxJyLLfGfvsO3-K4a_k57jTANo/w480-h640/IMG_1572.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>I loved the painting of the wildlife below though I thought the cartoon figures juxtaposed next to them bizarre and jarring.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOvA7SfTUB2-cLdQVs7pGkcFWPYVz0UsgIEnD3N-B4jPS036UlmVbppJiXkVbXXGnlK5zJksvqxJdZ9y97-ZrOicD8Mt664hyphenhyphenzkPSyQSDgJnj5EGB7hndQFSrSIqPOuV3Ft3RJ5CSPXePJ19hdGB7JwnUnUZYfMLWmaQ7wxtik3lIvJE4QwtRXj1jfrw/s4032/IMG_1569.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOvA7SfTUB2-cLdQVs7pGkcFWPYVz0UsgIEnD3N-B4jPS036UlmVbppJiXkVbXXGnlK5zJksvqxJdZ9y97-ZrOicD8Mt664hyphenhyphenzkPSyQSDgJnj5EGB7hndQFSrSIqPOuV3Ft3RJ5CSPXePJ19hdGB7JwnUnUZYfMLWmaQ7wxtik3lIvJE4QwtRXj1jfrw/w640-h480/IMG_1569.jpeg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzdT6NPSTiUm2Su8llGRfmX8ZbmplN6a9VCJ4ZsB-4cyIN-lmTw1fPd2vEhvh60ykZqetE_VkLzIRMNE5NzzU1VcYUFuMBFMvX8q8gPPSbpG87dQEzOFXf094mrK17Qu4nr7kTzfBMDcdBZXkZurtirG2yggdlVf4dO6CvfkMxW1gLeQ2tu4araL7byfc/s4032/IMG_1570.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzdT6NPSTiUm2Su8llGRfmX8ZbmplN6a9VCJ4ZsB-4cyIN-lmTw1fPd2vEhvh60ykZqetE_VkLzIRMNE5NzzU1VcYUFuMBFMvX8q8gPPSbpG87dQEzOFXf094mrK17Qu4nr7kTzfBMDcdBZXkZurtirG2yggdlVf4dO6CvfkMxW1gLeQ2tu4araL7byfc/w480-h640/IMG_1570.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>I think I'd like to create a ceramic diorama of my own version of <i><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11081" target="_blank">Peaceable Kingdom</a></i>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">The ceramic form below kind of feels like what my own sculptural human forms are evolving into. Mine are still more abstract, but I'm tempted to get more naturalistic with my sculpting.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxKq3DYUUFE6NqWI_mjhLHl1shhEulKNrIYV58o5k83sp3g-IiT9j3nQd19yggEF4M4BCkbULrNZMSxHiMqieQedLkp5SVm5YXQeKVryvHILrFvLXYrfSdbac08HyCPyjH0_KViNsu-vpMl7EfgJC1bppRtz8Pr2HG8H_rvzSsUn4h-LmPggg6P2nbvI/s4032/IMG_1568.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxKq3DYUUFE6NqWI_mjhLHl1shhEulKNrIYV58o5k83sp3g-IiT9j3nQd19yggEF4M4BCkbULrNZMSxHiMqieQedLkp5SVm5YXQeKVryvHILrFvLXYrfSdbac08HyCPyjH0_KViNsu-vpMl7EfgJC1bppRtz8Pr2HG8H_rvzSsUn4h-LmPggg6P2nbvI/w480-h640/IMG_1568.jpeg" width="480" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After our museum visit, Lisa and Jill and I lunched at Pacific Catch. Returning to the parking lot, drizzly cloudy weather resumed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIdL4_9Hif2_i1QqoY43Nn4ACqrFD8boNku3sFE_gMc9Hfzkswv8WBvKwy1mZwcxBKf2EFQGJGDq5zTTFI4704kF68vZV-29k5-Rx0gpdyTwLVDJ-DY8ScBkH6zCI_Lo3KDEa90hi-ns6j6d1Y1BmtK3FY2w140slxO57pmBFMaVLL8SROJp88B5oWrPk/s4032/IMG_1589.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIdL4_9Hif2_i1QqoY43Nn4ACqrFD8boNku3sFE_gMc9Hfzkswv8WBvKwy1mZwcxBKf2EFQGJGDq5zTTFI4704kF68vZV-29k5-Rx0gpdyTwLVDJ-DY8ScBkH6zCI_Lo3KDEa90hi-ns6j6d1Y1BmtK3FY2w140slxO57pmBFMaVLL8SROJp88B5oWrPk/w640-h480/IMG_1589.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was happy to get home and cocoon after a morning at the museum. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>And for now I’m done with making ceramic pins. This is my last batch of green ware until the urge for more 2-D strikes again. And of course, I'm gonna start sketching ideas for my diorama of a <i>Peaceable Kingdom.</i> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvy4OwdhoMF8WRQn87JQxVZeeASMPCkH8_U2q97iFeQ-bsLiBVnka40ZLrtPityNZYUkIvdqf55VxAL4arGcvkqNA24FB3Mr1WQy7AA6lJ7sLJTvDrCWekCk5y31W4NMdqEZmKL6IWfJjn6nqzi4vur60bdDK0kp3uZdrcKo46d0vn40k0Ad7Zy_s1a4/s4032/IMG_1592.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvy4OwdhoMF8WRQn87JQxVZeeASMPCkH8_U2q97iFeQ-bsLiBVnka40ZLrtPityNZYUkIvdqf55VxAL4arGcvkqNA24FB3Mr1WQy7AA6lJ7sLJTvDrCWekCk5y31W4NMdqEZmKL6IWfJjn6nqzi4vur60bdDK0kp3uZdrcKo46d0vn40k0Ad7Zy_s1a4/w640-h480/IMG_1592.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I finally ordered epoxy and pin backs and can start to finish a bunch of pins for gifting and selling. However, I'm not liking a lot of the glazes on some of them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgJrRwCCXNEDPtmgaImY0NSM9Ye5xaTC1LMcmvYYLfeUpY_q60K7YNCjxA9CTECBZJiHQvVHoh5c-CRcS5GptMtQIc5nwSBFtJ0yjVRuP8Hv5DM0qJggqY1-X8lp91y_o8AartWGODM1UPoITmr_PC24IMyuqVs3J31Kki4MumsBpnrqtdO1VOzIxMW0/s4032/IMG_1598.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgJrRwCCXNEDPtmgaImY0NSM9Ye5xaTC1LMcmvYYLfeUpY_q60K7YNCjxA9CTECBZJiHQvVHoh5c-CRcS5GptMtQIc5nwSBFtJ0yjVRuP8Hv5DM0qJggqY1-X8lp91y_o8AartWGODM1UPoITmr_PC24IMyuqVs3J31Kki4MumsBpnrqtdO1VOzIxMW0/w640-h480/IMG_1598.jpeg" width="640" /></a>But I am liking the mermaid and seascape disks for earrings. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcAWEdaHaavQF7nvmrWfrJF2ZgaUcD9E7jNgohq3ShTfEpG_YNQ-WRy2Ol6xQk3oJNH85R1aTvDIbIsveEDmJn8tLfBG1A85MJalKf2NL0OcdpPjNlmRE3izx6mNGRkc3hWcxm4jIVe-EN8N4L_D7NkDSrPRA2ZsqnJw5JPXN9srhRsucfM-CNC01-a0/s4032/IMG_1599.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcAWEdaHaavQF7nvmrWfrJF2ZgaUcD9E7jNgohq3ShTfEpG_YNQ-WRy2Ol6xQk3oJNH85R1aTvDIbIsveEDmJn8tLfBG1A85MJalKf2NL0OcdpPjNlmRE3izx6mNGRkc3hWcxm4jIVe-EN8N4L_D7NkDSrPRA2ZsqnJw5JPXN9srhRsucfM-CNC01-a0/w640-h480/IMG_1599.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got a couple of ceramic mates to extrude coils and brought the silicone flower molds for clay play this past Saturday. I'd like to make a coil and slab vase like the one pictured in the Schoolhouse merchandise on the right.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLHV0KhD2gepJCwSUQc5anrHSF_jE60Wpst2OSHBj6zWcpUrjRoUDV6htZU9f4nGdeCXn_QFamG2JBACJkUTGR9siJY9H8RlaXffRwD_QoeZjZeq7HiNzNtZ_Fu5Lye9POVUqeKVVfk_ulnBx1LWbvnXaxIjl4rMCmpUWySPTbz2AIENMMlSr7Ru9iIA/s4032/IMG_1600.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLHV0KhD2gepJCwSUQc5anrHSF_jE60Wpst2OSHBj6zWcpUrjRoUDV6htZU9f4nGdeCXn_QFamG2JBACJkUTGR9siJY9H8RlaXffRwD_QoeZjZeq7HiNzNtZ_Fu5Lye9POVUqeKVVfk_ulnBx1LWbvnXaxIjl4rMCmpUWySPTbz2AIENMMlSr7Ru9iIA/s320/IMG_1600.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCB5fGtmcpCXf3smkXV8XmSsh0hcas5MOkeH92pLU2Ee5GMMzagfx2prfD_qBGQxm1A6-chHiEPDId1hNlYy6oYP2YaCkKq2N5_e4QITwhuLG_7zMPscyzu_53OS1rRPrCMxecS9ZUNTZ5Q4_Rdy8kHrZxTOJDiqGTadltucRXTdKzYzUgDfcQEpIUALM/s1545/IMG_1606.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1545" data-original-width="1029" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCB5fGtmcpCXf3smkXV8XmSsh0hcas5MOkeH92pLU2Ee5GMMzagfx2prfD_qBGQxm1A6-chHiEPDId1hNlYy6oYP2YaCkKq2N5_e4QITwhuLG_7zMPscyzu_53OS1rRPrCMxecS9ZUNTZ5Q4_Rdy8kHrZxTOJDiqGTadltucRXTdKzYzUgDfcQEpIUALM/s320/IMG_1606.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div>And I also want to make some pottery to house the driftwood below with preserved moss and succulents below.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZN1oShCZVpNVUmAYcmBh960iEZzl15LJiH-ZblpDoii7Uyh4xiFZx3lUpuFEqEPUp7BKUrTHPN47Iy7Rr8P8JISI1kTbf6onFOiwU3FzXqlx1YTgvXjrs4i28Y0zwwPf0_XX2h-A7IIff455zHuB2d4jWu99z9-3_ZcpzLHXnaVT7GMQ_VwuoKjbBGc/s4032/IMG_1601.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZN1oShCZVpNVUmAYcmBh960iEZzl15LJiH-ZblpDoii7Uyh4xiFZx3lUpuFEqEPUp7BKUrTHPN47Iy7Rr8P8JISI1kTbf6onFOiwU3FzXqlx1YTgvXjrs4i28Y0zwwPf0_XX2h-A7IIff455zHuB2d4jWu99z9-3_ZcpzLHXnaVT7GMQ_VwuoKjbBGc/w640-h480/IMG_1601.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My Saturday mornings are now devoted to outrigger canoe paddling. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtsotzqN1HHkuvwP0qctsc22cYBGvlxERDihkAXQ_4P2sSlfWV3pPqky3BkdOTn02pSVRHlVCMmgNhtl1WtozRRy03cPi6aRHUKqWXhfkKSGNnhZghQaTR6iiUIaWrfZt-6KP1FiIyZ1gGiR7-2UWb2Rvzoh0LEHcF0cSRpEDaRIoEQliALO_QcZ1dps/s4032/IMG_1604.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtsotzqN1HHkuvwP0qctsc22cYBGvlxERDihkAXQ_4P2sSlfWV3pPqky3BkdOTn02pSVRHlVCMmgNhtl1WtozRRy03cPi6aRHUKqWXhfkKSGNnhZghQaTR6iiUIaWrfZt-6KP1FiIyZ1gGiR7-2UWb2Rvzoh0LEHcF0cSRpEDaRIoEQliALO_QcZ1dps/w480-h640/IMG_1604.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was lucky to be in seat 5, where I could just concentrate on having the same strokes as the rower 2 seats ahead of me as he counted, knowing that "hut" is the stroke before changing my paddling to the other side at "ho" and "lawa" (pronounced lava) is stop while "huki" means to pull or begin paddling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-PievNUvVWaKjN_HFGl39U3uxlcrfi0uBCfYVfAveLZbfva3Nw1eafeNtKWsvhqS2F1z49AEySoQc6-4yDec9GY3B4B7FQkaV6MQGcOXHfl7x8aph5gsP4llpAOhHq0fpGKLFJGDVjN8OA3lICoL0o0UORLylyu2bvZYz_l_kyxPQ4H1lPbbnqwETqQ/s4032/IMG_1605.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-PievNUvVWaKjN_HFGl39U3uxlcrfi0uBCfYVfAveLZbfva3Nw1eafeNtKWsvhqS2F1z49AEySoQc6-4yDec9GY3B4B7FQkaV6MQGcOXHfl7x8aph5gsP4llpAOhHq0fpGKLFJGDVjN8OA3lICoL0o0UORLylyu2bvZYz_l_kyxPQ4H1lPbbnqwETqQ/w480-h640/IMG_1605.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>I managed to paddle the whole hour and a half unlike the rower in front of me, who had to rest instead of paddle, but maybe she was confused because the stroker or #1, who was paddling on the same side as the person directly behind her. That night I treated myself to dessert, a dragon fruit to eat with my usual banana.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSB_Dxcb1Pef0NOe-sfKs7a-kbPxHEqn1lpEJswQDuojW_yB3hal_2l11V_ZQqLTDH56xcjAHaZ4zU3i1Kdn8E3C666Xm9Zd4wyZ8X46e_UFw86kxuMhr_re65GGa7x8dAzAE1o_GPBKftkp7X8NcO4jNpqnyzr7PzXbHzv_Rc1P9WdVjjIe0OjbbeeVY/s4032/IMG_1602.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSB_Dxcb1Pef0NOe-sfKs7a-kbPxHEqn1lpEJswQDuojW_yB3hal_2l11V_ZQqLTDH56xcjAHaZ4zU3i1Kdn8E3C666Xm9Zd4wyZ8X46e_UFw86kxuMhr_re65GGa7x8dAzAE1o_GPBKftkp7X8NcO4jNpqnyzr7PzXbHzv_Rc1P9WdVjjIe0OjbbeeVY/s320/IMG_1602.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZA-bDEqSexgRHTRlGzlY7IXldoLPOFfO-1H4cu_6RHBu5XhBmLyHVaNtDok_71SSjyXI_7p0na3vqXkAbGMh3acwecbaQhxLYyHj0SaV6mQ-EUzJ8J2Dmpy6R0kCSxslPwUV4loiu2GxagYzneGRaMNZwdpTI4veELfD9XSgCaL3uLoxRBY_9ipVwUw/s4032/IMG_1603.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZA-bDEqSexgRHTRlGzlY7IXldoLPOFfO-1H4cu_6RHBu5XhBmLyHVaNtDok_71SSjyXI_7p0na3vqXkAbGMh3acwecbaQhxLYyHj0SaV6mQ-EUzJ8J2Dmpy6R0kCSxslPwUV4loiu2GxagYzneGRaMNZwdpTI4veELfD9XSgCaL3uLoxRBY_9ipVwUw/s320/IMG_1603.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And the rest of the holiday weekend were meals of leftovers like tacos or mezze of hummus, baba ghanoush, ezme, and Greek salad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7S5qjZbjTzC-7BCXjrd94-lBzkYOvzLOmUgD0wzZbKB9mB8gZwIGP5nSNJ32L6AkXgemJYB3VuhsSsog9LououR7uumEY78_vxj3WHuBX11XH1wnMH0CsWGVyvYTD85EqchUVH-3SafykW6bwJCLc1hNoj5EFKnT9u1G34QCENRRcztVieDIdvdjE_I/s4032/IMG_1593.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7S5qjZbjTzC-7BCXjrd94-lBzkYOvzLOmUgD0wzZbKB9mB8gZwIGP5nSNJ32L6AkXgemJYB3VuhsSsog9LououR7uumEY78_vxj3WHuBX11XH1wnMH0CsWGVyvYTD85EqchUVH-3SafykW6bwJCLc1hNoj5EFKnT9u1G34QCENRRcztVieDIdvdjE_I/s320/IMG_1593.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMoEbxQF9Nje-fTqXC9d5yQKEW_B3JE_j5kuTv74au5Z15j-lLYhjBJb53iQR5mwtKqRLeK3ersT_7MJYgih8-ac1HBeQCesRFc0RTTjr3Fhb-0IL5wqbsdctq78GYcSHQp9sbD_JOSi9wwhe91nCwVYI4Udfx10PT3OV2IlthDQCcjg6lDf4oBBFkoo/s4032/IMG_1590.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMoEbxQF9Nje-fTqXC9d5yQKEW_B3JE_j5kuTv74au5Z15j-lLYhjBJb53iQR5mwtKqRLeK3ersT_7MJYgih8-ac1HBeQCesRFc0RTTjr3Fhb-0IL5wqbsdctq78GYcSHQp9sbD_JOSi9wwhe91nCwVYI4Udfx10PT3OV2IlthDQCcjg6lDf4oBBFkoo/s320/IMG_1590.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>And I've added pan fried crispy-skin salmon as well as roast chicken into my meal rotation. I've still a binder full of recipes that need to be tried out.</span><p></p></div>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-38108482235308493052024-02-10T10:12:00.000-08:002024-02-25T10:42:43.229-08:00cross country + clay: planning a tour of washington, d.c. and jewelry dishes<p><span style="font-family: courier;">I've come to hate flying, and maybe some day I will embark on an ocean cruise, where your hotel room comes with you, but for now, I'll deal with airports, waiting and walking in them, and sitting uncomfortably at very high altitudes for a change of scene. I'm going to Washington, D.C., where I haven't been since I was a child. However, instead of <a href="https://www.si.edu/visit/hours" target="_blank">the Smithsonian Natural History, Smithsonian National Air and Space, and Smithsonian Zoo, I want to go to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Hirshhorn Museum. Though I may deviate to the American Indian Museum or the African American History and Culture Museum</a>. Oh and the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/visit/" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a>. And <a href="https://washington.org/visit-dc/things-to-know-cherry-blossoms-washington-dc#:~:text=Off%2Dthe%2Dradar%20cherry%20blossom,of%20DC's%20cherry%20blossom%20spots." target="_blank">cherry blossom trees</a>. I really liked staying at the Pod in Brooklyn some years ago, and it is now <a href="https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/wasuaua-motto-washington-dc-city-center/?cid=OH,UA,PropWASUAUA,MULTIPR,gridthreesixnine,Home,Brand" target="_blank">Motto</a> by Hilton in D.C. Capsule or micro-hotels are perfect if you're touring as opposed to vacationing, and I'm looking forward to the rooftop café & diner and whiskey bar that serves southern comfort food. Oh yah, Bo & Ivy bourbon Old Fashioned with my seared salmon and cheese grits one night and Borough bourbon Manhattan with smoked pork ribs with coleslaw and Patsy's mac 'n cheese. Maybe a noodle <a href="https://rerenlamen.com/" target="_blank">dinner</a> in Chinatown. A fried chicken sandwich for lunch at least once. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoye81ypWRlnRM2m8LZa9AS5bYi__tF_-wwewKqu1QhZrPA9eiKDmpuRAIBnfAYWFLLVXZdAkXhIDJMN_TLvVzekbNDUrQFTKRNkinC_vcQuKF9jHJaiBXXBCKG_0khW7fCmKjnVuizrLIQEfuPQOsECPApRn2Hw1BSgNUo-HQjCbWeDVyB4BEH5dfoP4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="610" data-original-width="1060" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoye81ypWRlnRM2m8LZa9AS5bYi__tF_-wwewKqu1QhZrPA9eiKDmpuRAIBnfAYWFLLVXZdAkXhIDJMN_TLvVzekbNDUrQFTKRNkinC_vcQuKF9jHJaiBXXBCKG_0khW7fCmKjnVuizrLIQEfuPQOsECPApRn2Hw1BSgNUo-HQjCbWeDVyB4BEH5dfoP4=w640-h368" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div style="text-align: left;">I love too that it's right next to Chinatown. Hence, my mission for the best Chinese food in D.C.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirQYyj-rS3iznwCJT1ZowC2rxTTxsQVKWc4xwnE5CpEOM_ukEL81cK1BQruT_zxEby8-j9qamk0knA9zsqkwrzhvyQGxU2BCjkoKjmXdZnSEAz5cnq__v-papJ619VNIzDOc2GxH5xqFFWDkV5MIVIC0MEOWxQSCntfINDyncIU6L11xcrXjtbID7nJAQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="610" data-original-width="1060" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirQYyj-rS3iznwCJT1ZowC2rxTTxsQVKWc4xwnE5CpEOM_ukEL81cK1BQruT_zxEby8-j9qamk0knA9zsqkwrzhvyQGxU2BCjkoKjmXdZnSEAz5cnq__v-papJ619VNIzDOc2GxH5xqFFWDkV5MIVIC0MEOWxQSCntfINDyncIU6L11xcrXjtbID7nJAQ=w640-h368" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yesterday afternoon, I spent a couple hours just glazing all the ceramic pins I've been hand building these few weeks. And dagnabit, I broke two of my favorite pins. It's okay. I'll re-make them. This afternoon, I'm off to my usual community clay place. I was thinking I need to make some ring or trinket dishes for all the little pins and earrings and pendants I've been making. I kind of also want them more organic looking...maybe just circles I roughly cut out of the slab, of which I then refine the rims and then press into a giant sponge to form a bowl and then adhere a rice paper decal. I would love too to make an indentation in which to melt some colored glass.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4WCYp2bcfquqEkTUZApJ1aAWXqAV_tInCEUr32xXK5rGztglEUTiJnOXvJ35vE0FpvytMCfri-IhfdrtP7xBS3ZZVSGxEGRCNz4Mje4aAPS3O6PO6PQw9UFl-Njz9Zpx8XqsiBpaYmVKkatW_rMz589C_Ju24egn4OPkybNFIksTsS8Gz6Yc9oTlERU8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4WCYp2bcfquqEkTUZApJ1aAWXqAV_tInCEUr32xXK5rGztglEUTiJnOXvJ35vE0FpvytMCfri-IhfdrtP7xBS3ZZVSGxEGRCNz4Mje4aAPS3O6PO6PQw9UFl-Njz9Zpx8XqsiBpaYmVKkatW_rMz589C_Ju24egn4OPkybNFIksTsS8Gz6Yc9oTlERU8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRx89hkHhIRQaz2JE9bGMhvEJqOU9stSf9A3KBZNLb-_pTCVKoStSjlwJYZWIVan8sYGCmezRy87eCyVxs3MLhe_A6AZrnEAauP7bGtuV3bZyIY9KIzG4cH8la2C2sx9IxTT3xaLJRTefIbis7TaN5G3i2RtXKIRditdQ-Ajd5G-1jwfFM63XkEZMw2dY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRx89hkHhIRQaz2JE9bGMhvEJqOU9stSf9A3KBZNLb-_pTCVKoStSjlwJYZWIVan8sYGCmezRy87eCyVxs3MLhe_A6AZrnEAauP7bGtuV3bZyIY9KIzG4cH8la2C2sx9IxTT3xaLJRTefIbis7TaN5G3i2RtXKIRditdQ-Ajd5G-1jwfFM63XkEZMw2dY=w200-h150" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4WCYp2bcfquqEkTUZApJ1aAWXqAV_tInCEUr32xXK5rGztglEUTiJnOXvJ35vE0FpvytMCfri-IhfdrtP7xBS3ZZVSGxEGRCNz4Mje4aAPS3O6PO6PQw9UFl-Njz9Zpx8XqsiBpaYmVKkatW_rMz589C_Ju24egn4OPkybNFIksTsS8Gz6Yc9oTlERU8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4WCYp2bcfquqEkTUZApJ1aAWXqAV_tInCEUr32xXK5rGztglEUTiJnOXvJ35vE0FpvytMCfri-IhfdrtP7xBS3ZZVSGxEGRCNz4Mje4aAPS3O6PO6PQw9UFl-Njz9Zpx8XqsiBpaYmVKkatW_rMz589C_Ju24egn4OPkybNFIksTsS8Gz6Yc9oTlERU8=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">I should make some pins for the nieces and little dishes to hold them. I made some a few years ago, but I think my skills at making them have improved.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_EtMc1yYRV9cxICC0Ukkt5blHldDSd9onGhFC1OIJkxd99m7T9vYEA1y_LV6Z2-_jAZS1gulyYNmPqV0fB-TPxPk6EUZZlA6rUHNOvtl-mdG46mL7KI7PXmZEiCQfa3j-9AvAghqDwfXu9JKgn0dYpsS8G6gJ6wCrwJvcksmMbNqIHET_-UVpItLl2Co" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="193" data-original-width="261" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_EtMc1yYRV9cxICC0Ukkt5blHldDSd9onGhFC1OIJkxd99m7T9vYEA1y_LV6Z2-_jAZS1gulyYNmPqV0fB-TPxPk6EUZZlA6rUHNOvtl-mdG46mL7KI7PXmZEiCQfa3j-9AvAghqDwfXu9JKgn0dYpsS8G6gJ6wCrwJvcksmMbNqIHET_-UVpItLl2Co=w200-h148" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKHQHN_cSv6-hzESpD50uSq5w6HLbUOkuq7sqqKWR_4cV9Vb9hq8NTtVXv_3o0N8qIo4eNIBUewhZ4JQGfd2wnSNNEkIqizAe_FRdQXWTxM4l4jF-yH3F06TugQXbBVKuI9zTvJC9r6Ta3RuRNU9VzOSXnKDW1lHv7LwU3yqMZmFsKDxtxUMD3NPwt7iI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="204" data-original-width="247" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKHQHN_cSv6-hzESpD50uSq5w6HLbUOkuq7sqqKWR_4cV9Vb9hq8NTtVXv_3o0N8qIo4eNIBUewhZ4JQGfd2wnSNNEkIqizAe_FRdQXWTxM4l4jF-yH3F06TugQXbBVKuI9zTvJC9r6Ta3RuRNU9VzOSXnKDW1lHv7LwU3yqMZmFsKDxtxUMD3NPwt7iI=w200-h165" width="200" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So many cute ideas on the internet.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7cwhreXNazZPD9qO1-UjFpa9ZHy-Dgt9tPLmrxSu8UCirctYe6edcwYXbonSPA8a-bSbk88Y_9JtFttZxBGFIIZDDIsnaN-OD6355B064HP2mj9jLAApI3TEJvs7K5gUB3CA0V6YAjdwQi05sstCv70siWC_cBs6TvHY7BiRU74AwrDOpGlnMBuIxzRw" style="color: #0000ee; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: underline;"><img data-original-height="251" data-original-width="201" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7cwhreXNazZPD9qO1-UjFpa9ZHy-Dgt9tPLmrxSu8UCirctYe6edcwYXbonSPA8a-bSbk88Y_9JtFttZxBGFIIZDDIsnaN-OD6355B064HP2mj9jLAApI3TEJvs7K5gUB3CA0V6YAjdwQi05sstCv70siWC_cBs6TvHY7BiRU74AwrDOpGlnMBuIxzRw=w160-h200" width="160" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFH5emS4FUgjna25IC896wRQDZBhEW6g8Zzhyhv4yb0DInFkmkO4F3Wefcatwq-XRJ1eEyVQ4CSC7K1xco3tJ0oIdTWa9xiE04pb6HbxnxXgrFgbgyjyFAhuPodEU94vHAfgsOt_zKmSCRX-lOC1GgJu5Q0S9xcdikhFwAJM_lV6Tb_dkFAQq2ZUdphzQ" style="color: #0000ee; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: underline;"><img data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFH5emS4FUgjna25IC896wRQDZBhEW6g8Zzhyhv4yb0DInFkmkO4F3Wefcatwq-XRJ1eEyVQ4CSC7K1xco3tJ0oIdTWa9xiE04pb6HbxnxXgrFgbgyjyFAhuPodEU94vHAfgsOt_zKmSCRX-lOC1GgJu5Q0S9xcdikhFwAJM_lV6Tb_dkFAQq2ZUdphzQ=w200-h150" width="200" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I should just break out my largest round circle cutter and go from there.</div></div></div></div></div></div></span><p></p>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-43713723612572254632024-02-04T11:14:00.000-08:002024-02-05T07:26:21.254-08:00clay + cook: atmospheric river weekend<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I'd spent Friday painting underglaze on more greenware, and I think they'll be going into the kiln on Monday. And so I anticipate filling in the text areas with black underglaze and then applying clear glaze on the bisque for another firing on Wednesday. And we got the kids started on making their pins too.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnVJ3Qmd727N81eTDlAJv4qlXqwXGZ0ypIRpJa9CfXm1h9txkl4B87g8HozeiXZDgyHqTHvjQkk9lfPXb4fCN3OuY-eCmTP9LOq101LK9fr8lS5eRg_E1W_DHpUevIrwemb4zKEUsfNNumm_wsPw6cMcHzZ6AVllgeN_eTVtwQMJTmhlQkrzNFVPc-Xo/s4032/IMG_1497.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnVJ3Qmd727N81eTDlAJv4qlXqwXGZ0ypIRpJa9CfXm1h9txkl4B87g8HozeiXZDgyHqTHvjQkk9lfPXb4fCN3OuY-eCmTP9LOq101LK9fr8lS5eRg_E1W_DHpUevIrwemb4zKEUsfNNumm_wsPw6cMcHzZ6AVllgeN_eTVtwQMJTmhlQkrzNFVPc-Xo/w640-h480/IMG_1497.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">While picking up a bottle of wine and rose hand lotion and rose misting spray at Trader Joe's for Valentine's Day self-gifting, I picked up 4 bouquets of flowers which were all $4.99 except for the roses which were $9.99 and attempted to make my own floral arrangement. I've been impressed by the bouquets of a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/a_trader_joes_florist/" target="_blank">Trader Joe's flower shopper </a>and wanted to copy her. I wanted to go for a monochromatic palette, but just couldn't. Hence the dark pink tipped white carnations and the pale pink stock. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8XMqPgicDU3LzAB851u3jLZCCe-qZPEOknTX8notzcCQRu8Dnlhkh2IiYmGlKxUQ6N8LIyxKfdd8ESN4TnWumMZ1fXBg4k-VwW0wyimyGZTsl8Pw1e8Wzquw51mTz2qreIicEazoHeiXPsQCB7Vh8Bv0E7C85g6r9ThNW1ks_jDgaFPp8S79FnBmYQVc/s4032/IMG_1499.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8XMqPgicDU3LzAB851u3jLZCCe-qZPEOknTX8notzcCQRu8Dnlhkh2IiYmGlKxUQ6N8LIyxKfdd8ESN4TnWumMZ1fXBg4k-VwW0wyimyGZTsl8Pw1e8Wzquw51mTz2qreIicEazoHeiXPsQCB7Vh8Bv0E7C85g6r9ThNW1ks_jDgaFPp8S79FnBmYQVc/w640-h480/IMG_1499.jpeg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: courier;">The vase of flowers is</span><span style="font-family: courier; text-align: left;"> less monotonous than I feared, and I'm appreciating the textures and different heights. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHDooqL0r6Ap4I01mu3_f8C4q2nRhxxuseiNk9pvnyoRbensEI8hpjSg86IKt_x5fxOfw_-aL7kSuF1uZKXRS59pNKOfT5s9IIIZSIMM46fvipb8r1Or-ZmMpoRAtCxxSEVKKrjQ1whqVIRPivKF7gFpz2m5dj5nirJqmyE3Imoe-IQnbTKmjRbHtTJ8/s4032/IMG_1500.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHDooqL0r6Ap4I01mu3_f8C4q2nRhxxuseiNk9pvnyoRbensEI8hpjSg86IKt_x5fxOfw_-aL7kSuF1uZKXRS59pNKOfT5s9IIIZSIMM46fvipb8r1Or-ZmMpoRAtCxxSEVKKrjQ1whqVIRPivKF7gFpz2m5dj5nirJqmyE3Imoe-IQnbTKmjRbHtTJ8/w480-h640/IMG_1500.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I did have to switch to a narrower and taller vase, but I'm liking it. Next time, I'll remember greenery like eucalyptus or belles of Ireland. And to open up the roses to look like fully lush blooms. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">After painting and trying to make a name stamp at the community studio, I brought home my creations to paint even more underglaze. I started a pin for Michaela to resemble her dog Ziggy and ended up making another, specifically for her for Valentine's Day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDtduiJwD_P2yVPE9NQpk0VeBCwmnR9LgTvh6fUXiDu6b2PRdSlQdB9TII4E4p_E7TusIkUzXCgY76h6sbeX6GXRDkcJJz-XSLpPs3N3Pmoq4v7JUzbRlo1ij4Mq7MEyv4ljDAnSS2z-PLs1iJR63rgENrOPVw1vL3FHCtZgB5-ADyEXgxnPP2KoNfwAw/s4032/IMG_1498.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDtduiJwD_P2yVPE9NQpk0VeBCwmnR9LgTvh6fUXiDu6b2PRdSlQdB9TII4E4p_E7TusIkUzXCgY76h6sbeX6GXRDkcJJz-XSLpPs3N3Pmoq4v7JUzbRlo1ij4Mq7MEyv4ljDAnSS2z-PLs1iJR63rgENrOPVw1vL3FHCtZgB5-ADyEXgxnPP2KoNfwAw/s320/IMG_1498.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpZBWGMyw60dANbxTc5_jAiiDEHt2djN6Qnpf0F_DkWi-snH1kRRWUpOMnEkZDX5-hcEf7xUF7lQjjDmkzSvRvS0I6ldnxGa3tJVyG7-ApvUFI0dV9-EnqxZOfgm4S-wGBGhz9OLMv6LP_RCjD7xTlvbGRAPIfEy8enyVtDhtI-xH9uPZNuEYnTVbLPU/s4032/IMG_1504.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpZBWGMyw60dANbxTc5_jAiiDEHt2djN6Qnpf0F_DkWi-snH1kRRWUpOMnEkZDX5-hcEf7xUF7lQjjDmkzSvRvS0I6ldnxGa3tJVyG7-ApvUFI0dV9-EnqxZOfgm4S-wGBGhz9OLMv6LP_RCjD7xTlvbGRAPIfEy8enyVtDhtI-xH9uPZNuEYnTVbLPU/w240-h320/IMG_1504.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Maybe it's easier to paint underglaze on bisque ware. Next time.</span><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">And no cooking this weekend, just leftovers, like these green noodles with Chinese sausage and my Sichuan Dan Dan Mian sauce, which is perfect for my lazy ass.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAvtDL_c6fjj509FJ3VVordod_geNp03nF-jUGGNY07g0m4TcsovtznWfppDftjd_E7PPS3rWEiF5wTks6LLzjBpNs6w2yAaaFBbtr_ptYp2cQ5CWfgeUlsaVTRJCyF9-Cs8GMUpbXhjZa4NHhfV52ZTD3x4xTgOlbc46CzaS7mn6jK5q74V6pxSANQI/s4032/IMG_1502.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAvtDL_c6fjj509FJ3VVordod_geNp03nF-jUGGNY07g0m4TcsovtznWfppDftjd_E7PPS3rWEiF5wTks6LLzjBpNs6w2yAaaFBbtr_ptYp2cQ5CWfgeUlsaVTRJCyF9-Cs8GMUpbXhjZa4NHhfV52ZTD3x4xTgOlbc46CzaS7mn6jK5q74V6pxSANQI/s320/IMG_1502.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8RurskP2bWvI2O97q5D2bsM0dW658Mq15x0oE801AlR9LnojZ1nQrEvqdlXK224BEPVkiWoyD2j4Vmv8iqbDsXDRVOJ1ekuYmFCK4A6PnlD40_iXQxDrauJJBKl_LnAL002lfGSYSXy5Un09e2Qx_9th2uPG9f0AXHg2sI7CsCtMCdmspaFuIzpIf8k/s4032/IMG_1503.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8RurskP2bWvI2O97q5D2bsM0dW658Mq15x0oE801AlR9LnojZ1nQrEvqdlXK224BEPVkiWoyD2j4Vmv8iqbDsXDRVOJ1ekuYmFCK4A6PnlD40_iXQxDrauJJBKl_LnAL002lfGSYSXy5Un09e2Qx_9th2uPG9f0AXHg2sI7CsCtMCdmspaFuIzpIf8k/s320/IMG_1503.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I still have probably 4 more days of leftovers, but have ground beef in the fridge for patty melts and then??? I guess calamari amandine. Or somewhere in my freezer is also smoked turkey legs for red beans and rice. And so today I'll be assessing what's in the freezer to figure out something new to cook in the next couple weeks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I never did assess my freezer and fridge Sunday morning as I was in bed until noon with my dog. No bueno as she is not sleeping through the night and we were confined to home because of stormy and windy weather. At least we didn't lose power. I cooked falafel for one for brunch and to eat with the eggplant I roasted and the garbanzo beans I boiled and the cucumber I grated on Friday night. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6FEDyw8o79jIxAQWrnHm7yjxkoAhHaZvlzDxyexcIl-gV_NSWYn1RY4chTwjiJAGtx4Zy74PcPrIX5e04Cvgl7ZDSbIrGI6xpS25Ec-F_tiz1pWNHuk-jeLnQx_DGJ3Zbm3nLjMkJirpQn1HrJMdb0aubUqc8UPsK1HdNJpqH-1H9FQm1ZajfNVKKeM/s4032/IMG_1505.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6FEDyw8o79jIxAQWrnHm7yjxkoAhHaZvlzDxyexcIl-gV_NSWYn1RY4chTwjiJAGtx4Zy74PcPrIX5e04Cvgl7ZDSbIrGI6xpS25Ec-F_tiz1pWNHuk-jeLnQx_DGJ3Zbm3nLjMkJirpQn1HrJMdb0aubUqc8UPsK1HdNJpqH-1H9FQm1ZajfNVKKeM/s320/IMG_1505.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggu0T19j9ZFfcjJpbwwRdxpK9dtEthrxenLmdEuZcZxSHrDBslJK6tDhPdawgTgGJzO7JvLJTgGzi1ecW129Lh9lUTvUQU_IjQ34jgEcqqhvEfKRWkC3axVgsGvtcKtCt2YfgKje9EZ7Zjq02k3QHwruoqLVWk2b5jchncoITR6YwSWhsBHj8GKVTzid0/s4032/IMG_1507.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggu0T19j9ZFfcjJpbwwRdxpK9dtEthrxenLmdEuZcZxSHrDBslJK6tDhPdawgTgGJzO7JvLJTgGzi1ecW129Lh9lUTvUQU_IjQ34jgEcqqhvEfKRWkC3axVgsGvtcKtCt2YfgKje9EZ7Zjq02k3QHwruoqLVWk2b5jchncoITR6YwSWhsBHj8GKVTzid0/s320/IMG_1507.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>While waiting for the falafel mix to set after adding chopped dill, cilantro, mint, and parsley to it, I made a Greek salad with the rest of the cucumber and what was left of a jar of roasted red bell peppers. And assessed the Valentine gifts I gave to myself. Both will go into my backpack.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNcrvANxhikqFGB7uAFLRx4cGfwHPp7QCDZ25RfIhFZRiZJQzP4fY9ujCA45OPJiCUlCemZhNeMaQuJzVOm7tfB7ELNppe83UxiqBQ3P2Si4r7XyGg1qDgPU8HL1ot2o5ido90gfJC6QzFPSVnB3CDboPnCbeE2I8bmkaJY97_MDJWfnHlNDf0abAUlFw/s4032/IMG_1506.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNcrvANxhikqFGB7uAFLRx4cGfwHPp7QCDZ25RfIhFZRiZJQzP4fY9ujCA45OPJiCUlCemZhNeMaQuJzVOm7tfB7ELNppe83UxiqBQ3P2Si4r7XyGg1qDgPU8HL1ot2o5ido90gfJC6QzFPSVnB3CDboPnCbeE2I8bmkaJY97_MDJWfnHlNDf0abAUlFw/s320/IMG_1506.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNq0Pzh92jwXLYfukwjAZxdc8IK-KrkXBwNUm-WPortiQgIe7a-K0DgpsZJG1D_OXAZyvy2lOb3avcb-AXrPAmc5d9d4NUzhW69B88Dj3TsL97w1RnaTSK2MOFOPyNjJ8N0GLqPBvcjJL-m0XX076wtbQMQs6VTY2ooIecwe5JrUrc4mDOzkBifIR9_mA/s3148/IMG_1511.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3148" data-original-width="2321" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNq0Pzh92jwXLYfukwjAZxdc8IK-KrkXBwNUm-WPortiQgIe7a-K0DgpsZJG1D_OXAZyvy2lOb3avcb-AXrPAmc5d9d4NUzhW69B88Dj3TsL97w1RnaTSK2MOFOPyNjJ8N0GLqPBvcjJL-m0XX076wtbQMQs6VTY2ooIecwe5JrUrc4mDOzkBifIR9_mA/s320/IMG_1511.jpeg" width="236" /></a></div>Finally after 30 minutes, my falafel patties were ready to fry. I poured grapeseed oil into my smallest pot to heat. I suppose my tiny cast iron pan would have worked too. The patties did not crumble, and I was pleased how crispy they turned out.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftoF8bEnH9yHUoC7cpK-xuYh0aO9NiqsDaRLjyjux7FFtw6834wZrsVZwxoSIXN0UJbaNU-A3LUUJ3bM9Pv-1n1xLxVTYYtJkhhVH6d2WXf7HfgpW2I5EKMVH5RutTXQRkJiCTGXC-sXcNHCJpI57xnKdvqzDaXfhF0bmmXi34WL-_nYEbJCQxSn_9pk/s4032/IMG_1508.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftoF8bEnH9yHUoC7cpK-xuYh0aO9NiqsDaRLjyjux7FFtw6834wZrsVZwxoSIXN0UJbaNU-A3LUUJ3bM9Pv-1n1xLxVTYYtJkhhVH6d2WXf7HfgpW2I5EKMVH5RutTXQRkJiCTGXC-sXcNHCJpI57xnKdvqzDaXfhF0bmmXi34WL-_nYEbJCQxSn_9pk/s320/IMG_1508.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwEvwmjqB6pUewGhFbaV8d0kyvsj3yvZuwHBMTZdXVI0kypkclRLJYrttSI_nbRB7bLFpe9zNo4VSD7X-ktItLDyMv2e_nyISdzKVrakVDaAxfdwGlqKmDtwkpIJixfOpw7CSfkYt_JXyAkskMVOhkqXxAGXAINcfYs7z_f2u2QcZ-80C_UeeAMQZkft4/s4032/IMG_1509.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwEvwmjqB6pUewGhFbaV8d0kyvsj3yvZuwHBMTZdXVI0kypkclRLJYrttSI_nbRB7bLFpe9zNo4VSD7X-ktItLDyMv2e_nyISdzKVrakVDaAxfdwGlqKmDtwkpIJixfOpw7CSfkYt_JXyAkskMVOhkqXxAGXAINcfYs7z_f2u2QcZ-80C_UeeAMQZkft4/s320/IMG_1509.jpeg" width="240" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What a lunch! I've enough falafel mix to eat this same meal for dinner again this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXlzVJouOiJsqOk1bJchUpYb7MKcboGwcci0PqAmlZ7vMyk5y4ZHcRKb4f0bzqac97tMccGnsmtOjQ_cSS6kpznJVVgxy9qnnAc2v6S_WoJ4X1SE4MZtGxsnTN5Op7tlK6mg2luJkLR8lUkz36psl3OuP8zemrbEFnCY_Y2k0UolMfJpTYkCX_p_PFow/s4032/IMG_1510.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXlzVJouOiJsqOk1bJchUpYb7MKcboGwcci0PqAmlZ7vMyk5y4ZHcRKb4f0bzqac97tMccGnsmtOjQ_cSS6kpznJVVgxy9qnnAc2v6S_WoJ4X1SE4MZtGxsnTN5Op7tlK6mg2luJkLR8lUkz36psl3OuP8zemrbEFnCY_Y2k0UolMfJpTYkCX_p_PFow/w480-h640/IMG_1510.jpeg" width="480" /></a> </div>And then I spent the rest of the afternoon filling up a tray with more ceramics to add to the kiln. There's still more slab to carve out more pins. And so the plan at work is to find more cute animals or figure out Valentine's Day pins.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcmr3tvwRPhH82UhvJmr0M5-mg_ru-ONUmyFTzY5oSIFRWTwT7fM7kS_n2nuSOzkBsXjuJA4CdHJ836BTC68zLsOQ5Zz0pSeu1tX68AkykQwISHNn-kaMrKVotLy84Iw4oMuZg9lLDSX9LuWbPdNuSMimoFa1fbqbJYyngp_myqa6Yf7jMEVEcbpRizc/s4032/IMG_1512.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcmr3tvwRPhH82UhvJmr0M5-mg_ru-ONUmyFTzY5oSIFRWTwT7fM7kS_n2nuSOzkBsXjuJA4CdHJ836BTC68zLsOQ5Zz0pSeu1tX68AkykQwISHNn-kaMrKVotLy84Iw4oMuZg9lLDSX9LuWbPdNuSMimoFa1fbqbJYyngp_myqa6Yf7jMEVEcbpRizc/w640-h480/IMG_1512.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also looked more closely at the glaze combos I tried out on soap dishes. I didn't note in the bisque this Warm Green and Celadon, but I like it. Interestingly, the Celadon made both glazes run off or craze on the rim, but it pooled in a lovely way on the sawtooth interiors. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzhNCNHzbvy3nkN7Hn3dmqOlgFly2wrWrr-imYyG30oIQFIduWmPfoyTkrzhRjWoLdRh8GiwODc9G6aVA56tLKa2dwZpIiR3WPWfz60KNzpUNMEdyU1c2o64jjP8Cp6Jhqb52jtpvrhHJPFcEAaEkG687J5iN5NJhEbP9ec0xGpiHoFRZWkdX-sjjMts/s4032/IMG_1515.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzhNCNHzbvy3nkN7Hn3dmqOlgFly2wrWrr-imYyG30oIQFIduWmPfoyTkrzhRjWoLdRh8GiwODc9G6aVA56tLKa2dwZpIiR3WPWfz60KNzpUNMEdyU1c2o64jjP8Cp6Jhqb52jtpvrhHJPFcEAaEkG687J5iN5NJhEbP9ec0xGpiHoFRZWkdX-sjjMts/w640-h480/IMG_1515.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>I wish I had done a better glaze job on the rim with the Binger. At least, I didn't get any dunting or cracks in the glaze, nor any shivering or flakes of glaze coming off. However, nothing like the test piece I was hoping for as I couldn't exactly dip the whole dish into the small bucket of Binger because there wasn't enough glaze for dipping.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzvbXgKKVcwjMMiHNY15vqjGsa4FrkRp1r3Hr8LmMkfzdsl2V8nC2HtfChjWB2xNqtlkqdxfdwO3qZhpScCF9w2Fbc_Ia2HVnkgTynhpi4i0fla7vTFFi1DTeLi2QjDZME6Df-vt9jMutgjIzuR0kRZcAAFfj5LP8W-VGVBjp98zHBtJBpvvmCNilJm0/s2100/IMG_1485.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="2100" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzvbXgKKVcwjMMiHNY15vqjGsa4FrkRp1r3Hr8LmMkfzdsl2V8nC2HtfChjWB2xNqtlkqdxfdwO3qZhpScCF9w2Fbc_Ia2HVnkgTynhpi4i0fla7vTFFi1DTeLi2QjDZME6Df-vt9jMutgjIzuR0kRZcAAFfj5LP8W-VGVBjp98zHBtJBpvvmCNilJm0/s320/IMG_1485.jpeg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBo4P99MI3rZfOzRtrxjtXmjAX9J4fTwykE4g7Lsm5O0PW1zrps1pVAPokbCPGasItWZpW0QQMkxVQ1YQj39ZxKZCntgCgT3a1xGBWcdq8DCd31MSufpajQE1BfaGkqfiIJeArN4iJ2rQ3N29TPtSJOO2Cy7M5bzI-iLhKTvJgnNFBikmNaGLKqXs9JU/s4032/IMG_1514.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBo4P99MI3rZfOzRtrxjtXmjAX9J4fTwykE4g7Lsm5O0PW1zrps1pVAPokbCPGasItWZpW0QQMkxVQ1YQj39ZxKZCntgCgT3a1xGBWcdq8DCd31MSufpajQE1BfaGkqfiIJeArN4iJ2rQ3N29TPtSJOO2Cy7M5bzI-iLhKTvJgnNFBikmNaGLKqXs9JU/s320/IMG_1514.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>I do like what the Strontium did for Bloopsie. I did a little reading, and Strontium is a flux which is added to glaze "to lower the melting temperature of glass formers" or to make for a smoother glaze to improve the color. I normally don't care for Bloopsie by itself, but the Strontium toned down what I didn't like about the glaze. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-VcqRgBTa6P4xYClaSLKnYxKsZoVroW53jaOA-xz-wQgvvBqIP7YIivLGAjYf2c-XHogzFNCCNNEwAuIm1HorDGLjdir_DTCeh_8YGwRy7kPYkmxApC28gzOIU4XTME13yse-TAwHJsTCJQzMJ00GcVHF2pC7v2WBlt52S1utCyuhRvC28qTbH0U9qU/s2100/IMG_1484.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="2100" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-VcqRgBTa6P4xYClaSLKnYxKsZoVroW53jaOA-xz-wQgvvBqIP7YIivLGAjYf2c-XHogzFNCCNNEwAuIm1HorDGLjdir_DTCeh_8YGwRy7kPYkmxApC28gzOIU4XTME13yse-TAwHJsTCJQzMJ00GcVHF2pC7v2WBlt52S1utCyuhRvC28qTbH0U9qU/s320/IMG_1484.jpeg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69CeFfbbh2P5CJqGg6iplNmxPQlvkoGv7Grg7mfHNSE4kkIsgGQJ82XDjoLa6kBLEigAPzWU2PwLsKMzv0gVh7gZNKB5r_wh-imy7CqiQOOMF9E7L-xIq8lMSS3aauHZQrzIoj7wFzkWgeY4v4gk8IqlDq3b5OXYeyjYSJjhq3FLUgnCVIND_9zHsfFk/s4032/IMG_1513.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69CeFfbbh2P5CJqGg6iplNmxPQlvkoGv7Grg7mfHNSE4kkIsgGQJ82XDjoLa6kBLEigAPzWU2PwLsKMzv0gVh7gZNKB5r_wh-imy7CqiQOOMF9E7L-xIq8lMSS3aauHZQrzIoj7wFzkWgeY4v4gk8IqlDq3b5OXYeyjYSJjhq3FLUgnCVIND_9zHsfFk/s320/IMG_1513.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Below are the fired Bmix earrings I admired, which inspired me to also make some too. Donna thought my greenware disks would be too heavy for earrings, and so I hope I can loop a leather string to make my ocean waves disks into necklace pendants instead. I know that a colleague, Julie admired them and is hoping for one.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiHPJqdux1smHDCIQMDcgVyu-zXu8RD2xgYYbMDBfNR-s6UT0L86GOBVaF1sFvtG37VYxz4jF1oaTSineHenDHZUKcxMUAIOB1vLAHPcfG3roTwC6AEGIqXcIXVCEGLkIyhPPvoLgDWzd7Ci62he7klBgBgGsmAaHX52oCmfUm0ZUEdGNAbqsS1-N0WI/s4032/IMG_1486.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiHPJqdux1smHDCIQMDcgVyu-zXu8RD2xgYYbMDBfNR-s6UT0L86GOBVaF1sFvtG37VYxz4jF1oaTSineHenDHZUKcxMUAIOB1vLAHPcfG3roTwC6AEGIqXcIXVCEGLkIyhPPvoLgDWzd7Ci62he7klBgBgGsmAaHX52oCmfUm0ZUEdGNAbqsS1-N0WI/w640-h480/IMG_1486.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>I like the half rounds with the khaki finish and black wavy lines painted on. Maybe I'll try to make multi-pendants for a statement necklace.</div></span></div><p></p></div>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-17242107965218325952024-02-02T06:37:00.000-08:002024-02-02T06:37:20.298-08:00clay: an evening of underglaze<p><span style="font-family: courier;">I spent a pleasant evening last night listening and occasionally glancing at the tv screen and painting underglaze on some of my ceramic pins. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldPXtUW1nKu8wOjkAlZj2vzpvKcK2O5Iz9CmeC2i_rgQd55jIhlV8W1Wzkmo2OwJxVjd620YRrIRH6C5ukI6PvK4SUtB0Dkn1OsIycNZAyhom3AoJfvY6E2m-ocEepnpEKZoGL5FMk4DbtBTL3gVBNdknrCksaepBsydQEyYAEaLJkzcMDDMw2kouG0Q/s4032/IMG_1495.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldPXtUW1nKu8wOjkAlZj2vzpvKcK2O5Iz9CmeC2i_rgQd55jIhlV8W1Wzkmo2OwJxVjd620YRrIRH6C5ukI6PvK4SUtB0Dkn1OsIycNZAyhom3AoJfvY6E2m-ocEepnpEKZoGL5FMk4DbtBTL3gVBNdknrCksaepBsydQEyYAEaLJkzcMDDMw2kouG0Q/w640-h480/IMG_1495.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;">I didn't get to cut and carve out new pins on the slabs I had brought home, but maybe that will be this evening, my Friday night.</span><p></p>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-9997845001403776752024-01-27T10:46:00.000-08:002024-01-27T10:54:48.565-08:00clay: pin friends <span style="font-family: courier;">I posted a photo of some of my clay pins in progress on Facebook and then solicited ideas on what other pins to make. Am trying to run with their ideas. Anna typed, Om. Silvia suggested sun and moon and corgi <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-QO-vNzLs04N95OiSBYCToxxVWJovSkR78u_XLq-xh2Ur_VLV7CNhqnNeo4DErvnTZsrkv6ogDuom93E6wUTSmYwnkOEqWEjDh87W3511nBaaIiNYKsguq5iGSYIf4KzztWcrpq7skoa4-luzDKa-4MOmYfZMoRmOIM4Lrs8KY0qIxYE3Fr0TysZ-7w/s1211/IMG_1427.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="1164" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-QO-vNzLs04N95OiSBYCToxxVWJovSkR78u_XLq-xh2Ur_VLV7CNhqnNeo4DErvnTZsrkv6ogDuom93E6wUTSmYwnkOEqWEjDh87W3511nBaaIiNYKsguq5iGSYIf4KzztWcrpq7skoa4-luzDKa-4MOmYfZMoRmOIM4Lrs8KY0qIxYE3Fr0TysZ-7w/w193-h200/IMG_1427.jpeg" width="193" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzz6ElZtUCHpmIAYNc0poSc78ggPIOqTrXPzgCwcEMOOWBgtRD0IRA-w116nEWoTpHgXE0hdJvWiDkXAxNLZttnTf4gNTiFQpe5H8XWU82Y8vRwLBXJ5iYO7ACtUUImiEDXj99brDDstZosEMCIEgamp05yN_oHkxG5jAY70SH5skoWh0es5wWPEQIuM/s1322/IMG_1426.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="1077" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzz6ElZtUCHpmIAYNc0poSc78ggPIOqTrXPzgCwcEMOOWBgtRD0IRA-w116nEWoTpHgXE0hdJvWiDkXAxNLZttnTf4gNTiFQpe5H8XWU82Y8vRwLBXJ5iYO7ACtUUImiEDXj99brDDstZosEMCIEgamp05yN_oHkxG5jAY70SH5skoWh0es5wWPEQIuM/w163-h200/IMG_1426.jpeg" width="163" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTB_nY0NPen7e2hltOdO85TRKZQt6bknpctHsZg9scUB2U7PCElXlgXU27CrGSvvk_O5N7XAKbOsZtM02tl_qgayY8p5w7-kdeWmIzsH0s1ImNJsaLxj5AJkq4eVwMVNs80al9IPXB3p-Z8MT-yiPGng_u7KXz2Rh_HaOakFv-2VOHbm9MQzs81Vn_DKk/s1170/IMG_1424.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="909" data-original-width="1170" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTB_nY0NPen7e2hltOdO85TRKZQt6bknpctHsZg9scUB2U7PCElXlgXU27CrGSvvk_O5N7XAKbOsZtM02tl_qgayY8p5w7-kdeWmIzsH0s1ImNJsaLxj5AJkq4eVwMVNs80al9IPXB3p-Z8MT-yiPGng_u7KXz2Rh_HaOakFv-2VOHbm9MQzs81Vn_DKk/w200-h156/IMG_1424.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And while looking for simple images online to re-create, this branding for an oyster restaurant caught my eye. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxt6__cLNP4C-d-Iv6JIA_IHVSWt5myOEBRDPGiBXludItK_b3VgxnVmA_58KEjB4-qbk8wKgHMb9ZM3Wg09uawa0c6Sd0aNWArfhbgn0Z_7nQ9pCMCI3vqCUMysOLRlq_fzuZmOVtaFNM4WLeMZ77d4RHOv9F1yaZTGA4HT4joGVWJyns7A-xdN9732s/s1685/IMG_1428.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1685" data-original-width="1170" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxt6__cLNP4C-d-Iv6JIA_IHVSWt5myOEBRDPGiBXludItK_b3VgxnVmA_58KEjB4-qbk8wKgHMb9ZM3Wg09uawa0c6Sd0aNWArfhbgn0Z_7nQ9pCMCI3vqCUMysOLRlq_fzuZmOVtaFNM4WLeMZ77d4RHOv9F1yaZTGA4HT4joGVWJyns7A-xdN9732s/w276-h399/IMG_1428.jpeg" width="276" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love this graphic design. The single image of an oyster shell that's just a line drawing with some cross hatches and shadings. The stark contrast between black and white and more importantly, black background. The fonts, especially the serif of a swirl of a Helvetica letter in the word, Pearl. The truncation of the word trademark and placement of the year the restaurant was founded. I would love to take Kat's class on typography because I don't really know what typography is and know how to render my fondness for letters and simple drawings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm also noting the details on my new necklace. I do love it and want to render it in ceramic. I can't find my clay journal with all the measurements I wanted to tinker with for a candelabra, and so maybe today at the community studio, I'll just mist my coils with more water and save it to build next week. Or make a small coil pot. I need to deviate from straight cylinders and make some organic and curvilinear outlines in my pots. Or make a few of these pendants.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirybt6UHIZsUq0kLVDIpozoUMfy7j_1wobtoCjdSdo_eneZclbFHvQTmA7fYRN_kURoiKa5yGbGqjEMYJymKTpgBwC272sJ5r4B2Ci9RyZnIkvKuphVqStyYyYrj2UjfvgJFwi3tR-aNt7MCRhbrOsyoeWRe4vXZC5inN4PmuimHjJXvnW6aQ_JXJA14o/s4032/IMG_1417.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirybt6UHIZsUq0kLVDIpozoUMfy7j_1wobtoCjdSdo_eneZclbFHvQTmA7fYRN_kURoiKa5yGbGqjEMYJymKTpgBwC272sJ5r4B2Ci9RyZnIkvKuphVqStyYyYrj2UjfvgJFwi3tR-aNt7MCRhbrOsyoeWRe4vXZC5inN4PmuimHjJXvnW6aQ_JXJA14o/w480-h640/IMG_1417.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also really like the mystic sun pendant.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8qfkbDs0o3rTg0-JA9r8bLiX1BBQNjNoJGUsDHHemVH04YjF6XrzMX40kGIJvYEt6PNotgxddrJ9lyQD6SbFUp284x-P2yVIVfhbZoDs4oJDxh8T5468YRafcO2EfPL42hL4QPqKS8r-sJ5fxaV3sVJNf1BVHcAU4PAqhJt3iGc6ZQ44fOayK8Ojlc0c" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8qfkbDs0o3rTg0-JA9r8bLiX1BBQNjNoJGUsDHHemVH04YjF6XrzMX40kGIJvYEt6PNotgxddrJ9lyQD6SbFUp284x-P2yVIVfhbZoDs4oJDxh8T5468YRafcO2EfPL42hL4QPqKS8r-sJ5fxaV3sVJNf1BVHcAU4PAqhJt3iGc6ZQ44fOayK8Ojlc0c=w260-h388" width="260" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">However, much I intend to make the pendants in my sketchbook, I get distracted by all the tools in the high school ceramics classroom. Yesterday in order to decompress, I used stamps and silicon molds to make a bunch more pins.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaHSq3j7HinMG2J6f9W2uIutFEpjXkR0IsD0jYkG1dlP71W2AtAe3dcO1m9sAtY2RyJQo82chEXK8HuKC0HkxfWX7cAKL82sD9eJHclPAgvAjNnlHJrPqlzJLhXCjU6SHr3RBdB4p6SKNyvCtQ0j_wgWbkMKlSboHcqmmZFB8qeDUD_WBIaNF5MuFTVE/s4032/IMG_1481.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaHSq3j7HinMG2J6f9W2uIutFEpjXkR0IsD0jYkG1dlP71W2AtAe3dcO1m9sAtY2RyJQo82chEXK8HuKC0HkxfWX7cAKL82sD9eJHclPAgvAjNnlHJrPqlzJLhXCjU6SHr3RBdB4p6SKNyvCtQ0j_wgWbkMKlSboHcqmmZFB8qeDUD_WBIaNF5MuFTVE/s320/IMG_1481.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhsm8VrV42RSVGiImBHJvr_4NgIJUqpOiWaIYpK4y2GIYvt4ydrK7vhwxKc7EcD70xSf6Uh8I16LMhNnJR_hwnJ2dd9l6NTBfBlh4l_lnVoeQZbI2up-2v59Pam6kC5WWziWnzH5-UjGieZT2K9GPt-TZdQcn89Hyksh1LTTBjzXjTPqqbJl2o2nXKxU/s4032/IMG_1480.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNWN-FnPHtTlWInUyw35BNkSzhZ_JY9PfTXJYh_t6zBw9KOzUC_I5YbZP2MnJX80BITdju5nMgTHKKtH2dBZgh4YxzqmiSlp6uWECT7iJjNKRBV0Ih9wKL3KFSGQiK1ACnUokSoLQHJSkLUMcuDcZHnpigWKP2EQ_y0Qoa-TDSfakVF1dzaLvgDO1ntE/s320/IMG_1476.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">This pin I made from a plaster mold, and I can't wait to glaze the pots on this pin in three different glazes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSJ1C7gWU7MIAcY7Huc1yb7Hnb9QPPiabZ5zkntgUNSfmyojcHUJhGMm81048kXYVZMCjbT4u6I3ECkeaKOgcoDk3HT_LcgaBcni-RWhYroRMqy0FcIhyphenhyphenDbjF8baYcqx93ImlYJhOwtIWb500PWnykUresW9IZeBUt6Owm5eUfIIUFBesIEzRvXSgjIg/s4032/IMG_1474.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSJ1C7gWU7MIAcY7Huc1yb7Hnb9QPPiabZ5zkntgUNSfmyojcHUJhGMm81048kXYVZMCjbT4u6I3ECkeaKOgcoDk3HT_LcgaBcni-RWhYroRMqy0FcIhyphenhyphenDbjF8baYcqx93ImlYJhOwtIWb500PWnykUresW9IZeBUt6Owm5eUfIIUFBesIEzRvXSgjIg/w640-h480/IMG_1474.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I made a couple pins semi-identical with the llama and the dachsund stamps, and of course, I had to play with letter stamps.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQYbfzYhPqHXgfBEtA2cPLLDNMr3X9nM9rqpUBOwUtiNfL-TedOnTGapex2GlUFYsir8018eTqUCKIgewj7g_VvdfLcH9Jh0C8pQ8MODSWb7062-2z3Pwu30KFTlFzLnEN7F4tfuXE8G2e-QEIq53lEUSZO-eJaTOgow82ymL5tsx9IPOzo3tGOpCZoU/s320/IMG_1472.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wasn't really fond of the heart pin I made until I slip and scored a dog outline to it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCCsL2muj9G83xZGW6HZX81YMygshA34lffMaGCprwieuJPe0tbcUPUnRZPZ7wCMMmmxYcAfuuQpsDpBSLNTxvWJo3HSWQk-llaYxN-5lbVdWNwCvnWz9bEqZduS7lxNPuafA3vkeihOV8qBFNPVAFGbrL9Tm2d1UkMsmhrWMhsHt_soZfNOGpTfPZ5Ys/s4032/IMG_1471.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCCsL2muj9G83xZGW6HZX81YMygshA34lffMaGCprwieuJPe0tbcUPUnRZPZ7wCMMmmxYcAfuuQpsDpBSLNTxvWJo3HSWQk-llaYxN-5lbVdWNwCvnWz9bEqZduS7lxNPuafA3vkeihOV8qBFNPVAFGbrL9Tm2d1UkMsmhrWMhsHt_soZfNOGpTfPZ5Ys/w480-h640/IMG_1471.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">And now it's just about lunch time, which means I've got a couple hours to get into the headset for hand building. Oh what will I make today?</div></div><br /></span>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-21047340785608721622024-01-27T03:00:00.000-08:002024-01-27T10:08:13.844-08:00chores: a pot of beans and window shopping<span style="font-family: courier;">Hubs bought a package of cranberry beans from Gordo to plant a few, giving me the rest to cook. Even after soaking them overnight and simmering for a couple hours, the beans were still too firm for consumption.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ElyDP8tddoH4P_KfGKeQCfUohH73Axr7C-UA6VqzKPKL0eO6J3_CJBmnQ8bsYl-Kbs8gi_qc7GeZsTqHx7FOAZzjHKnTouTA0xDt8PhiZJYfeXh01Mo8yWyatlDxJSZuvhiera1dAxZZp0ahlFMyS-wvSOCjpY-GoTatzIkKK3V-IA7HSau9J_1sW7U/s4032/IMG_1433.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ElyDP8tddoH4P_KfGKeQCfUohH73Axr7C-UA6VqzKPKL0eO6J3_CJBmnQ8bsYl-Kbs8gi_qc7GeZsTqHx7FOAZzjHKnTouTA0xDt8PhiZJYfeXh01Mo8yWyatlDxJSZuvhiera1dAxZZp0ahlFMyS-wvSOCjpY-GoTatzIkKK3V-IA7HSau9J_1sW7U/s320/IMG_1433.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2uYHUc_a4M4qKlmKWg3wQnrL279vBM-qgSbZmss8ybReANh5GPKBPKjQMHZh-ihyvwSmgcjBhL579uXlOVnk82oBJCT1x8Nhu4Dqh8aqWCUTXNJCTccUWZNhyphenhyphenyv6p_aPsIgFrAgS7Y5ngD0uPMNN-az2eXDVOeQr9I2FwfcVv9K89fHZjCM1Wikkg6k/s4032/IMG_1446.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2uYHUc_a4M4qKlmKWg3wQnrL279vBM-qgSbZmss8ybReANh5GPKBPKjQMHZh-ihyvwSmgcjBhL579uXlOVnk82oBJCT1x8Nhu4Dqh8aqWCUTXNJCTccUWZNhyphenhyphenyv6p_aPsIgFrAgS7Y5ngD0uPMNN-az2eXDVOeQr9I2FwfcVv9K89fHZjCM1Wikkg6k/s320/IMG_1446.jpeg" width="240" /></a><br /></div>And so I turned up the burner for an additional hour of furious boiling and chopped white onion and sliced lime and toasted garlic bread in the meantime. Finally our vegan dinner was ready for consumption.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvSPpAz9Oz8V64hgvnj4Jf2SMmzSUthvb4IlpQHoGOlFdcg9BhbqNTBpTUi0q8ESZUEvPrCpZfPZEVWYrVvEuMsk-D0PglSB1nAqydOx45IyMSvwk0l6zjG5RRWUtEQv1fk4OCjco_Q1Ept-4F8ivLDBN69SxRn9O8ZFMf3yaCdAp4YWKln5GsevNkrCk/s4032/IMG_1447.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvSPpAz9Oz8V64hgvnj4Jf2SMmzSUthvb4IlpQHoGOlFdcg9BhbqNTBpTUi0q8ESZUEvPrCpZfPZEVWYrVvEuMsk-D0PglSB1nAqydOx45IyMSvwk0l6zjG5RRWUtEQv1fk4OCjco_Q1Ept-4F8ivLDBN69SxRn9O8ZFMf3yaCdAp4YWKln5GsevNkrCk/s320/IMG_1447.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAzkfv4MHFDmVupsqPBdjMIBqCLNRs31cstO3CSEFQcI6DpMW9qBHX515OVOaA2ZgSv_Idid4Urt66Ov_-CcsaMpsDCNGgTrZ6b3Rktfp9YmXEbsh4VN5XY3K7eoJC9_x012zrfp8WM5Q1vp4wl3hXl4QJOjfszqmxeYiM3NAsf8kHESou4T3m-sxF8Q/s4032/IMG_1448.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAzkfv4MHFDmVupsqPBdjMIBqCLNRs31cstO3CSEFQcI6DpMW9qBHX515OVOaA2ZgSv_Idid4Urt66Ov_-CcsaMpsDCNGgTrZ6b3Rktfp9YmXEbsh4VN5XY3K7eoJC9_x012zrfp8WM5Q1vp4wl3hXl4QJOjfszqmxeYiM3NAsf8kHESou4T3m-sxF8Q/s320/IMG_1448.jpeg" width="240" /></a><br /></div>The beans are still a bit too al dente, and so I plan to boil them longer along with a can of kidney and pinto beans with salt pork for another bean dinner. And so Saturday breakfast was fried rice with Chinese sausage and a fried egg on top, for which I could finally use up the carrots and onion in my fridge. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibGS9VeUcTgZcS85FVw04vAYTnE8jjpV2Mqq-zWKzzpm5jZZsb23WxnFGEIHYRNEjXOtwR2KG6m7FqgBIvf6vBB3kV9v67367-mtunrsBLCIAuDHc7lUxIiYj7-WT8qk79Y54jicRi3krpc-D6qfXj2Ie_QpdRwhiWWHq3W6npPTOeGRKhLY25y5KdEsY/s4032/IMG_1441.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibGS9VeUcTgZcS85FVw04vAYTnE8jjpV2Mqq-zWKzzpm5jZZsb23WxnFGEIHYRNEjXOtwR2KG6m7FqgBIvf6vBB3kV9v67367-mtunrsBLCIAuDHc7lUxIiYj7-WT8qk79Y54jicRi3krpc-D6qfXj2Ie_QpdRwhiWWHq3W6npPTOeGRKhLY25y5KdEsY/s320/IMG_1441.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWigyjMfHN1cgYQ2UamOQTGLlw3r1ZwCZT9h8_tp1wLtitVolauljnVxzWctR9tOvr311r3eWY2kck7jkAAwSkCyqgByK_xgqins90S6AKLfn4IYSPMo0QMy4_zXRkeFYEmMDuaWBZmNgFD7kqHk1kKgEgCplkd7yr6K0RLE2kcWntA0Ql1wdI3_5QNs/s4032/IMG_1442.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWigyjMfHN1cgYQ2UamOQTGLlw3r1ZwCZT9h8_tp1wLtitVolauljnVxzWctR9tOvr311r3eWY2kck7jkAAwSkCyqgByK_xgqins90S6AKLfn4IYSPMo0QMy4_zXRkeFYEmMDuaWBZmNgFD7kqHk1kKgEgCplkd7yr6K0RLE2kcWntA0Ql1wdI3_5QNs/s320/IMG_1442.jpeg" width="240" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">And these leftovers have served us well during a very busy work week. It’s the weekend, and my brain is a bit too tired to even ponder what to cook of thawed chicken thighs.</div></div></span>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-41192441412023136292024-01-24T07:13:00.000-08:002024-01-24T07:15:18.992-08:00cook: widowmaker white chicken chili<p><span style="font-family: courier;">I watched this recipe being made with Billie Eilish’s <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-TbQnONe_w" target="_blank">Bad Guy</a></i> playing in the background. I've been wanting to change up my chili game. I’ve always cooked my chili with chorizo or ground beef and pinto and kidney beans in a tomato base for years now. Let’s do chili differently. Somewhere I've got dried white cannellini beans and more than likely a brick of cream cheese too in the fridge though I'm a bit dubious of that ingredient. And I just bought avocados. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIHUqq62T4H4tvI0ji3Za0s89zTopes_C-bUt4869uY4ahUbCZ92jNYRiLb56QGxrfaQ5z8LrOV7eXzMTUS6ybAGk45zCkKtOno78cobG36ExkIrachaTePWAM4ZCfV3C5jnlBsrkIbcBXgW1eMJzQwa55BPCQdSgRcVUARKDEXCSzx561LHg-hCm2LM/s2532/IMG_1413.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIHUqq62T4H4tvI0ji3Za0s89zTopes_C-bUt4869uY4ahUbCZ92jNYRiLb56QGxrfaQ5z8LrOV7eXzMTUS6ybAGk45zCkKtOno78cobG36ExkIrachaTePWAM4ZCfV3C5jnlBsrkIbcBXgW1eMJzQwa55BPCQdSgRcVUARKDEXCSzx561LHg-hCm2LM/w296-h640/IMG_1413.png" width="296" /></a> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieJru60pXXhdxPFk0C9RTB_1ojLy4rXEG6eD1WkRmQFYsEYSVCv3A0aaOPaBicO5iFTMJtrEP4GgOpZ1GSJ4QLUBPGjo7m-VXuk48CcHAx9E3BYXiwMY-uw50hQJPn0c7MjwNwY_k8vv72HwKqQmfAdDQse39lvxFKx4rlEQ-Rqq3gII6IV5FBK6hGN4/s2532/IMG_1414.png" style="font-family: courier; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieJru60pXXhdxPFk0C9RTB_1ojLy4rXEG6eD1WkRmQFYsEYSVCv3A0aaOPaBicO5iFTMJtrEP4GgOpZ1GSJ4QLUBPGjo7m-VXuk48CcHAx9E3BYXiwMY-uw50hQJPn0c7MjwNwY_k8vv72HwKqQmfAdDQse39lvxFKx4rlEQ-Rqq3gII6IV5FBK6hGN4/w296-h640/IMG_1414.png" width="296" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlIN9YRDgWsClmw9TVIWwUHMOKSEcBwpftIC3ITw8Oz6yz7etfuGZiiMQTAKtjUpkjb4DwJV5inVpvo0e1NKnf5cDTST6hWlqbNpzauvC0u6HFTrazqR66BugWB5LPam3TvGNYp22JWrehFgPdrWwzYjxsaR-9fsuoTaa6KACKyILWjpIrDQEvIInx_s/s2532/IMG_1415.png" style="font-family: courier; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlIN9YRDgWsClmw9TVIWwUHMOKSEcBwpftIC3ITw8Oz6yz7etfuGZiiMQTAKtjUpkjb4DwJV5inVpvo0e1NKnf5cDTST6hWlqbNpzauvC0u6HFTrazqR66BugWB5LPam3TvGNYp22JWrehFgPdrWwzYjxsaR-9fsuoTaa6KACKyILWjpIrDQEvIInx_s/w296-h640/IMG_1415.png" width="296" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7W6yRtSX6cXelQys_I6uOzu4qjkh37OzziJD1l9-qtD_Ki00k-wxIKx_DFTHxCH1s8gCQY4YvOO9XkqOjM-n_dc9thwiw085RbOhdxLUaC6XILBNtPCBVo8ojSjYSwPMa_Q_whTZa0QvmgXV35TKqA-8Hxa8O32Tj6EmdCKcpQD_aqgNR0P0bQEUHWI/s2532/IMG_1416.png" style="font-family: courier; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7W6yRtSX6cXelQys_I6uOzu4qjkh37OzziJD1l9-qtD_Ki00k-wxIKx_DFTHxCH1s8gCQY4YvOO9XkqOjM-n_dc9thwiw085RbOhdxLUaC6XILBNtPCBVo8ojSjYSwPMa_Q_whTZa0QvmgXV35TKqA-8Hxa8O32Tj6EmdCKcpQD_aqgNR0P0bQEUHWI/w296-h640/IMG_1416.png" width="296" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">And so here’s my first iteration. The ingredient of cream cheese, again, had me doubtful and definitely makes it a very Northern European dish rather than a Latin American one. All the dairy called for in the recipe makes for perhaps a too luxurious bean stew. However, I changed up the recipe by using kidney and pinto beans added to my leftover cranberry beans and had no green chilies though I did at least have green enchilada sauce.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVWx3-PTxL0KkSXwQTgqTdCijd995YbcYTnFCUq2wav_5NKGPruZd4yf1VSS7vi8y9fV-edp03OLQyhjp0rKVpQJOMbLk6Xtx-ak_jGM_6FNIAX3aJOOePOrCnPnlXJcB_EoZ6v98LsNC_WR3MFGn2VnoFDKTTnvvqj6Ffm5KtfRa1SYYMxz2rpAPjZIo/s4032/IMG_1463.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVWx3-PTxL0KkSXwQTgqTdCijd995YbcYTnFCUq2wav_5NKGPruZd4yf1VSS7vi8y9fV-edp03OLQyhjp0rKVpQJOMbLk6Xtx-ak_jGM_6FNIAX3aJOOePOrCnPnlXJcB_EoZ6v98LsNC_WR3MFGn2VnoFDKTTnvvqj6Ffm5KtfRa1SYYMxz2rpAPjZIo/w200-h150/IMG_1463.jpeg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrX00NSQWzOFmC85NKixYip_CwH1NHkh52CXSVWTZj3gL2mtFQWS2CLhoKrvv218brYSwjGBEsvA_fKs6Tsh6EZX21cbgXGJzYLJUY70jynNmJCU_Z9AZdEDludKHlkDBlDdfYzNjvjTQ4Fdd-CJwSqHdg8agURUBNRujp8Ha3Br1-sViPkdbMqQOjMg/s4032/IMG_1462.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrX00NSQWzOFmC85NKixYip_CwH1NHkh52CXSVWTZj3gL2mtFQWS2CLhoKrvv218brYSwjGBEsvA_fKs6Tsh6EZX21cbgXGJzYLJUY70jynNmJCU_Z9AZdEDludKHlkDBlDdfYzNjvjTQ4Fdd-CJwSqHdg8agURUBNRujp8Ha3Br1-sViPkdbMqQOjMg/w200-h150/IMG_1462.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div>However, I kept tasting as I was cooking because the chili was so awesomely delicious, and I packed it away for the next night for dinner when Patrick and I both had either a meeting or preparing for work the next day.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSSf6_18ZUDgqJQTbmyd-7zDJwx6b9yJbquPidS4LdyWQ0ytCbX3DnCiOPANOqG2GzysDVLzB4900paD9EXCe7EEgvcaPoV8wvXTtcgRGDrGX-7llv84mzbovzvP3NMjKEvvkVbog_WPvNhCLHrxEmlWhkfC7CWdvEbbnrpNYaIKLMF_TgGOcIjFZWZws/s4032/IMG_1461.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSSf6_18ZUDgqJQTbmyd-7zDJwx6b9yJbquPidS4LdyWQ0ytCbX3DnCiOPANOqG2GzysDVLzB4900paD9EXCe7EEgvcaPoV8wvXTtcgRGDrGX-7llv84mzbovzvP3NMjKEvvkVbog_WPvNhCLHrxEmlWhkfC7CWdvEbbnrpNYaIKLMF_TgGOcIjFZWZws/s320/IMG_1461.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLgmPgR6dFVrYgIacA6qKg873Rm3IR-Chr_koHYdNZn5wZzMkuDB2reVBOK86-YnM0izZ0xEqoreJTxIGEIhLI3STPWmWy9ktsvhhQ0vpZiv01lKChAJZW2S3F4Tq-38tSf4W7DwcrrGGkkmuowO0cLa6Psq3MJKkRW-K_VOnPs6bDdj8-8iB00iaV-Q/s4032/IMG_1464.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLgmPgR6dFVrYgIacA6qKg873Rm3IR-Chr_koHYdNZn5wZzMkuDB2reVBOK86-YnM0izZ0xEqoreJTxIGEIhLI3STPWmWy9ktsvhhQ0vpZiv01lKChAJZW2S3F4Tq-38tSf4W7DwcrrGGkkmuowO0cLa6Psq3MJKkRW-K_VOnPs6bDdj8-8iB00iaV-Q/s320/IMG_1464.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">The next night, I set out condiments of chopped white onion, cilantro, avocado, cheese and sour cream (the dairy was to offset some of the spiciness for my husband). The semi-white chili was delicious for me even without the additional dairy. And so I will cook this again according to the recipe directions and maybe use only half the cream cheese (4 ounces is plenty) and again omit the sour cream. Also no seeds in the fresh green jalapeno to make it less spicy for hubs.</div></div></span><p></p>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-74783580688490094002024-01-16T07:31:00.000-08:002024-01-16T07:31:14.571-08:00clay and composition: pins and drawing<p><span style="font-family: courier;">I’ve been on a tear, making pins. Zan brought out the plaster slip cast molds, and I somewhat squared off this one to make a ceramic name tag for Meral.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAP9gM10auhiXD3YeJrTlLrIRpbQSNZYKsN5ufZK8ktXJ59KOXRMYuSkGfYS_hPV2OQMnlJYQ9am0ZLS_fhE7CCaRlDOaS3XJxv_LDvnhk_jmogip8QTpadTjPIJvZ4sC3zHzQXKfdpvNUXvPFV7EcK2YKvA0Dn7tiey76MILgx1vslEE27DhMpfQTnTw/s4032/IMG_1396.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAP9gM10auhiXD3YeJrTlLrIRpbQSNZYKsN5ufZK8ktXJ59KOXRMYuSkGfYS_hPV2OQMnlJYQ9am0ZLS_fhE7CCaRlDOaS3XJxv_LDvnhk_jmogip8QTpadTjPIJvZ4sC3zHzQXKfdpvNUXvPFV7EcK2YKvA0Dn7tiey76MILgx1vslEE27DhMpfQTnTw/w480-h640/IMG_1396.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">And there are quite a few more I made on the greenware shelf at school. This past Saturday I made even more. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtYtpR9cNyzN23Bc96nxDL7PfFH7wz1bGT2guJTIzlSpMjizpicMk4u-OZkIJjuJWJTJ9r3j4XxPvZ3mUu505gw3xTWgthHuzkJhRofBJaQt0Pn4Z_weTTH1a-8Oa1NmKmOmeYnOIx62gDQnf7WDVZNDKt3x0c9i9-1_feDXGinCdsAbaAKQN5EGJHcs/s4032/IMG_1418.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtYtpR9cNyzN23Bc96nxDL7PfFH7wz1bGT2guJTIzlSpMjizpicMk4u-OZkIJjuJWJTJ9r3j4XxPvZ3mUu505gw3xTWgthHuzkJhRofBJaQt0Pn4Z_weTTH1a-8Oa1NmKmOmeYnOIx62gDQnf7WDVZNDKt3x0c9i9-1_feDXGinCdsAbaAKQN5EGJHcs/w640-h480/IMG_1418.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've had this drawing exercise book for a few years....obviously, drawing wasn't a daily practice as I left off on Day 7 a couple years ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVkjrod9pTw1U3sJCFq34lrC14nD-qPz28GfNqGkMi-76JXGhKOCY7GCvZ2alPyBKV81BmJhw1sre6hyQZdGVjDmeSoOuM8WVApQx2qcdFxIg6EWXwUTNr78kRsKm4wfXghZDI-r74hakOW3HdVwUSz6swoCHXlVzfqpU01HYjbc7MUi69Y1GofC8qPc/s4032/IMG_1419.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVkjrod9pTw1U3sJCFq34lrC14nD-qPz28GfNqGkMi-76JXGhKOCY7GCvZ2alPyBKV81BmJhw1sre6hyQZdGVjDmeSoOuM8WVApQx2qcdFxIg6EWXwUTNr78kRsKm4wfXghZDI-r74hakOW3HdVwUSz6swoCHXlVzfqpU01HYjbc7MUi69Y1GofC8qPc/w480-h640/IMG_1419.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>But I did doodle and watercolor over the weekend and can see a wee bit of improvement. I think I’ll even make some clay mugs to turn these 2-D ideas into 3-D actual objects.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbILtDFJCQGkNka3RT0BwChvr3idEU_7sRWOamLr_dZMts-xXfa0_A-uWykxZaIFabvdOv3xG6P5WsrZ3cijfnBhtuwc9BvtZ-Rl3qvrIh6Y6RnHuK8auHZVIeY21FtaevQ7Pp6SefiojdgCtPgkGaTKkJHVQsn1Rkb2bT3EBNPe1VfP3pzzmnzHcYrY/s4032/IMG_1420.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbILtDFJCQGkNka3RT0BwChvr3idEU_7sRWOamLr_dZMts-xXfa0_A-uWykxZaIFabvdOv3xG6P5WsrZ3cijfnBhtuwc9BvtZ-Rl3qvrIh6Y6RnHuK8auHZVIeY21FtaevQ7Pp6SefiojdgCtPgkGaTKkJHVQsn1Rkb2bT3EBNPe1VfP3pzzmnzHcYrY/w480-h640/IMG_1420.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">This drawing exercise to render tools of my trade (really not my trade but my passion) was very fun. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7i8MHt8p39DQl6sIfxitjxtalRQx2GjQV1Eq0vVB_Ss6eK0Q6rniccGGSxsL67hD80ZaXSNS_I98twJNttAH1is6hYggCUaJW98EtTFm6LQ46HAWyc8SLlAxN4OqT5yNjAzNMMs3dZv31OgUnxlZI-SoHikQa-C8CYrzBvBJT_TyzIDThfrG8GoUmcE/s4032/IMG_1422.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7i8MHt8p39DQl6sIfxitjxtalRQx2GjQV1Eq0vVB_Ss6eK0Q6rniccGGSxsL67hD80ZaXSNS_I98twJNttAH1is6hYggCUaJW98EtTFm6LQ46HAWyc8SLlAxN4OqT5yNjAzNMMs3dZv31OgUnxlZI-SoHikQa-C8CYrzBvBJT_TyzIDThfrG8GoUmcE/w480-h640/IMG_1422.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">At school before assigning kids to make a ceramic pin, I created an example in my sketchbook to share with them. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9p70PXs42mv4k9jKQHjbzjiMvwQTQOHcWia9zJoUaOU_Wb87_N1RJX0dUTGhTxfW31mi5HuX-XxDdOdC6i7plhj-hTDyGbSPWElhChOMDs0e6WVgD16QZscK-d7jKzlSh-KVK0JxXbw-WrYgsmyej9Smzzx9ogPh3NPzJn4J6o8m0qBhTArQwp1WcN8/s4032/IMG_1397.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9p70PXs42mv4k9jKQHjbzjiMvwQTQOHcWia9zJoUaOU_Wb87_N1RJX0dUTGhTxfW31mi5HuX-XxDdOdC6i7plhj-hTDyGbSPWElhChOMDs0e6WVgD16QZscK-d7jKzlSh-KVK0JxXbw-WrYgsmyej9Smzzx9ogPh3NPzJn4J6o8m0qBhTArQwp1WcN8/w640-h480/IMG_1397.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I, of course, plan to sketch more.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0BdLuV-QzOICce2Wd1IWwxg5zewyOZfrw18zlmcihkNz9dZXS16Priqk6jqWnl4LsdBacWATYJHLe7j4N2I3k5AQqAhwTC7z63k0qvzP5ZSdojXPkLbqrJcruQhzAMhyLTDcuN6HAzj0krilQmAEtDmWOyDpXsQD3jj9O6vO_3TzEWCeZx2LBq-XQQQ/s4032/IMG_1404.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0BdLuV-QzOICce2Wd1IWwxg5zewyOZfrw18zlmcihkNz9dZXS16Priqk6jqWnl4LsdBacWATYJHLe7j4N2I3k5AQqAhwTC7z63k0qvzP5ZSdojXPkLbqrJcruQhzAMhyLTDcuN6HAzj0krilQmAEtDmWOyDpXsQD3jj9O6vO_3TzEWCeZx2LBq-XQQQ/w640-h480/IMG_1404.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here's a quote I can practice calligraphy on a watercolor wash in tribute to MLK, Jr.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHqAEDMGA6hJqQyGjyipdXDpux_pCvfiGMcP7ruaPEV_maSWu7WXZCKQmNsNyJefVwCIY2NMrJmErdGG3E8juloxVZH-G8BmZ5OonAqpFIMOHZBzN4SLykxSxkNd2RFzmIVmySyK-KZc6_tcs7A3nDqeiMYvsbsGLSwERTXoUfCs9wTKLPXbsvmke3rk/s2532/IMG_1423.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHqAEDMGA6hJqQyGjyipdXDpux_pCvfiGMcP7ruaPEV_maSWu7WXZCKQmNsNyJefVwCIY2NMrJmErdGG3E8juloxVZH-G8BmZ5OonAqpFIMOHZBzN4SLykxSxkNd2RFzmIVmySyK-KZc6_tcs7A3nDqeiMYvsbsGLSwERTXoUfCs9wTKLPXbsvmke3rk/w296-h640/IMG_1423.png" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next exercise is to doodle to music, which I’ll draw and paint to this afternoon.</div></span></div><p></p>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-74900226623682353792024-01-15T10:21:00.000-08:002024-01-15T10:21:06.032-08:00a ferris wheel: jean michel basquiat<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzAeth6rVca-llUhSHot0kngVtzZWfmJCxw4CEZPjP57ns0a0oSQToutGt6As-Zsg1gqmdIRAE1YUp-i0BQoA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p></p>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-14715349864885984132024-01-15T10:18:00.000-08:002024-01-15T10:18:32.205-08:00a carousel: keith haring<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwW4ZNKjZTcyi2wKR6ik1f0JWT33pyBZpFg3Fk2aiIHwJJ38Hv_XiB1-962tETV0MYYc3amM8-9WeWajI-WWg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxoqJxSB6NuxLWxjDqikk-hPnJ1ufSYk527WtvYu8-euzWJX0-NduI_zAb12T8Eu7-DWA3Peg8YDDuuc720ZA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p></p>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-15839485169775216792024-01-14T09:13:00.000-08:002024-01-19T06:34:48.289-08:00travel: luna luna<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">What I like about getting older is caring less what people think. However, I do still experience fear of missing out, and in a way, that is the same thing as approval-seeking and showing off. However, I truly want to look forward to aging and finding older happiness. Here's one concern I share from an <i>Atlantic </i>article about "How to Be Happy Growing Older": "</span><span style="font-family: courier;">Your weaknesses as you age are more subjective and a matter of personal judgment. For example, is a reduced openness to new experiences good, bad, or neutral?" For me, I see less inclination to try new things as bad, and as something I want to improve. "Others may see staying open to new experiences as less important for themselves, but have another trait they would like to change. For example, say you’re a naturally reticent person who doesn’t want to see introversion become more dominant as you age. Is that something you can change? The answer is probably <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">yes</i>." I miss that spontaneity of my younger years in the road trips and the side field trips I used to take from college throughout my 30s. And so when I read a newspaper article about Luna Luna, and because I'm ardent about art museums and art installations, I impulsively decided to go before it ends on January 14th. I researched a bit about the Arts District in Los Angeles and perused maps of neighborhoods next to the art amusement park exhibit and decided finally to stay overnight in Japantown. I spent the night at the Miyako Hotel which is conveniently across the street from the Japanese American Museum and smack dab next to the Japanese Village Plaza. I really liked the retro signage of this restaurant across the street from my hotel room.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwsw5eHegtNMa40Zo5bN3qowR7-5Q5-__bkwiNyvCFJhRXaiuc53TuW7Ps-VUF718wPwHnht0dQ6XL4Sxz32Pa9IO8iLyk5ix0mAw01omOnQYxK1d5rcSQyPXiPdapme4SAVca-VajN2FIcVifco6S-KJGE-WpnXk7bCKGCYNSmN2oqPrq_GBSI5MHOM/s4032/IMG_1304.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwsw5eHegtNMa40Zo5bN3qowR7-5Q5-__bkwiNyvCFJhRXaiuc53TuW7Ps-VUF718wPwHnht0dQ6XL4Sxz32Pa9IO8iLyk5ix0mAw01omOnQYxK1d5rcSQyPXiPdapme4SAVca-VajN2FIcVifco6S-KJGE-WpnXk7bCKGCYNSmN2oqPrq_GBSI5MHOM/w480-h640/IMG_1304.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">One thing I don't have in my approaching dotage is the stamina. I didn't get out of my car at the Griffith Observatory and didn't venture into the museums across the street. I saved most of my energy fighting a cold and experiencing Luna Luna. I conveniently got a Lyft and was greeted by Andre Heller's <i>Dream Station. </i>There was no café inside the inflatable structure though there was a truck that served coffee and hot chocolate next to it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLykoGB5JFxpl8dBvYd0c7agKhuC583wJzmEYSEW6yK47WTT5AG5MaeXAsLQ-Ix8OpBKPBWroQoctm824rKwlibliuIsFMEEXyB9J_7bCNLtIj9whu1XFS1srp2tzbtzUwhnV5ljFDLxAdj2WC8DTUoR-tDmuCRsiLrzRXmq_fRyQ3vAR-4u2vRrOFBuI/s4032/IMG_1305.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLykoGB5JFxpl8dBvYd0c7agKhuC583wJzmEYSEW6yK47WTT5AG5MaeXAsLQ-Ix8OpBKPBWroQoctm824rKwlibliuIsFMEEXyB9J_7bCNLtIj9whu1XFS1srp2tzbtzUwhnV5ljFDLxAdj2WC8DTUoR-tDmuCRsiLrzRXmq_fRyQ3vAR-4u2vRrOFBuI/w480-h640/IMG_1305.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I educated myself on 20th century art.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfJK-ST3MghSVrlzRMFY0dLf3oylUphy6MXhFoet7YIOdxZz-o9r3Em2_uaQNb59jKPHrRbqtUCsrJnUN0IdIDinkLiZOTUfVggqcgtLAMtfRpmxvLhZmjCMgpVDzMsbu73FOn5xyGTvVCQf-th8JHRTrP7Cr7XURgu_eMrxrtZbtcuuduODZiuw6Xek/s4032/IMG_1333.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfJK-ST3MghSVrlzRMFY0dLf3oylUphy6MXhFoet7YIOdxZz-o9r3Em2_uaQNb59jKPHrRbqtUCsrJnUN0IdIDinkLiZOTUfVggqcgtLAMtfRpmxvLhZmjCMgpVDzMsbu73FOn5xyGTvVCQf-th8JHRTrP7Cr7XURgu_eMrxrtZbtcuuduODZiuw6Xek/w480-h640/IMG_1333.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Inside you're greeted by the industrially fabricated tarps of Keith Haring's art.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I've always liked his dog drawings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAASjKzQI7rYPj2I0Xg15BHH7qNGUTAygoPowxY_p3mDpl3Ion7upB3TnU5Vuf4ZNdY1gChPC7cmB8TtrJlvwcqG-LIm6FKYxT2Gumqnq_zUS-bRzZt8jlWEF5L4heJENlojI8tShyphenhyphen2jCB-FDYRFAcvs1hOmblxJumhViI0hikg9U1zETOnfjsm1liJJg/s4032/IMG_1315.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAASjKzQI7rYPj2I0Xg15BHH7qNGUTAygoPowxY_p3mDpl3Ion7upB3TnU5Vuf4ZNdY1gChPC7cmB8TtrJlvwcqG-LIm6FKYxT2Gumqnq_zUS-bRzZt8jlWEF5L4heJENlojI8tShyphenhyphen2jCB-FDYRFAcvs1hOmblxJumhViI0hikg9U1zETOnfjsm1liJJg/w640-h480/IMG_1315.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">More images to draw inspiration from.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJZyZpNKrFwhf_X6cbdk4Qf4vPZjCOI89dQ4JUDb1WVFStTtiznwysn9o4ESbmtM1ab9oXSuPZNJFcRGosHL6loCA8rUZevf3uSTL8h0hQNpIa2jbzdpT7Ou563jlxnC0CKy0k2IsziTPyHD5JsfYt9GGC9SNRE8i4u74oSChZU-Yi_CLFdSPWY4xSCk/s4032/IMG_1312.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJZyZpNKrFwhf_X6cbdk4Qf4vPZjCOI89dQ4JUDb1WVFStTtiznwysn9o4ESbmtM1ab9oXSuPZNJFcRGosHL6loCA8rUZevf3uSTL8h0hQNpIa2jbzdpT7Ou563jlxnC0CKy0k2IsziTPyHD5JsfYt9GGC9SNRE8i4u74oSChZU-Yi_CLFdSPWY4xSCk/w640-h480/IMG_1312.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Orphism, Simultanism, Color-rhythms, graphic design, textiles, tableware, furniture,jewelry, Sonia Delaunay seemed to have dabbled in everything. Her geometric shapes and bold colors are somewhat giving me ideas about surface designs for my ceramics.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuOtgSACGrN_1bdBD2xEvsYjXP-4N1cxrzy2u3YLTtzkTImflGsM9nugO58ii5VyulcyrxCSENBK3JVpwOgM4fve5_0Ou6t6jz9P-WC53qiRbPFVfAtuiH8mv93dsipU-ChBHkaeyRfon6ayxZ0PbapDQwf5Qyp0i07-EfvIpF0KB4MeHhyBg5GFqTh0/s4032/IMG_1328.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuOtgSACGrN_1bdBD2xEvsYjXP-4N1cxrzy2u3YLTtzkTImflGsM9nugO58ii5VyulcyrxCSENBK3JVpwOgM4fve5_0Ou6t6jz9P-WC53qiRbPFVfAtuiH8mv93dsipU-ChBHkaeyRfon6ayxZ0PbapDQwf5Qyp0i07-EfvIpF0KB4MeHhyBg5GFqTh0/w640-h480/IMG_1328.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I need to play with this boldness and return to the quilt I had started with Carolyn Friedlander's designs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihL4C1ClAUmiWSq7vW2HVkn7iLEofXpXMkT7jyxfy08ET0wQDKlSI_OfcdLMouT87Qm3gs_BFkSW8qWzzdZVZL71fc4QdZN22tx6OmuL7lR6Q7QesNdJFWAXniWJftDsbsTXSvHwRZVeXJHha_onJZNclLJsLrVjC8orZjtLUSvYRK4lfNV5NGYj9RWks/s4032/IMG_1331.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihL4C1ClAUmiWSq7vW2HVkn7iLEofXpXMkT7jyxfy08ET0wQDKlSI_OfcdLMouT87Qm3gs_BFkSW8qWzzdZVZL71fc4QdZN22tx6OmuL7lR6Q7QesNdJFWAXniWJftDsbsTXSvHwRZVeXJHha_onJZNclLJsLrVjC8orZjtLUSvYRK4lfNV5NGYj9RWks/s320/IMG_1331.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO63Q1U4OwTv-Oy6CkqjnABzggLCjL2htDTdgo1keOJwgHAq0FQztE2T9Nci2Vhm0gDZ1BAG8CGQJnotF6XFjEOpPzk61y6jfb2vVf9KaD575qidGCRNDZGvPQJkf2UK4LTFkP965BKAFV6SIxidlL9l8oSaSZYao7WQkY7My8cdjbCTlyK6kXei5fNjA/s4032/IMG_1329.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO63Q1U4OwTv-Oy6CkqjnABzggLCjL2htDTdgo1keOJwgHAq0FQztE2T9Nci2Vhm0gDZ1BAG8CGQJnotF6XFjEOpPzk61y6jfb2vVf9KaD575qidGCRNDZGvPQJkf2UK4LTFkP965BKAFV6SIxidlL9l8oSaSZYao7WQkY7My8cdjbCTlyK6kXei5fNjA/s320/IMG_1329.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">In 1987, I was 22 and would have been not curious enough and too bewildered by Luna Luna and its contemporary art. The age of 58 is however not too late to explore art interests. I'd like to return to Los Angeles and go to LACMA and the Hammer Museum.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5MkFnNYyqvPzTguqHjqyXfeDpfIMhz9oeLLOT_8Y8vjL3nMDRqzgn0gfhZJ9jcCSOg3ur3O61VpL7j1yzQPxiqIpBOIWBLma2xZQSc8daPvDgrp2z2VPZ_goKHNmmgak1fXX-7P14aS7T-Y9bK05NQwUKWQ2L_MX-odvPrJuzhcccd750WKhvuGQs0DY/s4032/IMG_1330.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5MkFnNYyqvPzTguqHjqyXfeDpfIMhz9oeLLOT_8Y8vjL3nMDRqzgn0gfhZJ9jcCSOg3ur3O61VpL7j1yzQPxiqIpBOIWBLma2xZQSc8daPvDgrp2z2VPZ_goKHNmmgak1fXX-7P14aS7T-Y9bK05NQwUKWQ2L_MX-odvPrJuzhcccd750WKhvuGQs0DY/w640-h480/IMG_1330.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I especially would have been and maybe still am confounded by the intermixing of sacred and profane. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWNWlYCoNYraAR3NwloLGRd84pi1Wi0REfpiuZB4iignqGfumsV6e1ul08sLy_-OJ4y5DwVbfUmm6lO9i0xU0G86ibNZf5haHLiDDIu5Ce6jIkuohpdRIX_Ka1Ccd0PT1xh1RtFJZpQGTeVNBXHUNXwkbqvtQikDPREjpjlifMbLXND_NDgloTOD-hGg/s4032/IMG_1327.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWNWlYCoNYraAR3NwloLGRd84pi1Wi0REfpiuZB4iignqGfumsV6e1ul08sLy_-OJ4y5DwVbfUmm6lO9i0xU0G86ibNZf5haHLiDDIu5Ce6jIkuohpdRIX_Ka1Ccd0PT1xh1RtFJZpQGTeVNBXHUNXwkbqvtQikDPREjpjlifMbLXND_NDgloTOD-hGg/w640-h480/IMG_1327.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Farting still does not amuse me. Manfred Deix was not a favorite.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGh0oIavmhi9gTl0vnpkY6Ra2XeNso8YxOymL68kf8hfAoHCNjCBuQ24KKm6AgEF9ocO387Fnxvvy1ktpgkeigH7ppGkGDPQG6crP3hyphenhyphenz3kGdlg5EuqLPs893Lwkp3ePz_dlMklISruvBjNNx8EarnAWDa43pUnA1U88ZqjVNtGCQTt2SCegE_mkMVCAM/s4032/IMG_1325.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGh0oIavmhi9gTl0vnpkY6Ra2XeNso8YxOymL68kf8hfAoHCNjCBuQ24KKm6AgEF9ocO387Fnxvvy1ktpgkeigH7ppGkGDPQG6crP3hyphenhyphenz3kGdlg5EuqLPs893Lwkp3ePz_dlMklISruvBjNNx8EarnAWDa43pUnA1U88ZqjVNtGCQTt2SCegE_mkMVCAM/s320/IMG_1325.jpeg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tUdDcpmxP9jjnmKfMSoGiwAWC1kiWUSP6jua5pXr9ZnxaOn6HGpzvfLin25bHDcbX6JdgKRcvK3YDw8RsYkKekGFc4exOeXdeH0HPy6cB9573MVLCnao_aFm_OF1Ln1VMgwuqT15m9wdARa-3R_d7dMr4RcxHUVf7vSYtAKUhWRTTqklJ3rWVZTQELg/s4032/IMG_1324.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tUdDcpmxP9jjnmKfMSoGiwAWC1kiWUSP6jua5pXr9ZnxaOn6HGpzvfLin25bHDcbX6JdgKRcvK3YDw8RsYkKekGFc4exOeXdeH0HPy6cB9573MVLCnao_aFm_OF1Ln1VMgwuqT15m9wdARa-3R_d7dMr4RcxHUVf7vSYtAKUhWRTTqklJ3rWVZTQELg/s320/IMG_1324.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Yep, <i>Palace of the Winds, </i>meh.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJPrmRGRlX1ovYIOoxK8IxdnloIO0nW_wAtXqpA1Nv4UR6E7H0T9V9s9dBRozJUJi_vc1c-P1zuy7dl8C1yWbGes_aB2gue0GyPuMrtjSOyzYNgAU1IJcmdH92fUQuJuWaOHGF4wU3COHKafqQ1aotvpFIgfJyvsZaHADDjOi_JpbWqYl1JzQBsqo1Xc/s4032/IMG_1323.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJPrmRGRlX1ovYIOoxK8IxdnloIO0nW_wAtXqpA1Nv4UR6E7H0T9V9s9dBRozJUJi_vc1c-P1zuy7dl8C1yWbGes_aB2gue0GyPuMrtjSOyzYNgAU1IJcmdH92fUQuJuWaOHGF4wU3COHKafqQ1aotvpFIgfJyvsZaHADDjOi_JpbWqYl1JzQBsqo1Xc/w640-h480/IMG_1323.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Sheesh. I definitely feel discomfort, but not really glee.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRKizINngUeq4o9TGn6p7AhyjhR1HqnOw1-9laW00Q7ZaBe8yivhhGUWqAchDdxMrlVmjmINORGBPPsDT0z3u5sraVR5ZH4N1P9OXPhHG4Hw3shGeOxaLwz-b3nv3FnupAMuervcq5YhXmPpvRA3HR7UNgffygWpyebmYLKF5EHeV0d468VuvKsYCRAM/s4032/IMG_1322.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRKizINngUeq4o9TGn6p7AhyjhR1HqnOw1-9laW00Q7ZaBe8yivhhGUWqAchDdxMrlVmjmINORGBPPsDT0z3u5sraVR5ZH4N1P9OXPhHG4Hw3shGeOxaLwz-b3nv3FnupAMuervcq5YhXmPpvRA3HR7UNgffygWpyebmYLKF5EHeV0d468VuvKsYCRAM/w640-h480/IMG_1322.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Ahh, here we go. Lichtenstein. Pop Art I do like.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFQAxrt9YMu0RrlgavNAiT3Ny7PS7rPLoF_9OrzX4pn3jyw9OrXsbzNN-nvTCdJYXrP-3bobPhURmqPUxZZNVlLnUdz94-HCW-zgoymD07IW5urRKTQ-zqg5G4aTspwfiyryAMGvnbsFVcCaMkKo65nBQbO21hwiv4XTiqYycWfsS1pAOYc-bAJLMbcQ/s4032/IMG_1332.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFQAxrt9YMu0RrlgavNAiT3Ny7PS7rPLoF_9OrzX4pn3jyw9OrXsbzNN-nvTCdJYXrP-3bobPhURmqPUxZZNVlLnUdz94-HCW-zgoymD07IW5urRKTQ-zqg5G4aTspwfiyryAMGvnbsFVcCaMkKo65nBQbO21hwiv4XTiqYycWfsS1pAOYc-bAJLMbcQ/w640-h480/IMG_1332.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">I never knew that the Venus of Willendorf was only unearthed in the early 20th century, and okay it's not in the Vatican as portrayed in the <i>Young Pope</i>, but in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna. And I bought my own souvenir of Luna Luna by buying a Moon locket pendant necklace from Anthropologie's clearance sale.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsxhzOIs2Ji5dQMC_gV4CIsmrMsEUOSQ5C0DFySsp_dmC0wkggl2v-jLRbkSXiB135xcOw_W7RBEXNLfjTLpiRwL_j81RO8rySssofAFvF0WfYpcT9V6i8RqKSpDxRCcFhaBaaxOBnaL15R5By8_Birk2OLxC793nvUo3pnOUbC3rtwwEqTOE5L3DFK3k/s4032/IMG_1334.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsxhzOIs2Ji5dQMC_gV4CIsmrMsEUOSQ5C0DFySsp_dmC0wkggl2v-jLRbkSXiB135xcOw_W7RBEXNLfjTLpiRwL_j81RO8rySssofAFvF0WfYpcT9V6i8RqKSpDxRCcFhaBaaxOBnaL15R5By8_Birk2OLxC793nvUo3pnOUbC3rtwwEqTOE5L3DFK3k/s320/IMG_1334.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUO9QdY820i29gqYHhxQbFypgmVZBxU__WNLwaryUCtKGTMCIKkbDuHQIfxb9yf9iGEqMAe2FncZ0m9SmAua1KVGR0S5sHQp_9RsMc3ixlNccfbj-9vZdPKFlnxXQ7ek2-jYAQU1WAQiSt7mvN-nyAyUoWSFSlAOsHQPZpfFrH0JBjuNqkdbU72f_Lsh0/s4032/IMG_1335.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUO9QdY820i29gqYHhxQbFypgmVZBxU__WNLwaryUCtKGTMCIKkbDuHQIfxb9yf9iGEqMAe2FncZ0m9SmAua1KVGR0S5sHQp_9RsMc3ixlNccfbj-9vZdPKFlnxXQ7ek2-jYAQU1WAQiSt7mvN-nyAyUoWSFSlAOsHQPZpfFrH0JBjuNqkdbU72f_Lsh0/s320/IMG_1335.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Yes to Cubism. Why isn't there just an art course on Pablo Picasso? I'm remembering my visit to the Dali Museum in Tampa Bay, Florida.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqoJsL_aYraFz626ANCMGAa-H75-7hpw9_-NSu9OppwLx-mOQTPDN0kZLK_50AOvIpVmQ5B58FHxbQ3aGJvqdZAWtU_1U41GyDi7m09Tn7aKtfJst64ZH-TvZTuczWzxbUsyiXwT0N_RVP56eAR6CVHHwcbOVOxoPCQjXbk2W4o0fI2MqeBJPmzLSFu8/s4032/IMG_1336.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqoJsL_aYraFz626ANCMGAa-H75-7hpw9_-NSu9OppwLx-mOQTPDN0kZLK_50AOvIpVmQ5B58FHxbQ3aGJvqdZAWtU_1U41GyDi7m09Tn7aKtfJst64ZH-TvZTuczWzxbUsyiXwT0N_RVP56eAR6CVHHwcbOVOxoPCQjXbk2W4o0fI2MqeBJPmzLSFu8/s320/IMG_1336.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNQjuw9BkP1L8fB4WzbCR2B7Ne7_Rj6NDloH4KtzBbLaOlbifZHjvplGYPpIbg5ONlsrT78DzeDNVAzPo34VWvnlvCd2ZkCL1mnugsoyK_Y2NyOxawOJGjEkNXmBYm_uCWXS-2GtMM_kprMjm1tyX_x8hekMoEqjsY-_NDg_OtGgbR0oiCnMPvcPc12M/s4032/IMG_1337.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNQjuw9BkP1L8fB4WzbCR2B7Ne7_Rj6NDloH4KtzBbLaOlbifZHjvplGYPpIbg5ONlsrT78DzeDNVAzPo34VWvnlvCd2ZkCL1mnugsoyK_Y2NyOxawOJGjEkNXmBYm_uCWXS-2GtMM_kprMjm1tyX_x8hekMoEqjsY-_NDg_OtGgbR0oiCnMPvcPc12M/s320/IMG_1337.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">And it's imperative that I create my own lunar art in ceramics, perhaps a pendant in the mother of pearl luster glaze I have.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXs6j0a5N6GztDt3faVLVyqnvjfZo9H3I92218yMmJFHgj16j6bl2z97-pJla3KjU47btVfkQv2Z_8WVA-OgRdnN5eS04eNZQK-CiYBVGrSFDA0KeQyiR78pJofqaF2WlUTgIQdWE_XjI7ECK-3_e6UJ9i7Y2F0UHabDct8AHkYCoq3Py6Zn9K_UFoC8/s4032/IMG_1338.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXs6j0a5N6GztDt3faVLVyqnvjfZo9H3I92218yMmJFHgj16j6bl2z97-pJla3KjU47btVfkQv2Z_8WVA-OgRdnN5eS04eNZQK-CiYBVGrSFDA0KeQyiR78pJofqaF2WlUTgIQdWE_XjI7ECK-3_e6UJ9i7Y2F0UHabDct8AHkYCoq3Py6Zn9K_UFoC8/s320/IMG_1338.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ICadYvQZgh3Bdetx52iS5ub9Gbj8zRuc5Kfum6qTmhPayGgn38XpNxLzLpQjUYzjfb3Xr5J0aS_a_y5NXdB8LSPj7YY8kClOK_WZlt0GSs0FuaNI2NKpUVWPxqGc9lMjl-_MwGTHQ6oQsoO9s3q8HriL1bXsG00C66bMSZM06zYZBYVuuCF9mAqCGeU/s4032/IMG_1339.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ICadYvQZgh3Bdetx52iS5ub9Gbj8zRuc5Kfum6qTmhPayGgn38XpNxLzLpQjUYzjfb3Xr5J0aS_a_y5NXdB8LSPj7YY8kClOK_WZlt0GSs0FuaNI2NKpUVWPxqGc9lMjl-_MwGTHQ6oQsoO9s3q8HriL1bXsG00C66bMSZM06zYZBYVuuCF9mAqCGeU/s320/IMG_1339.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I'd read reviews of the necklace of wearers complaining that the pendant was not as pictured and did not contain the engravings, and so let me make this ceramic pendant with the text. I wonder why there is a period or dot before the number? Here's what the internet revealed. <span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 16px;">It is complete, self-contained and perfect in and of itself. It </span><span style="background-color: rgba(80, 151, 255, 0.18); color: #040c28; font-size: 16px;">represents the Primordial Point, the first mark laid down by the Pen of the Divine, who wrote the universe into being</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 16px;">. It is a signal of intent, an act of creation, the beginning and origin of everything. And the XVIII or 18? </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">The </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" style="background: repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> word for "life" is </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;" title="Hebrew-language text"><span dir="rtl" lang="he">חי</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> (</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai_(symbol)" style="background: repeat; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Chai (symbol)">chai</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">), which has a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematria" style="background: repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Gematria">numerical value</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> of 18. Consequently, the custom has arisen in Jewish circles to give donations and monetary gifts in multiples of 18 as an expression of blessing for long life. Well okay. </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040;">The crescent moon has been considered a symbol of protection, transition and new beginnings due to its waxing and waning </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040;">cycle</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040;">, which represents both the time before something new begins (waxing) and after it ends (waning). This </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040;">cycle</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040;"> can also be seen as representing life’s journey from darkness into light; it offers guidance to those who lost on their path and also reminds us there’s always hope in trying again.</span></span></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The moon in any form is considered to be feminine, an empowering symbol that represents female influence, intuition and kindness as well as the power that women wield throughout the world. </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Crescent moons</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> have been worn by lovers for centuries because they’re believed to signify love and fertility. In some cultures unmarried women wear them believing they’ll find their soulmate, and married couples use them to represent their lasting relationship.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Crescent moons are also worn to bring luck and wealth and in some cultures they are believed to be protection against negativity. Good to know and a lovely design.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3cmAMuZDc95d1cL8TzC6fod-yiXeJGukpYLK_yapATz6GXjCNTFsub2F597z2Exy3GVwKijuMmIlMPeo_aii-rDwlvbmvdUG05dyeaD1SrjOXdgGSXBx4zkFt2DWL4ldo94watFGzaFXwZuj8a9e2mAuhtdekMeJPoC1AoAdfqFaAvUwFIoqgHPeOstU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="354" data-original-width="237" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3cmAMuZDc95d1cL8TzC6fod-yiXeJGukpYLK_yapATz6GXjCNTFsub2F597z2Exy3GVwKijuMmIlMPeo_aii-rDwlvbmvdUG05dyeaD1SrjOXdgGSXBx4zkFt2DWL4ldo94watFGzaFXwZuj8a9e2mAuhtdekMeJPoC1AoAdfqFaAvUwFIoqgHPeOstU=w268-h400" width="268" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;">If art is for everyone, is it democratic to charge an admission fee to view it? 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vDOkZ1SpEPaRY0LPxZj0L1SR8jqlFUfn3XAS-RZN96Au-IhU_Ljf6lRDrTmuRaedHoE35ntH_5kJDgoO0PYRlY2lsAzWNq8byBgcgTGzjLCW0vHsZMEFsP4XErBXR7-sVF1u_oWgGMEqI4vP-k_EWgVrpOuJNJM94BbrEFXibBjlyDW2sacMlijRmlw/s320/IMG_1356.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">I do like the iconography of Basquiat. And was enchanted by his ferry wheel.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHgZfZq9qz11UAdZlkb-KR09ydNbJ8GQ2-S8X5EP13w-V7n1ZTCCZWMHWknd0f1F-zq-W1YEW81ZsHz6ZaziLnFO_jhkNip_i9SunBZkA4FbJZ3FbH5Kgi0g72Cp_KhsZUZ_I0i4aBwlGhkDxC3KR94Mzq3hRV24gLl2gzu2iDNOWJeuwmwSYUc2StQS4/s4032/IMG_1357.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHgZfZq9qz11UAdZlkb-KR09ydNbJ8GQ2-S8X5EP13w-V7n1ZTCCZWMHWknd0f1F-zq-W1YEW81ZsHz6ZaziLnFO_jhkNip_i9SunBZkA4FbJZ3FbH5Kgi0g72Cp_KhsZUZ_I0i4aBwlGhkDxC3KR94Mzq3hRV24gLl2gzu2iDNOWJeuwmwSYUc2StQS4/w480-h640/IMG_1357.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxfND-DDE3BcIIpxCfme2dVoNM1PLTGKDhVAQR81QJbSzZXnPF0W_bpJ0Kf7Xv2hQoDH6lM7xoALz7lbEKepKNDMwCh76FMYkZ0XthwJKL03BH4vWhWpr7It1TKx1op2GWt0YcY2wb_VSXzhyphenhyphenkiyRjwVqItoXyMvlQ-iL7CfeLPs9y1NIrcDGb4oUdBE/s4032/IMG_1358.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqehrCp6MKWcUh0KZEDBu-MbCD43cRpAmL02h7Se1VxPeGbyxN4ZL2dI69pk3ufuibvkkY-8N_NVm0hyphenhyphenlSPshxSh1-OI9XZupbb_dkKKPlb6_vMRIGDdp6oNa6XhP2awF63oMiZnb95zl3bEJVVJS5OJCHnDosgaijk8u66xtVyFdx6gBWyidDwzlfnlY/w640-h480/IMG_1361.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">I did not pay to upgrade my teacher to enter the hall of mirrors.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiasyZLnnktmBpBzv5ORel0FABnx8OVPQzSgSqh37S1TUlyvRmLHjd9o8Tz-X5AbCwka-I7qTaI0D_IlVZ1uvdDTPISI-WElglZvEYlhi99KRh7CNAPRMvufD9HINQuyiT3F25FBlFJdBSOQVcn3MdwctJcf_CjuAdxBESTWg8z97USUfI8yd6W7IkfJfI/s4032/IMG_1363.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiasyZLnnktmBpBzv5ORel0FABnx8OVPQzSgSqh37S1TUlyvRmLHjd9o8Tz-X5AbCwka-I7qTaI0D_IlVZ1uvdDTPISI-WElglZvEYlhi99KRh7CNAPRMvufD9HINQuyiT3F25FBlFJdBSOQVcn3MdwctJcf_CjuAdxBESTWg8z97USUfI8yd6W7IkfJfI/w640-h480/IMG_1363.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2CgjIgY2Kl_7xmcIKLu2pvcuvXsDxq7IsbMIHWvBd1W6Blgt_fThSo7T_XZcUfCAqNOF4erYEHY2IzJ3vowsXUo_DLA37WRlHBvsl6lSt5yqYq80BwUvRoldDwn5WXJ-7WBN-iPoqAmDi_E0hXqJefKlK7bt7cwNN_SqHuVz9ya_qgnJju_iMOD4thKM/s4032/IMG_1365.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2CgjIgY2Kl_7xmcIKLu2pvcuvXsDxq7IsbMIHWvBd1W6Blgt_fThSo7T_XZcUfCAqNOF4erYEHY2IzJ3vowsXUo_DLA37WRlHBvsl6lSt5yqYq80BwUvRoldDwn5WXJ-7WBN-iPoqAmDi_E0hXqJefKlK7bt7cwNN_SqHuVz9ya_qgnJju_iMOD4thKM/w480-h640/IMG_1365.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">I did like the graffiti images of Kenny Scharf.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDA4vjae-YFl024S6rV6LbWEdaMyyouBhyZpb1AOJ_E-78ynfqkELii3raVISXx3RqB73AHhebpur-hRMB4vO8PNDOzizjlYVb-nR5o2xkSlecZ8eaBzzO8OGEBBatEgy5C5F7NkJZKNGNqXD41cRy3RTeWqRwcggR9kFxg1oYUGMHbwc2s9T-5C1yps/s4032/IMG_1366.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyYbJA64WHV6Qk5jonO5F9Kj4-MFMlk1eVOCvBKVM2TcsOOVzkv56fLR9cTYNaJFfOHAW45WdOULZYI2R6mrNesCCZF7xF7FemnY4cQB9SNcc6RKHiTV0xDS32o62BtMFlhUE0Ii941XeH1aPUTx7nz2eAgfNPkjN9-FVoVqd18j-DuPxBmSzdaBcQYqo/s320/IMG_1370.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">And took one last look at Heller's <i>Dream Station</i>, now an empty café.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3VUbAPbkSoWsRMCMgjXLMfqABsMveca__f2qwLFYjWQ9D-dwnw1xoxGboE2XMhReAnUZJlzhyphenhyphenpPOKpxpDRvP8CNuHnW6GICJAK27xVx0DR3BVEswEDgyLIAXIuGSsJFcurnIFBsjcBNg7ZANtPe7DbwtdCQynBhu5t-wLGoUBtMxGWgWRyqCIJf3g_XU/s4032/IMG_1371.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3VUbAPbkSoWsRMCMgjXLMfqABsMveca__f2qwLFYjWQ9D-dwnw1xoxGboE2XMhReAnUZJlzhyphenhyphenpPOKpxpDRvP8CNuHnW6GICJAK27xVx0DR3BVEswEDgyLIAXIuGSsJFcurnIFBsjcBNg7ZANtPe7DbwtdCQynBhu5t-wLGoUBtMxGWgWRyqCIJf3g_XU/w480-h640/IMG_1371.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">And then home temporary home—the Miyako Hotel in Japantown. I captured this image from my hotel room before i had left for Luna Luna. </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFsYIatRfd2kz_FftQUvfBR78Y1pp-0DTQ2kLjHsYQt0_fAgmAksCrl9o76WtU7QWFgZdX2pNsz57rMLsD4bjYabv93cZ-6CJXHHGjVyLwpa-ocrqqTfOp5GJOCQIW04I_pWA3RvCtGeV0CGEe2OiEpBttKK-SiGS_OiTJiPLObhjg5d2SeIZB_jF_b0/s4032/IMG_1381.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFsYIatRfd2kz_FftQUvfBR78Y1pp-0DTQ2kLjHsYQt0_fAgmAksCrl9o76WtU7QWFgZdX2pNsz57rMLsD4bjYabv93cZ-6CJXHHGjVyLwpa-ocrqqTfOp5GJOCQIW04I_pWA3RvCtGeV0CGEe2OiEpBttKK-SiGS_OiTJiPLObhjg5d2SeIZB_jF_b0/w640-h480/IMG_1381.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">And when I arrived at my temporary home, I searched for dessert and maybe more souvenirs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">And then I was noticing patterns and color palettes everywhere. Like these Matisse-like paper cut-outs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAwbbWBq53GqJoZDDD50mg0KMTkQE20n1mOS_4ZigU6XVTP7OmBR_RkHOuG52kqjzpQn2tMItb8YWmK40tGxwuYqlTnRN2ONeKdTLnnw7ZKnyYH_JMLplGT-ilmX-6zm_fQFviX5Lmwqm_XeATUAipqGb2_hBVdBiH8D35It5v-g0kbKUlVhBi6rar20/s4032/IMG_1383.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAwbbWBq53GqJoZDDD50mg0KMTkQE20n1mOS_4ZigU6XVTP7OmBR_RkHOuG52kqjzpQn2tMItb8YWmK40tGxwuYqlTnRN2ONeKdTLnnw7ZKnyYH_JMLplGT-ilmX-6zm_fQFviX5Lmwqm_XeATUAipqGb2_hBVdBiH8D35It5v-g0kbKUlVhBi6rar20/s320/IMG_1383.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfQ8Ws8ic-DfQ_BC9K7OhA73y1OXhAGo6AVjPXNC_YI1SRnYAl38GqHjC-DCYGJSCkRaIZvRNpPsBKZ_0XPJiJ8JrRjjDqKxTfqlp3uCMAcs2TT93J607zlEbfyKBMEfhJzclhf4aMxCY7bL10F4354XLElKz5PtzB8DqGIoZeKMUyIJGnKxJlXal64Is/s4032/IMG_1382.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfQ8Ws8ic-DfQ_BC9K7OhA73y1OXhAGo6AVjPXNC_YI1SRnYAl38GqHjC-DCYGJSCkRaIZvRNpPsBKZ_0XPJiJ8JrRjjDqKxTfqlp3uCMAcs2TT93J607zlEbfyKBMEfhJzclhf4aMxCY7bL10F4354XLElKz5PtzB8DqGIoZeKMUyIJGnKxJlXal64Is/s320/IMG_1382.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">And the shapes and colors on my paper coffee cup.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigj7JkMnx0m7UCI0zvjwHx1u76vdMJLZ3w4o8ji2JsERZKxhPf4UrMZjgOc-2zG_5CEl6diFW7KmLY_-Tv5sQ2AcAHL9h12mBSteqxBRc5I7BqtJvUOJeF2k7oiDN97EbJSN4Te0Br7sATlF2gWqEF6d7tDgWEWOeD5-z7SpauOm3ypQsb8M6_q8EsYL0/s4032/IMG_1386.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigj7JkMnx0m7UCI0zvjwHx1u76vdMJLZ3w4o8ji2JsERZKxhPf4UrMZjgOc-2zG_5CEl6diFW7KmLY_-Tv5sQ2AcAHL9h12mBSteqxBRc5I7BqtJvUOJeF2k7oiDN97EbJSN4Te0Br7sATlF2gWqEF6d7tDgWEWOeD5-z7SpauOm3ypQsb8M6_q8EsYL0/s320/IMG_1386.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgKbMFMov5goIOIGQTHGO7-fHhRAtXIGJa0nSfIdpSKD3v1aPbGh8HJVDzNCbMAoMndPhYmyXnnpOCUboF1I2QkbboRKrWcwxh9019xCrBibmVH3sD5zKcR3E6VUL57Pan_56hLXsVemcfHqjqW3P3EqX9hzoV9ws7ulbWefFh3zI3dT1rqxo1k3EGDFc/s4032/IMG_1385.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgKbMFMov5goIOIGQTHGO7-fHhRAtXIGJa0nSfIdpSKD3v1aPbGh8HJVDzNCbMAoMndPhYmyXnnpOCUboF1I2QkbboRKrWcwxh9019xCrBibmVH3sD5zKcR3E6VUL57Pan_56hLXsVemcfHqjqW3P3EqX9hzoV9ws7ulbWefFh3zI3dT1rqxo1k3EGDFc/s320/IMG_1385.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I was a bit fatigued after my short trip. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0c-NGmkozxVxmyoAmjyJfboJa2UunA33WYzveR4KcjfFynkLDma1_NBIPfjHPWKctvR83kA3flwsBhXDFMhziviFfKbYxM3NhskVjMgecNPqdhMsFGXlyHwQ0oWJ_2C7CQK-uX5H6E-I80x2UsCAIjj2PTsnLwpCz-Ig1IvUdaqtsyKxXLjesASRyZJU/s4032/IMG_1387.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0c-NGmkozxVxmyoAmjyJfboJa2UunA33WYzveR4KcjfFynkLDma1_NBIPfjHPWKctvR83kA3flwsBhXDFMhziviFfKbYxM3NhskVjMgecNPqdhMsFGXlyHwQ0oWJ_2C7CQK-uX5H6E-I80x2UsCAIjj2PTsnLwpCz-Ig1IvUdaqtsyKxXLjesASRyZJU/w480-h640/IMG_1387.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I committed to resting and rehydrating once home.</span></div></div>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-17975054924460664792024-01-03T22:14:00.000-08:002024-01-03T22:14:11.550-08:00cook: winter break eating<span style="font-family: courier;">I cooked comfort food like adobo and (brown) rice... </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIIIWfq0m8CvlBCXcrkSLkOmhnN5LM1a2ba3yZTOpwznq7fwJDNfYQifsKipIlnFKd6TjNx-8rCnx__ltdZSAln4gerXYRl1OdRl9kZ0AJhB1FpoAGetLGxvaE-CmMJBZ2DzeF0XJWQAWjGBmBRO3Ws2yJ2digRmRE8nAaxOc-w8yEhlH1O8XaV_BxMA/s4032/IMG_1252.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIIIWfq0m8CvlBCXcrkSLkOmhnN5LM1a2ba3yZTOpwznq7fwJDNfYQifsKipIlnFKd6TjNx-8rCnx__ltdZSAln4gerXYRl1OdRl9kZ0AJhB1FpoAGetLGxvaE-CmMJBZ2DzeF0XJWQAWjGBmBRO3Ws2yJ2digRmRE8nAaxOc-w8yEhlH1O8XaV_BxMA/w480-h640/IMG_1252.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">...and breakfasts like eggs gratin for those leisurely mornings on my winter break.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91rKGWzyBDMb_UyqKIXuH4RMDTObZSQIjf05HaryobLke7zHkyl7yYpmW7FcWb122kiXHlUE09XdtMsRw_oWPRTYXXDOc5AC-D6woeA_BelB0YaaAE8aPrMd6IcvkyLoUpKgMlrzu_W0fV5tdJw6QXjfhaMvR_rvchsaEBQaR91rWuXsS3ouChDYw2N8/s4032/IMG_1253.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91rKGWzyBDMb_UyqKIXuH4RMDTObZSQIjf05HaryobLke7zHkyl7yYpmW7FcWb122kiXHlUE09XdtMsRw_oWPRTYXXDOc5AC-D6woeA_BelB0YaaAE8aPrMd6IcvkyLoUpKgMlrzu_W0fV5tdJw6QXjfhaMvR_rvchsaEBQaR91rWuXsS3ouChDYw2N8/w640-h480/IMG_1253.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">However, I still had unopened cans of crab and oysters in the fridge left from thanksgiving feasting. The crab turned into my favorite sandwich that I used to order from the Sardine Can. Luckily, I had scallions and a lemon in the fridge--those ingredients with Best Foods and Kewpie mayonnaise and the crab make for the most delicious salad. And I remembered I had avocado too.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bjirXkmeLgmnreP4Z9Nx4f3jXM-4OLUXfxrtfxHaWsNsaCxjMcHczhb1dKdGGmULKs32t3dZsJvTNXROna7TCb3Syrg5VanCvlEkFVfBKbHjr7wM6jeHglGxy8eV5rV-oTHMCY_NKsFVifdNzvg-kyO1H8seBqeNjTSJmt5OqRaP2w-xMxEYQ0SDWUY/s4032/IMG_1265.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bjirXkmeLgmnreP4Z9Nx4f3jXM-4OLUXfxrtfxHaWsNsaCxjMcHczhb1dKdGGmULKs32t3dZsJvTNXROna7TCb3Syrg5VanCvlEkFVfBKbHjr7wM6jeHglGxy8eV5rV-oTHMCY_NKsFVifdNzvg-kyO1H8seBqeNjTSJmt5OqRaP2w-xMxEYQ0SDWUY/s320/IMG_1265.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqns84lEk9EqFBeYBBArNkIklczO1hK2jU_y28EE4me8xAoU_tKoM-fcRf6ivy3aD9xfytiNeREjAzPYf6T-I3KKZy8Tqf5-UwWLV5O9jpcGkvZyq3CrV66jwdLm6qqSI3iEjajwq2i5P_6Iyq6RY5jEVgLTK8URSkh1h2j4kesGmhErxecMOT4d8aY4/s4032/IMG_1266.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqns84lEk9EqFBeYBBArNkIklczO1hK2jU_y28EE4me8xAoU_tKoM-fcRf6ivy3aD9xfytiNeREjAzPYf6T-I3KKZy8Tqf5-UwWLV5O9jpcGkvZyq3CrV66jwdLm6qqSI3iEjajwq2i5P_6Iyq6RY5jEVgLTK8URSkh1h2j4kesGmhErxecMOT4d8aY4/s320/IMG_1266.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But I don't like avocado and crab salad too warm in a crab melt. And so I grilled the buttered sourdough and cheese first before layering sliced avocado and crab salad into the sandwich. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEbOLKsJQl9CZuAK27OnTWdjpGAvlULpHwYHZ3JJDnz62HvwmVuBQiEcwEmVl9V91gAduqgeilfQ51HckiMaqSwNc8Q8TD7ZBvvDwIfIYV1jJ-bEshd-XpzYRYWjEHWVdHA_AmTTGaLMd1nDfLGzl3gNei2OqtbrfaEwQ9xnQLisyyvBDjpflEuK5bws/s4032/IMG_1267.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEbOLKsJQl9CZuAK27OnTWdjpGAvlULpHwYHZ3JJDnz62HvwmVuBQiEcwEmVl9V91gAduqgeilfQ51HckiMaqSwNc8Q8TD7ZBvvDwIfIYV1jJ-bEshd-XpzYRYWjEHWVdHA_AmTTGaLMd1nDfLGzl3gNei2OqtbrfaEwQ9xnQLisyyvBDjpflEuK5bws/s320/IMG_1267.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQVWyv5Y7XsaZ7f3Ymo49r7LolwCaMm4mZge1nsu-VYvDwzzsxLrCPTnbgogWmaEThma0p5pKQIKUK3HGI-0HP3brhHeZgVkosLMQp3HpGZm8R5dC_NhZEBkrHpNf3D48-XgfYNjVr5A3m8duIxebir3ytxpv2mqUfElakdm7SJekqAxqpFgvzLpke34/s4032/IMG_1268.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQVWyv5Y7XsaZ7f3Ymo49r7LolwCaMm4mZge1nsu-VYvDwzzsxLrCPTnbgogWmaEThma0p5pKQIKUK3HGI-0HP3brhHeZgVkosLMQp3HpGZm8R5dC_NhZEBkrHpNf3D48-XgfYNjVr5A3m8duIxebir3ytxpv2mqUfElakdm7SJekqAxqpFgvzLpke34/s320/IMG_1268.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And what's left of the crab turned into our New Year's Eve dinner of crab pasta. I cooked a mashup of Northern European and Vietnamese butter garlic noodles by combining vermouth and cream with oyster, seasoning, fish sauces with garlic, butter and Parmesan cheese.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6uq0ivOFkifWG9CaiL_Cl-B6twjQxQiMPpiqzDHyFcTjs10bT_HCyylFVIpiOjEufKtln6RH-2TC_UYOQmg8L0xTmEKt3JIX0l-CrbUY-WtErTy12sEpv2n3rEutWTkHUi_aDgR6L15inTZYws-88Hl0b1RjG2HLRgCDTEfGdMuQCMJW2aAPCpLte9k/s4032/IMG_1269.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6uq0ivOFkifWG9CaiL_Cl-B6twjQxQiMPpiqzDHyFcTjs10bT_HCyylFVIpiOjEufKtln6RH-2TC_UYOQmg8L0xTmEKt3JIX0l-CrbUY-WtErTy12sEpv2n3rEutWTkHUi_aDgR6L15inTZYws-88Hl0b1RjG2HLRgCDTEfGdMuQCMJW2aAPCpLte9k/s320/IMG_1269.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPWWwvZv9lzJXcUzD-j_GRfCHUdtdtm_0hYt_Jc88vR9nLWjZFcg6XgDJCCZxV0kvBFQ0B0TQNpHELNC3IL0b2S-nLF__gKG18VwsX1bv_lYuZmp_bARrxYyG5gP0Ja-cFfJNdlW3aXrOjVTsVqGde3VxGbCAqOVBBKxKvuH5T33QAKWLPzkjkl4GP98/s4032/IMG_1270.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPWWwvZv9lzJXcUzD-j_GRfCHUdtdtm_0hYt_Jc88vR9nLWjZFcg6XgDJCCZxV0kvBFQ0B0TQNpHELNC3IL0b2S-nLF__gKG18VwsX1bv_lYuZmp_bARrxYyG5gP0Ja-cFfJNdlW3aXrOjVTsVqGde3VxGbCAqOVBBKxKvuH5T33QAKWLPzkjkl4GP98/s320/IMG_1270.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But of course with lots of scallions and roasted broccoli.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5a2bNYEbNotfknM2KLkV_40_Blkw7UevxKnBbGKLJ9s5cE2CeJkLJeXkyDtLgcLpV9EWiii07Hq9KGT9Gpc4klTSlRXg_jU2DejgaX7rLfSOOLLXEXKt0BGxFLTP1Xa62yfrhKsbMOwr1nQVpSgQ10JMpmiOcsyQoVoZAB81QU_rgSIl-IeOSD5cSVI/s4032/IMG_1271.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5a2bNYEbNotfknM2KLkV_40_Blkw7UevxKnBbGKLJ9s5cE2CeJkLJeXkyDtLgcLpV9EWiii07Hq9KGT9Gpc4klTSlRXg_jU2DejgaX7rLfSOOLLXEXKt0BGxFLTP1Xa62yfrhKsbMOwr1nQVpSgQ10JMpmiOcsyQoVoZAB81QU_rgSIl-IeOSD5cSVI/s320/IMG_1271.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-PvlmN01rbsg0rke6nBflmvxre-_jvaxjGL_stcf3fXmXErRhm-Eiju58B0V50PtPznqdjLXqR4nIspDKJmfkJJgYYidezFv79gDGzoNChyphenhyphenHNY13s6_-DfpSTK7nQTnBi9uZvdiZVQI190Wd3mj3gHE2AnK0SB2S8E7JSZamFxj6yLcfXddQ7CU_FCc/s4032/IMG_1272.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-PvlmN01rbsg0rke6nBflmvxre-_jvaxjGL_stcf3fXmXErRhm-Eiju58B0V50PtPznqdjLXqR4nIspDKJmfkJJgYYidezFv79gDGzoNChyphenhyphenHNY13s6_-DfpSTK7nQTnBi9uZvdiZVQI190Wd3mj3gHE2AnK0SB2S8E7JSZamFxj6yLcfXddQ7CU_FCc/s320/IMG_1272.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And this time instead of my favorite Chardonnay, a glass of <a href="https://drinkproxies.com/pages/dominique-crenn" target="_blank">Petanque</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmC12ehorFVUzIoBba3ES7QKqURmD_sAJxwlhF7TQFGPMiuBDa1hgvW4GkqNgk3J_5rt50XiSYSYzz-WtZH0OJbAoEU7pqfwP-OKPnROalMPOCvKMw9AsF-rjYrBXXUcLHJYGQ0Ubef7zSDy407nI3gPSZQ_qFXGh9EyvceY9xSDd6J14nwZTA8PSGH4/s4032/IMG_1273.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmC12ehorFVUzIoBba3ES7QKqURmD_sAJxwlhF7TQFGPMiuBDa1hgvW4GkqNgk3J_5rt50XiSYSYzz-WtZH0OJbAoEU7pqfwP-OKPnROalMPOCvKMw9AsF-rjYrBXXUcLHJYGQ0Ubef7zSDy407nI3gPSZQ_qFXGh9EyvceY9xSDd6J14nwZTA8PSGH4/w480-h640/IMG_1273.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And now I'm craving fruits and vegetables after all the holiday feasting, but I had two tortillas to use up in my pantry. After swimming yesterday, I bought fried potatoes and chorizo and stuffed them into breakfast burritos Meral and I ate before going to the ceramics store.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3391TvkDlcgBjvFVL6q_WUk8UNEmYWqVWi__uyDshBWZyAOL9A4FbDXs_asaMAqnrRz1wBr54X6I_Qm7hth0s8mnAqJToEdUZIWuU6hxU2rtEkpRowzD6_xljLw7KvfnfKFLvQtvy5VJa8nqBS-c62jsi8Y-tWRYAJnemYK32beGh3_1AfCtwYe9F-IQ/s4032/IMG_1277.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3391TvkDlcgBjvFVL6q_WUk8UNEmYWqVWi__uyDshBWZyAOL9A4FbDXs_asaMAqnrRz1wBr54X6I_Qm7hth0s8mnAqJToEdUZIWuU6hxU2rtEkpRowzD6_xljLw7KvfnfKFLvQtvy5VJa8nqBS-c62jsi8Y-tWRYAJnemYK32beGh3_1AfCtwYe9F-IQ/s320/IMG_1277.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGCh8kllFzE9POkrDKuqcBSpfhqK3NESKpyKzvi9frNBWbSyX2KB3Cfb-MUCmjN824ocXqqsnuSbEEHYqN6AkslVKPWMJJbMgWu72Vztsu3Bpdwl8VOtwZ5Zfcw9oyonOZ34txBwAUi_NlZNXrru8EZ_37e8TAlU7lCK4xdMt51Bnbax5Qsmsji2YUNA/s4032/IMG_1279.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGCh8kllFzE9POkrDKuqcBSpfhqK3NESKpyKzvi9frNBWbSyX2KB3Cfb-MUCmjN824ocXqqsnuSbEEHYqN6AkslVKPWMJJbMgWu72Vztsu3Bpdwl8VOtwZ5Zfcw9oyonOZ34txBwAUi_NlZNXrru8EZ_37e8TAlU7lCK4xdMt51Bnbax5Qsmsji2YUNA/s320/IMG_1279.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I satiated my vegetarian cravings with a Veggie Delite from Subway and stuffed the rest of the avocado from my crab melt into it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYWHyEvhsbfOJMHWt9LAbvTaKfwDsqC-7bDLt1tKqm60FgU2YKwbTm6HPAWX1_opKbPB6VVqWOUDc9_0wzlBVhY1mZCYEUKOHFAnlKFpZu2gxPyT9hG3yOnyFZPITkZ64UbHSrRcgPLxw-5FuDnCxbcIznjXsT9G91MS0HCa6LkWfIa-Wwqnz27DZpNg/s4032/IMG_1286.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYWHyEvhsbfOJMHWt9LAbvTaKfwDsqC-7bDLt1tKqm60FgU2YKwbTm6HPAWX1_opKbPB6VVqWOUDc9_0wzlBVhY1mZCYEUKOHFAnlKFpZu2gxPyT9hG3yOnyFZPITkZ64UbHSrRcgPLxw-5FuDnCxbcIznjXsT9G91MS0HCa6LkWfIa-Wwqnz27DZpNg/w480-h640/IMG_1286.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>I ate more of my adobo before my road trip to Los Angeles tomorrow. Oh right! I'm going to view Luna Luna in the Arts District and maybe stop at the Griffith Observatory too. I went to the public library to check out audiobooks for that 12 hour drive to and from: chick lit, literary fiction and nonfiction from my favorite Op-ed columnist, David Brooks. I'm bringing just my gym bag with a night shirt and toiletries, my art bag, my computer case and pencil case and a couple bottles of water.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJUzIfpn39GhF8RMtZTk8-P4UnwTNjzyPRsBiRfvnGUziH3skaHEqUaxhSGRUlImpZ_CyDm1HNUttwx4uRl-PfPSCg8XS_uoQk-fz9xoZhe3xaOYkd1So037YquMVh01CnNnYus5bRwFsfrZiE_XazvO8ABusHzAjtqyGl-E-aGV-RLDUscuMBjHU61c/s4032/IMG_1285.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJUzIfpn39GhF8RMtZTk8-P4UnwTNjzyPRsBiRfvnGUziH3skaHEqUaxhSGRUlImpZ_CyDm1HNUttwx4uRl-PfPSCg8XS_uoQk-fz9xoZhe3xaOYkd1So037YquMVh01CnNnYus5bRwFsfrZiE_XazvO8ABusHzAjtqyGl-E-aGV-RLDUscuMBjHU61c/s320/IMG_1285.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9clJ_KEnP70dL532JY6Ai9pZ6h8vYFmw8wjaDgIk2hVjeeWd5wirVBIosvsfxPE5jrFY77T3cQ631xSUFVwB9jhaO4SjOXcxh_ezt34Kl-ROV9JFsg3ZBbAlMd-9L8eJ6HLJqML19vn6vwPf1_bQP39-C4NL1eWUk3nyb9Tvut1b2uCyL1gWkI18aI4/s4032/IMG_1300.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9clJ_KEnP70dL532JY6Ai9pZ6h8vYFmw8wjaDgIk2hVjeeWd5wirVBIosvsfxPE5jrFY77T3cQ631xSUFVwB9jhaO4SjOXcxh_ezt34Kl-ROV9JFsg3ZBbAlMd-9L8eJ6HLJqML19vn6vwPf1_bQP39-C4NL1eWUk3nyb9Tvut1b2uCyL1gWkI18aI4/s320/IMG_1300.jpeg" width="240" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I wish I could travel lighter, but I relish my creature comforts in my hotel room.</span></div></div></div>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-33672463092848155612023-12-30T08:36:00.000-08:002023-12-30T08:41:07.957-08:00travel: tourism in my own backyard<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I’m lucky to live right by San Francisco, which is surrounded by a lot of natural beauty. And the reunion with my sister and brothers included lunch and window shopping in the Mission the day after Christmas. I had my siblings stroll with me into a boutique shop where I bought a gold chain with a tiny rose quartz pendant and an enamel pin in colors I love. I almost bought a book on graphic design to resist capitalism (copyright 2007) at that local independent store. I wish I'd bought the book (ironic!). And I so wanted to peruse another bookstore.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM302LhHtMNbiWbyYkSwYogDyQKSzARig_8LNIpDdp2hRDPwvSCiDfN5Ztk23dFLB8_6FBNegRZiGrrnc5Y07PlRp2RijYO3Rr7WtCuMv6tC-_eD1pEsjL7Gc4uXG5PlfdZ_oTpu41JqHNJVXub2Fmm6gdeKw0EanKcfX6bzL4CiZpxIKO7OxefEKtiIc/s4032/IMG_1261.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM302LhHtMNbiWbyYkSwYogDyQKSzARig_8LNIpDdp2hRDPwvSCiDfN5Ztk23dFLB8_6FBNegRZiGrrnc5Y07PlRp2RijYO3Rr7WtCuMv6tC-_eD1pEsjL7Gc4uXG5PlfdZ_oTpu41JqHNJVXub2Fmm6gdeKw0EanKcfX6bzL4CiZpxIKO7OxefEKtiIc/s320/IMG_1261.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJ4_Y6bgPtp33ivPofz0o3Tx4t-J-5ViJh3aWYm9SU7ZJW0_BBl8az-K1Lf8YUiNuMg5u00FagHvGLQ0Wxva4Rq_BmpSFCRTLTRDEPwi70vWhG-k7wC2n1S1TFg5Sk1Gg_SOe9FYM25QkOKaeV7mt_QcetOF2RoBiE61-8jX0WtworpAoFuO_T_qc_80/s4032/IMG_1212.jpeg" style="font-family: courier; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJ4_Y6bgPtp33ivPofz0o3Tx4t-J-5ViJh3aWYm9SU7ZJW0_BBl8az-K1Lf8YUiNuMg5u00FagHvGLQ0Wxva4Rq_BmpSFCRTLTRDEPwi70vWhG-k7wC2n1S1TFg5Sk1Gg_SOe9FYM25QkOKaeV7mt_QcetOF2RoBiE61-8jX0WtworpAoFuO_T_qc_80/s320/IMG_1212.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">While waiting for my other brother and sister-in-law and nephew to arrive, I did go into a store, drawn to the byline, "tools for nomads." I saw portable watercolor sets perfect for Eli to go with the drawing pads, pencils and pens that I gave him to use for his Sketchbook Skool class on urban sketching. They finally arrived, and we ate lunch at <span color="rgba(23, 23, 23, 0.8)" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Señor</span> Sisig. I actually would have preferred my nachos without the tofu as I found the soybean curd too sweet, but the crunchy chips helped me to demolish them sans tofu.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5xeulT1bvsGQgWYD2p_iVohMtDAsnaNyYCrAkA9UIIojDQNuVAu1vkLie1G_ufZhNcIQDMJUiW_kIZDxioyuBzukSjC2tVathxU9n1jIQKU0pXKBYfx7Gx3XZPmGgY38AuSasX_B4VL24eOEfwdfj1HyZg8-mmm9gZeMe4IbWX4YO55i2BiFaILkGtNE/s4032/IMG_1210.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5xeulT1bvsGQgWYD2p_iVohMtDAsnaNyYCrAkA9UIIojDQNuVAu1vkLie1G_ufZhNcIQDMJUiW_kIZDxioyuBzukSjC2tVathxU9n1jIQKU0pXKBYfx7Gx3XZPmGgY38AuSasX_B4VL24eOEfwdfj1HyZg8-mmm9gZeMe4IbWX4YO55i2BiFaILkGtNE/s320/IMG_1210.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGu5jBf0vcK8OY_jP_vhpOEz7qh2rKCEvt96F-hg7iId3M9J_VLZwL6M8q4T_QKdTcR5LjoUU2QgvUY9MTyLY94lx_j06lJ_B60H8IA7I850S45SjUC1Ggs0Q2_615l_St-PNo6DLihe0ppUMslDTwTYKCN6v5jGRKx5i_TGLVncFZRz1ez8EqVs766cA/s4032/IMG_1211.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGu5jBf0vcK8OY_jP_vhpOEz7qh2rKCEvt96F-hg7iId3M9J_VLZwL6M8q4T_QKdTcR5LjoUU2QgvUY9MTyLY94lx_j06lJ_B60H8IA7I850S45SjUC1Ggs0Q2_615l_St-PNo6DLihe0ppUMslDTwTYKCN6v5jGRKx5i_TGLVncFZRz1ez8EqVs766cA/s320/IMG_1211.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>I did have Eli accompany me back into the gift shop, and we chose a Japanese watercolor set with a pigment pen and a travel watercolor brush pen with a barrel to fill with water. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEFIMkrrSvmtukIj01Td4U2DQIwavCpJ4GNFKC383K5ne-aawWk1QguWeg_nh3g1i_aFrfnLtzY1_bWH5IGqTMAkGJZZPQwFabjTFTLTP9tXjrmX9gGeHN7i3LQeOyrKk_1yc7tbhMv3qgiDGxnFSk2nVlLVzqek_7Zmy8hVB0o_M_CBoZm3SqJZpxdo/s4032/IMG_1209.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEFIMkrrSvmtukIj01Td4U2DQIwavCpJ4GNFKC383K5ne-aawWk1QguWeg_nh3g1i_aFrfnLtzY1_bWH5IGqTMAkGJZZPQwFabjTFTLTP9tXjrmX9gGeHN7i3LQeOyrKk_1yc7tbhMv3qgiDGxnFSk2nVlLVzqek_7Zmy8hVB0o_M_CBoZm3SqJZpxdo/w640-h480/IMG_1209.jpeg" width="640" /></span><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </span></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">After exploring the Mission and failing to find a coffeehouse to hang out, we went on Alex's suggestion to the Tunnel Tops. We parked by the Disney Museum and the dog park.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nQXaCXmwoMxV9ypl12RcXsMHtdvjxDeC2FuXBUaArSXGVimds3nH6tOsWRprDnnuS9-QjJlM7t4L3fqVJuar6Z5cdrZOvmEkhdND-LxAqOAB86VWydvrfdJ03Zqqnk64aZKFFcm1pvB99Z-qDohgFHE9PNcJ0LCiknFqRay8vlV2iSEO1nWJoQNwEp8/s4032/IMG_1232.jpeg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nQXaCXmwoMxV9ypl12RcXsMHtdvjxDeC2FuXBUaArSXGVimds3nH6tOsWRprDnnuS9-QjJlM7t4L3fqVJuar6Z5cdrZOvmEkhdND-LxAqOAB86VWydvrfdJ03Zqqnk64aZKFFcm1pvB99Z-qDohgFHE9PNcJ0LCiknFqRay8vlV2iSEO1nWJoQNwEp8/w640-h480/IMG_1232.jpeg" width="640" /></a>The views already from afar were gorgeous despite the blustery weather. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWVcW9l8iSo0J4p2RxBIcjHJGgZ-I_vpxgrk15OF_TQSUJhyphenhyphenORuAdvBFIATDlwvG6i9nkp1s67IblDnqkMr3fy0ZaicGeGzy8o-lmvYjTKZJ_hctpS27bIAr9C3-t4SYD7JdIRerlF9y8gQc7LeNTwKkTHH8rUZVd6Cvc1DPxAiwKStRTfZwfV1LrfVQ/s4032/IMG_1230.jpeg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; 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margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">Ahh, I see now why the national park is called the Tunnel Tops; it's above where I've sometimes driven to get on the Golden Gate Bridge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQaLu35XJPLHV5RWbSTFNMW5vGFTPem-CSayuU9Oi87q67Gh1_YbhJF6CnzM56iKbonk6xN-QCaQjs80IY40uJ7Ok8ZAxTchU_kMHerx-_VxtSs2agMFnmlqdKSot26zjNmx0pmkufcYZ6Vw6t42Kp_ZxWbuG1G6CNVFFXv4m_1-Hh9RM2g7dqKnDZrsM/s4032/IMG_1236.jpeg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQaLu35XJPLHV5RWbSTFNMW5vGFTPem-CSayuU9Oi87q67Gh1_YbhJF6CnzM56iKbonk6xN-QCaQjs80IY40uJ7Ok8ZAxTchU_kMHerx-_VxtSs2agMFnmlqdKSot26zjNmx0pmkufcYZ6Vw6t42Kp_ZxWbuG1G6CNVFFXv4m_1-Hh9RM2g7dqKnDZrsM/s320/IMG_1236.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVNvfeSAM7uzxTnVbMaPOSz575krKCNKHKL3ssN6hs0q_iAV8MxAR9-bEOrWgmIL-10WjD9N5NOVTj2XJHK4MymNy-7D11YhMUwdMXSBUYcPq2mA3hIxWSxJtyuZT3onf8ZhwZ0yv8_490tbRGcRNb_ZMfMQX1jQKNgnofQdeRf9viX9SCCW01BLr43Y/s4032/IMG_1234.jpeg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; 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I plan on sketching this structure in my journal.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23_yjBKDA1mBjts8B8fqwYM9CL3_sNISsgL21T4GiYKBJDQ3cCLzeWL9xMkD2bnqv11warovwHHQkKQgzbp5OV-S6mTvgqeMexMwaMQurz3Z2Y9xVL0YU7Ezys3-f4miqeMggtIX_P5xJbYdJ2vEKYgxSsNgbWumV2DdRxtFeOza70U8z7nUMXn-m7A0/s4032/IMG_1241.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23_yjBKDA1mBjts8B8fqwYM9CL3_sNISsgL21T4GiYKBJDQ3cCLzeWL9xMkD2bnqv11warovwHHQkKQgzbp5OV-S6mTvgqeMexMwaMQurz3Z2Y9xVL0YU7Ezys3-f4miqeMggtIX_P5xJbYdJ2vEKYgxSsNgbWumV2DdRxtFeOza70U8z7nUMXn-m7A0/w480-h640/IMG_1241.jpeg" width="480" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">While waiting for my boba tea, I did a teeny bit of window shopping.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKV6GUOrDuLPV41dRRiHWUi0WVpoko9QkuA6HySycGkR9vCV3YbbP8o1C8CHigyZGIJW2A6J7Kvd7eyksHMcRHos6gglyPdBuIf7-6K2lJHkQVffcofplcQZ7Vu-lLRyfuVR9409BOA64rjMGjY79VfjxJ3ltIfmI9I-LjXIfah_8u-hL6rcwZE3dv7JE/s4032/IMG_1244.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKV6GUOrDuLPV41dRRiHWUi0WVpoko9QkuA6HySycGkR9vCV3YbbP8o1C8CHigyZGIJW2A6J7Kvd7eyksHMcRHos6gglyPdBuIf7-6K2lJHkQVffcofplcQZ7Vu-lLRyfuVR9409BOA64rjMGjY79VfjxJ3ltIfmI9I-LjXIfah_8u-hL6rcwZE3dv7JE/s320/IMG_1244.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqllJG60nHfjb0H2UKbpRUWQQWsFuSdQRMGo0rM2JEMVkjFqUXIb7-7ZslJyncVmDl3Q0S_J04oRr5g1VCILbNXLX5v1RUlL1HXncHCOOWmrwSPaC0s1mwJYmZLJ8FCz6yGAYT5GfWkAk5pehEln5PWf3SJ3O_Gf-YLa6C4eNcBUPWQgtehTvNrF3Z6O8/s4032/IMG_1243.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqllJG60nHfjb0H2UKbpRUWQQWsFuSdQRMGo0rM2JEMVkjFqUXIb7-7ZslJyncVmDl3Q0S_J04oRr5g1VCILbNXLX5v1RUlL1HXncHCOOWmrwSPaC0s1mwJYmZLJ8FCz6yGAYT5GfWkAk5pehEln5PWf3SJ3O_Gf-YLa6C4eNcBUPWQgtehTvNrF3Z6O8/s320/IMG_1243.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">I told my niece next year that I won't shop Five Below and that I'll find gifts at Daiso instead and that we should bring all my grandnieces to Japantown after thanksgiving. I'm already looking forward to our next holiday gathering and family reunion.</span><br /><p></p>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-47216383911115219232023-12-29T03:28:00.000-08:002023-12-29T03:28:30.623-08:00celebration: christmas family album<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I was full of trepidation before reuniting with my siblings: I've been estranged from my sister who resides in San Francisco (just a 15 minute drive away) and a brother who resides in San Diego and whom I hadn't seen since the Christmas before the pandemic. December 25th was without negative incident, thankfully and hopefully, baby steps toward reconciliation and warmer relationships. Children made the holiday a lot merrier as shown in the pics shared by my sister-in-law and niece. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7zz1LqslNnrHQ_1F3dYKVnnSTh1wakUq9RGluwli4kEtySc5VW_sTpuCG9OYvNex9G5Nn0a-tzxNiePby3ciEf4nnxv3UmEZl6A3Q3EVO8ddqyVW9kmvC9IbQx8wsSj4UmNW668PRSSp_QWCvwehbjFjHRee1PalFFHMmRqYme1ccJQll_2VgUrQbcU/s1872/Screenshot_20231226_155940_Instagram.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1872" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7zz1LqslNnrHQ_1F3dYKVnnSTh1wakUq9RGluwli4kEtySc5VW_sTpuCG9OYvNex9G5Nn0a-tzxNiePby3ciEf4nnxv3UmEZl6A3Q3EVO8ddqyVW9kmvC9IbQx8wsSj4UmNW668PRSSp_QWCvwehbjFjHRee1PalFFHMmRqYme1ccJQll_2VgUrQbcU/s320/Screenshot_20231226_155940_Instagram.jpeg" width="185" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDGqGiWbNUd_eU3xO8YydedfJQzt1VF4BSrOvSIYIVEdOhngfiSzDGGUMFmkVYr4s314eQ8PgwqzKGSBnibnWpvywyHuni6cHADaYmAHFruq8UgfelDJQw7aGB2CFgRgFpFj0S3PbpZo-4ZT2cIirxPMAtmQBP8UXzvVfaZ1lMJUbpwM2hX4VvbIx1W8/s4032/IMG_2508.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDGqGiWbNUd_eU3xO8YydedfJQzt1VF4BSrOvSIYIVEdOhngfiSzDGGUMFmkVYr4s314eQ8PgwqzKGSBnibnWpvywyHuni6cHADaYmAHFruq8UgfelDJQw7aGB2CFgRgFpFj0S3PbpZo-4ZT2cIirxPMAtmQBP8UXzvVfaZ1lMJUbpwM2hX4VvbIx1W8/s320/IMG_2508.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Below are my brother's oldest grandson and grandchild as well as his youngest grandson and grandchild.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmk-PaZeW7velcp9XYuAeiEx7p0LOik3EKB06_jckn0LRnmWR0ShKynKE-YwbDYBJ7lC551977PcIY1OeABys5nYB2_v9zn_aRKRzW_7bVdDIEzb4y1L5nslptXxx3dQbp8Pwgtyi7_lhdlcWpHeDmQ_4nhUVrGhBKCSRNgApqsWT_rbFZxnHopoIJvKs/s4032/IMG_1205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmk-PaZeW7velcp9XYuAeiEx7p0LOik3EKB06_jckn0LRnmWR0ShKynKE-YwbDYBJ7lC551977PcIY1OeABys5nYB2_v9zn_aRKRzW_7bVdDIEzb4y1L5nslptXxx3dQbp8Pwgtyi7_lhdlcWpHeDmQ_4nhUVrGhBKCSRNgApqsWT_rbFZxnHopoIJvKs/s320/IMG_1205.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJQF9NV0nLyLTlZxEVgPUfj6UPLUC0rPDdwd31Vpv1qKBtpACZ8a9jybn3SA2YoUYhMxowVxIymaQtzthr8GxQPM5wvtI9JD4N0bpTPP0bNZ0ekUhPZEMO8OMiDP2tWaAJ4mZ59l5gdPEROfMNs08a6D-_DfIiVSBvrwfYBJMdo8KgVJaqEoEAkla5D8/s4032/IMG_2516.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJQF9NV0nLyLTlZxEVgPUfj6UPLUC0rPDdwd31Vpv1qKBtpACZ8a9jybn3SA2YoUYhMxowVxIymaQtzthr8GxQPM5wvtI9JD4N0bpTPP0bNZ0ekUhPZEMO8OMiDP2tWaAJ4mZ59l5gdPEROfMNs08a6D-_DfIiVSBvrwfYBJMdo8KgVJaqEoEAkla5D8/s320/IMG_2516.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Darn cute.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iWTk6sRqHbNepZFJ3pZFnDqVEqcZjg0aBvR73wrzYVHI3jE8K14fsNL6vuyoRkxtaY4MseLIVKm4GRPVVg96-kGDM2y3SRn8KrgGGGLqNAgkWNalD3F1S9GsPBNlmb0ZVtklWoGmV0qAsUcmH8cE77msl1GojGjJKPBSir65Pb3_uQbN2gDiDC_63As/s4032/IMG_2512.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iWTk6sRqHbNepZFJ3pZFnDqVEqcZjg0aBvR73wrzYVHI3jE8K14fsNL6vuyoRkxtaY4MseLIVKm4GRPVVg96-kGDM2y3SRn8KrgGGGLqNAgkWNalD3F1S9GsPBNlmb0ZVtklWoGmV0qAsUcmH8cE77msl1GojGjJKPBSir65Pb3_uQbN2gDiDC_63As/s320/IMG_2512.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyP3LspJyYPhSmo9cMD-fD188pzHqyHP5ZzL9z9GEN1hmPz4SnRm2cKVXVMSHjfsD9KTfXOVUDAYxgzyR1r_tRDZeeQYmzyWPy1Z3wuGwnp44Gsabf5ZWwNunTlDUSZ4Rq73oQgfVnT9GoDILJHP7FYUFFIG7ogYOvdTkc1XXImuXWTljMTsEahdjbWa0/s4032/IMG_2492.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyP3LspJyYPhSmo9cMD-fD188pzHqyHP5ZzL9z9GEN1hmPz4SnRm2cKVXVMSHjfsD9KTfXOVUDAYxgzyR1r_tRDZeeQYmzyWPy1Z3wuGwnp44Gsabf5ZWwNunTlDUSZ4Rq73oQgfVnT9GoDILJHP7FYUFFIG7ogYOvdTkc1XXImuXWTljMTsEahdjbWa0/s320/IMG_2492.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">And Bexley was less crabby this year while Halo was still her adorable self.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokqeOsv7DHMsOjm2WolmASmyHhybu4BP3U2wCNUsmyz6_lvr_92fZq0JW02XG3GwQwLkcz80WY8JA91uRTQWw5yymiD-a7W_YaIRVi0w28YPaW3sHCI7xJMVOJC0o1kKkhsrw_QPO3_P52nQFFGUNcqdmYg5U0Zpss18UELkuCKoomTN2-9g8ev3z1io/s4032/IMG_2513.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokqeOsv7DHMsOjm2WolmASmyHhybu4BP3U2wCNUsmyz6_lvr_92fZq0JW02XG3GwQwLkcz80WY8JA91uRTQWw5yymiD-a7W_YaIRVi0w28YPaW3sHCI7xJMVOJC0o1kKkhsrw_QPO3_P52nQFFGUNcqdmYg5U0Zpss18UELkuCKoomTN2-9g8ev3z1io/s320/IMG_2513.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDF-LMFORuy-lrqgWwVQn2z-MTM0SWiZkaHma-62g9s3FoQyTBCjZp0SAMfGkuzyRjVKPsFnl2r4Ng1XeepFB6QSy4pjJhw7q1MBppUZhmdSOvv43bLjwcoPQ_ZwEyX1yUiHS4PxLtSbVrymDWNP2N4R2cLvUNbmhTvODjzhowqI7bhL5_YEYB__A7txQ/s4032/IMG_2496.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDF-LMFORuy-lrqgWwVQn2z-MTM0SWiZkaHma-62g9s3FoQyTBCjZp0SAMfGkuzyRjVKPsFnl2r4Ng1XeepFB6QSy4pjJhw7q1MBppUZhmdSOvv43bLjwcoPQ_ZwEyX1yUiHS4PxLtSbVrymDWNP2N4R2cLvUNbmhTvODjzhowqI7bhL5_YEYB__A7txQ/s320/IMG_2496.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Dani cracked us all up with her hoarse voice, and Damian was scampering all over the house and backyard.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6V6aa6pCpPSzszIImoGL4PgE5dCxUYKPcaip2wx0oHUvX8HbUZsN8UYPL59d-vwvxss0CFqiR1AbDjH9pcMnw_X51esgSYWpzJDyXszwByDYOhrBEPS9mMVzxZ54j69VuwvNFA8wycJNwRI1rkNR_rLk79usEyW1HTDv7GeusduwbtM1oQLxVhOM_SC0/s4032/IMG_2510.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6V6aa6pCpPSzszIImoGL4PgE5dCxUYKPcaip2wx0oHUvX8HbUZsN8UYPL59d-vwvxss0CFqiR1AbDjH9pcMnw_X51esgSYWpzJDyXszwByDYOhrBEPS9mMVzxZ54j69VuwvNFA8wycJNwRI1rkNR_rLk79usEyW1HTDv7GeusduwbtM1oQLxVhOM_SC0/s320/IMG_2510.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnILw_4wv2u_yNrquh4FkkKOETUiDeyJEOwY4_MPetrF4y683pSqg69AsdHN1xaAq18I4PyvTyQwryl7khWPjhiErmKiGpCVF7XADuXgPXdcCRWYUQe9EXEK-i6QmM02vNakm3bNGfrSdUwUPE1o3CSXBA7-h5RTUyrA9_4xw3o8eHj1oJA5N8I7iKHQg/s4032/IMG_2511.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0Lw6odbEHxQOgFkc7CcWO0RmA383vGPLnkeXcj-azZI1gZRkHEUQNctnNoo2RFVEy94HjeYvUdGfSf6BS1frjNOTji_zE5GpNJzCLCi3LTkkrgtA-AtvM_8HnJkocReG4PrMQ5kmDvhFmpczLVs_tlZvIe4IH9UpuyIi_mN3r1UfNjJZ286utZyXej8/s320/IMG_2522.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">While the kids were decorating cookies (last year I got to help them construct cookie houses), I was cooking dumplings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgfSPRVU0pRPWncP4xHRrgF2RR6MyReo6mqVH9cJyfjZnN9SxdobEkdCvERFEi5tPt_ltB48PyieDebkO6Z48eklbIJvnJ4V6IU-nbV86nAbuK_Z4AoTy6ewkesbiuWKuHnz1YT6c4ioDecmMdu7e6QYEPiSOtGGEH-atL3i3Ka6p13uEv5aascPO700/s4032/IMG_2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgfSPRVU0pRPWncP4xHRrgF2RR6MyReo6mqVH9cJyfjZnN9SxdobEkdCvERFEi5tPt_ltB48PyieDebkO6Z48eklbIJvnJ4V6IU-nbV86nAbuK_Z4AoTy6ewkesbiuWKuHnz1YT6c4ioDecmMdu7e6QYEPiSOtGGEH-atL3i3Ka6p13uEv5aascPO700/w480-h640/IMG_2529.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">And the chicken and cilantro wontons and my dipping sauce of soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, crushed garlic, sesame seeds and scallions were a hit with the kids. I look forward already to next Christmas.</span></div>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-72466589782979968262023-12-28T13:46:00.000-08:002023-12-28T13:48:21.582-08:00cook: green bean casserole <span style="font-family: courier;">I think the one time I had cooked green bean casserole before this Christmas, I used canned everything: green beans, cream of mushroom soup of the iconic red and white label brand, and a canister of fried onions. This time I cooked from scratch except for the fried onions. And I'm using my failed butter dish by shaving the top of the butter bar. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmAH_Y7hdCN52SexfiU9knzmSZB6EN_paLNIWxGYIV6rNQl4LgMok9PxpqjYonhYuk7AmYFhfd3ae1Sf2Y8DvAOJDE8AzFW6-IjTGja-HBpUmGt8dYqhvVwROiIg4L7_m7wjlIhjqMrjWUNICbrlcI20v8Plt-XwVZxf2ExnJmOChWXM7VFKh2Q5HzyQ/s4032/IMG_1201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmAH_Y7hdCN52SexfiU9knzmSZB6EN_paLNIWxGYIV6rNQl4LgMok9PxpqjYonhYuk7AmYFhfd3ae1Sf2Y8DvAOJDE8AzFW6-IjTGja-HBpUmGt8dYqhvVwROiIg4L7_m7wjlIhjqMrjWUNICbrlcI20v8Plt-XwVZxf2ExnJmOChWXM7VFKh2Q5HzyQ/s320/IMG_1201.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdukYt3dFApnTcVHoRuGzJqZsljJ5WNQxM8TdeMAFGItcXE-spMewz5al0HoWdzSzyeiHptj-HKPNK-lL0jWSp4YS-H4Po79Xg0Ic3ib51awBLimIj3t1X7727UisdwVrRZydohF5ZRbUD0WC19Ky_EMSxOHgCfoo1pA5X_NIJL4H2vNUkBd4ao2CQMvI/s4032/IMG_1200.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdukYt3dFApnTcVHoRuGzJqZsljJ5WNQxM8TdeMAFGItcXE-spMewz5al0HoWdzSzyeiHptj-HKPNK-lL0jWSp4YS-H4Po79Xg0Ic3ib51awBLimIj3t1X7727UisdwVrRZydohF5ZRbUD0WC19Ky_EMSxOHgCfoo1pA5X_NIJL4H2vNUkBd4ao2CQMvI/s320/IMG_1200.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>I bought the mushrooms and green beans from the warehouse store.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4ZCJC4fzA8EZgrFZuAjdj_t2UAIy2QP8TilyfxgHsIqjyz5H6uEqr4iCUzShpIW_IQBP0YFSNnB_hD3c4uSRdi1_0bwtVWAD3mlKQcUY-1w0ZPe40j5-yT-7MpGgm9Dcy6qha4tJt8Jg0Csv0WaFPb0JC4NDwcSKn_716zvsgRzsR8qZVgy_viQBHMo/s4032/IMG_1199.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4ZCJC4fzA8EZgrFZuAjdj_t2UAIy2QP8TilyfxgHsIqjyz5H6uEqr4iCUzShpIW_IQBP0YFSNnB_hD3c4uSRdi1_0bwtVWAD3mlKQcUY-1w0ZPe40j5-yT-7MpGgm9Dcy6qha4tJt8Jg0Csv0WaFPb0JC4NDwcSKn_716zvsgRzsR8qZVgy_viQBHMo/w640-h480/IMG_1199.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I kept tasting my sautéed mushrooms in their roux. Oh yeah, much better than Campbell's cream of mushroom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35xldhNouErrERCkqgJ24vUsYKoKgYrBcBKwRorXG3NsZLkdv5cPNvKXN7prRbLUncqmvKn5fyqXnKr3mWvlZJSotMYPQl4EOOULNrCe4Cplz0JvSLvCk_nzKvTRM0jswhMyNKDX61kiXeBU2hCGP1ruIUktSm4fXdA28QWob1GT86Cx59FtaIP8LHOo/s4032/IMG_1202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35xldhNouErrERCkqgJ24vUsYKoKgYrBcBKwRorXG3NsZLkdv5cPNvKXN7prRbLUncqmvKn5fyqXnKr3mWvlZJSotMYPQl4EOOULNrCe4Cplz0JvSLvCk_nzKvTRM0jswhMyNKDX61kiXeBU2hCGP1ruIUktSm4fXdA28QWob1GT86Cx59FtaIP8LHOo/w640-h480/IMG_1202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was time to also cook dinner of pork chops and mashed potatoes and a serving of green bean casserole.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbdlA_flqYnty8qTqlk6y3p_-mqVbqJHwVfDXQ8eS2PsgLMu_t5KiLSzCh9tafYMacl49Ub6wN5TrReoQmb1PUp3eiOQxS_chg0saM2HkREO01P6AQcorjVox2zgtiJtHlVQ1Ctp9GyIAQlbee4GsMwxV_EVVjYoy7cnzdGK4EIrUTowbF9jpTuROI8Q/s4032/IMG_1204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbdlA_flqYnty8qTqlk6y3p_-mqVbqJHwVfDXQ8eS2PsgLMu_t5KiLSzCh9tafYMacl49Ub6wN5TrReoQmb1PUp3eiOQxS_chg0saM2HkREO01P6AQcorjVox2zgtiJtHlVQ1Ctp9GyIAQlbee4GsMwxV_EVVjYoy7cnzdGK4EIrUTowbF9jpTuROI8Q/w480-h640/IMG_1204.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>And I've lots and lots of leftover green bean casserole as my family hadn't eaten much of it.</span>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-2894905092271832702023-12-19T07:27:00.000-08:002023-12-19T07:28:39.408-08:00cook + craft: the art of the wrap and a salmon bowl<span style="font-family: courier;">I’m a huge fan of Kraft or brown paper bag for wrapping presents, but this year I’ve been using butcher paper instead though I used what holiday wrap was in the closet for the presents that my husband is giving to the children in his family. My presents look like branding I'm copying from Crate and Barrel. We only buy Christmas gifts for kids. He gave toys while I gave crafts and books... <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiEpKM1QOgRTnzatxtos8jd53vTVkm4IksfyVtT3aLCqLAmMitSYcB5EWGuWBORSynv94feSHcndtRmKWa2G0apPoSgnikXYDU-jF__wToZz2sUe3dDmGg7la3bPjepcj3oQlin4FL1Lg1-EU1Qn3ofAWxMJJeRQTOnpgo1a5bkTML3to4C8l8tPhqVs/s4032/IMG_1179.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiEpKM1QOgRTnzatxtos8jd53vTVkm4IksfyVtT3aLCqLAmMitSYcB5EWGuWBORSynv94feSHcndtRmKWa2G0apPoSgnikXYDU-jF__wToZz2sUe3dDmGg7la3bPjepcj3oQlin4FL1Lg1-EU1Qn3ofAWxMJJeRQTOnpgo1a5bkTML3to4C8l8tPhqVs/w640-h480/IMG_1179.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I took a break from wrapping to watch <i>Odio il Natale...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8li1cNm6_udMiE4nh7Seo35R_fRa_gYwyvNHU3Y0UtlYTUhobVgprQ3RTxZQTLksZaFT9mM0Zv0ybXphJXQHi9tDcRCOhJ8KdXB9sulFA2zVj9D28QYEtt7Qiei9H3jN8Fv4UETyBZOuaC-zYSO1e5G00hDEC5lOiGRYbi8fkluzh4ZAaemIbsHEwtaM/s4032/IMG_1181.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8li1cNm6_udMiE4nh7Seo35R_fRa_gYwyvNHU3Y0UtlYTUhobVgprQ3RTxZQTLksZaFT9mM0Zv0ybXphJXQHi9tDcRCOhJ8KdXB9sulFA2zVj9D28QYEtt7Qiei9H3jN8Fv4UETyBZOuaC-zYSO1e5G00hDEC5lOiGRYbi8fkluzh4ZAaemIbsHEwtaM/w640-h480/IMG_1181.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Coincidentally, the two soon-to-join lovebirds were eating panettone laced with cannabis and I had just sliced myself the Italian buttery yeast bread studded with citron fruit and golden raisins (minus the marijuana) to eat and sip my cuppa.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBfZ8dVEMTu45fEUZil2C49bRbaS_T6wHG9x2znHpAYvpEqk8qPt0VYhSjJbRcIvd3noPtPpANPHEtH_Kom8sj6ofVtE1A33PP-Ll2kuFQF8tB4ooOpFT8jXb-jr8ZBOOfGF5jbmNDumvWjMBQ7qlUi7oEuVbbDCoQ99Eq6RP6XWDmPskxkLmbQZzLR4/s4032/IMG_1180.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBfZ8dVEMTu45fEUZil2C49bRbaS_T6wHG9x2znHpAYvpEqk8qPt0VYhSjJbRcIvd3noPtPpANPHEtH_Kom8sj6ofVtE1A33PP-Ll2kuFQF8tB4ooOpFT8jXb-jr8ZBOOfGF5jbmNDumvWjMBQ7qlUi7oEuVbbDCoQ99Eq6RP6XWDmPskxkLmbQZzLR4/w480-h640/IMG_1180.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Yeah my husband bakes himself chocolate concoctions while I buy European commercially baked treats.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEice4YKEBrtwdlGM0s4XiozgIn625UMG30uJOV1z-DkyMnIChiJvzJLwCt_Noh56ob3jameJ-LCsbvKPHEtVwOvddwMxs4Ozu98_BoGnWm67YIj2LYJCJIRgzUr6_tBVm0KtBI6nlbRLBSD6vQ5G58XrEEDevgM5REM482cXtUI5Cvsi2QZgncer1xRXd0/s4032/IMG_1176.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEice4YKEBrtwdlGM0s4XiozgIn625UMG30uJOV1z-DkyMnIChiJvzJLwCt_Noh56ob3jameJ-LCsbvKPHEtVwOvddwMxs4Ozu98_BoGnWm67YIj2LYJCJIRgzUr6_tBVm0KtBI6nlbRLBSD6vQ5G58XrEEDevgM5REM482cXtUI5Cvsi2QZgncer1xRXd0/w640-h480/IMG_1176.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Earlier, I made myself a not so simple lunch of a salmon bowl. After ceramics class the previous day, I picked up broiled salmon for half off at the Japanese grocery store and then went to town on chopped vegetables: cucumber, carrots, red cabbage, cilantro, and green leaf lettuce....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyAkKSzqpPc1loOAt_42Xw9KKQTY_77OwtsoC37UJXRGruOWKBMP_TooECjB6TilhJS4Y1lh7hsM2Ltnve5W9_xnBr6Yiz6TufHcytwElIIRrnCxicCUAgJrQuySd-b31tDboqOYJpxicq_5y1y7HfwLHWS9jxaPPXN4ZeB4PDjbHABrXXxVE5MU-YdU/s4032/IMG_1170.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyAkKSzqpPc1loOAt_42Xw9KKQTY_77OwtsoC37UJXRGruOWKBMP_TooECjB6TilhJS4Y1lh7hsM2Ltnve5W9_xnBr6Yiz6TufHcytwElIIRrnCxicCUAgJrQuySd-b31tDboqOYJpxicq_5y1y7HfwLHWS9jxaPPXN4ZeB4PDjbHABrXXxVE5MU-YdU/w640-h480/IMG_1170.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">....boiled rice vermicelli and mixed boiling water with sugar, fish sauce, lime juice, lime pulp, chopped garlic, Sriracha (because I had no sambal oelek and couldn't dig for the Thai chilies in my freezer)....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_m6jFN3LVX1l_DgYdKsj5scUNXMC15b1xZUdwQTvFkLZyMls55xgSx9zbYsMt1l8v7vT3n6zMhrID4PT4_TzINQ8jBDBpmykI3vhczfQ3LEj7XuWWrkJlIrsQ4XlNenXz3NJ0HS4u8nSDMHqQMg23lqv6JT8CVwFB-qcNbYL5ClcDXyqM6jrkxPbBng/s4032/IMG_1172.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_m6jFN3LVX1l_DgYdKsj5scUNXMC15b1xZUdwQTvFkLZyMls55xgSx9zbYsMt1l8v7vT3n6zMhrID4PT4_TzINQ8jBDBpmykI3vhczfQ3LEj7XuWWrkJlIrsQ4XlNenXz3NJ0HS4u8nSDMHqQMg23lqv6JT8CVwFB-qcNbYL5ClcDXyqM6jrkxPbBng/s320/IMG_1172.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWulhwjYHMK40HkXqes4SFzNosx3QYYsepeJVSCtDkR0Q6BaPpPJJ8f4aHAdwJons4n7J9D-hiOxeP2_I0WxzQo5mUDm_b53BgptHoH1OXeOdnnoT1kGNCL1RkRYNPJKA8xmwVfAhUnTGIpLf37L6F5wz_RJLI01lYSYvG4cAcGd4STkMzBslXltPLyzo/s4032/IMG_1169.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWulhwjYHMK40HkXqes4SFzNosx3QYYsepeJVSCtDkR0Q6BaPpPJJ8f4aHAdwJons4n7J9D-hiOxeP2_I0WxzQo5mUDm_b53BgptHoH1OXeOdnnoT1kGNCL1RkRYNPJKA8xmwVfAhUnTGIpLf37L6F5wz_RJLI01lYSYvG4cAcGd4STkMzBslXltPLyzo/s320/IMG_1169.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">which made for a non-oil dressing with bright salty acidity to soak into the rice noodles and lend contrast to the oily fish and crunchy vegetables. A perfect lunch to use up ingredients in my fridge and pantry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAfb-zLKdqTwrpl_JOxT_OcUBx_gbcQhspQqqVDcizd9ULjG66jIxcJq9lhkmmXlVAM8vD52qKWEUtjlVUDuWHqi3KbZRXo69rrIMLET3t5DpfxK_u43pzsWa2Ro4mD1khMg41A2jND79A1Yh47E7xEnAM4Z6PY6Tzkqzzo-a9zfiUimPcUSHQf6GoUo/s4032/IMG_1174.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAfb-zLKdqTwrpl_JOxT_OcUBx_gbcQhspQqqVDcizd9ULjG66jIxcJq9lhkmmXlVAM8vD52qKWEUtjlVUDuWHqi3KbZRXo69rrIMLET3t5DpfxK_u43pzsWa2Ro4mD1khMg41A2jND79A1Yh47E7xEnAM4Z6PY6Tzkqzzo-a9zfiUimPcUSHQf6GoUo/w480-h640/IMG_1174.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And so I'll be making more of these salad bowls during the winter break ahead.</div></span>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-4183590738656477922023-12-12T07:16:00.000-08:002023-12-12T07:16:24.437-08:00consumerist consumption: holiday gifting<p><span style="font-family: courier;">On Black Friday, I went to my local public library and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C0DhaMmrgdE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=ODhhZWM5NmIwOQ==" target="_blank">scored</a>! And then to my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C0DiSi4rMyd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=ODhhZWM5NmIwOQ==" target="_blank">favorite boutique gift shop</a>. And then picked up lunch from my favorite Japanese grocery store. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSKlaumOYNUWnEXCiSHteWz0xYqxFk8LuFVxOFlNUEAv27yjadP05Pml8HXzuWFKbOojLlgfNqKXMDZI-whJv862EdhyphenhyphenNhtQhEgm8T41JdITMcXvofNNuRLoUKuarTOFiQ4JJVzNEVn68h2TRBmrg3qHcXa3Z-crqmzvZ1VtfYE1C40lYldCy9g8P9Q8k/s4032/IMG_1072.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSKlaumOYNUWnEXCiSHteWz0xYqxFk8LuFVxOFlNUEAv27yjadP05Pml8HXzuWFKbOojLlgfNqKXMDZI-whJv862EdhyphenhyphenNhtQhEgm8T41JdITMcXvofNNuRLoUKuarTOFiQ4JJVzNEVn68h2TRBmrg3qHcXa3Z-crqmzvZ1VtfYE1C40lYldCy9g8P9Q8k/s320/IMG_1072.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1YESpVjODDCvHXYh-wuK7ImdTX1vSbqvMFDQtrlfIqzKYK5i1h9uG16ZSVTEGLLpDZ-h6frswUi9b_23Olcjx54WlQKwLzxFhgoBdNzZ8gRJ-akoqNNMCsn19ySiRQknNqBL6OoDnaLpa5LbQrJ-HfILmQaTIRZVNyycQyWxSEe-u6hAhuQ_xSqDIiw/s4032/IMG_1073.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1YESpVjODDCvHXYh-wuK7ImdTX1vSbqvMFDQtrlfIqzKYK5i1h9uG16ZSVTEGLLpDZ-h6frswUi9b_23Olcjx54WlQKwLzxFhgoBdNzZ8gRJ-akoqNNMCsn19ySiRQknNqBL6OoDnaLpa5LbQrJ-HfILmQaTIRZVNyycQyWxSEe-u6hAhuQ_xSqDIiw/s320/IMG_1073.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;">I'd been looking for a steamer basket for months! I so didn't want to order one from Amazon. I'm thinking of getting another one and creating a gift basket with chili sauces for my nephew, but could I include a bag of frozen dumplings? Or maybe I just find a small wok from World Market and a cookbook? Wrap it all in cellophane to allow a bit of gawking before opening. I love individualizing gifts. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXRPSp_xoX2uXRFoxJgdCWlykjKUfs7Vs_RG__LfGakTfLEo6FGBIWCLZDUc6yanE7-d0Ek_HDFvRAnC7HVyS8pTeMQTzS-k2Be7hfvXKgJ2rK6Oj_FdSNy4xIhUfAFVLEASj4WwH9QF8KJ7OPUDFpf3Ys85l2qj8Fmfc3S6qQZnMLCGALtTRHGpG5KI/s4032/IMG_1082.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXRPSp_xoX2uXRFoxJgdCWlykjKUfs7Vs_RG__LfGakTfLEo6FGBIWCLZDUc6yanE7-d0Ek_HDFvRAnC7HVyS8pTeMQTzS-k2Be7hfvXKgJ2rK6Oj_FdSNy4xIhUfAFVLEASj4WwH9QF8KJ7OPUDFpf3Ys85l2qj8Fmfc3S6qQZnMLCGALtTRHGpG5KI/s320/IMG_1082.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1nuwZbPGmMOUP9mEyynsMl-eDlW4BvkeKPD5UJ5yzUdMvBT3H_gwVX7Ut86gevLShBotfWW6Hc1mcJkxkjCsTnIXHMlZzOdx7gJO1O3FCGTjnFw6Lzp1vCs9Bc7Jbmw4iYnth8saptM3S9LzWneR6XllQkh5IMRekl3OpYjCBKYeC9zKBXuzEBAy9cE/s4032/72369960591__B39BEC32-4D5A-42E0-8DA1-9A284321E52D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1nuwZbPGmMOUP9mEyynsMl-eDlW4BvkeKPD5UJ5yzUdMvBT3H_gwVX7Ut86gevLShBotfWW6Hc1mcJkxkjCsTnIXHMlZzOdx7gJO1O3FCGTjnFw6Lzp1vCs9Bc7Jbmw4iYnth8saptM3S9LzWneR6XllQkh5IMRekl3OpYjCBKYeC9zKBXuzEBAy9cE/s320/72369960591__B39BEC32-4D5A-42E0-8DA1-9A284321E52D.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>And the grandnieces who will be getting these plush dolls wore their advent necklaces.</span><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">My niece and nephew also messaged me pics of their kids crafting the advent presents I sent. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGzzoCt3LkHHzNYSk7lDKTdz_hmkVYQKyTGMIQKT5CADyAmfXFrPK6ZAi5lbPlat42jG-wm8dSsP9QO4AG6YhPcBGK4qzyY6tYhEtIMirWw0Qr9io6SyVGkcK0zx3CjmcQNlmvDSwNdIZt2-bZ6jgnJJWscnf-ebbEO2JyRSGAhMNEl4t7jy8S1bndOw/s4032/IMG_2146.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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But yesterday I ordered online a book and a toy. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">On Sunday I went a bit nuts at the discount store on getting these kids crafting kits or games or art supplies. And then to Michael's for even more crafting kits and art supplies for the nephew. Must. stop. shopping. And so the plan for the rest of the week is to wrap these gifts as a craftivity and fuhgettaboutit. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyEazKPwsEkqGpHWns4ObNdaEzly9VhfDnSuAjmeH7IDM3ALknr9om03fP35CtRUCFIhtANvacKiR4MCllvyoQxHMT2YSQqb2hnkpM6VetY43uIBImhd5AwMMZc2Q1mSVmkAYHaiGIQvOZR1-Y3Mxp3jp10_s8dbHqkoBo_veAtBK8WlzkdVe9CJr834/s4032/IMG_1148.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyEazKPwsEkqGpHWns4ObNdaEzly9VhfDnSuAjmeH7IDM3ALknr9om03fP35CtRUCFIhtANvacKiR4MCllvyoQxHMT2YSQqb2hnkpM6VetY43uIBImhd5AwMMZc2Q1mSVmkAYHaiGIQvOZR1-Y3Mxp3jp10_s8dbHqkoBo_veAtBK8WlzkdVe9CJr834/s320/IMG_1148.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmNeuc9h66E52u1AnPWIV5PoDLGptjqaSRGRRy4IrNVqq9RO95hIFh07fR2xrk6nIB-_DuHq3mbf4aPyHXLGcp7tK5y0CKUaO-yU6o1YI3-NzdT9wQ5H_MnHmXMqYbzV5I9q6Lag2xYYby5bAatiYKDSIckDOGHuOtU2ndC_XhMq3yt5w3AtJ-3kSAzI/s4032/IMG_1152.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmNeuc9h66E52u1AnPWIV5PoDLGptjqaSRGRRy4IrNVqq9RO95hIFh07fR2xrk6nIB-_DuHq3mbf4aPyHXLGcp7tK5y0CKUaO-yU6o1YI3-NzdT9wQ5H_MnHmXMqYbzV5I9q6Lag2xYYby5bAatiYKDSIckDOGHuOtU2ndC_XhMq3yt5w3AtJ-3kSAzI/s320/IMG_1152.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>And last night I broke open my wedding anniversary gift of a bigass bottle of my favorite wine and ate the rest of the hotpot ingredients in my fridge.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvcsqj-iOwpeS5C7FfoR3pKp3U6PLQvR4FXOLLwKGzZDBwl3LmQInNTJCO8O-TUBWxQze3nNTpvQSBQqkQUy20NOTobhjAnVL-ZZ9G8yGEg6WwXxLSGXqwXZeGxKn4J1_HHjDHLzo4pW-WmRrKTsJOesGMxbeOnBAPWq4BG6ksAST3BVEWLAqR-ZQKtc/s4032/IMG_1150.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvcsqj-iOwpeS5C7FfoR3pKp3U6PLQvR4FXOLLwKGzZDBwl3LmQInNTJCO8O-TUBWxQze3nNTpvQSBQqkQUy20NOTobhjAnVL-ZZ9G8yGEg6WwXxLSGXqwXZeGxKn4J1_HHjDHLzo4pW-WmRrKTsJOesGMxbeOnBAPWq4BG6ksAST3BVEWLAqR-ZQKtc/s320/IMG_1150.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrxRtsxPjzhOCyTAsvEVoFhW3cahAuRkN9V56gcIGp5q1GyC-KQdyYpNBz3KOsU6mO-fuLxN1ktCQBSGgGspLN6b6HyebwLZ8HmCmPI5Ns9iJNh2Nis4bFZzRnud9RKt8XrZdo0Webo-svsKDtPHZSspTN_2wv5Qj8TXm38vXWMTjk60iWrgcZw7WQys/s3251/IMG_1151.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3251" data-original-width="2148" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrxRtsxPjzhOCyTAsvEVoFhW3cahAuRkN9V56gcIGp5q1GyC-KQdyYpNBz3KOsU6mO-fuLxN1ktCQBSGgGspLN6b6HyebwLZ8HmCmPI5Ns9iJNh2Nis4bFZzRnud9RKt8XrZdo0Webo-svsKDtPHZSspTN_2wv5Qj8TXm38vXWMTjk60iWrgcZw7WQys/s320/IMG_1151.jpeg" width="211" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">I splurged on another journal. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXvb-ymN2GC5V8zQ7fXM2siwgp-SbTj9TMF2iWenmYQ3j33tVA8DEcmBxGC3vAbrk2j-OC-MdfBFnOT2veb6hYhezl1nlAoEg47awklkjQrJ-PacaZyaggjcTxSNh8ZCei6_N0eFrdyUu4njXPDoNb343XnaIll6oJ6-P8glcqhNYrBselU4W3hfZz_8/s4032/IMG_1149.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXvb-ymN2GC5V8zQ7fXM2siwgp-SbTj9TMF2iWenmYQ3j33tVA8DEcmBxGC3vAbrk2j-OC-MdfBFnOT2veb6hYhezl1nlAoEg47awklkjQrJ-PacaZyaggjcTxSNh8ZCei6_N0eFrdyUu4njXPDoNb343XnaIll6oJ6-P8glcqhNYrBselU4W3hfZz_8/w480-h640/IMG_1149.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div></div>Last spring I took a 2-D art class at a community college, and I want to get back into some kind of art practice but not in a college class with deadlines for submission. And so I'm thinking something more self-paced and freewheeling like Sketchbook Skool or online classes from an art museum.<br /></span><p></p></div>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-86466586829502105572023-12-09T09:34:00.000-08:002023-12-11T12:37:11.192-08:00clay: butter box and soap dishes<p><span style="font-family: courier;">The butter box I made from my tar paper template is done, and I think this size is gonna work for those supermarket butters that are a short rectangle. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRt2sMW0ihprFJhwpWFmmXTGZDN9umoZa7h8VnienCSqXoltKAaZr-xxEn8svBQL2XoxwAsbU8cIBt7SjuKRmyliElXFPHU5rV33iy2KZP7ygusjnhyid96rbi_bfJWElA9w5HRQiB52HbscKFgLB6xvyXvTA22q3BHlcwOshCaV_lVkuKJiX-TZoSVxw/s4032/IMG_1133.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRt2sMW0ihprFJhwpWFmmXTGZDN9umoZa7h8VnienCSqXoltKAaZr-xxEn8svBQL2XoxwAsbU8cIBt7SjuKRmyliElXFPHU5rV33iy2KZP7ygusjnhyid96rbi_bfJWElA9w5HRQiB52HbscKFgLB6xvyXvTA22q3BHlcwOshCaV_lVkuKJiX-TZoSVxw/w640-h480/IMG_1133.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;">The clay body is Smooth Red from Clay Planet and the glaze is Gloss White from Laguna. I love the contrast between raw and smooth.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Bm2HAkYnWRS5x7CAjXBopMjXbN6gn2fvys6hNdAGfKR4Z52nJRRXAB-hh4Bv8KpIxIeCcNbl2biF7yigJs6nC9vxnwFWiWfJ3norZVF8RNb2XDz0r5K5lSHxvNgV41R1CGM8uuoUfgw3PBKBDD0CH3tJcrDY3GeTIOxvA4xsjJtQCaeMTgiZwMHInD0/s4032/IMG_1132.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Bm2HAkYnWRS5x7CAjXBopMjXbN6gn2fvys6hNdAGfKR4Z52nJRRXAB-hh4Bv8KpIxIeCcNbl2biF7yigJs6nC9vxnwFWiWfJ3norZVF8RNb2XDz0r5K5lSHxvNgV41R1CGM8uuoUfgw3PBKBDD0CH3tJcrDY3GeTIOxvA4xsjJtQCaeMTgiZwMHInD0/w640-h480/IMG_1132.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">I did have to grind the cover a bit, and the plan this morning is to measure and cut on grid paper another template to trace on to tar paper and make another butter dish that's a bit longer. I also like that the top cover is narrow enough to pick it up with one hand and not need a handle though the butter dish that I'd made from speckled buff had a square handle to lend some visual interest to the pot.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div>I asked my student aide what they thought these pots were. They answered taco holder? business card holder? spoon rest? That made me chuckle. And I need to find the bisque soap dish in the kiln room that is rectangular and has a raised grid of lines. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoK5M332WducCW9g3ZmbUDMYxlNZamwdFvfbSYSuCsa8HmcgQC6Kd-cFcdfm0voaGH8FQqDL7Gcd7MUFa_8TFgkbWC8GYUKPkh4D1xJDix-L44gPH7JUT9oVxk-KqH-mNIbfnwrbK9Ne-xvHDvRQdWYl0jbD-8JWRLPcZj0HE9ahtmcRhLwX97xe8_sE/s4032/IMG_1135.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoK5M332WducCW9g3ZmbUDMYxlNZamwdFvfbSYSuCsa8HmcgQC6Kd-cFcdfm0voaGH8FQqDL7Gcd7MUFa_8TFgkbWC8GYUKPkh4D1xJDix-L44gPH7JUT9oVxk-KqH-mNIbfnwrbK9Ne-xvHDvRQdWYl0jbD-8JWRLPcZj0HE9ahtmcRhLwX97xe8_sE/w480-h640/IMG_1135.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>The larger soap dish if I remember correctly is stoneware glazed in Amaco Blue Rutile and Western Celadon. The smaller dish is glazed in Coyote Opal. Tomorrow my plan is to go to World Market and buy citrus-scented (my favorite) soaps to put in them. But maybe the soap dishes I make from now on should be more conventional looking. </span><div><span style="font-family: courier;">And here’s the butter box I made yesterday afternoon in the community studio while also under glazing my pear rattle. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0TzYEcumAG2s4xbDVwEiuO0bOF-Lt-5Vo-RSREUTi2tpAuD0hpwyh_S0_kmAFUEswTVWZVDB9eR0-BOwOMU5OKPd0ZQXX5Wy0EVoE0qyvAebQUk3napk1S-8KOKrlXjz9uKjha3jb1ZPAt95upj8vzy9ey6ac9YFHImGejLGE64JYXSJFUKQ-_E6zHE/s4032/IMG_1145.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0TzYEcumAG2s4xbDVwEiuO0bOF-Lt-5Vo-RSREUTi2tpAuD0hpwyh_S0_kmAFUEswTVWZVDB9eR0-BOwOMU5OKPd0ZQXX5Wy0EVoE0qyvAebQUk3napk1S-8KOKrlXjz9uKjha3jb1ZPAt95upj8vzy9ey6ac9YFHImGejLGE64JYXSJFUKQ-_E6zHE/w480-h640/IMG_1145.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>I wish now in retrospect that I had made a more rounded handle, and I will probably remove it and sand the greenware top and bottom (make those sharp edges bullnosed). I’ve still more of this speckled buff clay, and so the plan next week is to make a round salt crock like the one I sold at the pottery popup.</span><p></p></div>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-51110271395365784692023-12-06T11:19:00.000-08:002023-12-06T11:27:15.249-08:00cook: hotpot for one<span style="font-family: courier;">Husband and I are STILL working through our Thanksgiving leftovers. I finally made my turkey pot pie with what was left of the carrots and celery, mashed potatoes, and turkey bone broth with some green peas in the freezer as well as turkey. </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NMRVksPEiwkR9xGlunW0ik9U5hwzqK8tPCFygZ29EkLWD1gCLS-dEjg75K8TC9_nSUonXaov6ET42Lo5K5Y_DqqmeioDHejYzgVAOf_5kEuRekentyxWyHoeCT1HVDJgropJ8MjKXZt_XkzPPVK-8KnynT_cxmpFq6v5WtXS4hvxZQYmO3APPJrAr7g/s4032/IMG_1113.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NMRVksPEiwkR9xGlunW0ik9U5hwzqK8tPCFygZ29EkLWD1gCLS-dEjg75K8TC9_nSUonXaov6ET42Lo5K5Y_DqqmeioDHejYzgVAOf_5kEuRekentyxWyHoeCT1HVDJgropJ8MjKXZt_XkzPPVK-8KnynT_cxmpFq6v5WtXS4hvxZQYmO3APPJrAr7g/s320/IMG_1113.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4e6MFWRX4kLiJ2TW3HkQiSkhjZSw1Y_Yw2Mw8vYdUovxXKeP6Eh2RZ7r1oP7_HId0pfqQiMJq2qEQEaCnJzxqHNsyqJWKKpET-kTEFWg0veXpf9lKJaYBo5EDJPMER2FlOQ-99c4YKGyHakmwL_TsNbQYyRK3jC3JComtzUwN0183SrlH_vMQz88zNzg/s4032/IMG_1115.jpeg" style="font-family: courier; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4e6MFWRX4kLiJ2TW3HkQiSkhjZSw1Y_Yw2Mw8vYdUovxXKeP6Eh2RZ7r1oP7_HId0pfqQiMJq2qEQEaCnJzxqHNsyqJWKKpET-kTEFWg0veXpf9lKJaYBo5EDJPMER2FlOQ-99c4YKGyHakmwL_TsNbQYyRK3jC3JComtzUwN0183SrlH_vMQz88zNzg/s320/IMG_1115.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Only instead of using puff pastry for a crust, I used the leftover mashed potatoes. I suppose what I made for dinner was really a turkey cottage pie.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UNSZBLS8tUmnOpdAhoYPQZ3Z8JnlIpHz7emyuxHte5JGOi5cR5VocYyiQO_RkN3de9b_wd4aPqJS4VwtEUSrRvnfU76hmVcc1iy6ZuiMaVFYDOgyMfu668BQBpSmjc-jRF8KXOBSrWraUm6LIzqlCKeXV9qzg-jVgrgYB_A9K6uQxgkxGs9TD_waTZ0/s4032/IMG_1116.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UNSZBLS8tUmnOpdAhoYPQZ3Z8JnlIpHz7emyuxHte5JGOi5cR5VocYyiQO_RkN3de9b_wd4aPqJS4VwtEUSrRvnfU76hmVcc1iy6ZuiMaVFYDOgyMfu668BQBpSmjc-jRF8KXOBSrWraUm6LIzqlCKeXV9qzg-jVgrgYB_A9K6uQxgkxGs9TD_waTZ0/w480-h640/IMG_1116.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">And I suppose I could use the rest of those frozen peas to make mushy peas and use that instead of mashed potatoes </span><span style="font-family: courier;">of which I ran out </span><span style="font-family: courier;">as a "crust" for the remaining turkey filling. And Christmas jazz has me humming along as I cook and sew in this chilly, rainy, and foggy month.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpBPVWEiYPqWvryWwGxbXipoukeMtK6yTCOIuyDi3Snatcid-OxCkqt9062qCrzsGbnlEHHLUkW-xR1lgAc47u9o-y3AgIHOFuiz0j-zilWL9c-enLsbYjxd89O6UM1pZc4AB7hjjgwM6cmm-wa1Ed9AaCProHcjAJga4i1WQv42tjQd5V4T-0p9lDEU/s2532/IMG_1112.png" style="font-family: courier; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpBPVWEiYPqWvryWwGxbXipoukeMtK6yTCOIuyDi3Snatcid-OxCkqt9062qCrzsGbnlEHHLUkW-xR1lgAc47u9o-y3AgIHOFuiz0j-zilWL9c-enLsbYjxd89O6UM1pZc4AB7hjjgwM6cmm-wa1Ed9AaCProHcjAJga4i1WQv42tjQd5V4T-0p9lDEU/w296-h640/IMG_1112.png" width="296" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheSDtENn8XPDm0WtojZYRYnYVF88zFv-qfGplz3bV6Qo6A-tm_GheAW5V0eRhFJBydLURWgtBTEqrLSXc18M6tKLvNbBzZI9KgL6EHy0_YTzDEC4kJSJt1tusxe_oxhIDg4cjyFAcAmbxYn0tzOwCip_qQKiCCn6_xNdbtMbSEPsLuTkQOmfL54UUyvs/s2532/IMG_1111.png" style="font-family: courier; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheSDtENn8XPDm0WtojZYRYnYVF88zFv-qfGplz3bV6Qo6A-tm_GheAW5V0eRhFJBydLURWgtBTEqrLSXc18M6tKLvNbBzZI9KgL6EHy0_YTzDEC4kJSJt1tusxe_oxhIDg4cjyFAcAmbxYn0tzOwCip_qQKiCCn6_xNdbtMbSEPsLuTkQOmfL54UUyvs/w296-h640/IMG_1111.png" width="296" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">I visited a friend in South San Francisco on Sunday, and while picking up groceries for her, I also stopped for me at the Pacific, an Asian grocery store and went a bit bonkers over finding chrysanthemum greens, oyster mushrooms, pickled mustard greens and dwarf bananas. Finally, I had the makings for what I really have been longing to eat which is my own Chinese soup. Turkey bone broth with the addition of the Sichuan chili paste or hot pot base, crushed garlic, sesame paste, soy sauce, and bit of sesame oil make a delicious vehicle for protein and vegetables. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31IKlecXhHdeKE32fNltqKBa2vr3MGqRY0obK8eWgz3SfvAekFXjvE72OT1xqPK51nJSbpCNSzFOLf9rCik9uv4-Wzw_xCiujtGh4jWET8N-4GvWL9aXOz-Q70Mzd9t-R9ebrnwiiZBF9iP5HM8hSlAAwvtiaOee2XLus2FL8L4aDaxaDZV3Y5D8Sy1U/s4032/IMG_1118.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31IKlecXhHdeKE32fNltqKBa2vr3MGqRY0obK8eWgz3SfvAekFXjvE72OT1xqPK51nJSbpCNSzFOLf9rCik9uv4-Wzw_xCiujtGh4jWET8N-4GvWL9aXOz-Q70Mzd9t-R9ebrnwiiZBF9iP5HM8hSlAAwvtiaOee2XLus2FL8L4aDaxaDZV3Y5D8Sy1U/s320/IMG_1118.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR46-MBvUm6akbaiCF9FW8GseUShTKWF922Fzb-Y3Tdcv5Psf9qmGvzFaht3DGwHbxB6wV7lhqGwRDK9FnDbUuD_l4f3gtn1w-Eib133IW62uH-OTvSYDBaKJrE-NSeclz0LCjotvsYked1UkY0zyKfaGgE4lbrT9otZApJVh8xZoQDQ_u650L3QWxV3g/s4032/IMG_1117.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR46-MBvUm6akbaiCF9FW8GseUShTKWF922Fzb-Y3Tdcv5Psf9qmGvzFaht3DGwHbxB6wV7lhqGwRDK9FnDbUuD_l4f3gtn1w-Eib133IW62uH-OTvSYDBaKJrE-NSeclz0LCjotvsYked1UkY0zyKfaGgE4lbrT9otZApJVh8xZoQDQ_u650L3QWxV3g/s320/IMG_1117.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>As with all Asian cooking, a mise en place is de rigueuer. I had bought fried tofu and hard boiled eggs over the weekend.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5qQWHveiNIyWwn091E7NsYWD6Ibj2G4a1fOxl3ptO0uuxuCRqV1SQ-2vQCpLb_6vU1-Exrg2OZK7Ghu3ujwRaSC1Vrwgbk5TPWYaQjgSQI_Kqi0ZjjXxqqf0_arywyoiSU192bzl5zq8Vdm1-0d1s3anSoY1mh5fzAj5CqefqEkkueqRUf-LMaec9_Q/s4032/IMG_1119.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5qQWHveiNIyWwn091E7NsYWD6Ibj2G4a1fOxl3ptO0uuxuCRqV1SQ-2vQCpLb_6vU1-Exrg2OZK7Ghu3ujwRaSC1Vrwgbk5TPWYaQjgSQI_Kqi0ZjjXxqqf0_arywyoiSU192bzl5zq8Vdm1-0d1s3anSoY1mh5fzAj5CqefqEkkueqRUf-LMaec9_Q/s320/IMG_1119.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PtRxFg0JCbqYdNKOxCRx4Av7lsxLtLGApxEFeB8Gp8aF8FJUnZAu5a4be2wQxgJRqXMI0yVcBe4XXv9ZexvmE-jL5e8TT1KhyphenhyphenRPpe5xmT_txzR41oznpHP0TIPFOWNqTY5oFGSGlmWuFE7LliPdZdDFoiYIxu2_go8r_Rcb8A1d3NSSKuNrLn_xn9sw/s4032/IMG_1120.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PtRxFg0JCbqYdNKOxCRx4Av7lsxLtLGApxEFeB8Gp8aF8FJUnZAu5a4be2wQxgJRqXMI0yVcBe4XXv9ZexvmE-jL5e8TT1KhyphenhyphenRPpe5xmT_txzR41oznpHP0TIPFOWNqTY5oFGSGlmWuFE7LliPdZdDFoiYIxu2_go8r_Rcb8A1d3NSSKuNrLn_xn9sw/s320/IMG_1120.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I remembered the chicken and cilantro wontons I still had in the freezer and decided to slice up Chinese sausage for additional meat protein as well as scallions for garnish.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pmxY-rgKTQ7o3gLoxbAaQ_1_Alst19_sbOj_hLNryYeThGE69Ihyb8lIkj_rbpe3aO4M1X9X_f4oBCVqjQaKXdaq_XH8BRlol6TSglA7y-0BWLIFlMO5_bXbY9CYyXbTfCseRhqopZ_y6QttL1fswl6KsBNSIPYt3KWyqhGVUUGXG7EhWhKn6N0XHjY/s4032/IMG_1121.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pmxY-rgKTQ7o3gLoxbAaQ_1_Alst19_sbOj_hLNryYeThGE69Ihyb8lIkj_rbpe3aO4M1X9X_f4oBCVqjQaKXdaq_XH8BRlol6TSglA7y-0BWLIFlMO5_bXbY9CYyXbTfCseRhqopZ_y6QttL1fswl6KsBNSIPYt3KWyqhGVUUGXG7EhWhKn6N0XHjY/s320/IMG_1121.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9VQzpOSq1Pooa0miaY3ELwZjVXJaavByWyjlGD0LYJGb01WOfjiF3f3T9UAhOb2sqXTn0uLDPzqT2q53hOWGkV59V0eCxKMPb5cmKCpzTpaRacyL1DFDeUfwToV55segHQZN0RU5dqF_rLQRgJkWGZYOLACyANZLzkk8Fuy2SfhmWqKUmB5T038os8o/s4032/IMG_1123.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9VQzpOSq1Pooa0miaY3ELwZjVXJaavByWyjlGD0LYJGb01WOfjiF3f3T9UAhOb2sqXTn0uLDPzqT2q53hOWGkV59V0eCxKMPb5cmKCpzTpaRacyL1DFDeUfwToV55segHQZN0RU5dqF_rLQRgJkWGZYOLACyANZLzkk8Fuy2SfhmWqKUmB5T038os8o/s320/IMG_1123.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>Into the broth all went followed by the chrysanthemum greens, bok choi, oyster and beech mushrooms that I'd also prepped.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILMs1ATFc-Y95p7RRA3OauHn9yD4rQYQG565K-KJrC6Svd2ZigVXRoQkQaNd8Z_SnlwXJ6j0l34oAtNhLmgF_4zFCroAPxylM9snxDrt5OJMCBV_srwHH5xVgmDZm8ym5YldNZImQzmU2iLP6RlU1L2twM89haDZmlKrsf40rExWFooVhLUgOk-1CijU/s4032/IMG_1124.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILMs1ATFc-Y95p7RRA3OauHn9yD4rQYQG565K-KJrC6Svd2ZigVXRoQkQaNd8Z_SnlwXJ6j0l34oAtNhLmgF_4zFCroAPxylM9snxDrt5OJMCBV_srwHH5xVgmDZm8ym5YldNZImQzmU2iLP6RlU1L2twM89haDZmlKrsf40rExWFooVhLUgOk-1CijU/s320/IMG_1124.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEwvI7smeUZT7mxnXCgrDJFtRHuFEbXfnEP4HBgD95I_KDs87EuiHt_MluR9MLRjGNHNIfRBhjJPoSwtYO3PU3baYWO-FYBkn8zMD7hblxKQu50JC0gs8BEIfSIRNdKiLkj2QYVnhlsqH4m1L9x9dYns6s81p2ngddXEs7VcWaYYTkOmNNqETbVniOV4/s4032/IMG_1122.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEwvI7smeUZT7mxnXCgrDJFtRHuFEbXfnEP4HBgD95I_KDs87EuiHt_MluR9MLRjGNHNIfRBhjJPoSwtYO3PU3baYWO-FYBkn8zMD7hblxKQu50JC0gs8BEIfSIRNdKiLkj2QYVnhlsqH4m1L9x9dYns6s81p2ngddXEs7VcWaYYTkOmNNqETbVniOV4/s320/IMG_1122.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And ready to eat after 5 minutes of simmering!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CinSl9VR-XNDn7gAA1FhK77FLxda4n0GPSyJfYtwjn4HeMC6OFema-_GM1mSqDI2ykjxvFbxFYqvIW-z3UdM4mvx4KEE_sJHdw-xmjPqP9t4XT4gsemhaYlsGydfg0h7zLI-QCUiXCNU7EiShiEW65tWQVU8jML3brKFA_daOjYsVH6TM5xRhhGo8gw/s4032/IMG_1126.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CinSl9VR-XNDn7gAA1FhK77FLxda4n0GPSyJfYtwjn4HeMC6OFema-_GM1mSqDI2ykjxvFbxFYqvIW-z3UdM4mvx4KEE_sJHdw-xmjPqP9t4XT4gsemhaYlsGydfg0h7zLI-QCUiXCNU7EiShiEW65tWQVU8jML3brKFA_daOjYsVH6TM5xRhhGo8gw/w480-h640/IMG_1126.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My meal was actually hot pot rather than soup, and I kept the leftover broth which had now been flavored by all the ingredients for a Moroheiya noodle soup later on in the week. My meal like <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Stone-Soup/Marcia-Brown/9781534457126" target="_blank">a French village's stone soup</a> just keeps on giving.</div></span></div>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963285050569313593.post-75080682570921996002023-12-03T08:13:00.000-08:002023-12-03T08:15:28.605-08:00cook: posole<p><span style="font-family: courier;">A few nights ago, I invited a couple friends to go to a speakeasy at one of my favorite eateries in San Mateo. Unbeknownst to many entering Wursthall, there's a secret bar below the stairs to the restrooms of the restaurant which also includes the entrance to Wunderbar. You follow the painted white rabbits along the baseboard to an entrance with a red velvet curtain to lead you to this hidden door. As with a speakeasy or to be in the know about a hidden bar, you have to make reservations. And we were told by the maître d' to rub the belly of the white rabbit. And really it's a motion detector which I loved for its cleverness of design.</span></p><span style="font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIkBCaGrjmgfUZDMsxUq2jmxQDmDbvlo7WHTy-OoXIUCGuV3D9BqzYiwaRuEg7s4OdhWsZo14aB54mR1MwrYR8YpyYvHZ3mBDKwjCxiMKCcFAZCwvffMxUXaVhPazD4g5A-xIkaZRoiQnHwuORt2Pd-LTgd5TkcbA7_GqjYBZaAEcK4g-qIVt4-JdUEA/s4032/IMG_1101.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIkBCaGrjmgfUZDMsxUq2jmxQDmDbvlo7WHTy-OoXIUCGuV3D9BqzYiwaRuEg7s4OdhWsZo14aB54mR1MwrYR8YpyYvHZ3mBDKwjCxiMKCcFAZCwvffMxUXaVhPazD4g5A-xIkaZRoiQnHwuORt2Pd-LTgd5TkcbA7_GqjYBZaAEcK4g-qIVt4-JdUEA/w480-h640/IMG_1101.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And just like a speakeasy in the 1920s, the bar is not just hidden, but dimly-lit and unidentifiable except for the mirror with the restaurant's logo and through which you can glimpse from the outside the mixologist moving about behind the bar and you're able to hold a conversation inside unlike the very noisy and chaotic hubbub of the restaurant upstairs. I only ordered one drink, and I'm just noticing now that the orange peel is cut in shape to look like the head of a snake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExd1TRMRphYU075-jjwWPQxhwGrMCAc8qEDQpkN4d7hs410s4dTiUmn-Qiwz0Z-h4gdI3OOLKZnitkMIkACToG70FAwpquQM52AroioXG43lEKpuGuFoVdSyXzYbmd_qWKgr-NbGKDQQdRZNTnOW0yZ1H4GfyqmEavrTV9Vo3Q-LSXKaUkN9bwnEuCwU/s1398/IMG_1104.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1398" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExd1TRMRphYU075-jjwWPQxhwGrMCAc8qEDQpkN4d7hs410s4dTiUmn-Qiwz0Z-h4gdI3OOLKZnitkMIkACToG70FAwpquQM52AroioXG43lEKpuGuFoVdSyXzYbmd_qWKgr-NbGKDQQdRZNTnOW0yZ1H4GfyqmEavrTV9Vo3Q-LSXKaUkN9bwnEuCwU/s320/IMG_1104.jpeg" width="268" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKmRUYkoW4UVTroxkrQPEOuaKtCrwKqBncZ8pOLgKiObg9gbdhnuhbSrsW2EZlgUKAdTQLdh8dBvAEJGXLI9Go9JaZswmc7pY8aMH1LYuc-UV3eYDQQCsD1vnj16oCLoq1T1putpfhwonAzfCtfZEhEMs4-8TTY-UkpXE4H95nJu5jbL6Yh7Xhk_c_gdc/s4032/IMG_1102.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKmRUYkoW4UVTroxkrQPEOuaKtCrwKqBncZ8pOLgKiObg9gbdhnuhbSrsW2EZlgUKAdTQLdh8dBvAEJGXLI9Go9JaZswmc7pY8aMH1LYuc-UV3eYDQQCsD1vnj16oCLoq1T1putpfhwonAzfCtfZEhEMs4-8TTY-UkpXE4H95nJu5jbL6Yh7Xhk_c_gdc/s320/IMG_1102.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div>My cocktail was delicious, and I want to return to sip a cocktail called <i>Lost at Sea.</i></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div>Because of the pork broth, I'd boiled last weekend, I was inspired to cook posole which I’d hadn’t cooked in a few years. I think I can cook it now from memory. I denuded two arbol and two guajillo chiles of their membranes, seeds, and stems and poured boiling hot water in my blender. While they were soaking and getting soft, I chopped cabbage, radishes, jalapeno, white onion, cilantro, and lime into wedges.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMRO_fIIrt4AfBhBDlTmgOmL_BXtHCzxOuKXBvxA1xjDA7ujMPFxhd0mEwBztiOm3usc9NwfUrqbXLLLDURzYg0LDKLaWuHCIgTdJvt-T5OIr8JwcrhwPFD6-CH0DUBOrVCpA9E5OkEqrXLuKMsqG6hSJcP2gVN2BUcbYYAOtFoQ7_ldD_jV51iVETDo/s4032/IMG_1088.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMRO_fIIrt4AfBhBDlTmgOmL_BXtHCzxOuKXBvxA1xjDA7ujMPFxhd0mEwBztiOm3usc9NwfUrqbXLLLDURzYg0LDKLaWuHCIgTdJvt-T5OIr8JwcrhwPFD6-CH0DUBOrVCpA9E5OkEqrXLuKMsqG6hSJcP2gVN2BUcbYYAOtFoQ7_ldD_jV51iVETDo/s320/IMG_1088.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedMFjh-vUnxlQSVGVG6Z_0kzJyyeqJ2sB0Q-EAKW5KEJC2rVeVUQAFLBBF6oIp_c4ecG8WCExQp8XtQaDPi-u9S8LpUkQ00AENEw7WPeUdUVSLfpqMYsZ4AMSZjh1ZIYcjaDb8BdNzwckdaKg4SMvLM_J2JITfBqRToBmn2W_0SnzNXJjrhWGRyxfcO4/s4032/IMG_1095.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedMFjh-vUnxlQSVGVG6Z_0kzJyyeqJ2sB0Q-EAKW5KEJC2rVeVUQAFLBBF6oIp_c4ecG8WCExQp8XtQaDPi-u9S8LpUkQ00AENEw7WPeUdUVSLfpqMYsZ4AMSZjh1ZIYcjaDb8BdNzwckdaKg4SMvLM_J2JITfBqRToBmn2W_0SnzNXJjrhWGRyxfcO4/s320/IMG_1095.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had leftover spare ribs from my sinigang and started browning them with a few cloves of garlic. I then added the pork broth and the pulverized chiles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDHRz5QKyvObCNVdBLyxz-A4kxYfUC64BRLqNUA_Plb6vw14ZL9eOfFn9KshHPCQ6Mrp0jI8TsHqg86uiTQvN-4BtzQ7eVW_B4FmhyboKNOzSlU3FAQGGzJqjmBvB_st7lCjBm0s7q0TUyCAVv2clr0rFNc93L6YIFVLsh2YfRxx3bhJMFKNM3pSjnMQ/s4032/IMG_1090.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDHRz5QKyvObCNVdBLyxz-A4kxYfUC64BRLqNUA_Plb6vw14ZL9eOfFn9KshHPCQ6Mrp0jI8TsHqg86uiTQvN-4BtzQ7eVW_B4FmhyboKNOzSlU3FAQGGzJqjmBvB_st7lCjBm0s7q0TUyCAVv2clr0rFNc93L6YIFVLsh2YfRxx3bhJMFKNM3pSjnMQ/s320/IMG_1090.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZnd4-9QnWMUrzIe_0FxYEj9tWGhpzeYRaPqXzIucIGjLzyiW9lwSHyM8k50ID9Qwiw_PGNerGYqgYdIOChCCXHXq2FIdqO-NA1tiYCmIlA_fcngD23GEoJA7p-bw-F7KQCiF7ZDidUry-Y3Blf1mzGDSa9_cpCchV5fLGUNpX4FQ21TmnP-gIB2XLnY/s4032/IMG_1091.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZnd4-9QnWMUrzIe_0FxYEj9tWGhpzeYRaPqXzIucIGjLzyiW9lwSHyM8k50ID9Qwiw_PGNerGYqgYdIOChCCXHXq2FIdqO-NA1tiYCmIlA_fcngD23GEoJA7p-bw-F7KQCiF7ZDidUry-Y3Blf1mzGDSa9_cpCchV5fLGUNpX4FQ21TmnP-gIB2XLnY/s320/IMG_1091.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I didn't add any tomatoes either and relied on the chilies to make the soup red. After an hour of boiling and then simmering, I added the can of hominy to also soften in the broth for another hour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nIbNHFY7BcOKWwi9tBfQCEuWV2uJuDyFYS0A_usunF4QGr1d7Qrzax2YFfDZOfMA2WEb-qKsHfAQqs1nTfpGXC_oTLCGNQF76qv1YXRi2m2ZytZcfNze-E5RwW0VNDI_ChiLwCulA_bF2noAvIEwV9Iat2HUJBd3rOoZLiXRFFF5CvUxU5XPBsLWqdg/s4032/IMG_1094.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nIbNHFY7BcOKWwi9tBfQCEuWV2uJuDyFYS0A_usunF4QGr1d7Qrzax2YFfDZOfMA2WEb-qKsHfAQqs1nTfpGXC_oTLCGNQF76qv1YXRi2m2ZytZcfNze-E5RwW0VNDI_ChiLwCulA_bF2noAvIEwV9Iat2HUJBd3rOoZLiXRFFF5CvUxU5XPBsLWqdg/s320/IMG_1094.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZX2ptKN-PqI6G-yMeiTFIYWOpY-QaXEQI3WoGsrX4fzV4tsmZdrBIP297PeHezalGGn8PVTKZ2AvC253W53eHlNAaqnZJaB1ZhRgqS3x8mU8jaOWLlmK-K9Aa4dJHqDHPS2kCyoWTLvN8sD9DWqwQk2FdPgLf2GhIUgsP-xzJrZk5VL99BDkAAqUeee4/s4032/IMG_1093.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZX2ptKN-PqI6G-yMeiTFIYWOpY-QaXEQI3WoGsrX4fzV4tsmZdrBIP297PeHezalGGn8PVTKZ2AvC253W53eHlNAaqnZJaB1ZhRgqS3x8mU8jaOWLlmK-K9Aa4dJHqDHPS2kCyoWTLvN8sD9DWqwQk2FdPgLf2GhIUgsP-xzJrZk5VL99BDkAAqUeee4/s320/IMG_1093.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While the broth was simmering, I had exactly one corn tortilla left, which I sliced into thin strips and then fried to be another garnish for the soup.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoSgh2HDjvXYj47fXa83iWlScwuxere0PHHRgVQib6GWwZ_ZgBPpJ_EsRmuk9Uun-JKh2nMeprkTES69_KiNIZ96UqFCxmpSWGUIDkc9Fsz4T1cLM6RpPg5NHs5Dmv_kuJ9YZeJU6g-7SVen3lKt4NCku5-bkC8E6-qd-4Bko9JXdJxJ2kQBWefzNXFf4/s4032/IMG_1096.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoSgh2HDjvXYj47fXa83iWlScwuxere0PHHRgVQib6GWwZ_ZgBPpJ_EsRmuk9Uun-JKh2nMeprkTES69_KiNIZ96UqFCxmpSWGUIDkc9Fsz4T1cLM6RpPg5NHs5Dmv_kuJ9YZeJU6g-7SVen3lKt4NCku5-bkC8E6-qd-4Bko9JXdJxJ2kQBWefzNXFf4/s320/IMG_1096.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhpdta-hv1Lui3FqrvoUycTxFhIe4LwbZ3dt3LA1PP62mwVBaxNacJNqdCeWIhldkOjkox96b7YScOl88O1pbOLNr1jmPsvGwHb5UpGtJjX6daEhYdQdSoSdHlccFTLz_7hT2IsRTQP1cCr1E9egbIWbdTfYCRuwRyJcoX_hpvrXGkJQNyZzwflv5yEY/s4032/IMG_1097.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhpdta-hv1Lui3FqrvoUycTxFhIe4LwbZ3dt3LA1PP62mwVBaxNacJNqdCeWIhldkOjkox96b7YScOl88O1pbOLNr1jmPsvGwHb5UpGtJjX6daEhYdQdSoSdHlccFTLz_7hT2IsRTQP1cCr1E9egbIWbdTfYCRuwRyJcoX_hpvrXGkJQNyZzwflv5yEY/s320/IMG_1097.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The soup was as delicious as when I had cooked it about 3 years ago. And maybe my next chili will be something similar with those chilies and ground pork and Gordo beans for my version of Chili Colorado.</div></span><p></p>Anna Lapidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057625584339818823noreply@blogger.com0