Saturday, August 28, 2010
212/365: Potatos
Meatloaf? Meh. Brussels sprouts? Not bad! What are these mashed up things? Potatos? POTATOS!! OMG POTATOS!!!!! I CANNOT SHOVEL THEM INTO MY MOUTH FAST ENOUGH!!!!!!! WHY AREN'T THERE MORE POTATOS IN MY BOWL?????? DADDY, YOU MISERABLE FAT BASTARD, WHY HAVE YOU KEPT THESE FROM ME???????? MORE POTATOS DAMN YOU!!!!!!!!!!!Labels: Molly, Project 365
High Five Escalator
Friday, August 27, 2010
211/365: Cherry Tomatos
Thursday, August 26, 2010
210/365: Pear Tomatos
209/365: Nasturtiums
208/365: Game Day
Program and ticket from the game the other night. Pirates took 2 of 3 from the Cards! Woooo!Labels: Pirates, pittsburgh, Project 365
207/365: Marigold
Another shot from the garden. Also from my Monticello seeds, but this package had the label!Labels: Project 365, The Garden
206/365: Mystery Bloom
I found an old packet of flower seeds that I know came from Monticello, but unfortunatly, the package label came off. I have no idea what kind of flower this is, but boy, is it striking!Labels: Project 365, The Garden
205/365: Shrimp Wings
Dinner from the other night. I thought the shrimp skewers looked like angel wings.Labels: Project 365
204/365: Little Dog
203/365: Sleepy Dog
202/365: Speaking of Corn.....
Here are the mini ears of corn from the garden. Like I said, small, but tasty.Labels: Project 365, The Garden
201/365: Seat
200/365: Corn
Pollen heads on the garden corn. I got very small ears (only about 4" long) but they were delicious.Labels: Project 365, The Garden
199/365: Nail
Saturday, August 14, 2010
198/365: Dahntahn
Da 'burgh, where I live. Well, technically, just outside da 'burgh, in the north boroughs.Labels: allegheny river, pittsburgh, Project 365
197/365: There Is Only One Flying Spaghetti Monster....
And Bobby Henderson is its prophet. Or not, as we Pastafarians reject dogma. More fooling around with the Canon while I was trying to figure out what was wrong with it. Just taking pictures of random things during my lunch break, and I figured the FSM badge on the back of my car was as good a subject as any. The reflection is pretty cool.Labels: FSM, Project 365, religion
196/365: Ballpark
Approaching PNC Park aboard the Miss Pittsburgh. That's the 6th Street (Roberto Clemente) Bridge on the left. I like the sunlight reflection on the water. Another Canon shot.Labels: allegheny river, Pirates, pittsburgh, PNC Park, Project 365
195/365: Blocks
The huge stones of the PRR pier. More Canon fiddling. You can see what I mean about it not wanting to focus. The blocks made me think of Legos.Labels: allegheny river, pittsburgh, Project 365, PRR, railroads
194/365: No Wake
More fooling around with the Canon. Pier of the 9th St. (Rachael Carson) Bridge.Labels: allegheny river, pittsburgh, Project 365
193/365: Railroad
The huge, PRR double-decked (only one in use) bridge over the Allegheny downtown. Taken from the Miss Pittsburgh with the Canon.Labels: allegheny river, pittsburgh, Project 365, PRR, railroads
192/365: Captain Willie
191/365: Bleacher Creatures
I found my old Canon Powershot point and shoot digital that supposedly didn't work anymore. New batteries, and some fiddling seemed to bring it back to life, but it is still balky, sometimes, it doesn't want to focus, and sometimes it doesn't shoot at all. Was playing around with it though, as its a lot more portable than my Nikon D50.Here's the left field "Loony Bin" bleachers at PNC.
Labels: Pirates, pittsburgh, PNC Park, Project 365
190/365: Pier
189/365: Chicken of the Woods!
Found a three pound clump of the famed Chicken of the Woods last night. Its been called the "60 mile an hour" mushroom, because you can spot it while driving 60 on the highway. I was doing about 15mph rounding a bend when I spotted this nice fresh sample.Laetiporus sulphureus, also known as sulphur shelf, is one of the "foolproof four," an excellent mushroom for beginners, since it has no dangerous lookalikes. Just don't pick it if it is growing on hemlock. As with any wild food, some people can have an allergic reaction, so if you're a first timer, just take a nibble of a cooked sample.
The mushroom has the texture and consistency of cooked chicken, and if you cook it in chicken broth, it tastes like chicken too! When I find it, its usually in enormous clumps, so I blanch it in boiling water and then freeze it for later. This sample yielded two pounds of cleaned mushroom for freezing.
Labels: chicken of the woods, mushrooms, Project 365, sulphur shelf
188/365: Her Own Seat
I guess the Pirates are going to want me to start buying a ticket for her.Labels: Molly, Pirates, pittsburgh, Project 365
187/365: 16th Street
186/365: Doomed Church
I think this church is coming down soon to make room for the Rt 28 expansion.Labels: pittsburgh, Project 365
185/365: River
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
184/365: Umbrellas
183/365: Misty Mount Washington
182/365: Ballgame Baby!
181/365: Potted Pepper
180/365: Canned
179/365: Disposable
We bought a chest freezer less than two years ago. Last week, it stopped working. After frantically transferring thawing food to my parents' house, we called for the repairman. Cost to repair? More than what the unit cost. Under warrantee? Nope, warantees are just 12 months, and even if it were under warrantee, they'd just bring an entire new freezer and discard the old one. Seems a tremendous waste of resources (steel, aluminum, wiring, motors, etc.) to me.Labels: Project 365, The House
178/365: The Green Weenie!
