Monthly Archives: March 2008

Flotsam / Jetsam

Afternoon photo shoot

Poppy, March 4, 2008I’ve been trying to take a cue from professional photographer and natural light fan Season Moore lately. There was some nice light coming into the apartment this afternoon, and Poppy was willing to let me snap some photos. She even took a few herself!

I cropped and edited the photo of Poppy with Picnik, using the “Orton effect” and a little cross-processing. Picnik was a great, online photo-editing service before, and it’s even more impressive now that it’s entirely free. I haven’t found anything that I do on a regular basis with Photoshop that I can’t do with Picnik. If you’d like to play around with your photos, you should definitely check it out.

Screen time

Tell me how to win your heart. 'Cause I haven't got a clue.

SPOILERS AHEAD. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

Lionel Richie‘s “Hello” runs through my head all the time. Rockford can attest to this. (And he will not attest to it happily, because I sing it whenever it’s in my noggin’.) Tonight, David Cook absolutely rocked it. I might download his version. Seriously. If I actually voted, he’d get my vote this week.

I think the guys are much better than the girls on this year’s “American Idol.” Jason Castro was excellent tonight, doing “Hallelujah,” and Chikezie did a fine job on “All the Woman I Need.” Michael Johns did one of my favorite songs, “Don’t You Forget About Me,” and he did it well.

Who’s going home? Luke Menard and Danny Noriega. I’ll be sad to see Luke go, because he’s easy on the eyes. I will be beyond pleased if Danny really is voted off.


Eating

A tiny helping of nutrition

A tablespoon of squash might not be a big deal to you, but around here it’s practically Mount Everest.

Although I didn’t make much headway with the “Deceptively Delicious” recipes, I used the book’s principles to score a victory today in our ongoing struggle to get Poppy to eat vegetables. I mixed a tablespoon of butternut squash puree in with about a tablespoon and a half of peanut butter and a little honey. I used part of it to make Poppy’s sandwich, and I put the rest in the fridge for tomorrow. After she finished her sandwich, though, she asked for more! So I pulled the rest of the peanutbutternut out and gave it to her as a “dip” for her pretzels.

She ate it all. And she asked for more again.