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{fried green tomatoes}

happy october! are you loving the fall colours where you live?! this is my favourite time of year – i just love autumn! it’s also when i was born, so i feel most alive during this season. i’ve also been feeling very lethargic and sleepy… but i suppose that just comes with the change in season and light. i kind of wish i could just hibernate all winter… snuggle with callee more and eat tons of comfort food.

i’ve been wanting to make fried green tomatoes for a while now… what, being born in the south and all, it only seemed fitting. i can’t believe i had never tried to make them before! have you?! when i spotted these perfect tomatoes, i was inspired and excited. so – i practiced the KISS method :

oh.so.simple.

and beautiful.

AND delicious!!!!

i fried my green tomatoes in real sweet cream butter after slicing them about 1/3 inch thick, then dipping them in flour, then egg, then bread crumbs with a little S&P. i finished the ‘maters off with a topping of freshly-grated parmigiano reggiano. super simple, super easy, and super yummy!

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{i’m lovin’ it…}

27 Sep

…this random hash with onion, garlic, potatoes, bacon, tomatoes, and kale.

…this. *giggle*

…subtle reminders.

…these $5 birks i scored at a thrift store in moab – never been worn!

…fresh halibut – worth the splurge!

…fishin’ somewhere near paonia.

…creating farm-to-table meals with elk meatballs, wild boletus mushrooms, sauteed swiss chard, fresh salad.

…my new job.

…a perfect tomato from a friend’s garden.

…making wishes at the wishing tree.

…a beehive, right by my house!

…the fact that peach season is officially over… i enjoyed one final one for desert after the bronco game.

…my tomatoes are finally taking off.

…tomato bounty!

…glowing sopris… {and the fact that it’s still been nice enough to even wear sandals!}

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enjoy your weekend!

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{getting balanced in moab}

19 Sep

i just returned from a {much needed} camping trip with a special friend and i can’t wait to share more fotos from this awesome desert landscape! ❤

hope you all enjoy your weekend!

Tags: audrey michelle, balanced rock, camping, cool, desert, end of summer, fun, landscape photography, landscapes, life, moab, neat, photography, photos, snapshots, travel, trips, utah, vacations

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{ocean clouds}

17 Sep

when i walked out my door the other morning and saw these clouds, i literally stopped in my tracks and exclaimed, “what the —- {bleep!}!?!” i ran inside to grab my {old, but still working} camera, but the fotos don’t really do it justice.

it was as if the sky had become the ocean. the clouds looked like waves crashing on the shoreline. it was both eerie and awesome. and during editing, i had a little fun with the colours…

this just makes me miss the ocean, even more. and it makes me want to be closer to the water, even more. a plan i am working on making a reality very soon.

Tags: beauty, blogging, clouds, colorado, cool, life, nature, photography, photos, pictures, whatever, whatever wednesday

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{mini caprese stacks}

10 Sep

finger food is my favourite! i believe in touching and playing with your food!! 😉

and i’m kind of obsessed with tomatoes… i eat them with almost every meal, it seems. i love the colourful variety of them. little, big, funky shaped, speckled… deep colours, bright colours…

i especially love to make little snacks with tomatoes – any way i can.

and so, i present to you… the most adorable mini-caprese stacks ever. at least by my standards.

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Tags: audrey michelle, caprese, easy, eating, farm to table, farm-fresh, food, food and foto, food photography, photography, recipes, simple, snacks, tomatoes, vegetarian

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{food photography : watermelon radish}

7 Sep

how cute are these?!

i don’t even know what to say about this adorable vegetable. when my new boss {i left the corporate world last week – details to follow!} told me that this looked like a watermelon inside, the first thought in my head was, “well, that would fotograph just perfectly with black lava salt!” 😀

now, i am not the biggest radish fan on this earth, but i do occasionally get cravings for them. i roasted some once, which totally changes their flavour – almost making the “bite” more tolerable. radishes are high in vitamin c and potassium, and they are a very low-calorie food.

these watermelon radishes are so pretty…

and sure enough, are a bright magenta colour inside!

watermelon radish…

so i obviously had to cut them into little watermelon-shaped slices…

sprinkle on some wonderful black lava salt.. for taste, and for effect! 😉

hello, watermelon radish!

nom nom… nom.

Tags: audrey michelle, colorado, colorado produce, eating, fine art, food, food and foto, food is art, food is cool, food photography, local, local produce, photography, pretty, radish, watermelon radish

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{cool as a cucumber}

30 Aug

cool as a cucumber

😉

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{the reason…}

17 Aug

Tags: animals, audrey michelle, blogging, callee, cats, cute, food and foto, furballs, furry friends, iphone photography, iphoneography, kitties, life, love, my life, my life has purpose, pets, photography, sweet, the reason i am, weekends, whatever

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{super moon, tiny house}

9 Aug

{super moon, tiny house}

Tags: astrology, audrey michelle, beauty, blogging, colorado, cool, cycles, full moon, life, mountains, nature, photography, stillness, summer, super moon, tiny home, tiny house, tiny lifestyle, weekends, whatever

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{once upon a time, last week…}

3 Aug

… i took this kickass foto…. that i just love. ❤

{oh – and it rained like, a ton!}

… i was housesitting, and this awesome little chicken was one of eleven that i had the fortune of feeding and watching while the owners were away… they are so cool!

… i had this for breakfast : a sausage & cheese croissant roll, two flax seed chocolate brownie muffins, and my trusty half caff americano {with a little cream}…

… i totally saw this dead snake in the road………. oddly, the first one i’ve seen at all since moving here.

… i made my famous morning smoothie………… a few times 😉

… i looked up at the sky.

… i took a silly selfie on the bus and tried to be all discreet but made myself look even sillier… 😛

… i harvested these absolutely beautiful organic cherry tomatoes and some mixed baby greens from the garden outside of the house i was sitting…

{so grateful!}

… and i added in shredded chicken, olives, cucumbers, sharp cheddar, red onion, and dressed it in a french vinaigrette… YUM!

… i saw like, four billion ants………… i wonder what they were all working on…

… i saw these carrot-tops poking through a cute little community garden…

… i ordered and devoured an entire 12 inch pizza called the “BLT” from my favourite local spot… it’s seriously like eating a blt on a round pizza pie : “crispy bacon, smoked provolone, garlic, onion & house-made sundried tomato pesto topped with shredded leaf lettuce tossed in our famous house-made ranch” it’s one unique and delicious pizza. they serve the lettuce and fixins’ on the side so you can dress it by adding the lettuce topping at the end. it is AHH-MAZING! one of my favourite pizzas, for sure!!!!

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happy sunday!

and, always be sure to eat a lot of {healthy, colourful} food and take a lot of {awesome} fotos!! 😉 ❤

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{it’s another “my week in fotos” update}

19 Jul

hey gang, how’s your week been?!

people kind of freak out when they find out i’m not on instagram. part of me feels like i should be, since i’m a fotographer and all… but honestly, just keeping up with my blog is time-consuming enough. i left facebook over a year ago, and i don’t plan to go back or add in any new social media to my life. i started this blog so i could keep all the happenings of my life in one place online. thank you to each one of you who follow, read my posts, comment, engage, and make it all worthwhile! 🙂

here are a few pics from my week… i hope yours was great and your weekend is even better!

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i had a “moment” with my favourite coffee barista this week – i walked in to get my half-caff americano on ice and he greets me with a smile and says, “the usual?!” i giggled and said, “awww, i have a usual – and you remembered it!” hehehehee

i’ve been eating these yummy buffalo taco boats – and i can’t wait to share the recipe!

double rainbow over mount sopris…

i’m so jealous of my cat… who sleeps {sometimes in awkward positions} 80% of the day…

these have been breakfast all week…

love this snowmass sticker i saw on the bus – 81615.

i’m constantly reminded of my former coworker and friend, yarrow… it grows pretty wild here!

selfie in the sun… it’s finally feeling like summer!!!

this is what i see on a typical monday night…

i met this adorable tabby at the bus stop one evening… i named him “gary” – he was so sweet!

❤

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{tiny tuesday : TH2 update – days 11 & 12}

15 Jul

so, the tiny house movement is picking up some steam… and attention! i just discovered {thanks, marylala!} that the FYI channel {which i also just found out existed} recently introduced a new television show called “tiny house nation.” i hope i can find a way to stream it, since i don’t have TV.

we are going to try to convince them to come to the western slope 😉

here is an update on the tiny house project happening next door to me… see the complete foto-story here.

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TH2 – tiny house project by legacy homes

making progress…

holy smokes – check out this awesome dual shower with all kinds of fancy looking features!

i can see my {tiny} house from here!

Tags: building, colorado, construction, legacy homes, legacy homes of aspen, roaring fork valley, tiny home, tiny house, tiny house movement, western slope

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{the dichotomy of audrey michelle}

14 Jul

first of all, i just want to send a quick shout-out to all the newcomers… i’m always humbled whenever a new follower joins the fun! welcome to food and foto and thank you for your support! ❤

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i just love this shot from the archives, taken by my friend michele when i first moved back to colorado in 2011… it’s been 3 years, almost to date. i do love parts of this great state – especially the mountains, the peaceful sound of the nothingness in the air, and the sunsets. however, there is such a dichotomy to my personality. i miss the city – the hustle and bustle, the lights, the diversity, the people.

i miss new york more than i ever thought i would. it’s kind of funny how i always say i went there to pick up a piece of me…. and yet – i feel like when i moved, i left a piece of me there…

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{colorado professional headshot photography : writer, john lilley}

13 Jul

hey gang!

i just wanted to share a few headshots from a recent session with my new client, john. we met somewhat serendipitously when i was working for aspen ski resort last winter. john was going for a laid-back “brooklyn vibe” in his headshot session with me, and i think he embodied that quite well!

john is a talented freelance consultant, writer, and blogger. check him out here. we wandered the little town of carbondale, chasing light and looking for the perfect “new york city” type background. i’m grateful john was up for the adventure – sometimes it can be hilarious to tag along with me on a shoot…

here are a few of my favourite shots :

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{“i wanna take a picture of that!”}

12 Jul

grazing cattle at sunset…

my beautiful edible-flower mixed-green salad…

this sweet red tabby kitty i met on my walk home…

this yummy wild rice dish i whipped up – with onions, tomatoes, and fresh english peas….

a penny i found between my feet…

this amazing bag of chocolate peanut butter cups that a coworker so kindly bought for me…

this beautiful… whatever it is…

me…

have a great weekend, gang!! ❤

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{tiny tuesday : TH2 Update – days 9 and 10}

1 Jul

TH2 – wrapped!

the interior begins…

the owner of TH2, matt, seems to have great taste in appliances!!!!

it’s coming together!!

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click here to see day one and two

click here to see day three and four

click here to see day five and six

click here to see day seven and eight

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL GALLERY

Tags: building, building projects, colorado, construction, legacy homes, legacy homes of aspen, lifestyle, mountain homes, mountain living, mountains, photography, pictures, TH2, tiny home, tiny house, tiny house movement, updates

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{wanderer.}

28 Jun

selfie.

awesome local gardens.

this.

and this : “each moment of the year has its own beauty.” – ralph waldo emerson

soaking up the sunset.

playful portraiture with callee cat.

sigh.

head in the clouds.

reminder.

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{farm-fresh, multi-coloured, organic speckled eggs}

26 Jun

i think it’s so amazing and interesting – how our bodies speak to us.

i find it so interesting how our dietary needs can shift and change over the years, also. for example – i never liked eggs much when i was younger… and over the last 3-5 years i’ve just been love love loving them! i can’t seem to get enough eggs. luckily, i’m able to buy farm-fresh locally raised eggs which were fed a non-gmo organic diet – free of soy, too! afterall, you eat what your food eats. so i choose only organic dairy and meat products for this reason.

i’m so thankful i can purchase these {incredible, edible} eggs close to where i live!

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