hey gang. i hope you had a great weekend! it was gorgeous here, and we had that awesome full moon lighting up the place for days…
here are some fotos via the “shake-it app”
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full moon friday!
autumn!!
it’s still here for a little longer…
i love finding heart-shaped things!! Continue reading
i am late getting this post out – i had a busy day! what with getting internet again after 10 days without it and all…. travesty!
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here are a few recent fotos {via iPhone shake-it app} of the beautiful fall foliage around here on the western slope…
friends! i miss you! and i miss blogging! i have so much to catch you up on! most everything in my life is different! and i have a ton of fotos to share!!!
did you know i moved?! into the cutest tiny home ever…
and you know it’s a good sign when a rainbow shows up over your new house!
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this is pretty much how i feel every day when i’m up here…
try not to freak out at how beautiful the next few shots are… it’s autumn in the rockies – it’s hard to beat! Continue reading
nothin’ like a little fire-dancin’ to appreciate summer and welcome autumn… light-painting is COOL!!! 😀
{most of these images were taken with a 10-second exposure… fun stuff!}
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spiral!
hearts and crescents.
infinity. Continue reading
hey everyone, happy sunday. and happy first day of autumn!!
this is my favey-fav season, and not just because i was born in it 😉 but i do tend to thrive in autumn… i love the colours of course, and the calming down from summer, snuggling and cozying in and slowing down… i just love all that autumn brings along with it.
i’m just relaxing and enjoying my half-caff americano* and was thinking about how many blogs i want to catch up on.
*{that reminds me of this funny thing that happened and i took a foto of it}
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my life has shifted so drastically in the month of september, that i just haven’t had time to keep up with the blog like i wanted to. plus – a huge rebirthing is in order here at foodandfoto.com. on a personal level, i have grown and “re-birthed” on my own so much, that it’s only fitting the blog shifts along with me. i’m not exactly sure what that will look like yet, but do stay tuned – some big changes are on the way! Continue reading
a few years ago i visited my uncle in north carolina. i am itching to go back. i hadn’t really been to that part of the country in a long time! see, i was born in south carolina, if you can believe it. didn’t stay there very long, but i still claim to be somewhat a southern belle 😉 at least – my manners and kind heart are still very southern. but don’t be fooled, i’ll still get down and sassy with ya, i won’t deep fry butter, and you’ll never catch me in a pair of heels!
anyway, i’m sad to say i can’t remember exactly where this is located – i googled it, but can’t find it. there are apparently lots of “old mills” in north carolina -hA! my aunt was super excited to show me this place – and with just cause! it’s gorgeous! i doubt the leaves are still this vivid in colour, but you never know; those east coast autumns can linger!
here are some of my favourite shots from “the old mill” {which is still operating! – so cool!} :
hope you all had a safe and happy halloween! i just LOVE this time of year, don’t you?! i love being in the kitchen more than normal… and i love busting out my crockpot… and i’m even more eager to bust out my vitamix!! i will be doing that this weekend when i am basically a personal chef for my best friends in the rockies 🙂
i also love making my own pumpkin seeds. they are one of my favourite snacks, and when pumpkins are on sale – so what better time to make some?! i paid 2 bucks for my pumpkins on a one-day sale. i would say these average sized pumpkins yield about 2-3 cups of seeds – that’s a decent value!
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it’s really hard to imagine new york city under water right now. the subway is shutdown, 1.5 million people without power – my former roommate included. I WAS JUST IN NEW YORK LAST WEEKEND!!! i’m so glad i dodged the bullet that is frankenstorm. my heart goes out to all of those who are struggling from the effects of this monstrous event. of course, i’ll always think of new york when i think of the east coast.
last night, i was watching the david letterman show and as he was listing the “top ten rejected frankenstorm names” i began to wonder why no one was laughing… “too soon?!”, i thought… but then i realized that no one was in the audience, and he was recording anyway. jimmy fallon did the same thing.
here is a little article about it – classic.
so here’s what central park would probably look like in the next couple weeks, if the rain hasn’t totally bogged it down…
i’m visiting NYC in three days… and i actually kind of got a little nervous. for real legitimately nervous… what?! i lived in manhattan for 3 glorious years, and i ran the LES. why am i nervous?! it’s like i’m going to rekindle a former relationship or something. haha
i’m definitely bringing my camera with me, and although i won’t get up to bear mountain park {where these images were taken}, i do hope to catch a glimse of a few of these colours throughout central park or the like.
for now, i’ll share these with you… oh how i love the autumn!
it’s that time of year.
my goodness do i love autumn! the leaves, the brisk air, the campfire nights, the comfort foods… i mean, i guess most people don’t consider squash a “comfort food” – but isn’t it, though?! i mean… in my opinion, if you put something in the oven, it’s comfort food. haha! mostly i just mean i think of the aroma that roasting squash in the oven creates in your home… it just screams AUTUMN and COMFORT!
anyway, squash was on sale and i bought all kinds of it. i wanted to try some varieties i had never tried before. a few of my favs were in the mix, but i also came out with some i never tasted and i am excited to! Continue reading
it’s a new day… it’s a new life…
colorado has THE BEST sunrises this time of year!!!!! stay tuned for more…
i am fully aware that “buttercorn” is not a word… remember how i like to make up names for my dishes?! well, this was no exception.
and i’m so fully in autumn mode it’s not even right. and it’s not just because we got hit with some snow this week. i’ve been ready now for weeks. i thrive in the fall, i love this time of year!! and yes, part of it is because i have a birthday approaching! 🙂 but i just love the food autumn brings. i’m finally ready to put away the salad fork and bust out the soup spoon more often… i’m ready for root vegetables, squashes, potatoes, yams, and soups!!!!
squash was on sale a couple weeks ago – 10 pounds for 10 dollars. so i snagged up 3 different kinds – spaghetti, acorn, and butternut. i always use my spaghetti squash as pasta, so i knew what to do with that… and i was going to try to make the butternut squash as soup anyway – then i thought, well why can’t i just use BOTH kinds of squash in the soup?!
and so i did. Continue reading
i have seriously been sitting at my computer all morning – i started 3 different blogs, got distracted, ate breakfast, cried a little {good cry}, and then started all over. i blame nicki minaj. i have been listening to the song “fly” on repeat since i woke up. it’s my new theme song. my favourite lyrics :
“Everybody wanna try to box me in
Suffocating every time it locks me in
Paint their own pictures then they crop me in
But I will remain where the top begins
Cause I am not a word, I am not a line
I am not a girl that can ever be defined
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