i should get paid to do reviews for companies like this – haha! {but seriously, feel free to email me with offers! ;)}
and i honestly love this product – and i recommend it to anyone!
especially for lunch at work, or for traveling, or for kids and family outings, or whatever… it’s so great!
what is it?! well i’m glad you asked 😀
it’s the portable, packable, freezable, transformable, incredible – *drum roll* Continue reading
…for colorado, please.
we are on fire… again.
i hear it’s getting better, but a major downpour from the gods would be much welcomed at this point!!
i maybe have bounced around my apartment a few times dancing and singing along…
and alanis is just awesome – plus this song just makes me feel thankful for a lot of things…
and here’s callee – finding the only sunbeam in the house at the time :
she’s so damn cute!!
the temps were absolutely perfect last week – 70-80 degrees during the day and cool nights that require only a light sweater, but flip flops are comfortable. the smell of the grill lingers in the air, the frangrance from the various blooms waft from every angle, the sun is warm, the air is warm, the days are long… and that means i take lots of little walks.
here’s a few shake-it app inspired fotos i snapped last week while wandering around my ‘hood…
devouring the best pastrami sammy EVER – from masterpiece delicatessen in the highlands… my new favourite spot!!
my neighbourhood kind of reminds me of new york…
enjoying my first latte in about a year… {half caff, only – definitely iced!} Continue reading
i mean, i don’t miss waking up for them, per se… but i miss their beauty, their diversity, their colours, their peace…
every morning for about 4 months i got up and fotographed the sunrise. my schedule at work began to change so i stopped doing it… i’m sort of missing them right now because colorado has some of the coolest skies!
it’s artichoke season!!!
and thank goodness for that!!!! i wrote a blog or two about them last spring… i just love these beautiful babies. although they do take an awful lot of work to prepare for such a little amount of actual flesh… it’s SO worth it – the scrumptiousness waiting inside doesn’t quite compare to any other…
it got me thinking about how artichokes are kind of like us, like humans…
i know you may be chuckling thinking how the heck can i be like a green pokey vegetable?! well… the way i see it –
an artichoke looks like a flower.
just like us 🙂 Continue reading
happy mother’s day, judi!
i miss you more than there are words for. i celebrate who you were as my mother every day. on your anniversary this year, i was strong – no tears… i even went to work – i smiled and thought of your smile all day. but this week has been rough. i couldn’t figure out why my emotions have been so high… sometimes it just hits me, yanno?! i miss you more than ever, it seems. i’m a “big girl” now, and all i want is my mommy. i want to ask your advice, introduce you to people i meet, have lunch with you, buy you sweaters and scarves, make you smoothies, paint your fingernails, and brush your hair for you. i also miss giving you back-scratches. i know i always complained about doing that for you, but i would do it as my full time job now if i could – and nothing seemed to make me fall asleep like a back-scratch from you… i miss the littlest things. i don’t wallow in sadness when i miss you… i mean, it hurts – they lie when it says it gets easier with time… it actually gets harder, one just finds ways to cope. but i do find that some moments are extraordinarily harder than others…
i always say your death was “bittersweet” because i just can’t find another word to help me accept that it happened. even 20 years later – i don’t know who i’d be if it didn’t happen, and i don’t know how happy or healthy you would’ve been if it didn’t… so all i can really do is be extra grateful that YOU were my mother in this lifetime. that for 13 glorious years, you were the one tucking me in at night and making silly “bear” faces in the car on roadtrips to visit family. all i can do each year on mother’s day is remember the wonderful things you did for me as my mother.
i’ll close with a few of the reasons and memories i have that made you the best mom ever : Continue reading
if i stop and pay attention – i notice that love follows me everywhere i go.
the most interesting things seem to form themselves into a heart…
like chipped paint on a wall…
lots of heart-shaped rocks… Continue reading
i mean, in a way i always will miss new york. there’s just no place on earth quite like it… and i miss all the cool doors i would always see…
i *just had to* snap a foto of these two parsnips that grew together like this…
they came apart, but went right back together.
one of the coolest things i’ve seen produce do, yet!!!!
LOVE!
yes, there is such a thing. it happened this past weekend, on the 6th.
one year, i fotographed it.
super excited.
spectators from above…
cameras everywhere!
pillows everywhere! Continue reading
do you know what a grain elevator is?! i didn’t until the time i was visiting indiana, fotographing a wedding… a very special wedding. my cousin, M married his lady, E and and her family has a farm – they are bonafide farmers! experiencing their farm first hand was such an absolute joy! mister T is one proud owner, and he knows his farm in and out. from hydraulic garage doors to magic hoses to ceiling snow, the place is just loaded with charm that encourage memories for years.
as i said yesterday, one of my favourite moments of all time was spent on this farm on that wonderfully warm midwest day in mid may. the rain came crashing down out of nowhere, but the sun didn’t have time to really leave so the air had that yummy glare to it that you just knew was going to create the most amazing rainbow once the clouds parted…
double rainbow!
my biggest fan anthony wanted to know the story behind yesterday’s “favourtie moment” shot. here it is. i walked through “attic winter wonderland” i called it – insulated craziness balance-beamed between one world and the next… we get to the end and mister T tells me to turn left and “climb in”… essentially, i am inside this box, just on the other side…
see that little box? i’m in one just like it… i’m just on the other side of the barn. 🙂 so after we got out of this barn, we walked over to the grain elevator. i was beyond scared, but also knew i really wanted to do this…
the grain elevator i walked up looks nothing like the ones in the wikipedia fotos… this was basically a giant ladder… and i kind of have this phobia of heights, and also a phobia of ladders – so this was a big feat for me! Continue reading
today is food and foto dot com’s first birthday! woohoo! i’m making my favourite snack, amazeballs, in celebration and instead of cake. 🙂
on this day in 2012, i created a wordpress website and turned it into a dot com. food and foto was created with the idea of educating readers on healthy eating options as well as sharing my passion for fotography. it has since molded into a collaboration of recipes, ramblings, and images from my canon. with over 220 posts, i must say this blog has transformed into such a fun and healthy outlet for me to share the things i love most. i am humbled by the amount of support from the wordpress community, and i am honoured to have as many followers as i do. my dream is to see this blog transform into a lifestyle blog that inspires people to create. i enjoy cooking and sharing recipes, but i also enjoy sharing information about overall health and wellness… and living a simple life. and since i’ve become rather good at manifesting, i’ll just throw this out there –
my dream is to make this my FULL TIME JOB! and it can happen!
and so, now i am brainstorming new ways to tailor this blog into something slightly different. i like consistency, but i am also a huge proponent for change and i think it’s important to keep things fresh. so i’m working behind the scenes over the next few days, coming up with new ideas for this ever-growing blog, food and foto dot com.
let’s reflect for a moment, shall we?
i believe i’ve come a long way since my first post…
and in case you missed it, here’s my first recipe blogpost…
one of the most delicious recipes i created was this…
although – it has a very close tie with this…
okay, you may want to try this, and this, and this, too…
alright – and no doubt, you may want to throw a party just to make these…
one of my favourite blogs i’ve ever written is right here…
and speaking of cleansing, people always ask about my 5-day DIY version…
but don’t get me wrong, i’ll put away about a dozen of these, as well…
it’s all about balance, really. balance, and this…
i also sometimes get all philosophical and talk about stuff like this…
and don’t forget – i do a lot of other things with my camera – see?!
i want to thank you ALL from the depths of my soul for being an avid reader, for following and taking time to comment, and for making me really feel like part of a community! you are my muse, the reason{s} i keep this up, the fire i need to stay inspired. YOU, my faithful readers — you know i do this for you, right?! i do it for me because i love it, but i do it for you because you appreciate it.
so, HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOOD AND FOTO!
here’s to many many more years of health, food, and fotos! xxoo
even though i REALLY don’t want to, i’m taking a little time off from blogging to get acquainted with my new kitchen and attached apartment 😉
also doing a lot of self-reflecting and working on a way to celebrate foodandfoto.com’s first birthday this month! i am considering making a few changes around here as well, so stay tuned.
wishing you all a wonderful day, week, and weekend! xxoo
i mean, what else do you do with 16 inches of snow?!
i gotta say – it was fun to act like an 8-year old again. and listen, it’s not quite as easy as i remember to make one of these frosty friends!
have a great day! 🙂
i miss train rides…
the sound of the tracks…
the views from the window…
the sway of the cars…
x marks the spot – snow is on the way to colorado!
i’m looking forward to making a snowman this weekend.
i also want to thank those of you who have nominated me for an award. i’m not that familiar with how the award system goes here on wordpress, but i’m beyond humbled and grateful for the recognition! unfortunately, i can’t keep up with the nominations {there’s not as many as it sounds, i just don’t have time to respond right now!} but i wanted to extend an extremely warm thank you to lesley and juliem this time for the liebster award nominations – and i want to encourage you all to keep reading! i’m so grateful to have almost 400 followers, a whopping 10,000 views, and over 200 posts in less than a year. you all keep the fire lit under me and inspire me every day to do more and to be more.
a very sincere thank you. enjoy the weekend!
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