I suppose I got a little camera happy the last time I was at Fino. I just remember that the light was lovely, and I kept snapping away. 🙂
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Letters #11
Dear Husband,
Recently someone told us we looked like college students, and asked how we stay so young. I think it’s because of you, and your love for life, and your happiness, and your laughter. Thanks.
Dear God,
Thank you thank you thank you thank you for the upcoming week of temperatures in the low 90s. To me, it’s autumn, and I am happy.
Dear Eat Your Books,
Sometimes I forget I have you as a resource. Yesterday I remembered, and you’ve made meal planning infinitely easier, once again.
Dear October,
You are my favorite month of all. You will bring autumn breezes, and possibly the need for sweaters and scarves, and the Austin Film Festival, and Halloween, and plump oysters, and Supper Club, and pumpkins on the stairs, and pumpkins in my belly, and long walks around town, and the ability to bake goodies without making the house unbearably hot, and overall great things. I plan to experience you to the fullest.
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
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Oatmeal
Sometimes, you need a ginormous bowl of oatmeal to get you through the day.
Sometimes, you need a ginormous bowl of oatmeal with muscovado sugar, plumped dried cherries, toasted pecans and browned butter. That is all.
*Edited to add:
For those of you who would like a recipe, here are the basics of how I made this:
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/4 cup dried cherries (or other dried fruit)
- 1 – 2 tablespoons sugar (I used muscovado, but regular white sugar or honey would be lovely)
- pinch of salt
- 3/4 cup rolled oats (not quick-cooking)
- 1/4 cup toasted nuts (I used pecans)
- 1 – 2 teaspoons butter (or a tablespoon if you’re having a bad day)
Bring water, dried cherries, sugar and salt to a boil. Stir in oats and cook for about 5 minutes, or until most of the water is absorbed and oatmeal is the consistency/texture you prefer. Remove from heat, then stir in toasted nuts; serve topped with browned butter.
For the browned butter: while the oatmeal is cooking, heat a bit of butter in a small skillet until it melts and bubbles; heat a bit longer until it just starts to turn brown and smells amazingly yummy. Pour the butter over the hot oatmeal, and serve warm. This makes one hefty serving, or two smaller ones. 🙂
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Autumn tunes
I am anxiously awaiting autumn. The fact that we can walk downtown without dying of heat stroke means it’s on its way. Here are the songs I’m listening to as I wait.
- A Million Years by Alexander
- You and Me by Penny & the Quarters
- Dreams-Come-True-Girl by Cass McCombs
- The Very Thought of You by Billie Holliday
- Velvet Elvis (RAC Remix) by Alex Winston
- Whispering by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
- You Can by Skipping Girl Vinegar
- Ravan by Brasstronaut
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Randoms
About one roll of film ago, I somehow didn’t figure out that the battery in my Yashica had died. So things weren’t working and I couldn’t figure out why, and the roll of film was in there and so I tried to get it out, and in doing so, I ripped all of the perforations on the edge and some of the film. I took it in to attempt to develop it, and it worked! This is the only photo that ended up torn, and it turns out it’s my favorite photo of all. You just can’t photoshop a lovely effect like a torn bowl of cherries. 🙂
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Stuff keeps changing.
- Last night I upgraded all my iPhone apps, and this morning, I realized that the new version of Instagram made my heart hurt. Granted, you can remove borders and get high-res photos. You can view filters immediately and all that jazz. But! I could not get a good focused photo to save my life, and all of the filters had changed somewhat. My favorite filters were now funky and hazy and gross. I was so upset! Thankfully, I had not synced my phone to my computer yet with the new Instagram version, so I deleted it from my phone and reloaded the old version.
- I don’t check Facebook that often, just every now and then. I noticed they’ve changed it again, with top stories and friend feeds and such. I’m still trying to figure it all out, but I thought this was pretty funny.
- There’s a ginormous blue arrow on my google homepage. I dunno if Google Plus is something I want to sign up for, but there it is, big and blue and annoying.
- Restaurants keep closing. Boo.
- I’m old and so change is hard. 😉
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I made onigiri! I read Ai’s blog every day, and always loved the many ways she eats onigiri. I marched myself up to Asahi Imports and spoke with the owner, who helped me find everything I needed. And so I made some stuffed with salted flaked salmon, and some stuffed with roasted chicken that I mixed with sesame oil and shoyu. I seriously think this is going to be a weekly thing – I can stuff anything in there! Tofu! Sauteed veggies! Leftovers! I love it.
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I changed my inspiration boards again. This map came from a recent Frankie magazine. It’s really helpful for figuring out where in the world Rachel & Logan are.
Just a few pretty things. That little fox has become a permanent fixture on my inspiration boards. I love him so much!
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Happy Thursday, everyone!