Testy

Wintry

We got 11 1/2 inches of snow in two days.  This was how pretty it looked on Sunday.  But Monday it was 40°F  and today it was 50°F, so it's melting fast.

Warmly

A bright splash of color on a white, winter day.  Love my neighbor's bubbly personality.  She was trying out her newly-knitted scarf on Sunday.

Hardily

Bold North: Kilt Edition.

Security

I'm safe with grandma.

Smiley

I've been thinking a lot about my mom this week. 

This image is actually a re-work of blog 54 from 2008.  Comparing the two, I did some color correction and a fair amount of touch-up work.

Humorously

As seen Tuesday morning.  My husband has a sense of humor.

Worriedly

Enduringly

20 years after yesterday's blog, and she was still hard at it.

Rivetingly

This is a pretty unassuming picture, except for the fact that it epitomizes my mom.  Everything about it.  Glasses off and hunched over a book.  A piece of advertising for a bookmark.  Paperwork to be handled sitting under the book, because the book was more interesting.  A calculator for doing "figure work" as she called it.  A small glass of 7up.  Remains of a snack.  Chaos in the background.  Coupon caddy for when she got around to cutting out coupons.  This was a common sight while I was growing up.

This image is from a slide I took while in college.  It was an under-exposed reject at the time; probably just to use up the roll so I could get it developed. 

But now, now it is a treasured memory.

Delicately

I love the pink striations.  I don't think I've ever seen a tulip this color before.

Mirthfully

Openly

 The tulips are starting to open up.

Beauty

My husband gave me beautiful irises and tulips for Valentine's Day.  The irises have started opening.

Gleefully

This is the second in the 2 part series: Will Work for Food edition fish sandwich.

Which is part of the larger fish sandwich series.

Longingly

As I said in my first post,  I bought the 2 for $4 special.  But I only needed one fish sandwich for a prop, so what to do with the other? 

My friend was more than willing to take it off my hands; little did he know that he would have to put up with a mini photo shoot to get it.

I call this, the Will Work for Food edition fish sandwich.

Parody

You will have to read the original post to understand why I'm blogging a fish sandwich.

Fish sandwich: auto mechanics edition.  10W40 makes everything taste better.

Boldly

You will have to look at yesterday's post to understand why I'm blogging a fish sandwich.

Super Bowl 52 was recently in town, and apparently, the Super Bowl host committee's strategy to get people from warmer states to plunk down hard-earned money to travel into sub-zero weather territory was to market everything as the "Bold North."

So this is my Bold North edition fish sandwich.

Chicanery

While pumping gas the other day, I saw an advertisement for fish sandwiches.  But being the photographer I am, I looked at the background of the image (seen below) and couldn't figure out what was going on.

At first I thought maybe it was supposed to be sitting on a picnic table, but then I saw the tablecloth underneath the wood. 

So what was it supposed to be?  The redneck version of a cedar plank fish dinner?  A piece of driftwood from a shipwreck that magically washed up on shore with a sandwich?  Someone suggested it was meant to be a cutting board, but I've never seen one that looks like that, not even an antique one.

My thoughts were plagued by rogue fish sandwiches served on weathered 2x6s.  And then the light bulb went off – I should make my own fish sandwich pictures.  So I went back to SA and bought the special, which is what SA was hoping for in the first place.  Kudos to them.

Today's image is pretty tame.  I promise the ones to come are less so.  The cheese slice it pretty small and I forgot to make it visible in the shot.  Oh well.  And if you think this image was taken on a picnic table, think again.  Looks can be deceiving. 

Furry

Working with a 110 film negative scan this evening.  Including the original scan below for reference.

Casually

As seen at the St. Paul Winter Carnival. 

Navigationally

As seen at the St. Paul Winter Carnival.

Frosty

As seen at the St. Paul Winter Carnival.

Dragon Lady

As seen at the St. Paul Winter Carnival.

Blurry

Belly up to the beautiful ice bar.  People were so cold, they were shivering at a rate that made them hard to see.  Honest.  As seen at the St. Paul Winter Carnival.

Festivity

Hit Rice Park tonight to see the ice sculptures and ice palace, which is part of the St. Paul Winter Carnival. 

It's been 10 years since I took pictures out here, and boy, has it changed!  Instead of a few ice sculptures and a mini donut truck parked on the street, there is an assortment of vendors inside the park along with a live band.

Even though it was cold and snowing, there were still a lot of people hanging around.

Fashionably

She looks really happy about going out for the evening.

Epson V600 negative scan.

Phony

That phone!  They sure don't make them like that anymore!

Epson V600 negative scan.