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    My shadow:

I'm going to New York this weekend! I'm so excited; I haven't been in almost a year. And there was just a snow-storm. I've always wanted to be in NY when it is blanketed in snow. Hopefully I'll be able to get a few good pictures.

Ethiopian food for lunch tomorrow: one of my favorites.

iPad

Whee, my friend lent me his iPad indefinitely. He says he never uses it. I say "cool!!" It is so much fun. I'm typing on it right now.
Yesterday the light was really gorgeous, and I managed to get a few shots before my camera battery went dead. Pictures are to follow.




Et voilà!

Proof. If you zoom in you can see the opening lines of this post.

enjoying winter

Today I spent a lot of time outside to make up for eating a half-pan of brownies.

This is the first GIF I ever made, so don't make fun of me if it stinks, and apologies for the weird coloring, I'm not sure what happened.
Each time I skied down the "hill" I took a picture looking back, and each time I went a little farther.

 Had a picnic later

 A disgusting hot dog

The result on my hands of being outside with no gloves: pink and numb!

brownies

I made brownies this evening after seeing pictures of some on my friend Miriam's blog. I'm guessing everyone reading this also saw them.

 Meant to take a picture before slicing, but I forgot

 Brownie with, ice cream, strawberries (frozen, alas), and chocolate grated over it. Possibly a little decadent, but they were kind of dry and needed something with them.

 All gone : (

I didn't eat all of them myself

dragonfruit

Today I went to this Asian supermarket which has all kinds of great stuff, as well as some weird or unidentifiable (like chicken feet). I got a "Dragonfruit" or pitaya. It was really cool looking, and so I wanted to post pictures, but unfortunately it tasted awful. Can't recommend it.

 Cut up, about to be eaten...

...and in the compost. Oh well.

dinner

My dinner:

PS Mostly organic. Prepared and eaten while listening to my Metallica collection on shuffle.

Snow!!

There was a great snow storm today! I'm so happy. We got about 8 inches. It was so beautiful.
While editing one of these I hit upon something, which led to the abstract theme you see. One I included un-edited as well because I liked it both ways. What does anyone think of the theme?

Catskills

Here are the skiing pictures I promised. These were made with my sister's compact camera, because it is a lot easier to take skiing than a SLR. And if I fell  and broke it, it would be a lot cheaper to replace!

I like the contrast between the green, red, and blue in the center of this one. I increased the saturation a little, and that tempted me to increase it more which resulted in:

Around sunset

A tree I liked

And the view from the top of the mountain. Gorgeous colors, no?

Old

Today is my birthday.  I don't really like birthdays. I went out to eat with my family this evening (in celebration or mourning, I'm not sure which), and later today my dad and I are going to go skiing. I might take a camera, and if I do I'll post the results.


This evening I was attempting to get a decent self-portrait. Normally I don't like having my picture taken or taking my own because I'm extremely un-photogenic, but for some reason I felt like it, and I thought I would post the best ones. They are all with a really long exposure , and I moved around a lot. I didn't alter them, even for white balance, except to decrease saturation on one.  

Please excuse the mess