| This is a photo from the arm of my chair with the old camera: Fuji Finepix 40fd This is a photo from the exact same spot with the new camera (first photo using only the auto settings): Canon Powershot S90 Wow. The cleaners didn’t dust very well, did they? [...] No, it’s not an animal, it’s a new camera! Canon S90 That little beauty is a Canon S90, a point-and-shoot that wants to be a DSLR when it grows up. It’s gotten great reviews (especially from women, who have fewer problems with the camera’s smaller size), and takes good low-light photos, something that’s a [...] Or maybe a disease of a personal nature. Ranunculus. “Did you see the size of the ranunculus on his face?” “Since the baby, she’s had terrible ranunculus.” Delightfully, however, ranunculus is something much lovelier: Ranunculus I don’t normally buy flowers, but when I saw them, I just had to have them. [...] I refuse to believe in rain. This is what it really looks like outside: Forsythia And this: Lilac buds (These are some of the last photos from my current camera. It died on Saturday, though I did manage to resurrect it. However, not before I ordered a new one to be delivered on [...] Mmmmm … steelcut oats … No, that’s not a misspelling. This post is about how to make steelcut oats in the slowcooker.* It’s incredibly simple. Ingredients Steelcut oats Water Salt (optional) (I’ll give you the proportions later) Directions 1. Measure your steelcut oats into the slowcooker. For every 1 part oats, add 2 parts [...] Completed bag. I love making these little bags. They’re easy, fast, and make great gifts. Even taking photos and taking a call from my mom, this lined bag only took an hour to make. And you can skip squaring the corners and have a cute little flat bag, too. Supplies Outer fabric Lining fabric [...] Cordy and Kaylee enjoying the sunshine earlier in the week. It is not sunny now. Sigh. Yeah, I didn’t really have anything to post today, but I’ve had such a good streak of every day posting that I didn’t want to break it just yet. [...] Sprouts! Broccoli, Swiss chard, and kale I’m not sprouting very many seed this year. I’ve had limited success with tomatoes and peppers in the past, so I’m only sprouting a few things this year, namely broccoli. The Swiss chard and kale are in there not because I needed to start them inside, but because [...] | |