Sunday, February 28, 2010

Jazz Night at the Vineyard

I had a great night at one of the local Jersey vineyards last night. Good friends, good wine, good Jazz.... No photos of my camera shy friends... and that's OK, I got some good artistic shots.... I will definitely go back... Mmmm they had some good brick oven pizza too...




Sunday, February 21, 2010

I ♥ Faces - Fix it Friday #44

Another challenging Fix it !

ORIGINAL

Lightened, Boosted and Cropped

Slightly Different Crop

Black and White with Round Edges

CLICK LOGO!
Check out I (Heart) Faces' website for more amazing examples of this wonderful little photo!

Friday, February 12, 2010

I ♥ Faces - Fix it Friday #43

Another AWESOME photo from "I ♥ Faces" "Fix it Friday" This one was fun....

This was my first edit... simple adjustments to make it look more natural.

Then I thought I'd go a little "acid" ....

I don't know what to call it, I just happened by mistake... but I totally LOVE it...

Here is the original photo.

You can find other wonderful photo edits
here :



Fresh Motz and Fresh Basil YUM

Check them out on my food blog:
Fresh Motz and Basil Grilled Cheese

Pigs in Two Blankets?

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Pigs in Bacon in a Blanket

Reminds Me of Summer

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Teriyaki Beef Skewers

Foot Ball Krispies


Check them out on my food blog:
Coco Peanut Butter Rice Krispes

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Snow Day Part II 02-10-2010

I Think She Likes It

This is how Piper enjoys the snow... Run Piper RUN !















Snow Day 02-10-2010

Here are a few images brought to you by the Snow Day :-)

This is my view from my backdoor. I don't have a wide angle lens anymore, so sad... I really need to invest in one... Sooo the widest I can go is 50mm, sigh.... But I think I still captured the depth of the snow... After this image was taken I believe we got about 3 more inches of snow.

This is when Piper investigates my shoveling... and usually messes it up. I think she's secretly laughing at me. Usually she's following behind me while I shovel, messing it up as I work... I will circle my 20'x15' deck at least 3 times cleaning up after her... it's quite hysterical.


"WINK" I promise I won't runny away if you just let me off the deck to run free...
"WINK WINK"

OK, seriously, are you going to stop taking photos and just let me run.... If you could see her front paws, they are literally hanging off the edge.

This view is from my garage looking up at the front door. I'm just about to shovel here, and I really rather go walking and photographing... but the driveway must be shoveled. I would have ventured out around town by foot to photograph, but alas... I had home work to do...

Here is Piper happy and content after a long day of running around in the snow... happy to be inside, happy to not have to shovel like her master does, happy that she's sitting on an Oriental rug, happy she just had dinner, well... she's a happy dog, what can I say :-D

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Piper Play Time

AKA Piper Wants to Play Now While I Work.

Here is my sweet little mutt Piper.  The other day I was editing a bunch of photos, it took hours... So piper decided it was play time... and this is what happened.

 
First she brings me her toy...

 
Then she plops it on the keyboard...

So I pick it up and throw it for her, but she's a quick one, and brings it right back...

 
And she plops it right back on the keyboard...


So I toss it again... quick like a whip she brings it back...


Plops it right on the keyboard and gives me a sweet look...


Then she gives me a big smile saying "come on, you know you want to throw it!"


So I play the game and throw it for her... and bam... she brings it right back...


See... literally PLOPS it right down on the keyboard...


Awwwwwwwwwwww How can you resist this cute face !?!


So of course I had to do this.

Man I love that crazy mutt....

(p.s. During this little play session I accomplished giving the dog exercise and as for photo editing... I got 0 photos edited :-D )