July 5, 2014 | Categories: Photography | Tags: 2014, 4th, 4thofjuly, american, andor, andor 2000, andor2000, bang, blowing up, blur, boom, building, burst, canon, capitol, celebration, color, colors, crop, cropped, display, explodes, exploding, explosion, explosions, fire works, fireworks, flash, flashing, foreground, fourth, friends, frogtown, holiday, holidays, hps, i94, july, launch, launching, light trail, light trails, lights, long exposure, merica, middle america, midway, minn, minnesota, mn, mortar, parking lot, people, photo, photograph, photographs, photography, photos, pic, pics, picture, pictures, ramsey county, rondo, saint paul, scenery, shots, sigma 30mm, st paul, st.p, stp, street, t4i, tamron 17-50mm, view, xsi, zoom | Leave a comment
June 23, 2014 | Categories: Photography | Tags: 17-50mm, 2014, 70-200mm, air, airport, andor, awesome, beams, beautiful, blue, canon, cemetary, cloud, clouds, color, colorful, colors, condensation, cumulus, dusk, evening, falling, fore ground, foreground, formation, light, lighting, lights, magenta, middle america, midwest, minnesota, natural, nature, orange, photo, photography, photos, pics, pictures, pink, pinks, precipitation, pretty, purple, rain, raincloud, rainclouds, raining, rays, river valley, sheeting, sky, solstice, summer, sun, sunset, t4i, telephoto, the heavens, the sky, trees, view, zoom | Leave a comment
June 21, 2014 | Categories: Automotive Photography | Tags: 20's, 2014, 30's, 40's, 50s, 60's, a lot, america, american, archer, area, auburn, auto, automobiles, autos, back to the, backtothe50s, backtothefifties, base model, beautiful, bel air, best, big, biggest, biscaine, bling, blue sky, body, boss 302, bright, btt50s, buick, cadillac, car, car show, cars, carshow, chevrolet, chevy, chrome, classic, clean, clear sky, close, closeup, collector, color, continental, convertible, corvette, crowd, crowded, curves, custom, customized, day, decal, decals, deco, decorative, destination, detail, details, display, door, doors, eight, end, event, exhaust, fab, fabrication, fair, fair grounds, fender, fenders, fifties, fixture, flake, flashy, ford, from, front, galleries, gallery, garfield, gathering, glitter, gorgeous, great, grill, grills, grumpy, gryphon, hard top, hood, hot, hot rod, housing, huge, hydraulics, impala, jag, jaguar, light, lights, limo, lincoln, lines, lot, lots, low rider, lowrider, luxury, maintained, massive, mercury, metal, midway, midwest, mini, minn, minnesota, mn, mustang, of, old, older, oldies, olds, oldsmobile, opel, open, openned, ornament, packard, paint, painted, panel, panels, parked, parking lot, part, pearl, people, pic, pics, picture, pictures, pipes, pix, profile, rat rod, rear, rebuilt, restored, retro, rod, rolls, rolls royce, round, rows, saint paul, section, shiny, shot, shots, SHOW, show off, side, sky, spare, sparkle, sparkling, special, spokes, st paul, sticker, style, summer, sunny, super, super charged, super charger, super eight, supercharged, supercharger, swan, taste, thousands, tire, ton, top, towncar, truck, trucks, trunk, turbo, twin cities, variety, vehicle, vehicles, vette, victoria, view, vintage, wheel, wheel well, wheels, window, windows, woody | Leave a comment
Four hours of lightning, rain and swirling winds. Both of My cameras snapping away the whole time and this is the only bolt they captured. Maybe next time there will be more success.
June 15, 2014 | Categories: Photography | Tags: 14th, 15th, 2014, all night, andor, bolt, bunk mission, capture, cloud, clouds, elecetric, electricity, image, june, lightning, lines, lone, look up, lookingup, midway, midwest, minnesota, mn, natural, nature, night, one, patience, photograph, photography, pics, pictures, power, power line, purple, rain, saint paul, shooting, shot, silhouette, single, sky, st paul, static, storm, thunderstorm, time, tree, view, waiting | Leave a comment
This, super simple recipe, is just delicious. Pictured above with wadds of bacon and a giant cup of tea, it goes well with an awful lot of things. Yesterday, I served these rolls with My ‘traditional ribs’ and it was a quite pleasant pairing. Plucked from the BBC’s Good Food web site, it isn’t My usual experiment and see what happens kind of dish. Having a mere four ingredients, anyone can whip these up in minutes. I think this is a good one to teach to kids, since it doesn’t require cooking and can be jazzed up with just about anything. If You are looking for a quick, satisfying snack, or if You need something that can be made well ahead of having company over, this one is a winner. Serves 8, or half that many hungry teenagers.
Supplies Needed: Knife and cutting board(if You are using fresh Mozzarella blocks)
Ingredients:
4 – 10 inch Tortillas
1 cup – Pesto
1 – 12oz block of fresh Mozzarella cheese, sliced thinly
6-8 cups – Arugula
Prep:
Lay out a tortilla and spread 1/4 cup of pesto all over it. Add cheese to half and spread arugula evenly. Roll it up, starting from the cheesy side and slice for serving, or refridgerate for later. Yeah, that’s it.
Notes:
Shredded mozzarella nullifies the need for any pre-assembly prep.
The original recipe called for two sheets of lahvash flat bread instead of tortillas.
Adding bacon, thinly sliced pastrami, or some such thing makes this into more of a meal than a snack food.
Experiment! Such a simple flavor combination goes well with a lot of different things.
May 12, 2014 | Categories: Appetizers & Sides, Desserts & Snacks, Recipes, Vegetarian | Tags: affordable, ahead, american, andor, appetizer, arugula, basic, basil, bread, cheap, cheese, cheesy, child friendly, classic, company, dish, early, easiest, easy, fast, fastest, flat bread, flatbread, fresh, good, great, green, greens, guests, healthy, italian, kid friendly, kosher, lahvash, leaves, leefy, make, meal, meat free, meat-less, meatless, midwest, mozzarella, munchies, munchy, olive oil, party, pesto, pics, picture, quick, quickly, recipe, roll, rolls, satisfying, sauce, serve, side, sides, simple, simplest, smart, snack, spinach, style, swirl, taste, tasting, tasty, tea, tortilla, tortillas, vegetarian, veggie, wrap, wraps | Leave a comment
The first gathering in ClubFR’s 2014 season has come and gone. As expected, there were not a ton of entries. Even so, for the first time, I neglected to take pictures of every car on the track. Many of the guys were just starting to figure out how to keep their cars sliding. Another thing that I chose not to do so much was to point My camera at cars with missing body parts. After nearly a decade of shooting pictures at drift events, half dressed cars have gotten really boring. Making a day of one, 5 hour lap of the advanced course in the traditional UsaIR, dual track layout. Here is what some of what I got for You.
Please note, in the very last picture, the driver of the red BMW has his eyes closed!
May 1, 2014 | Categories: Automotive Photography, Random Thoughts | Tags: 180sx, 1jz, 2014, 240sx, 2jz, 350z, altezza, andor, andorius, angle, april, beached, bends, bmw, breeze, brz, car, cars, chicago, clubfr, cold, convertible, cool, cressida, crew, curves, damp, day, dd, dd47, drift, driftday, drifted, drifting, driving, e30, entry, event, exit, fc, footage, frs, gathering, grip gambler, hill, hills, images, is300, lexus, lock, ls1, mazda, media, mid-west, middle america, midwest, moist, nissan, photo, pic, pics, pictures, race, rain, rainy, risky devil, road trip, rollercoaster of love, rollercoasteroflove, rx7, s13, s14, sc300, scion, shawano, shot, shots, sideways, silvia, slide, sliding, sport, sports, sr20, sr20det, stuck, subaru, team, toyota, track, trackday, turbo, turboII, turn, usa international raceway, usair, v8, wet, wheels, wind, wisconsin, z | Leave a comment
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March 16, 2014 | Categories: Photography | Tags: asphalt, bad, black, black top, blue, color, colored, colors, damage, damaging, destructive, dirty, drip, filth, gas, gasoline, green, ground, image, interesting, iridescence, iridescent, land, lot, magenta, melt, melting, micro, mini, oil, parking, pavement, paving, petrol, petroleum, petrolium, photo, pic, pics, picture, pink, pollutant, pollute, pollution, pretty, puddle, purple, rainbow, relection, rocks, shot, slick, small, spill, street, teal, water, why?, yellow | Leave a comment
This beautiful hawk was clearly not happy about the amount of people stopping and walking toward it. I was more than happy to disturb it’s meal, considering it was on the side of a road. It was an intersection too, most of the people who drove by, turned around and came back. We spotted it and stopped immediately. Hastefully removing the wide angle lens from My camera and applying the hefty Sigma 70-200 2.8, since I did not think the bird would let us go near it. This large bird, which I believe is a ‘red tailed’ hawk, let Me within 15 feet or so before jumping up and perching in a nearby tree for a moment. I could feel a strong swirl of wind from the roughly 5 foot wing span as it took flight. Staying nearby as We humans went on our way, I assume it was going to swoop right back down on it’s kill. I admit the Mallard duck that it slayed looked quite delicious to Me as well, enjoy that fat meal bird. I hope no one hits it while it is feasting.. I see two or three of these birds of prey daily, never so close up though. They are much larger than one might think from seeing them perched atop a light pole on the side of the highway. What a magnificent semi-urban predator.
February 24, 2014 | Categories: Photography, Random Thoughts | Tags: 2014, afternoon, angry, angrybirds, avian, awesome, beak, bird, birdofprey, birdonbirdviolence, birds, brown, claws, close, close-up, curb, curbside, day, dead, deep, dinner, duck, dusk, eat, eaten, evening, feathered, feathers, february, fridley, grip, guarding, hate, how it should be, image, images, intersection, kill, killed, large, late, mallard, meal, mess, midwest, minnesota, mound, natural, nature, near, perch, perched, photo, photograph, pic, pics, picture, pictures, pile, pix, predator, predators, prey, rare, red, region, road, roadkill, selection, sharp, shooting, shot, shots, side, snow, span, street, sun, suprise, tail, twin cities, urban, way of the world, white, wild, wing, wings, winter | Leave a comment
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February 24, 2014 | Categories: Photography | Tags: 2014, beautiful, branch, branches, casting, cold, covered, creek, deep, dusk, february, forest, freezing, frigid, frozen, hike, ice, icey, landscape, light, lined, midwest, minnesota, mn, natural, nature, park, path, photo, pic, pics, picture, pictures, pretty, rail, railing, rays, region, river, rows, scenery, setting sun, shade, shadow, shadows, shot, shots, snow, stream, stroll, temperate, thick, trail, tree, trees, tundra, twin cities, valley, walk, water, wild, winter, wintery, wooded, woods | Leave a comment
Last week, My Brother married His girl-friend of 13 years. Contrary to what many thought would be a large wedding, it was a nice small gathering in Their living room. I guess it had to be, since they decided to make it happen less than a month before hand. It was a nice ceremony. Lots of smiling, laughing and general happiness was flowing through the place. Congratulations Brother and now, officially, Sister!
There was one kind of odd moment, just after the deed was done, the pastor gathered everyone, hand on hand, into a huddle. He spoke a few words and proceeded to start singing a verse. Just as He drew in His breath to start, the music My brother was playing popped up, right on cue: “Where’s Your head at, at, at.” Basement Jaxx played quietly in the backround through the whole wedding, it was pretty funny. Actually, there were two other awkward moments… I hadn’t realized that I was to give a speach and failed to come up with something worth hearing on the spot. Sorry, I feel bad about it! Then there was this pre-wedding photo We did while waiting for people to arrive. I think it’s the best of the day though.
It was a good Tuesday night party that ended up doubling as a photo shoot. There is something to be said for a simple wedding, with little or no money involved. I think this is the best kind of ceremony. It’s all about the people anyways, why bother making it about anything else?
January 19, 2013 | Categories: Photography, Random Thoughts | Tags: burd, ceremony, family, feliks, felix, friends, good, happy, heiruspecs, home, indoor, married, midway, minneapolis, minnesota, north, photo, pics, pictures, saint paul, twin cities, wedding, winter | 1 Comment
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