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John found this on our doorstep yesterday, so of course I had to break out the macro lens. :-)
The sock thief
While I don't mention them very often on here, we have two cats -- Jem (black cat) and Scout (tortoiseshell), named after the brother and sister in the book To Kill A Mockingbird. Hey, I was an English major! Like their namesakes, they're brother and sister, and we got them from a feral cat rescue about a year and →
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah BATPHONE
If somehow, heaven forbid, my apartment were to catch on fire or for whatever reason I had to evacuate quickly, there aren't many things I'd grab. I love the things I have, but honestly, most of them are replaceable. That's why I have renter's insurance, right? So what would I grab? Well, my cats, of course. My laptop and camera (because, →
The beauty of mundanity
I'm not much for collecting things and letting them sit there -- I'm all about usefulness. So I collect camera lenses (er, kind of an expensive collection) and stamps in my passport (well, so's that one.) And while these may be useful (to me, anyway) they're not necessarily all that practical. But my third collection is one I use daily →
Ok, so maybe we got a bit carried away with the strawberry shortcake…
So my cousin Clara and her friend Kate were on their second to last leg of an epic road trip that began in New York and will finish in eastern Washington, and they stayed with us in Sacramento tonight (after driving from the Grand Canyon this morning!!) We dined on Chinese food and finished it up with strawberry shortcake for →
My bedroom windows, looking straight out of a 1930s film noir
The geometry of my open bedroom window and the wall beyond, originally uploaded by Kari_Marie. I was able to open my bedroom window for the first time EVER last night. This may not seem like a big thing, but when I first moved into this apartment, NONE of the windows opened. Between the million coats of paint in the wooden sills, the →
Trying out a new lens on my living room
Because I like to play, I opted to rent a wide-angle lens to take to Rome, as I don't own one, and I remember feeling frustrated in London with lots of large buildings and things that I couldn't fit entirely in my lens. You might remember last spring when I rented Canon's 10-22mm lens, and while I liked that, I →
My crazy-colored cat
Alert kitty is alert, originally uploaded by Kari_Marie. I had another post all queued up for this blog earlier this week, but it broke my HTML, and until I get around to figuring out WHY, this ridiculously cute cat will have to suffice. :-) She was sitting up on my bed, staring out the window at the birds on the telephone →
Wide angle fun, day 1: Inside my house
For the next two weeks, I'm renting a Canon 10-22mm wide angle lens from LensRentals.com. I'm doing this for a couple of reasons. First, a friend of mine told me that I need to quit focusing in on details of stuff and try zooming out and looking at the big picture for a change. I retorted that I don't have →
A few of my favorite things
One of my goals in life is to someday have my very own room dedicated just to books. The walls will be lined with shelves, and I will have a library ladder, a window seat, and lots of big, comfy floor cushions so I can sprawl out and read. In the meantime, I really shouldn't get any more books until I →