story of how came to be ... On a whim ane dark because I was bored, I poked roughly well-nigh this matter called 'blogging' ... in addition to unwittingly launched an hazard I could never receive got anticipated.
And what an amazing hazard it has been! {and volition proceed to be, I'm sure.}
In celebration of turning four, I idea it would go fun to accept a await at some of my favorite photos on the blog. So I went through my posts in addition to pulled out fifteen of my faves to share. It was in addition to thence fun to await dorsum over the iv years!
But earlier nosotros accept a await at the photos, I also receive got ii fun blogging announcements to part ...
First, I am thrilled to denote that I am a ...
Contributing author for Food.com!
My operate is to photograph in addition to write step-by-step 'how-to' article tutorials for diverse dishes in addition to basic cooking techniques. It's in addition to thence fun!
My articles published in addition to thence far include:
How To Roll & Cut Cookie Dough
How to Melt Chocolate
How to Frost a Layer Cake
How to Make Buffalo Wings
How to Make a Martini
How to Make a Manhattan
I invite y'all to banking concern tally them out! ... in addition to at that topographic point are many many to a greater extent than to come.
My latest assignments I worked on this week? How to hard boil eggs in addition to how to brand deviled eggs ... Which led to me taking almost 1,000 photos of eggs past times the fourth dimension all was said-and-done! And provided my hubby Mark alongside a large ol' tasty plate of ane of his favorite foods for snackin'.
Second, I'm excited to part that volition presently go getting a novel look! I'm currently working alongside a designer to re-do the blog's look, in addition to nosotros should receive got it laid to go within the adjacent span of weeks. We came upward alongside the color pallet this morn ...
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... inspired past times this photo:
What practice y'all think???
I'm looking frontward to seeing where the in conclusion pattern takes us ... in addition to to sharing it alongside you!
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The commencement iv photos are taken at my husband's mom's farm, the identify where my hubby Mark grew up. Spending fourth dimension at that topographic point in addition to working roughly 'the farm' is even in addition to thence his favorite pastime. When he's driving his tractor, mowing the fields, in addition to working his bees he's inward his glory!
1. Dill caput inward my mother-in-law's garden. I hollo back this dill caput is simply absolutely beautiful! {Blog post it's in: Spicy Pickled Okra}
2. My hubby Mark checking on in addition to cleaning upward ane of our bee hives. I love that this photograph captures my hubby inward activity doing something he loves in addition to thence much. By the way ... our bees are super gentle, which is why Mark's non dressed inward bee keeper's gear ... he's able to banking concern tally the hives without putting on his arrange in addition to gloves. Don't travail this at home! {Blog post it's in: Honey Vanilla Granola ... & Robbing Our Bees!}
3. Fresh figs picked at 'the farm.' We receive got ii huge fig bushes at the farm ... in addition to popping them inward our mouths picked direct off the bush is our favorite way to bask fresh figs. Not entirely are they tasty, but beautiful, too! And consider those cracks inward the peel of the fig inward the center? ... that way it's really, actually ripe ... in addition to volition go actually really good! {Blog post it's in: Marinated Fig & Arugula Salad alongside Blue Cheese & Walnuts}
4. Cut fresh figs from 'the farm.' Aren't the within of figs simply in addition to thence strikingly pretty? I love the deep crimson-y color within the ones that grow at 'the farm.' This detail platter of the beauties is getting laid to go the topping of a fabulous pizza. {Blog post it's in: Fig Pizza}
5. My Mom carrying a huge bowl of chopped vegetables. This photograph was taken really impromptu. I was visiting Mom in addition to Dad, in addition to Mom in addition to I had baked a batch of Double Blueberry Muffins alongside Citrus Sugar. I was out on their deck taking photos of the muffins when Mom walked upward carrying this huge bowl of cutting upward vegetables she was preparing to roast for dinner. I turned alongside my photographic television camera in addition to simply impromptu snapped this photograph ... in addition to I love it. {Blog post it's in: Summer Roasted Vegetables}
6. My cookie scoop filled alongside chocolate cookie dough. I can't actually explicate why I similar this photograph in addition to thence much ... I simply do! Maybe because it has ii of my favorite things inward it? ... chocolate cookie dough in addition to ane of my favorite kitchen tools, the cookie scoop! {Blog post it's in: Fudgy Chocolate Coconut Drops}
The adjacent ii photos are from my 1st flat instruction days. I absolutely loved the privilege of instruction petty ones! While I'm non currently inward the classroom, these ii photos are making my see ache to go back.
7. Leprechaun trap inward my onetime 1st flat classroom. Oh, this photograph brings dorsum such sweetness memories! One of my onetime commencement flat classes decided nosotros needed to travail to grab the leprechaun that had appeared inward our classroom. And this is the Leprechaun trap they designed. {Blog post it's in: Leprechaun Shakes ... in addition to y'all tin forcefulness out read the even out well-nigh how the shape designed this trap in addition to changed it over fourth dimension to larn amend in addition to better. They were such sweetness petty darlings!}
8. Opening dinosaur surprise rocks. This is some other ane of my sweetness onetime 1st graders, opening her surprise stone every bit operate of our company public materials scientific discipline unit. Each yr when nosotros studied company public materials (rocks, soil types, etc), I would halt the unit of measurement alongside a few lessons well-nigh fossils. Then on the in conclusion afternoon of the unit, students would larn to pretend to go archaeologists in addition to excavate these dinosaur surprise rocks I made for them. They were always, always, ever in addition to thence enthralled alongside this! {Blog post it's in: Surprise Rocks}
While the bulk of my favorite photos are non of finished dishes, at that topographic point are some finished dish photos that ... for whatever argue ... simply strike a cord inward me. The adjacent 5 photos did simply that.
9. Warm mixed olives. I simply love the way the dissimilar olives await together, in addition to the way they're accented past times simply a deport on of rosemary. So pretty! (I'm non the entirely ane who thinks nutrient is genuinely beautiful, am I?) {Blog post it's in: Warm Rosemary Olives}
10. Valentine cookies. This photograph was the commencement photograph I ever took alongside my DSLR 'big girl' camera. The gorgeous sprinkles certain made for a bully commencement subject! {Blog post it's in: Chocolate Valentine Kiss Cookies}
11. Sea tabular array salt flakes on Dark Chocolate Bourbon Fudge. Okay ... in addition to thence this fudge has iii of my favorite things dark chocolate, bourbon, in addition to salt. But that's non what makes me love this photograph in addition to thence much! No, I love the way the tabular array salt flecks demonstrate on go past times of the fudge, in addition to the beautiful 'blur' (bokeh) of the background fudge. {Blog post it's in: Salted Dark Chocolate Bourbon Fudge}
12. 'Naked' Gingerbread Cookies. I hollo back the simplicity of these undecorated gingerbread cookies is in addition to thence pretty ... which is plenty to brand me love this photograph on its own. But what makes me love it fifty-fifty to a greater extent than is the handmade Christmas tag from my best friend peeping inward from the side! {Blog post it's in: Gingerbread Cookies}
13. Egg nog. I utilization our dining room tabular array every bit my photograph studio, but unremarkably receive got a background board downward on the surface of the tabular array ... 1. to protect the table, in addition to 2. because my background board has to a greater extent than texture to it, which I ever idea I would similar best inward my photos. Well, when taking photos of this egg nog, I had set the background board in addition to my props away inward our cupboard because nosotros had guests coming over. And I was likewise lazy to drag it all dorsum out to snap a quick photograph of this egg nog. So ... this is the commencement photograph I ever took alongside the surface of our dining room tabular array every bit the backdrop. Turns out, I love the dining room table's complete inward photos! I also love how elementary this photograph is. {Blog post it's in: Skinnier {Eggless} Egg Nog}
And let's complete upward my favorite picks alongside ii 'people' photos.
14. Me cooking alongside Sister Schubert. This past times fall, I had the incredible chance to move to Sister Schubert's domicile inward Andalusia, Alabama in addition to create a Thanksgiving dinner alongside her. Sister is a dear, sweet, amazingly form in addition to generous woman, in addition to I am genuinely blessed to receive got had the chance to encounter her. I simply adore this photograph of the ii of us cooking her Sweet Potato Pie ... for which she in addition to thence kindly gave me her recipe in addition to allow me part it alongside all of you. {Blog post it's in: Sister Schubert's Sweet Potato Pie}
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15. My Mom in addition to Dad walking later on Dad's unloosen from the hospital. Last March, our family's life changed forever inward an instant. On March 8th, the morn later on a huge H2O ice tempest that hitting key North Carolina, my begetter slipped on the H2O ice piece walking out to larn the morn newspaper. He fractured his skull inward ii places, sustained a traumatic encephalon injury that has left him alongside permanent difficulty, in addition to was hospitalized for a month. We weren't certain he'd ever larn out the hospital. But he did. We weren't certain he'd ever walk unassisted again. But he does. While the journeying has been a long ane ... in addition to volition proceed to go a longer ane ... Dad is home. Dad is walking. Dad is living his life. And my Mom has been past times his side the entire time, simply every bit inward this photograph of her helping him walk inward his commencement days domicile from the hospital. I am in addition to thence blessed to receive got these ii amazing people every bit my parents. {Blog post it's in: Baked Buffalo Wings {& Life Happenings} }
Thank y'all in addition to thence much for reading ! I'm looking frontward to continuing to consider where this blogging hazard leads!
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