tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28007443964161218622024-03-05T08:42:06.291-08:00toadberry"We only know what we're told, and that's little enough. And for all we know, it isn't even true."Vandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467945696376519810noreply@blogger.comBlogger222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800744396416121862.post-77812568187802029012013-04-29T19:19:00.001-07:002013-04-29T19:21:01.773-07:00Just Beachy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;">
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I went down to the other weekend when the weather finally brightened up. This time I went into the water--for about two minutes. The damn thing is colder than a frog's ass in December. What a shame, all that water for nothing. I keep telling myself that if it was warm, we'd be like Florida. Nobody wants that.</div>
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I managed to get nothing in focus in this little tableaux, but I don't care. I'm not gonna tell you what's going on here either.</div>
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Here it is again, bigger and droopier.<br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">It's growing...</span>Vandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467945696376519810noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800744396416121862.post-72667786404039045822012-12-25T12:31:00.001-08:002012-12-25T12:31:56.911-08:00At least it's (almost) over<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's almost time for the December flea market and I haven't even shared my goodies from the last one. Bad me. Bad.</div>
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The first Sunday of November was bright and sunny, with 90ºF. I sweated like a hog. You could say it was a porcine sort of day.</div>
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Strangely, I ran into a lot of pigs. The one above was my favorite. Who wouldn't want a piglet with blue eyeshadow for a serving dish? If not for the fact that I don't have a family of four to serve, or space to put the thing, I would've bought it. </div>
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A selection of Halloween masks from my last trip to the flea market.</div>
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The first care I ever drove with any kind of regularity was a Ford Thunderbird. That big, blue piece of crap is the source of my hate of Fords since. However, I can admit when something is pretty.</div>
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I keep seeing this care in the underground parking by the grocery store. </div>
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It probably belongs to someone working there. The other day the garage was empty enough that I could take pictures without other cars blocking my view.</div>
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Shiny!</div>
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Ford was probably trying to conjure the image of genteel landowners from the old country. I dunno. I'd have to ask my royalist friends if this is something they could imagine their gentry back in the fifties.</div>
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More shiny.</div>
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Now, that's what I call a tail light. And check out that wood paneling.</div>
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It was and owl kind of day.<br />
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There were a lot of smiles at the flea market yesterday.</div>
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The weather has been absolutely perfect all summer so far--bright and sunny, but not too hot. I haven't yet turned on the AC once. Considering the spring-like winter we had and karma, we'll be paying for all this niceness at some point.</div>
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Up till then, I'll smirk at our poor loyalist cousins who I hear are having the wettest summer in history.</div>
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Chinese New Year. Only four months late.</div>
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Yes, I photographed these watches in China Town. No, they have nothing to do with CNY. Neither did the ham and cheese waffle I had for snack.</div>
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It was truly bizarre. It was not long after my arrival to the US, and I was already culture-shell-shocked. (It took me a while to wrap my brain around MASH and The Beauty and the Beast being TV shows.) I have no idea why he popped into my head recently. Must have been the booze.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="blogpost"><br /></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="blogpost"> </p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="blogpost">Back in the Old Country we used to bake a certain fruit and nut-studded loaf that had absolutely no relation or resemblance to fruitcake. I went on a hunt for a recipe, found several, in Hungarian and metric. From them I cobbled together my own version. It took several tries till I got everything right.<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="blogpost"><br /></p> <p class="blogpost"> </p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost"><b style="">Fruit Loaf</b></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><br /></b></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost"> </p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">8 oz butter</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">4 eggs</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">1 1/2 cup of flour</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">1 cup of brown sugar, packed</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">1 tablespoon molasses</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">1 teaspoon baking powder</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">1 cup dried fruit, chopped</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">1/2 cup chopped nuts</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">2 tablespoon orange liquor</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">1 teaspoon vanilla</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">ca 1/4 cup crystallized brown sugar</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost"><br /></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost"> </p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">Macerate the dried fruit with the liquor for at least an hour.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost"><br /></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost"> </p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">Preheat oven to 350º F</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost"><br /></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost"> </p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">Butter a loaf pan and dust it with crystallized brown sugar. Shake out the excess.</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost"> </p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">Cream the butter with the brown sugar.</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">Mix in molasses.</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">Add eggs one by one.</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">Mix the flour and baking powder together, add to the egg mixture. Combine well.</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">Fold in the fruits and nuts, add vanilla.</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">Pour the batter into the loaf pan.</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost">Bake for 50 minutes, or till toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="blogpost"><br /></p> <p class="blogpost"> </p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="blogpost"><b style="">Notes:</b></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="blogpost"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><br /></b></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="blogpost"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><p class="blogpost" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Most recipes will tell you to butter your baking dish or coat it with those suspicious baking sprays. I also dust it with sugar when baking something sweet. It will stick even less. You pour some sugar into the buttered pan, shake it around to coat all sides and shake out the excess. I prefer using brown sugar because it's not as sweet as white, but it has to be the crystallized kind, as the regular one is too moist. Additional benefit is that your baked good will have a crunchy sweet outside.</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><p class="blogpost" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Molasses are optional, but they add a deep, rich tone.</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><p class="blogpost" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>I use dried apricots, cherries, cranberries, mangoes, but anything goes. If you want to get fancy, you might try candied orange peel and candied ginger.</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><p class="blogpost" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Hungarian recipes all had rum in them, but I prefer orange liquor. I think Hungarian cuisine developed a reliance on the cheaper and more common rum as an economic necessity.</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><p class="blogpost" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>I discovered a novel way to macerate the dried fruit: in a ziplock bag! It's perfect, alcohol and fruit are all sealed in together with nothing better to do then soak into each other. No messy tossing required—you just flip the bag over.</p><p class="blogpost" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="blogpost"> </p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="blogpost"><b style="">Tips and tricks:</b></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="blogpost"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><br /></b></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="blogpost"> </p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="blogpost">Has your brown sugar ever turned into a dry brick? Do not despair, there's a way to fix it. Put the brick in a bowl and cover it with a clean, wet kitchen towel. 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By morning your brown sugar will be back to it's moist self.</p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span>Vandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467945696376519810noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800744396416121862.post-15499499914488452962012-02-17T19:01:00.001-08:002012-02-17T19:08:13.754-08:00Super-Green Bottle-Fly<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/fly.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi069zQgIgDz7KzIvXMbU5iaCAOGn7PeGfXMD14M8hqILYB5HB5Mr44DGfow2t_j1Gg2-X12fRb02lZ3lrJNcVD-_uorYLd1bvXsbE_j7j6CFBX5Sb5EoKtaiE5z-LLPhzBXanxs9D72Ag/s400/fly_sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710305470982444930" border="0" /></a><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I was out snapping pictures the other day, it being unseasonably springly here, and all that, when a green bottle fly landed on the daisy I had in my crosshairs. It wasn't the slightest bit bothered with me gawking at his lunch. Apparently, green bottle flies moonlight as pollinators.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Click on the picture for better view. It's not as sharp as I'd like it to be (no macro lens), but good enough to see the individual hairs on the fly's body. Neato, right?</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Vandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467945696376519810noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800744396416121862.post-33661942631747326942012-02-14T11:43:00.001-08:002012-02-14T11:51:58.192-08:00Point Dume<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdc3FHFWorasFZo_e8jEwh-I7EDbmDrlYx5pfGjqeWyH-vPUYj7EcI7zxz6jZuIgDy0m2Fk42OR9NoauSP_KkgiR86NBJ5YmFPNSR0flqb54nvNWy6TF69cm37AGCM32G1gMSSk25xhc/s1600/Point_Dume_0201.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdc3FHFWorasFZo_e8jEwh-I7EDbmDrlYx5pfGjqeWyH-vPUYj7EcI7zxz6jZuIgDy0m2Fk42OR9NoauSP_KkgiR86NBJ5YmFPNSR0flqb54nvNWy6TF69cm37AGCM32G1gMSSk25xhc/s400/Point_Dume_0201.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709079491113837410" border="0" /></a><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="MsoNormal"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12.0pt;" ></span> <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} </style><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Calibri">I got to Point Dume forty-five minutes before sunset. Back in the Valley the sun glared down from the sky, warming the land and tricking flowers and bees alike into thinking it was spring already. There, at the beach gusts of wind whipped across the sand.<br /><br />Instead of paying the ten-dollar fee to get into the parking lot, I pulled the car over at the edge of the highway, like everyone else. Grabbing my bag and putting on a sweater, I walked the extra ten feet to the lot, then across it. Once on the other side, I took off my sandals and rolled up my jeans to make my trek down to the water's edge.<br /><br />The sand gave under my feet, and I sank an inch into it at every step. I waddled my way down to the seashore. All other times I'd been there, a continuous pattern of footprints pockmarked the beach, but now the wind had chiseled them down. Grains of sand bit into my face like multitudes of insects. I turned my back against their flurry and fished the camera out of my bag.<br /><br />Some people think taking one of those sunset-at-the-beach photos is a matter of timing and a camera. It's a misconception. To take pictures of any sunset that will grab people's attention you need clouds--clouds arranged in a way that the setting sun's rays refract on them and lit up the sky like a bonfire. Most of those pictures you see on stock photo sites are fakes: Frankensteined together from images of sea and sky that had never met before their blind date in Photoshop.<br /><br />There were no clouds in the sky this time. It didn't matter; that's not why I was there. To tell the truth, I didn't know why I was there, other than having had an impulse to drive across the mountains and down to the beach.<br /><br />Waves licked at my feet. The ocean was like ice water, yet there were surfers in it, hugging every surge like seals wrapped in neoprene. A couple seagulls stood at the edge of sand and water, picking up whatever morsels the surf washed ashore. I took a few pictures of them, but I had no telephoto lens, and the birds edged away from me at the same pace I tried to close the distance between us.<br /><br />As the sun drifted closer the horizon, the bottom of the sky began to blush. It contrasted with the pool of ink stretching across the landscape that was the ocean. At the edge of the shore, where the water had soaked it through, the sand was the color of chocolate. I clicked away until the light faded away.<br /><br />I drove back to the Valley under the darkness. The wind kept hurling itself against the car until I crossed the mountains.</span></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span>Vandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467945696376519810noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800744396416121862.post-54724632076030303492012-01-14T19:00:00.000-08:002012-01-14T19:02:26.270-08:00January 14, 2012<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://suscito.com/blog/strawberry.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOd6YN3fB888tSZMt5yQWzlVbk5IcmP3KfwmqmSBwgELRlwb8Y0B-XU4880DGSfhwyYXeJKNgOwNZNUxoJVNv9NOMM911chCp8RTkSleb4d5yt0x1VbllxdqPUF3vUIsNqqyegSKwTBZc/s400/strawberry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697688567232418114" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Say what you will, I love LA.</span>Vandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467945696376519810noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800744396416121862.post-76546839376712762882011-12-31T14:16:00.001-08:002011-12-31T14:30:25.921-08:00Reflections<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I could spin a spiel about reflection and their relevance at the end of the calendar year, but I just can't be arsed. The truth is, I have a handful of nifty photos I want to post.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/pedi.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyIf9Paw_O7fJ-Zm6ygdFYXEIJJXBWrB4SEJ-qYQduehtmVTuh0yEaUOEfPI9vjaCE_X4i_phlhH6IiEdI3lr1yZ08AGuvtzs0Re3_WqZtmr4HEVk3HKauKDRg2dThfUN7qIkiYPGM5M/s400/pedi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692420174687445586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I took this one while getting a pedicure. There are mirrors on both walls, facing each other, resulting in an interesting layering of visual information. At least I thought so.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/arc.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOlsrwDqH0qsfRigxKwRIIdqxM-NPlf_G3kv0Lg5MxoyZ4_t6K5tusVZJdwaAIvhWstjsNugEnlMJVwsOVUuoyTWLZLLSFcCy5KDc8eRkySRjwwPX9HxyeH8v8g85dgjEf8X6doTF28o/s400/arc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692420165651332770" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This is the shiny floor of Arclight Hollywood's lobby in the daytime.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/light.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCfwIXIvuUM75JJFaWSP7Hm4T8C8_qmXyn8BgGm7Q7jKFVzd4-ofDzHfG-VLk_sou2ITZXXc7nOUUGWH5XgDnbIApuTHZGLqQbyuHiSo1OCL3f1SA8bHXPBV7Xjkgrd-0sgUY2jEO4N5U/s400/light.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692420176816110834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This is the same lobby at night, and shot from the opposite direction. Those gold squigglies atop are the movie showing times.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/handy.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4XECnBt4UZ31_m9ZLN4WtXHP0q8nOCbDxKnMY-MN_B2jVNvG51jSaDl0soX5LKhXNzH-S26dcf7Q5NhO8jOywn87U8lW9_BNbd4m5kknJ7hNq9oh7S3VhhFoC6bGYeqeTmKgRsSbv-8/s400/handy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692420170535474290" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I took this photo last night. Stopping by the neighborhood grocery store, I notice the reflections on a black SUV and couldn't resist.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/vegas.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlzruG7qGroXi3m8qbDMaHpgHTTie8h8DrgHKH_yyE8PL4UmbFPviQ7vMjV2zqRxN3YMeKoIHvY1veFZVSJvFqd31zqLgEalg0Yds7VYfUl4fdBDFlx8jM5uBF67Hy8XCyHnUXisa8yE/s400/vegas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692420174514757154" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This image is from a while ago. It's the entrance of the Flamingo hotel in Vegas, and its reflection on the trunk of a cop car.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Have a good new year, peeps.</span>Vandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467945696376519810noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800744396416121862.post-46333122377593825082011-12-23T22:28:00.001-08:002011-12-23T22:34:45.504-08:00Whatever, Really<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLoFO3rEkjWWjqNBu2ms5nDcUwoScMKRkU7gPMH9JHy_ds39MiWN4dJmX5yph2LArKaIEp7rrZLalqGH-2mNUeqn2Wz_R6unA6QKzfidnaWZyS9j1NW3uziavkB6maTVoDP6-AUV1_wVI/s1600/IMG_5618.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLoFO3rEkjWWjqNBu2ms5nDcUwoScMKRkU7gPMH9JHy_ds39MiWN4dJmX5yph2LArKaIEp7rrZLalqGH-2mNUeqn2Wz_R6unA6QKzfidnaWZyS9j1NW3uziavkB6maTVoDP6-AUV1_wVI/s400/IMG_5618.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689578639130356338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbogJ6q0twqx8O_tZuCXhvIk07vss8oUEM_oTSMr2qnPGBRwVyaJM_K4-tBiQ6C3foiDTiXgJ8idRoxZ7DzZciKGo-2iLRrYP1dcng_d2f2zoggRvjChzQI6w13fkWVU69SQMBqL4ZBLI/s1600/IMG_5617.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwwvthIwRj88m7_hEgSXl6ZcfbXqGO0Ska7npYQee_tktw_w9d_GYOsK_HPItDHvUlfLSvfAwIBByiUZfJq86-yQJqnOJmzJidNXNmloKdWjsgjTgv2VrGBSrrXh2_GB11M7rGuWi_D0/s400/IMG_5612.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689578416175430434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjT4c7VJznRcTTlqGZczE7n8Aj210dFf4zc7a9O5OFpx3b6YFpJ9bokGj2NZXpdIeJ7hOcq34rtKkK8tr78IHOKO3MMy4nIEWAzSuNYJx7JvFhJKH8jQ_E8MLZdpug7ApPKv6RsSKEbE/s1600/IMG_5611.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjT4c7VJznRcTTlqGZczE7n8Aj210dFf4zc7a9O5OFpx3b6YFpJ9bokGj2NZXpdIeJ7hOcq34rtKkK8tr78IHOKO3MMy4nIEWAzSuNYJx7JvFhJKH8jQ_E8MLZdpug7ApPKv6RsSKEbE/s400/IMG_5611.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689578412834032514" border="0" /></a>Vandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467945696376519810noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800744396416121862.post-90193956040187723072011-12-14T07:52:00.001-08:002011-12-14T09:54:32.475-08:00Flea Market<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/laughingSkulls.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0Tpr5qrdraoocyzeC-y4WAVmqAJJp03NJW77ybdiwXeDoEMJCyfiUlIP6TSh6Xe7REh0djxXCN0l46c17gEq1KHmzgxOSblGrOyhFq3iImskfZPrbYeHoIpNC6QkKwXyQWhfPejPjgg/s400/laughingSkulls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686014451606971842" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The first Sunday of December was a beautiful day: bright, sunny, with a seasonally appropriate nip in the air. Complete opposite of the one in November. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/doctorbag.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5CMnlgaS2hIIPk91p_U3Yb0YDhaFHJn71BVOmJLed-l8uTVqgeei7i_DeFCiwjSP9igiy-qTeUeGfAGiwrCjT1EObnsry-gd2H-1Ee7BRoQDxRrf2FLfunZkxX3kiw12zDVSt1igvfI/s400/doctorbag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686014448019177026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">No surprise then that the Pasadena Flea Market was busier than a beehive on spring cleaning day.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/carvedSkull.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44Jqy3Ftq10qKwyhTo5Xrso36r1ba_GcWDE4rhUf9BMcbJVvKnG_7lrvlseNRMvG71xlHGiqOW9Pj36jYle655rszxW6GBnRZgVpGx1OR33gYAIqCwoADnYtLxSIhEnWMKRmTXViVVwU/s400/carvedSkull.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686014447769221362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I bagged yet another typewriter, but will post picture of that later. I have three now.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/jackets2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwI8s-n2FV8cM5ayfQfoB2J6lI5M9R_XUq6iJ02HiR5ViaaDPdlVqjQoKwgHSMwxbMUhdP7rhdy4uB0u7qsOPBa6YdQGWWNgTk36GBgulPtpXx3n79RAjWyDmIFt1hRW9eEiLGatG9JmI/s400/jackets.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686014442908458706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The flea market is also a great place of holiday shopping for the budget conscious. And honestly, who wouldn't want an eighties style red leather jacket for Christmas? Look how many zippers it has!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/fatty.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kXwzLw_sYv9CrL8E_taMt3XTdSWMQBHxrP1u0c53iLwQ-uB23ECC-rQV3bpkzX2GhuMs0cLyV5298LpkElIpzKWdx5SLw6k-ie_oIFts5k-iRe6-D_Vib43qZ8AHlfhKyvy8FAUbysc/s400/fatty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686012675014781234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">If you think twelve bucks is too much for this old toy, you can always haggle. Although, some take it to extreme. I came across a new vendor, a Chinese couple who wouldn't take no for an answer. I thought I might have to chew </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">off </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">a limb if I wanted to escape without purchasing something.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/santaCups.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjW53oTG14LoGsU-voSgK_p27Sfjphy0xEDfanp4ey3wfMLqTksKfjf4arbIHSW86YtqtGMH5aqWiHpxZzyw_RPI_ojyLvbNf4IX2PA77aB4U-Qwyiij3rCj9T8H5L18xZ6KCj7ErAXkQ/s400/santaCups.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686012667391358738" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Ain't these great? Just think about filling them up with hot cocoa and then topping it off with giant marshmallows. It would be like drinking Santa's brain!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/junk.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDEuLHX0y2B48Pvy6BNXEd8ODznTrJumr9l1WEfXdTZ3n1ncdnx74o9_qLw-9IkdismbdNQ7B2fyYRhMHks_nfQ2be7vY1NwX-dw7Rw85TMbHW5hQwig9B-6f2H-7EiRJ1v52Tns9yzY/s400/junk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686012662468689010" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">These should be sold by the pound.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/feet.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz91Zjx1WiKiLqG_wAmZFFgHI8X-691Hrpg8W3ZZ9FQeyyVPsJ8-dfBFQ80UQrbeydCkB6tf-BmY2v0U3roJZROiu4ajE-7q_2Su9rpvHS105-W4fHwxWmrt8fWA6KaocU78pi7R28ulc/s400/feet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686012662889648882" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Tired from all the walking? Put your feet up! </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/suitcases.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WA-YTHWhIzlROmpwEHEYQ2lJ1qkLs2tYsE1XuwER7GPow0_cl-LbX6_vSiazht45Qd8sGz745b_qsScqC9GB64_JwD-nZOZ_YKd5jNJQlApXjuKNzeIQgSqmsMLOaxCKUr8Rt8E3IfU/s400/suitcases.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686012658259738098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Well that's it for now, I'm packing it in.</span>Vandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467945696376519810noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800744396416121862.post-22290603674471308832011-12-06T08:36:00.001-08:002011-12-06T08:52:22.062-08:00Happy Krampus Day!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhLwQ6Tx3r29jw7pD6lbcVXAP6I91YXk3FyTM9m9fN9AagdOhJ6WqRmqYgpWeFfxdhU7_lde9v_j76LmxEmEddz8gdMKMEJ9MhvARkmYAnFWX5AkgM2FK7oA5JuNEbH2gsvE36a4f2QI/s1600/krampus.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhLwQ6Tx3r29jw7pD6lbcVXAP6I91YXk3FyTM9m9fN9AagdOhJ6WqRmqYgpWeFfxdhU7_lde9v_j76LmxEmEddz8gdMKMEJ9MhvARkmYAnFWX5AkgM2FK7oA5JuNEbH2gsvE36a4f2QI/s400/krampus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683055216043369522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">In parts of Europe St. Nicholas' Day is celebrated on December 6th. On the night of the 5th St. Nicholas - Mikulás in Hungary - comes around and leaves small gifts - mostly fruits, nuts, candy where I came from - to those who'd been nice. The interesting part is that he has a demonic sidekick, Krampus (Krampusz in Hungary). This guy is generally portrayed as an ugly, furry creature with horns, sometimes with one human foot and one cloven one, sometimes with two of the latter. His job is to take the naughty children away, not sure where.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Denmark has something similar, Sinterklaas, but there St. Nick arrives on a steamboat and his sidekick is Zwarte Piet, a politically incorrect black guy, who takes the bad children to...Spain! If that's not enough reason to be naughty in the middle of the Danish winter, I don't know what is.</span>Vandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467945696376519810noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800744396416121862.post-55282831006398728882011-11-26T15:24:00.000-08:002011-11-26T15:46:33.074-08:00Gallivanting in the Garden<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJYDOaAaieOouOM6NaXvsCGFPoeobFZHUKk_eazBUyT6AuW441CX_6VAJn3_lL8tjRAWKaCLUMgAixXcPQo_7F16Hc1LYoKDOjuIwDfdAyB5C5f_eLTo9qfx82LXvp-lix5FVTKhu-94/s1600/fountain.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/leaf.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyg7pi74oggSG9U92CF85J-agQjOEhj7Y3gqCa4x_-qPJ_zqeNRkyyfEuV62t8Tl27IETm-yzY4cAz6h-7UTKvTOt4H21uzAug62kjPx1BEtLzW_fTAt8aG9RhxlcwVLyzUPYJiUHdNM/s400/leaf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679450700602879634" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Last Sunday was a day rotten to the core – rainy, gloomy, good for nothing but staying inside and hibernating. But then Monday did a complete hundred-and-eighty with sunny skies and balmy temperatures.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://suscito.com/blog/fountain.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJYDOaAaieOouOM6NaXvsCGFPoeobFZHUKk_eazBUyT6AuW441CX_6VAJn3_lL8tjRAWKaCLUMgAixXcPQo_7F16Hc1LYoKDOjuIwDfdAyB5C5f_eLTo9qfx82LXvp-lix5FVTKhu-94/s400/fountain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679452070439083698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">So I went to <a href="http://www.huntington.org/default.aspx">The Huntington</a>. It’s a shame, I know, but I’d never been before. The Japanese Garden is closed for sprucing up, but the place is still plenty big to kill several hours.<br /><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/cactus.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYXVAzaQcTrp2GEFP-25styhH_NqyIJPqKmio1xLRkH4gEaaWefr_4Gir6BUoK_d4ZEuminCSmuvrD-cp54uG_sUY75tjnxYKSA9gY5ltaodUbDHQNDUZ1PFphzXV_JPhIUfdkak9Hyg/s400/cactus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679450526469489858" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">In one corner I found piles and piles of wonderfully prickly cacti. They made me think of Dive.<br /><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/shrooms.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDw5ob0US_yKgNDW5VbTtT87QP6rlkIbbwKRy1ZbezTiWWd0uGdaxFxcAPRP8DA_mw7TNTFrjQem4TgX-aRVHQY_91IGLQs3gPsHwjJ0mW_3Hbok9eW5Nu52psu_qC0nRkCjCgt_UWJw/s400/shrooms.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679450519750463698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">For most part you’re allowed to walk on the grass too - that’s how I found these delightfully slimy shrooms. I think they are Velvet Foot Mushrooms, but won’t swear to it.<br /><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/cherub.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkf27IVr-pYrB3pgqYgP9nb5uGNrd37y_yqJJCC8NfMd26BfogvzB6hZ8x7fqliKBDLzYAmx-sLC_K_01i7PIn15LhujyEITkg-x9nGjbKaNZ1VjPt2zWkF3_pMJqVUzOz8bDd_Qfr6kg/s400/cherub.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679450521905222866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I found some stone children frolicking around – my favorite kind, they’re very quiet.<br /><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/chair.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7_jpjDhM0zraw0XptmwegHfjwGSoQJfNsrm_HGFKkdxA75-jqH28xyGHA7Jc2iry4LS_2CkZjerHhHcjwy-0VS1YX515GWbXd1z9tFcPgl4j56XaVvTBIO2bRFNWMr5fAwnDc8dd_cI/s400/chair.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679450517142680178" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Stone people need stone chairs to sit on.<br /><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://suscito.com/blog/pool.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4b0zQ37n75aEl7_X25gtT-Wry9-HaZpCdI5vmT4upkOSmCOvqnobny-UxGloEADPynn3rvQs-ccX5H9tmP1-O0zLSZ4SMlV1oLeX_NYf2uIOoJHJrY7xXzh5uPlXkuCdt_RTxKHVQ__A/s400/pool.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679450516630478802" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br />One of these days I need to go back to check out the library and the museum too.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></span>Vandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467945696376519810noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800744396416121862.post-62003857970275197552011-11-20T09:02:00.000-08:002011-11-20T09:09:57.523-08:00Turkey<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQHvlWEbcBy64cezqpt-eR-7gcnVLRzpB8iL1jG4ttGFfoe3BGCBmE0TJp_RT7VMACEQZpAAcL7dUGggW8Qpmx0nOjcnEH0HqTjjoUBdJrY3eER6Ynuq4iJlZhATmpXsSnc8yBLxFn-A/s1600/IMG_5276.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQHvlWEbcBy64cezqpt-eR-7gcnVLRzpB8iL1jG4ttGFfoe3BGCBmE0TJp_RT7VMACEQZpAAcL7dUGggW8Qpmx0nOjcnEH0HqTjjoUBdJrY3eER6Ynuq4iJlZhATmpXsSnc8yBLxFn-A/s400/IMG_5276.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677126111319629682" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I know it's not Turkey Day yet, but I was in the mood. I got a nice half turkey breast and stuffed herbed butter under the skin. I also boiled some potatoes, sliced them up and put them in the bottom of the roasting pan. On top I placed the turkey breast, and into the oven they went. During roasting some of the butter escaped, nicely juicing up the potatoes. Delish!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I didn't make cranberry sauce because I had some from COSTCO - yummy and all natural.</span>Vandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467945696376519810noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800744396416121862.post-157895238685464982011-11-06T07:57:00.001-08:002011-11-06T08:08:43.684-08:00Flea Market<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIjqV3JY9RWvr1Yssjar8ppDzCTTcEXgh0nwgndCtsQJzgV3udbP_NNdgTYmjtx5tqChwQpqUzf5AYp635BDH7vA73C6hgjEXhvhoFx2JtgvSde_1_QguuB2iHKw9807TY3YzWD5ZpJA/s1600/IMG_4834.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIjqV3JY9RWvr1Yssjar8ppDzCTTcEXgh0nwgndCtsQJzgV3udbP_NNdgTYmjtx5tqChwQpqUzf5AYp635BDH7vA73C6hgjEXhvhoFx2JtgvSde_1_QguuB2iHKw9807TY3YzWD5ZpJA/s400/IMG_4834.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671913449742671282" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOSEJT60GsOErh5sLrm5SSzhn_QX9tRbOcFp57ZiDT43-7_zeLExyliKq2xp8TOcEpktMFR3yne1BTcvuI5Ma9sic81gk3KMgACizzi2xVdly17RqT8pvKHgz9LB7JsKXfEdQcz3H9hs/s1600/IMG_4846.JPG"><br /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">It's cold, wet, and miserable today, and there's no way I'm going anywhere, even the flea market. However, I've never posted last month's pictures. So here they are!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijW2jN9JmcjnBoIxsGfDHdTJTi_Y2MOVGwl5mF-vXkPJN9lFV3TTU8pNxJhQcXMY5DmBJCT3ZumkcbaOgAlwz55PpijmdR57-44iT9q-X0mvdQSmcsaV4hUnNuHgQfrnECyw8Fioo8ATM/s1600/IMG_4841.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijW2jN9JmcjnBoIxsGfDHdTJTi_Y2MOVGwl5mF-vXkPJN9lFV3TTU8pNxJhQcXMY5DmBJCT3ZumkcbaOgAlwz55PpijmdR57-44iT9q-X0mvdQSmcsaV4hUnNuHgQfrnECyw8Fioo8ATM/s400/IMG_4841.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671913473467512850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Ferret circus. Why not?</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> I bet Hamlet is much more fun with ferrets.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryNbxkxDCufrw7J8Y5aDgXWpkc8VD03paHPb7jKYLo7PhGjgQ_APyZ5hK5bp98pWzsytnMRoWrUQDGYcTQm7WttWFWLnE4BPAR8yF9MVZR2jmrINHRZsSiimOU1tEIymfvleVnuJgCKk/s1600/IMG_4837.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryNbxkxDCufrw7J8Y5aDgXWpkc8VD03paHPb7jKYLo7PhGjgQ_APyZ5hK5bp98pWzsytnMRoWrUQDGYcTQm7WttWFWLnE4BPAR8yF9MVZR2jmrINHRZsSiimOU1tEIymfvleVnuJgCKk/s400/IMG_4837.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671913458266097506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I kinda wish I bought this bunny-shaped tea pot. I don't know what I'd do with it, but it's fantastic.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_EGffMRvdLzlQq84yGC1TTOAwffi0dtyku3KmRznIeNQVmJ-T2Oe2joaXz8URXGEnBmLqkW7s2BZCIlwREYa1XywajzPK-hKPZgBrcjSV-Zrps8Gahh-lrJ1CCvjDI16aXata8cU48NM/s1600/IMG_4839.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_EGffMRvdLzlQq84yGC1TTOAwffi0dtyku3KmRznIeNQVmJ-T2Oe2joaXz8URXGEnBmLqkW7s2BZCIlwREYa1XywajzPK-hKPZgBrcjSV-Zrps8Gahh-lrJ1CCvjDI16aXata8cU48NM/s400/IMG_4839.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671913463005381618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Once a hustler, always a hustler.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIjqV3JY9RWvr1Yssjar8ppDzCTTcEXgh0nwgndCtsQJzgV3udbP_NNdgTYmjtx5tqChwQpqUzf5AYp635BDH7vA73C6hgjEXhvhoFx2JtgvSde_1_QguuB2iHKw9807TY3YzWD5ZpJA/s1600/IMG_4834.JPG"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRInVhzt8HSZg67LCXZVOMOCB65p4GwHdN4RKEAWu68Dh_NB66Nc-8z95f1XClQFSaIFDFgsk0YT9SqHXOdhAraAMiiyr-M-i_TmZ1ubA2zkFgGlvpAGflIdOrpuVPTZW40K7Aeo1ReY/s1600/IMG_4833.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRInVhzt8HSZg67LCXZVOMOCB65p4GwHdN4RKEAWu68Dh_NB66Nc-8z95f1XClQFSaIFDFgsk0YT9SqHXOdhAraAMiiyr-M-i_TmZ1ubA2zkFgGlvpAGflIdOrpuVPTZW40K7Aeo1ReY/s400/IMG_4833.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671913448715336466" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DRgViPgJ6xe_ELt_oHRUb5VUxeD-YWeVehgkNuU4FhBmAqu8CmFM3j3nMfJ4nMQADXyLN7DOEO5rmY8g-jUoxMm2mm_QeeYSmxDxn3OjgqTZe1dX3Y21SoqSGsXAbzyIAA91eMiPfoM/s1600/IMG_4839.JPG"><br /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Only you can prevent forest fires! Oh wait, wrong bear.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbfi4q1wPLNlaVG0vZ6yxUknTJcvdS1gCjqCQMavL6MNoFWVqxQkORNeP-gcZEO9LQ0saOiP5Hrm3bIOSKeYJJFMkNk2oK0H9zXx4vN0DSUYhSeB3ARcQ7AQnAwWlvm1YLNLEutfCRWY/s1600/IMG_4837.JPG"><br /></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOSEJT60GsOErh5sLrm5SSzhn_QX9tRbOcFp57ZiDT43-7_zeLExyliKq2xp8TOcEpktMFR3yne1BTcvuI5Ma9sic81gk3KMgACizzi2xVdly17RqT8pvKHgz9LB7JsKXfEdQcz3H9hs/s1600/IMG_4846.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOSEJT60GsOErh5sLrm5SSzhn_QX9tRbOcFp57ZiDT43-7_zeLExyliKq2xp8TOcEpktMFR3yne1BTcvuI5Ma9sic81gk3KMgACizzi2xVdly17RqT8pvKHgz9LB7JsKXfEdQcz3H9hs/s400/IMG_4846.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671913537476060642" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Dummies freak me out.</span>Vandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467945696376519810noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800744396416121862.post-40065576757036924002011-10-29T23:27:00.000-07:002011-10-29T23:42:23.521-07:00Spooky<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJPm8ZUW9CZitky_BmW47iBEcfk7MwZafVjTnlcZsw7QmPc0meppW7rxCWziSXm_pcoOnpLTPTd8Zwrwy8SHei9zPTvwOcqS3Yu43V1qV5btK0Hdcy2q91I3zKsawYqK7wGkr9Er9DVQ/s1600/IMG_5217.JPG"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3h7AE-8O247URlM-9myLYnXnAuSZqPnDpt8df3uZgKHtonIwORrRNe9t6fpbANd_wHke2ua5R0VFGrycA4uC4Lxnk2ztgaFNz2imvA6ycE2BewC4JXQbIVIZpSukIoW0gUyorKiA3uE/s1600/IMG_4836.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3h7AE-8O247URlM-9myLYnXnAuSZqPnDpt8df3uZgKHtonIwORrRNe9t6fpbANd_wHke2ua5R0VFGrycA4uC4Lxnk2ztgaFNz2imvA6ycE2BewC4JXQbIVIZpSukIoW0gUyorKiA3uE/s400/IMG_4836.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669169845157622978" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Spooky, spooky, oh whoa, all right</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Spooky, oh yeah yeah</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I said Spooky yeah yeah...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy66-1Pwj7Xvfc7qfW12wRgmvXIJtYveVymrH_BLqNN4t_LNERjn3G0QTkm7m1jjYXHFOmbTgMJIC-b_M87yBXtZuJ215c1FUf4uV1yGefV6IhqJrZt4BAUZAx8vDlIiKkReoSQA_JUNo/s1600/IMG_3489.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy66-1Pwj7Xvfc7qfW12wRgmvXIJtYveVymrH_BLqNN4t_LNERjn3G0QTkm7m1jjYXHFOmbTgMJIC-b_M87yBXtZuJ215c1FUf4uV1yGefV6IhqJrZt4BAUZAx8vDlIiKkReoSQA_JUNo/s400/IMG_3489.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669169833279822194" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">It's the season for the scary, freaky and bizarre.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJPm8ZUW9CZitky_BmW47iBEcfk7MwZafVjTnlcZsw7QmPc0meppW7rxCWziSXm_pcoOnpLTPTd8Zwrwy8SHei9zPTvwOcqS3Yu43V1qV5btK0Hdcy2q91I3zKsawYqK7wGkr9Er9DVQ/s1600/IMG_5217.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJPm8ZUW9CZitky_BmW47iBEcfk7MwZafVjTnlcZsw7QmPc0meppW7rxCWziSXm_pcoOnpLTPTd8Zwrwy8SHei9zPTvwOcqS3Yu43V1qV5btK0Hdcy2q91I3zKsawYqK7wGkr9Er9DVQ/s400/IMG_5217.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669169856611510978" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Haunted cake.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQbbBlQLfe6jt6pSEVMbDi2J-z4CCnzMBBJwW8nWoAV2bwcK_R1O2doej1uOsD4oBb0wKqE0Eurib3tltr29FKjW7NwTxgjqKtl97_dH9vDQOk37l6sd9PcUpZLW58yeracDQPLUwvro/s1600/IMG_5222.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQbbBlQLfe6jt6pSEVMbDi2J-z4CCnzMBBJwW8nWoAV2bwcK_R1O2doej1uOsD4oBb0wKqE0Eurib3tltr29FKjW7NwTxgjqKtl97_dH9vDQOk37l6sd9PcUpZLW58yeracDQPLUwvro/s400/IMG_5222.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669168701592598674" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I hope it's gooey inside.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBUktqE2D3maeZLPYnLmmaiAkmWrFM1SZ75DrXmg5GbgDdZeCivRlRNZ7cdA26ilSTvLx1CP5nDR82tMzqsZ8I4jKWMLio197MPGlHT9BQi-wwyzQDI5x0cTpPrbAC_x-7ZcadVLS1Yw0/s1600/IMG_5223.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBUktqE2D3maeZLPYnLmmaiAkmWrFM1SZ75DrXmg5GbgDdZeCivRlRNZ7cdA26ilSTvLx1CP5nDR82tMzqsZ8I4jKWMLio197MPGlHT9BQi-wwyzQDI5x0cTpPrbAC_x-7ZcadVLS1Yw0/s400/IMG_5223.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669168691445412754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">And I thought Hollywood was freakish enough already.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpe-1PfnWPnBpp-nKWSt6E1xeFiA6nmFgoNvIWepeacmxOpYng_YJkRLDkOYABXrOxunaUgFaMJXA_XUayeKJC14k0H-SJ9OjaQNLaytf8uiEg_Pg4-5iZtP48ARD8P9tVImJdaUyiinE/s1600/IMG_5224.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpe-1PfnWPnBpp-nKWSt6E1xeFiA6nmFgoNvIWepeacmxOpYng_YJkRLDkOYABXrOxunaUgFaMJXA_XUayeKJC14k0H-SJ9OjaQNLaytf8uiEg_Pg4-5iZtP48ARD8P9tVImJdaUyiinE/s400/IMG_5224.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669168669439429890" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Lord Voldemort would disagree.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9hq8tqZFLMHb_lGNq6qjXxxqq0jdGD92mD8cAMA6M7Nah5V9GwR0JwEEgkf-n_jPwMYKo9LbpPhyC54_5Tyko1-doFmE63AtmNW6iPDFaX0QJpM9Y-rhql4Kbs4m8G9qdCxDGp0h1L4/s1600/IMG_5225A.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9hq8tqZFLMHb_lGNq6qjXxxqq0jdGD92mD8cAMA6M7Nah5V9GwR0JwEEgkf-n_jPwMYKo9LbpPhyC54_5Tyko1-doFmE63AtmNW6iPDFaX0QJpM9Y-rhql4Kbs4m8G9qdCxDGp0h1L4/s400/IMG_5225A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669168661312416818" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">No comment.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Mq5y05f7IpD8saOVHgGlwGc98-c2MMKBJIZFJpYfjhfBs0Ff-1S-WKbHnHvEqKjyaUqqH39BKsbhhnOf0mp0Nq3eo0OO7ijFb9CW3zHyKtNxUWp4QwHMHbQtFr1wf3jr9o1DQi6l_hk/s1600/IMG_3989.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Mq5y05f7IpD8saOVHgGlwGc98-c2MMKBJIZFJpYfjhfBs0Ff-1S-WKbHnHvEqKjyaUqqH39BKsbhhnOf0mp0Nq3eo0OO7ijFb9CW3zHyKtNxUWp4QwHMHbQtFr1wf3jr9o1DQi6l_hk/s400/IMG_3989.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669169840659884130" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Look Ma, there is a face in my pelvis!</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiavKfylFGyFCV1dCBE-DQXt-ljl-5jDUDUskOj7w2jY1gYOTe8JpjiIAunxhB2Mv911terVksLiHYMFpyzKiScTIsrwoikrF8ZpecgWmMjQzaoA9YlDW1w4xzy9cUX9liSKsK_3D9Hwbw/s1600/IMG_5229.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiavKfylFGyFCV1dCBE-DQXt-ljl-5jDUDUskOj7w2jY1gYOTe8JpjiIAunxhB2Mv911terVksLiHYMFpyzKiScTIsrwoikrF8ZpecgWmMjQzaoA9YlDW1w4xzy9cUX9liSKsK_3D9Hwbw/s400/IMG_5229.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669168690180566498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">...</span>Vandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467945696376519810noreply@blogger.com12