Your Time is Now

by Angela on May 16, 2010

in Other, photography

A few weeks after Karen took this photo of me for her book, The Beauty of Different, she wrote back with another request: could a friend of hers use my photo in another project?

Why sure, no problem.

And here’s the result, created for the Texas Conference for Women, Massachusetts Conference for Women, and Pennsylvania Governor’s Conference for Women. (Great job Katherine!)

Look what happens when you say yes!

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Refinishing Patio Furniture, Before

by Angela on March 28, 2010

in Home Projects

We live in a two story townhouse, and in lieu of a backyard we have a lovely atrium. Most of the windows for our house are built around the atrium and it’s the center point of our loves all year round. On nice days during the spring and fall, and after dark during the summer, I love nothing more than to share a glass of wine with friends in the atrium. We eat dinner out there quite a bit, too. And the kitty cats enjoy lounging on the warm bricks, rolling around and rubbing their bodies on the ground, and getting acquainted with whatever plants I’ve managed to keep alive.  It’s a great space.

patio-furniture-set-before-refinishing

When we moved into our place almost a year ago, my in-laws gave us their old patio furniture so we’d have something to sit on outside. Since the offer on the house had been accepted (and the inspection completed), I’d hunted around for patio furniture I liked, but to no avail. As we moved in, we decided the dollars we’d allocated to purchasing new furniture were better used refinishing the hardwood floors and painting the walls.* So we took up my in-law’s generous offer to have their well maintained and little used 20-year-old patio furniture. (They’ve got good taste.)  My mother-in-law offered to refinish it first, but we happened to have a truck for just one day and I hated the idea of making a senior citizen crawl around and paint something when I’m perfectly capable of doing it myself.

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I love the look of lentils, especially a mix of red (coral), yellow and brown lentils with beautiful green split peas.  The mixture reminds me of confetti.

See. I think you can even throw it at people like confetti without it hurting too much. Of course, then you can’t eat those lentils which is a definite drawback.

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The Beauty of Different Photo Shoot

23 January 2010 Other

Last Saturday I headed over to the MFAH Sculpture Garden* to have my picture taken for a book project, The Beauty of Different, that Karen of Chookooloonks is putting together.  I love the idea of a book which celebrates those things that make each of us special and unique.  I think there’s a temptation to [...]

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Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls with Golden Raisins & Hazelnuts (Cinnamon Rolls v1.0)

17 January 2010 Baked Goods

Last weekend my in-laws came over to have breakfast with us before helping out on some stuff for our respective companies.  (Graham may have been replaced by his mother as the best assistant ever. He’s understandingly disappointed, but he’s hoping for other C-level opportunities inside the same company. For her party, Marcia may be promoted.)

Not [...]

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Actual Photocopy

13 January 2010 fun

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