Pumpkin Season!

It's after Labor Day. It's fall! What's the flavor of fall? Pumpkin!

The coffeeshop where I work now has pumpkin lattes, which means that I'm about to drink my weight in the syrup. :) I made pumpkin ice cream, but it only used half of my pumpkin puree. There wasn't enough material for a whole pie, and I don't have enough time in the morning to make pumpkin pancakes. So.... I decided to halve a recipe and make half a crust recipe and make mini pies!



My mom got me this mini-pie pan years ago, and I haven't used it once until this year. It happens to be the perfect size for a mixed berry pie with just one or two of each berry per bite, and the ideal thing for just a little treat. It's divine if you use a little pumpkin spice in the pie crust too. Yum!

Self Portrait Challenge

I'm new to the world of the blog. At first I was very resistant. Blogging seemed like a part of the greater technological emptyness robbing society of the will to connect person-to-person, filling the internet with such a breadth of vapidity opinions were completely devalued. This, however, was an incorrect assumption.

I'm sure there are a lot of empty-headed blogs out there, but there are also musings of great tenderness (such as at i heart linen), reader responses that warm the heart (posy gets cozy) that prove that people really do seek out connection in this world, images of inspiration (absolutely beautiful things), thought-provoking dialogue on artistic topics - even art itself.

So, I've come around to this new technology, grudgingly at first. I came across this blog, called Self Portrait Challenge. The premise is that each month the owner gives a topic, and you take self-portraits that fit in the category. This month, the category is 'in the bathroom'. You post your pictures to your blog, send the owner a link to your blog, and if the owner likes your photos, they appear on the portrait page.

I've decided to do this. I like that I'm expanding my artistic endeavors to photography, and learning how to handle digital media (about time, no?), and figuring out this blog world. So, here are my photos.



Are You There?



My Work Is Cut Out For Me