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Day 70

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March06

The Cabbage.

Remember last week when I talked about the picture I couldn’t get? Well I was successful finally. Because I needed to commit cabbage murder this evening. Actually I’m guilty of several cabbage murders and kohlrabi murder too. With things warming up, it won’t be long before these dudes will be bolting and they won’t be good for eating.

In Houston, we can only grow the brassica family (cabbages, bok choi, cauliflower, broccoli, kohlrabi) from fall until mid spring. Then it gets too hot and they start bolting. I’m terribly tempted to let one of my cabbage plants bolt. While I’ve seen what happens with broccoli and bok choi, I’ve never seen what happens with a cabbage when you let it go to seed.

Day 66

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March2

Every Wednesday at lunch time you’ll find me attending the Houston City Hall Farmers Market. This market, which is part of the Urban Harvest family of Farmers Markets showcases a variety of local farmers, businesses, and street food.

My lunch usually consists of Janice Schindeler’s Words and Food Pimento Cheese spread in the form of a sandwich (and a batch to take home because it’s addicative) and then a cupcake from Frosted Betty’s Bakeshop. The cupcake in this picture is the Salted Caramel Flavor. And like all the other Frosted Betty Flavors I’ve tried. It’s delish!

Day 59

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Feb232011

The weather today was not as omnious as it looks in the picture. The dark of the picture is due to me bumping the film speed setting a little faster than it should have been. It was really nice when I took this picture even though it was a bit on the humid side. But I will put up with summer’s heat and humidity for the opportunity not to have to deal with snow and ice in the winter. This is one of the reasons why I’m a damn yankee.

Day 55

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Feb192011

I’ve taken the Nikon on several trips to area graveyards since I got it. This time I also took the Polaroid Land Camera with me. You see, I’m utterly fascinated by graveyards and the offerings people leave on graves.

I found this heart at Glenwood Cemetary here in Houston. It’s new – the rose buds and petals were still relatively fresh. I’d guess it was done for Valentine’s Day since that was last Monday. But you can see that the person who created it missed the person it was for. They included the initial for the girl and something like this takes a lot of time.

I often wonder what the stories are behind the objects I find on graves.

Day 33

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jan282011

This picture just might be considered sacreligious – my newest toy taken with one of my other new toys, a Polariod Spectra SE. I was on the hunt for artichoke roots at Wabash Antiques and Feed and decided since I was over there anyway, I might as well wander into Camera-Coop and pick up the Fuji Pack film I wanted for this project. It was a big mistake and a blessing in disguise all in one.

Big mistake because I was looking at the used equipment to see if they had anything interesting. Blessing in disguise because they did have a Rolleiflex similar to the ones I’d been eyeing on ebay and this one was significantly less than what I would have paid on ebay, it’s got a 30 day warranty, and I’m supporting a local store instead of big online company.

Now the question is can I get this dude loaded correctly? I think that’s going to take some practice.

Day 31

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jan262011

Today I took the Polaroid blue film for a walk in downtown Houston. It was a really pretty day and I just wanted to get out of the office. I actually went to find the Virtuoso art piece, but I forgot to look online before I left the office and I couldn’t remember where it was. Instead I roamed all over downtown just looking. I was heading back to work when I found a view I actually liked.

I will say one thing about shooting film again. You become very choosy about what you shoot and it’s translating back to my digital work.

Day 27

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jan222011

I love windmills. They remind me of Don Quixote, a time when life was a little slower, and my childhood on an acreage in Central Iowa. In Iowa and many other places, windmills used to be the main supplier of water for families and livestock. Now those windmills have been replaced by wind farms, consisting of hundreds of wind turbines, which generate power.

This particular windmill happens to be near my garden. It functions and the water it pumps in to a 1000 gallon holding tank is sometimes used in my garden. This windmill was also a symbol of hope. If R. couldn’t have gotten the generator up and running after Hurricane Ike, we could have used it to supply water for flushing toilets.