garden, may 3rd

 it's a lizard

 I wanted this image bad but AF was not happy, gotta come back with a tripod and a MF macro lens

 kind of a trash tree, but pretty flowers. I like that this one violates the rules of photography - your eyes bounce back and forth between the left and right side of the image

bird eatin' loquats

Chris Burkhard youtube

he has some good info up

Scherpa Fire 16 June 2016

Nikon D600, 24-120

Plum Tree at the Garden

Nikon D600 + old AI'd 24mm f2.8

Misc Food

 romanesco + mozz

 ok pizzas, red sauce/beet greens, greens/onions/anchovies

 indian potluck w/ team fun

 beet greens, collard greens

 veggie

 machaca de res (dried beef from Baja, it reconstitutes when you cook it with veggies)

Poppies, point and shoot

 Olympus 1030 SW, not a great camera but it's macro works well. Poppies in the garden, killing a little time waiting for the bikepaths to clear before biking in to school.

Kaanji

Our friend Bharat was recently visiting back home in India and posted a pic of the Kaanji that his mom made. It looked interesting, so I have it a go. It's fermented carrots and beets; you drink the liquid and eat the pickled veg. Pics are day 1,2,3. It probably could have used an extra day but was still good.

I followed this recipe, but in case the link disappears here it is:

Kaanji
3 medium carrots
1 beet
1.5 T sea salt
2T ground mustard seeds
2t chile powder
2Q water


wash, chop veggies
put in jar, toss with salt, spices
pour in water
loose lid or coffee filter + rubber bands
put in sun for 3 to 4 days

Pasta Rolling Action Shots

 pasta rolling with team fun

Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder

Garden Flowers, 29 Feb 2016

 almond

 crocosmia

 coastal poppy

 peach

what's a garden post without a pic of Lizzy?

Agave/Bees II

this time i set up nice compositions and hit the shutter when a bee flew in

 same basic composition/area on the plant, one vertical, one horizontal, not sure which i like more.

 digging the stamens

really fun abstract image, shallow depth of field just for the pollen