Koala Pinching Tree

xmas gifties

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:44:00 +0000

Some Christmas gifts: beautiful Norwegian stacking egg cups, sheep tape measure, little pouch from Vacation. Not pictured: lots of other goodies!

what we had for dinner

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:12:00 +0000

Arugula, beet and goat cheese salad
Sauteed mixed greens topped with balsamic fried eggs
Refried mayacoba beans and crispy toasts

Bakeshop

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:04:00 +0000

Mark and I work in what I'm going to call south Midtown, very near the Fox and the "SoNo District," so it's a challenge to find a really good lunch restaurant. Sure, the AT&T mall has the best Chinese restaurant in Atlanta, but we don't want to pig-out on rice and stir-fry every day. So when I saw a new restaurant at Peachtree and 8th the other day, I was very excited. We went to Bakeshop for lunch yesterday and what a delight! We split a watercress, avocado, balsamic vinegar, goat cheese sandwich and roasted tomato soup. The sandwich was open face, fork and knife required, which I appreciate, and the soup was really delicious and creamy. Their coffee was also very good (another thing that's hard to find in our neighborhood--Dunkin' Donuts is about as good as it gets--not that there's a thing wrong with Dunkin' Donuts). The breads and pastries looked wonderful, but we didn't have any yesterday (though I do plan to stop by after work today to pick up loaf of bread). A suggestion: why not have real cups available for dine in customers? It's annoying to be served a double espresso in a big paper coffee cup.

Oh and also, this place sells Atlanta Fresh yogurt! (I recommend Tropical Sweet Heat)

new project!

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:22:00 +0000

New project in the works!

paper snakes

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:05:00 +0000

Inspired by these, I've been making some paper snakes recently.

wedding rings

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:29:00 +0000

Today I was thinking about how much I like our wedding rings. They are made of an unfinished wood so they change over time. Already mine has gotten significantly darker from my skin oils and the lotion I use. The rings are very lightweight, and though the thickness was a bit annoying at first, everyone was right, you do just get used to it. We got our rings from MnM Woodworks:

mesmerizing skull

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:55:00 +0000

Drive By Press was at Youngblood recently. Mark and I printed this skull face.

stowaway

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:53:00 +0000

Look who I found on our arugula!

I usually think slugs are really gross but this little guy was so tiny and cute!
One of the wonderful things about being part of a CSA is discovering all the little creatures that live on your food!

Birdie Towel

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:38:00 +0000

things for sale

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:15:00 +0000

I have made some napkins and they are for sale! The pictures are all kind of dark, thanks to this thing called "the days are getting shorter because it's almost winter," but here's an idea:

Wine not included.
P.S., this is my favorite pose with things, the left hand doing something it doesn't normally do.

P.S.

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:53:00 +0000

I forgot to mention in the potato stamp post that I have some potato stamped things that will be making an appearance soon...maybe in my dusty old etsy shop.

why I love potato stamping

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:34:00 +0000

It is very easy to cut a potato.
You can only print a limited number of prints. The stamp doesn't keep long.
The potato juice mixes with the paint to create nice color variations.
Sometimes the potato develops a crack in the stamp that results in something nice.

I love beans

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:06:00 +0000

We got these lovely cranberry beans from our CSA the other day:

And one of our wedding gifts just arrived today--a shipment of beans from Rancho Gordo! We already got the Heirloom Beans cookbook (and already made the White Chili), so I'm very excited about getting some of the beautiful beans featured in the cookbook. Yum!

Vacations

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:07:00 +0000

I have about a million pictures on flickr. Here are several:

We got marriaged.

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:01:00 +0000

First picture by me, of balloons Jill brought from San Francisco. Second picture by David, from his flickr.

Picture (or video?) I didn't take: City Hall East

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:57:00 +0000

Officer taking down the flags for the night.

Pictures I didn't take: I-20 Westbound

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:57:00 +0000

I meant to post this a little more than a week ago but forgot. I took the notes on a receipt while I was driving (dangerous!)--but that's just a testament to how much I love you and wanted to share these images with you.

18 wheeler pulled over by SUV trooper. A chow's head looks out the 18 wheeler's driver side window.
Carnival caravan stopped on the side of the road, changing a tire.
Talladega porta-potties corralled around a trailer.

Soundtrack provided by Alabama 100.7 FM

here it is

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:55:00 +0000

As requested...

today i saw

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:52:00 +0000

Today on my lunch break I saw a dead hummingbird. It was very green and it's wings and beak were open. It was larger than I expected a hummingbird to be. I took some pictures with our work camera but they all came out too blurry.

cooking

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:03:00 +0000

The other day I made a ratatouille based on a Smitten Kitchen recipe. It was really delicious and beautiful and a great way to use up some of our CSA veggies.

I also recently cooked some hypercolor beans. Here they are before being cooked:

And after:

The Dragon*Cons

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:40:00 +0000

We went to the Dragon*Cons (just the world's largest fantasy/SF convention, that's all) Friday night:

this is mostly for me, but also for you.

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:11:00 +0000

Miranda July, Interview Magazine.

Coloring Book

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:28:00 +0000

I don't usually post about things that I've bought but today I got a Charlie Harper Coloring Book and I am so excited about it that I just wanted to tell everyone. I'm going to use some of the pictures as embroidery/needlepoint patterns.

Holga

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:31:00 +0000

We've been playing with a Holga. After much frustration, Mark was able to get these images from our film scanner:

These were shot on 35mm film. A few more shots are available for viewing on my flickr, and there are more to come in the future.

noreply@blogger.com (Leigh) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:48:00 +0000