Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Wendell's Fried Tofu


I really liked this fried tofu that Wendell made a couple of weeks ago.  Recipe is from NHK World and can be found here.


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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Pottery Class - Day 5

Me and CQ were so nervous about returning to class tonight.  On top of missing the last two classes, we were more than half hour late for tonight's class.
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But we were determined to be brave and face the music.
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When we got to class, teacher was busy helping the "throwers" so we quietly sneaked in.  CQ went to her unfinished dragon, and I went to look for my plate.
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My plate was on my shelf right where I had left it.  I quickly took it out of the plastic bag which I had covering it and pushed at the clay with my finger.  Lo and behold . . . it separated from the glass beneath it really easily.  I was soooo happy, I did a little dance.  Hoo hoo!!
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I turned to see how CQ was doing and saw that she was wetting down her dragon.
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She looked as if she was spraying in earnest, but I knew that what she really wanted to do was to throw the whole piece into the clay-heaven bucket.
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It was about then that teacher noticed us and said something like, "Why, hi girls!"  Whew!!
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Here's Gail's second dragon.
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This is Dean. 
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CQ decided to make a bowl tonight while her dragon was still moisturizing.
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This is the contraption that we use to flatten our clay.
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Here's teacher helping CQ mold her clay onto a bowl.
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CQ puts on the final touches.
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Here's my dragon plate!  Cute hah!
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Monday, February 27, 2012

Oscar Night 2012

Last night was the Academy Awards and you know what that means!  Time for the gals and guys of Y & M to get all gussied up for the big event.  This year's Oscar Party was held at Bran's house, and everybody looked MAHVELOUS . . . even me with my hairclips, but you gotta check Leslie's blog to see that. I hope she posts my "sultry" look.   My favorite part of the night was the food (you know me) . . .  prepared by Chef Bran herself . . . sooo ono.


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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Ailey - 19 months

I met Ailey and family this morning at my favorite picture-taking place, although you might not recognize it at first 'cause I chose a slightly different spot to start. 

If you ever see perfect lighting like this, put a cute little girl in a pink outfit smack dab in the middle of it . . .
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call her name  . . .
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so that she runs toward you . . .
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and watch as she stops to smell a flower.  So sweeeeet!
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And of course you always gotta get a shot of the shoes.
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Here are some more shots.  Thanks Jamie and Tyson.  It was fun as usual!
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