Resolution Cake - Pear Caramel Cake of Christophe Felder

It was a very bad year with regards to photography, and especially with regards to food in my life.

So as a kind of New Years resolution - well knowing they never work - I made my favorite cake.

Because, everything is getting better, no?

Yes, there are no props in the picture, but at least its not snapped with a mobile..... BIG improvement.

So, I solemnly plan to be more active on Flickr (and in my kitchen) this year.

Anyhow, back to the cake.

A fluffy dream of pure and delicious calories ;-) taking (me...) at the least six hours to make...

A chocolate sponge. Ok, two of those.

Vanilla syrup.

Caramelized vanilla infused pears.

Caramel sauce.

Caramel mousse.

In short, the very best cake out there.

Actually, normally, it is also covered in caramel crisps - but, alas, time is a limited commodity. Well, a good reason to make it again. Some day ;-)

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Well the last one of the year had to be a waterfall, obviously.

I'm not one for New Years Resolutions, I've never really revelled in failure.

Should you be the one committing to make life-affirming changes, then good luck and here's a track for you.

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Another new year has just begun. Another new year full of new challenges, new worlds to explore, and more rebels to defeat. But Stormtrooper Bruce and the guys haven’t quite worked out their New Year’s Resolutions.

STB: So, did either of you make any resolutions this year?

TK-432: Yes, and I've already broken most of them. No more swearing. And if I do - put a credit in a swear jar for every infraction. So by the end of the year I’ll be rich.

STB: Let me guess. You’re already swearing. Not putting credits in your swear jar - because you never even bothered to make one.

TK-1110: I made some resolutions. Find those stinking droids. Track down the Millennium Falcon. Build a sand castle on Tatooine, and an igloo condo on Hoth. Become omnipotent like Q. And finally, build another ...

STB: Wait, you're joking, right? Those are your resolutions?!?

TK-1110: Busted. Those are the P's. At least I'm guessing those are the kind of things he hopes to do.

TK-432: Dang, I was really looking forward to that igloo condo.

STB: Well, as for me, I resolve to stop with all the pranks, plotting and scheming when it comes to Fett, and not enter any more of the P’s contests. Oh, and eat more veggies!

TK-1110: Great galaxy! We must be in a parallel universe because you sound so serious I almost believe you!

STB: What. I’m serious as a Sith!

TK-1110: OK, this must be where we all get struck by lightening. But actually, I resolved years ago to not make resolutions because I always break them anyway.

TK-432: That’s a shame because I was really, really looking forward to that igloo condo!

STB: And I was hoping you both were looking forward to some homemade lasagna.

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Vader's New Year's resolution to lose some weight seems quite pointless. The Storm Troopers are aghast to realize that they simply don't weight anything?

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You'd think it'd be easy. All I have to do is not put certain foods in my mouth. And yet, losing weight and eating more healthfully is an annual New Year's resolution for me. So, this year, I'm taking drastic steps. Reminders are posted! Barricades are in place!

Explore, January 3, 2009

After having lost my second dog 3 years ago I stopped walking as much and I feel I really miss the outdoors. So my New Year's resolution is to spend more time in the nature, even if I'm walking by myself.

52 in 2026 challenge - 01. New Year Resolution

FlickrFriday #671 - Resolution

i was browsing the 2011 365 group discussion, and saw they do weekly challenges! i am going to try & do them. this week was your new years resolution. i don't really believe in them, but i figured making more time for art would be fitting :) so, here ya go

New Year's resolution: to shoot in film

Week 2

52 weeks of 2017

Theme: New Year’s Resolution

Category: Creative

This addition to a crossing signal control made me smile. I hope 2024 is good to everyone, everywhere. The world at large needs a reset, and for any of us that need a reset in a big or small way, here's an arbitrary chance to have a go at it. Happy New Year to all my Flickr friends. May 2024 bring good things to you and yours.

Puss said it is boring that we talk about New Year's Resolutions again. :o)

Let's plan for the new year! Let's start on some new projects in 2014!!

1. Shoot with an old camera in 2014

It is easy to know which camera is old in digital age. If you shoot with a 6MP camera, it is definitely more than 10 years old. Why old cameras? Because you will pay no attention to the amazing image quality, the high resolution but only the subject, the composition and your ideas about the shot!

2. Shoot with tripod/Shoot handheld

The purpose of shooting with tripod is to slow down and think carefully before clicking. Shooting handheld (for people like me who shoots with tripod all the time) is to shoot more quickly without thinking too much!

3. Shoot with a film camera

You want to shoot and concentrate on shooting itself and not reviewing on LCD. Because you can't!! And after this, you will miss the film tones and they cannot be reproduced by Photoshop!

4. Shoot black & white for everything

Going back to the basics of photography and you will wonder why we need colours for good pictures.

5. Shoot at home or your hometown or your neighbourhood every day or every week

Seeing things new is more important than seeing new things!

Please feel free to add on the list of New Year's Resolutions!

Have a great 2014!!

Happy new year

One of my new year's resolutions is to start a blog. I never start on January 1st. Yesterday, I began. Have look, and please if you have any ideas, comments and/or suggestions - please tell me. Only one post so far, but it is a start. If anyone uses wordpress - can they give me some tips/tricks, please?

Photographic Punctuation - THANKS!

A little over a month into the New Year I wonder how many New Year's Resolutions have been kept.

My resolution was to visit at least one new place a month during 2017. I managed 4 in January

Resolution post-it notes at the New York Public Library

New Year's Resolution 2:

I resolve to stop worrying about the things I cannot change and start putting more fun into my life. I will wear my wellies whenever I want to!

Time to be thinking about resolutions! What do I want to do? Who do I want be?

Vince Vance ~ All I want for Cajun Christmas

I resolve to do whatever it takes to put the Saints back in the Superbowl.........

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The end of my second 365 project has arrived, and of course, the big question is whether I will do another one. Frankly, I don't know myself. I know it took a hell of a lot of time, precious time I could have put to better use.

So, since We're Here is doing New Years Resolutuions, I need to come up with one. At this point, I don't know if I can. I'm spent. But the fireworks are exploding outside, tomorrow is a few hours away, I'll be up early and heading back to the hospital to work.

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Are you going to be invisible? Are you going to be the person that everyone looks through? Or are you going to make something of yourself and be proud of who you are. In a week of vigorous New Years “resolutioning” we have to make sure we keep up motivation. I was inspired to start my 52 weeks project off with something relating to that idea. I, like anyone else, have a few goals (but I call them aspirations) and I, like many other people, have been known to flake out on those goals. Really it wasn’t because the goals were too hard, it was because I didn’t want them enough. I can sit here and make list after list of things I aspire to do, but it’s not about the lists. You can start with a “what” but without the “why” you’re never going to get anywhere. Do you know why you’ve made these goals? For me my goals are to help me become someone I am proud of. They are to help me make use of the gifts God has given me. When someone looks at me I don’t want them to be able to look right through me. Heck, when I look at me, i don’t want to be unsure of what I see. I want to look at myself and see a complete person. Someone who has set goals and triumphed. Someone who has tried, failed, and learned from those mistakes. I don’t want to look like my surroundings, I want to pop out from them. Maybe this looks like a cliche “finding yourself” picture, but I think your aspirations for this New Year should be a direct reflection of who you want to see yourself as when 2015 rolls around. You have a whole year to fill in that picture, to create that person, even if it means you have to “find” yourself on that journey.

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I always struggle with finding something to writing in here.

It was tough deciding whether or not to put this version of the photo or the black and white version on Flickr . I'll probably post the black and white version on my tumblr. Look out for it! =)

You should view this on black.

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This is the same dress from this photo.

Guess these two made "friendship" their new year's resolution.

It's been a hard couple of days putting in long hours at the hospital. I haven't been able to attend to shots I've already taken. They're still on the cards waiting to be viewed. It's cold in the studio. The sub zero wind outside is howling. And I'm looking at another 14 hour day tomorrow starting at 5AM.

After my last case tonight, I found myself sitting in the warmth of my vehicle outside the studio not even wanting to go inside. Why am I doing this? This silly 365 project? Nobody cares. Hardly anyone is doing a 365 any more. And mine has grown stagnant. I don't even want to go into the studio. It is not welcoming. And photography is no longer fun. The magic is gone.

As I sat in my vehicle, Armer texted me an image to critique. It was a good image. Technically near perfect in B&W. Beautiful light. I told him this. And I asked him what he was doing. What was he trying to communicate. And I texted him a couple of videos from Zack Arias. They have helped see me through tough creative times. youtu.be/KZYlQ4Wv8lE and youtu.be/z65jlY4e908 And then I watched the videos myself.

For 2018 I resolve to be true to myself. I will not contribute to any flickr group unless I want to. Daily contributions to We're Here, color focused groups and even the 365 group will cease. No more. My misguided dedication to these groups has made my photography into a second job. And it is not a fun one. It's tedious, thankless, mind numbing and devoid of discovery. I feel my creativity has been crippled by this.

I will shoot what I want. When I want. Where I want. And I'll share it online if I want. And maybe I'll find myself again.

Happy New Year.

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My New Year's Resolutions -

I will become fluent in a language of each continent.

I will become a Shakespearian actor.

I will run a marathon in each of the four seasons.

I will become a lip-reader.

I will give up my dreams of being a cat burglar.

I will utter no profanities should minor calamities befall me.

I will cut my own hair each month.

I will finally overcome my fear of clowns.

I will design a wedding dress.

I will prudently procrastinate.

I will cross the road only when the Green Man is flashing.

I will climb a very high mountain.

I will write two children's stories.

I will learn to weigh meat with my hands.

I will win the Lottery.

I will befriend a small stray animal.

I will become ambidextrous.

I will rise with the sun.

I will domesticate a chicken.

I will play with magnets more frequently, but never lend them.

I will learn to lean less suggestively.

I will make parsley more fashionable.

I will be 17% more interesting this year.

I will consume alcohol only for medicinal purposes.

I will finish everything that I start.

I will be a shoulder to cry on for many downtrodden folk.

I will carry my own mirror with me.

I will remember my dreams.

I will be taller.

I will improve my sense of smell.

I will remain deadly serious at all times.

I will become 23% less ironic.

"Keep looking for beauty even if the familiar place has turned alien."

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New Year's Day, Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

When I am taking photographs, I am first and foremost drawn to color. (I think that's why I take pictures of flowers so often.) It is more difficult for me to choose photographic subjects based on line, shape, composition. So, in my resolution this year to work on improving my photography, one of my specific goals is to get better at black and white photography.

This photograph is an attempt to draw primary attention to the lovely white droplets, without interference from the original bright green tones of the blades of grass.

Explore front page, January 5, 2009

Forgive and forget!

To all my flickr friends, I wish you and your families a wonderful, happy and healthy 2015!

May your troubles be less,

And your blessings be more.

And nothing but happiness come through your door.

xoxo

marion

You will find 184+ of my poems HERE. fno.org/poetry/index.html

I like to post this poem each year at this time . . .

Resolved

Shall we be even more bold this next year?

More brave and adventurous than last year?

Take more chances?

Risk more?

Shoot for the moon?

Bet the ranch?

Is this the year to go for glory?

Seize the day, the month, the actual year?

Carpe diem, mensis, annum?

Can we ask Lady Luck to visit?

Smile upon us?

End her long holiday elsewhere

and pay attention to our hopes?

Our wishes?

Our dreams?

Or is it better to go it alone?

Impertinent?

Cheeky and audacious to carve out our own good fortune?

Give the Lady leave?

Write her out of the story?

Shall we plot a tale of great adventure?

Leave nothing to chance?

Shall we grab life by the horns?

Of course we shall

We will step boldly

Unbowed

Resolute

Determined

Resilient

And Lady Luck can come along for the ride

If she wishes

© Jamie McKenzie, all rights reserved

You will find more of my poems and songs here

and in The Storm in Its Passing and Flights of Fancy.

My songs are at

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And it was such a pretty horse - whoda thunk he'd say this to me?

Well, I hope your resolutions are working out better for you than I'm told mine are with me.

"My resolution is to learn how to drive. You can see I have the engine on, now I just have to figure out the gears, steering etc. There are places to go, people to see, dogs to sniff, beaches to explore! Off we go!"

Derek vowed that he would get in better shape in 2020. His friends told him that he couldn't get in any "better" shape because all Lego minifigs have the same shape. But his friends do not realize just how determined Derek is to achieve his goals.

Day 9

Polaroid 450

FP-3000B

Part of my "go out there" New Year's resolution project.

We're Here! - New Years Resolutions

Be less afraid.

Make more art.

(Make more money.)

Escape.

Captain Phasma is teaching Stormtrooper recruits a basic wisdom: don't make New Year's Resolutions because no Stormtrooper ever accomplished a New Year's resolution.

Well, it seems even in a Galaxy far, far away things are not so different lol :)

A little joke in Lego form :)

May the Brick be with You :)

Go for it in 2013.

An inspiring sky over Cruz Bay, St. John, US Virgin Islands

-- George Robert Gissing

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After three years of trying, I finally did it. Fifty books in one year. Some were re-reads, some were flashbacks to middle school, a few were recommendations, and a couple were random pick-ups. Favorites and recommendations appear in bold.

1. Diary, Chuck Palahniuk

2. Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk

3. Beautiful Stranger, Hope Donahue

4. Dracula, Bram Stoker

5. Women in the Shadows, Ann Bannon

6. Love That Dog, Sharon Creech

7. Why Marriage?, George Chauncey

8. She's Not There, Jennifer Finney Boylan

9. The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe, CS Lewis

10. Turn Me On, Cherie Jeffrey

11. The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

12. The Reader, Bernhard Schlink

13. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini

14. Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking, Aoibheann Sweeney

15. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky

16. Loose Girl, Kerry Cohen

17. Steal This Book, Abbie Hoffman

18. The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

19. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, Mary Roach

20. Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote

21. Snuff, Chuck Palahniuk

22. P.S., I Love You, Cecelia Ahern

23. Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea, Chelsea Handler

24. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging, Louise Rennison

25. Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas, Louise Rennison

26. Certain Girls, Jennifer Weiner

27. Beautiful Boy, David Sheff

28. Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants, Louise Rennison

29. Beezus and Ramona, Beverly Cleary

30. Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae Brown

31. Why I Wore Lipstick to my Mastectomy, Geralyn Lucas

32. Smashed, Koren Zailckas

33. Beginning the End, Brigid Marz

34. Ecstasy, Miriam Joseph

35. Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich

36. Cunt, Inga Muscio

37. Walden Two, B.F. Skinner

38. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein

39. Smack, Melvin Burgess

40. The Last Time I Wore a Dress, Daphne Scholinski

41. Prozac Nation, Elizabeth Wurtzel

42. The Purity Myth, Jessica Valenti

43. Marley and Me, John Grogan

44. Lullaby, Chuck Palahniuk

45. Gender and Culture, Melford Spiro

46. Americans Abroad, Arnold Dashefsky

47. Flat Broke with Children, Sharon Hays

48. As I Sat on the Green: Living without a Home in New Haven, Alice Mattison

49. The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger

50. Ramona the Pest, Beverly Cleary

Oh and as far as books I would never touch again and you probably shouldn’t either?: Walden II, Among Other Things I’ve Taken Up Smoking, and Turn Me On. One was read for a Sociology class and the other two were all I had on me during a plane ride to California. Otherwise, they would have been chucked after the first few pages & sent to the library donation box.

And as far as this year’s reading? Well, I’m not sure. I’m going to try for 50+ but am not going to stress over it if I realize I don’t have time. We’ll see.

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The beginning of my New Year's Resolution to return to my regularly toned, healthy feeling self.

Current self feeling a wee bit uncomfortable in my skin as I am carrying a little too much around the belly.

Although I am also at my bloated time of the month in this photo.

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Silly catch, silly (and lovely) song

And then, to speak seriously:

I want to be a good woman

And I want for you to be a good man.

This is why I will be leaving

And this is why I can't see you no more.

I will miss your heart so tender

And I will love

This love forever...

Cat Power - Good Woman

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I'll be 30 in less than a month, and I've been skinny my whole life. I figured out long ago that working out does nothing for me as I think I'm lacking the genes that allows muscle growth. But I'm finding that I can't eat like I used to and get away with it. I seriously can't believe I'm even saying that.... but it's true. I decided that now is probably a good time to try and get in shape. Otherwise I won't be able to pass as 23 anymore and go out with 21 year olds...

-"So, you're a freshman, right? Tell me, man, how's this year's crop of freshman chicks lookin' this year?"

-"Wood, you're gonna go to jail very soon, man!"

-"Naw, man, that's what I like about these high school girls, man; I get older, they stay the same age.."

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This is one corner of my office....recently cleaned up and organized.

Every once in awhile I follow up on a New Years resolution.

I purchased shelf and super cheap file folders from Ikea. Covered the files in some vintage wrapping paper. Makes me happy to look over at them now when I start day dreaming instead of working.

SALE !!!!!!

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learning to exam

Gym centres seem to be most crowded in January.

The Merman, Finn, is a regular member there.

Let's hope the other guys will be so too! ╰(⌒▽⌒)╯

How are your resolutions going?

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Style isn't just for shoes.

New Year's Resolution #3: Develop my "style" as a photographer. I want people to know who shot the images the moment they see my photographs, the way I can tell with others. I don't mind having a different style for portrait/wedding sessions than I do for personal work, but I definitely want to work on my "style."

Do any of you have ways that you've made a certain "style" of photography your own? I'd love to hear them!

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