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Great Horned Owl
Oswego, IL
The Red-winged Blackbird was harassing him for a few minutes. He didn't budge.
To be amusing you need to have a Laughter Kit!! This is Lewis's Tickle Monster that he loves. You read the story and at all the appropriate prompts the gloves come into play and tickle him! Great fun, but a warning!! Don't bring the Laughter Kit out at bedtime!
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Green apple & wasabi dip n' dots with eel in cucumber-melon water.
Notes: The green apple-wasabi combination I had encountered, in frozen form no less, nearly a year before at the now closed 1 star Michelin Bon Lloc in Stockholm, Sweden. How interesting that this pairing has made it's way around the world to greet me again in Shanghai!
The eel was the really confusing element in this amuse. I can't say that it worked, and I can't say that it failed. Certainly the buttery avocado fit - it's clean flavors complimented the crisp freshness of the cucumber-melon water and the lucid green apple-wasabi dots. I think I'm used to eel served in full-flavored preparations (no doubt to cover eel's often muddy-tasting flesh), like glazed with teriyaki (Japanese) or smoked (northern Europe). Here, the cooked seems to be naked. The other oddity is that in Japanese cuisine, eel is usually served cooked and therefore not taken with wasabi - as it is here. While I'm always enthusiastic for new ways of approaching and eating food, I think what failed to grab me about the eel in this dish is that it ended up disappearing - texturally cloaked by the more compelling firm cubes of luscious avocado and flavorfully masked by the bright lucid green apple and wasabi.
The cucumber-melon water was also slightly sweet and tangy - perhaps sherry vinegar?
Potato
Pancetta, Hollandaise.
Café Boulud
New York, New York
(February 13, 2013)
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What a day I had on 7 December 2014, with friends Cathy and Terry, in an absolute winter wonderland! We set off about 7:45 a.m. (still dark) and drove westwards to the Kananaskis area of our majestic mountains. Early in the drive, the sunrise turned the still distant mountains pink - this is always such an amazing sight to see. There was low cloud in some places, too, which I always love to see.
Once we had reached Kananaskis, we drove the area of Highway 40 that is still open (the rest of this highway is closed during the winter months) and also the Smith-Dorrien road. There had been a recent snowfall and the trees were still covered in snow, which turned everywhere into a winter wonderland. There was no wind and the temperatures hovered a few degrees around 0C. Sunshine, a few clouds, and fun company made it such a great day!
My friends had been hoping for a long time to be able to show me a winter Moose and on this day they did really well, finding the beautiful female seen in this photo and, at another location, a youngish male with antlers that looked rather like two little twigs sticking out of the sides of his head. The size of both these wild animals was huge! The closest we saw them both was when they approached the car. You can stop the car some distance away from them, but if they are busy licking off the salt and minerals from any car in sight, they sometimes might eventually come close. All this female was interested in was doing this very thing : ) She would occasionally stop, straighten up and look and listen - usually this would be because she had heard or seen people snow-shoeing or cross-country skiing on a nearby trail through the forest. The rest of the time, she licked and licked and licked some more - the slurping sound could be heard from quite some distance :) At one point, she bent both front knees to kneel, so that she could reach the lower part of a vehicle. Lol, she did a fine job of cleaning headlights till they shone. Impressive and rather amusing at the same time. Free carwash, anyone??
Most of the time, this female was in the shade, which made taking photos a bit of a challenge. What a difference in the colour of her coat when she occasionally moved into the sun, as in this photo.
We saw this female first, then the youngish male, and then we saw the female a second time, later. After feeding on dead leaves and tiny twigs from under the deep snow, she then lay down in the snow at the edge of some trees - the first time I had ever seen a Moose lying down. Such a peaceful scene - no one else was around either.
I always feel so privileged when I witness any kind of wildlife, especially so when you get the chance to watch a while and learn the behaviour of the animal or bird you are lucky enough to see. I always tell my friends that just being in such spectacular scenery and being able to photograph the mountains is more than enough for me.
“The moose (North America) or Eurasian elk (Europe), Alces alces, is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with adendritic ("twig-like") configuration. Moose typically inhabit boreal and mixed deciduous forests of the Northern Hemisphere in temperate to subarctic climates. Moose used to have a much wider range but hunting and other human activities greatly reduced it over the years. Moose have been reintroduced to some of their former habitats. Currently, most moose are found in Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia and Russia. Their diet consists of both terrestrial and aquatic vegetation. The most common moose predators are wolves, bears, and humans. Unlike most other deer species, moose are solitary animals and do not form herds. Although generally slow-moving and sedentary, moose can become aggressive and move surprisingly quickly if angered or startled. Their mating season in the autumn can lead to spectacular fights between males competing for a female.
The moose is a herbivore and is capable of consuming many types of plant or fruit. The average adult moose needs to consume 9,770 kcal (40.9 MJ) per day to maintain its body weight. Much of a moose's energy is derived from terrestrial vegetation, mainly consisting of forbs and other non-grasses, and fresh shoots from trees such as willow and birch. These plants are rather low in sodium, and moose generally need to consume a good quantity of aquatic plants. While much lower in energy, these plants provide the moose with its sodium requirements, and as much as half of their diet usually consists of aquatic plant life. In winter, moose are often drawn to roadways, to lick salt that is used as a snow and ice melter. A typical moose, weighing 360 kg (790 lb), can eat up to 32 kg (71 lb) of food per day.” From Wikipedia.
Before our hastily-arranged two days trip to New York last winter, I asked a friend about the traffic and where to park. He opened Google Maps and pin-pointed all the cheeky little spaces where you park for free (and be assured that your car won't be disappeared when you
come back); and then suddenly stopped and said, "Forget the car. You must take the subway to experience the real NYC."
So I did. On the next two cold, rain-drenched days, we left our car on Staten Island and took the ferry and then the subway to explore the city. And as my friend said, it was as if you were experiencing a miniature version of NYC itself inside the rusted, dirty, crowded labyrinth of the subway system. It was a melting pot that didn't melt. A large collection of people of all colors, age and race, coming from all the corners of the world, using all the languages other than may be English.
So if you ever get a chance to visit the exhilarating metropolis, do yourself a favor and take the subway. Take a seat, take off the headphones, look around, and you'll see polished fashionistas riding to work, eleven years old Senegalese immigrant selling gummy bears, six-feet tall homeless man reminding everyone of good karma and asking for help, and someone with a acoustic guitar jumping into the car and start singing Strawberry Fields Forever. You can spot people feeling nonchalant, cordial, somber, delighted, depressed, amused, curious, exhausted, swag, numb, reminiscing, exploring, irritated, forever-alone, suspicious, festive, melodious, and global, like a true New Yorker.
Had the unbelievable opportunity to shoot this gorgeous Amuse widebody s2000 while I was in SF for Wekfest. No one has ever shot this car before so it was awesome to get the privilege to do so. Thanks to Kaan for bringing out this piece of art. Big thanks to Jeremy and Brad for helping me on this one and Jason for showing us an awesome location.
Olympus E-M5
Minolta MC Rokkor PF 58mm f/1.4 (adapted)
ISO 100
f/2.0
1/250
LumoPro LP180
f/32
50mm
LumoPro hot shoe mini coiled cord
Flash set slightly upper-right, bounced off white umbrella
LR5
VSCO film
Kodak T-Max 3200+ (with add'l edits)
© Web-Betty: digital heart, analog soul
Had the unbelievable opportunity to shoot this gorgeous Amuse widebody s2000 while I was in SF for Wekfest. No one has ever shot this car before so it was awesome to get the privilege to do so. Thanks to Kaan for bringing out this piece of art. Big thanks to Jeremy and Brad for helping me on this one and Jason for showing us an awesome location.