Photo Hunt - Dirty

This weeks Photohunt Theme is Dirty

I'm posting early since I won't be using my computer all weekend. We will be enjoying the long weekend. It was hard to find something dirty since that I do not like doing. We were on a hike here and getting a bit sweaty and dirty.

Dirty - Aug 2005

The Swiss Alps near Interlaken with an incredible view. The water was dirty because it's not drinkable. It's meant for the cows. And my shoes got dirty and full of mud when I walked past.

Find players: Photohunt

Olive Bread and Blueberry Cobbler

It's true that Blueberry Cobbler and olive bread don't go well together, but eating the two in one weekend is pure heaven to me. It all started over the weekend, P and I found some of my favorite fresh Olive Bread at the store. It just so happened that I was so disgusted by the salads they sell in restaurants that I wanted to make a great salad full of baked pecans, feta cheese, veggies etc, and of course olive bread topped brushetta, and mozzarella.


I managed to take a photo of the bread before we ate all of it, full of large whole olives!

Next goal on the list was to make a blueberry cobbler who Pumpkin from My French Window makes often. Topped with a bit of powered sugar and it was incredible!

Makes 8 servings

2/3 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsps. baking powder
2/3 cup low-fat milk
2 Tbsps. margarine, melted
2 cups blueberries, cleaned and washed

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, sugar and baking powder. Stir in the milk, and mix the batter until it is smooth. Pour the melted margarine into a 1 or 1 1/2 quart casserole dish. Pour in the batter, and sprinkle the blueberries on top.
3. Bake the cobbler for 40 - 45 minutes or until it is lightly browned. (It only took 35 mins for our cobbler to look that brown.)
   

I managed to get in one photo before it was all gobbled up. And I want to thank Pumpkin also for the inspiration to get back to parlering en Francais plus! Now if that isn't franglais for you!

Just Entertaining

This is what I learned tonight:

1. An education in Swiss Wrestling - real wrestling can be very entertaining.

2. Taking Photos over time is the coolest thing.

Those photos are cool enough that I might just entertain you with some photos when I was younger, in due time that is...

And Swiss chocolate is what keeps me sane.

A Day in the Life

I've been working on posting more photos from my new point and shoot camera. So here is a bit of a tour of last Friday.

The day started off with me rushing out the door with views like this. Yes that is the ocean out there. How I love it when the sky is like that.

Like a painting.

I pass by this area a lot. I'm walking and photographing here. It's the site of Expo 1986. Today it's known for Vancouver's Science World.

The views are absolutely incredible on a sunny day, if you can escape the urban landscape. This area will be transformed for the Olympics.

The day ended just as it started back in North Vancouver. I love the views like this and am so lucky to have such picture perfect views. This is where I swim and of course the ocean views are in the background again.

The Face Behind This Blog

Meeyauw tagged me with The Face Behind The Blog meme. This meme is also very intriguing me because of its origins.

David Airey began this meme in May 2007. It is growing and he is keeping a record of its growth around the world. My interest? Graph theory. It would be grand to mathematically graph the growth of this meme.


I tag:
Renny BA's Terella Norway
Farafalina @ A Roam to Rome
Mar from Marmagnum
Mrs. Lifecruiser
Global Librarian

And anyone else who would like to participate!

Step 1: Post a short article with you photograph(s).
Step 2: Include links to other people that have displayed a photo, or include their photos in your post, adding a reference. Include a link back to Airey's post.
Step 3: Tag as many others as you like in your post to spread the meme.
Step 4: E-mail Airey and he will list you on the original post. (This step is not required but unless you do this step, the whole point of the network is gone.)

This is me on an awesome Specialized bike My great friend Pascal got for me as a demo one beautiful day in wintery 2002. This is also the area where I swam a few times and was living for a while in Canton Aarau.

And a Final one of P and I together in White Rock.

Technorati tags: David+Airey, Face+Behind+The+Blog, meme