Black & White Falls

A B&W version of one of today's photos.

How Does it Relate to Me?

One of the photography courses I'm taking right now is Personal Expression in Photography. This week's assignment was to compose a list of things you are passionate about, narrow that list to one item and photograph it as it relates to you. Mmmh, ok?

One of the items on my list was water and I've always enjoyed images (moving and still) of moving water whether it be crashing waves, rushing river, waterfalls, etc. For my assignment I took some photos of the water feature in Zilker Botanical Gardens, in the prehistoric garden. Now I have to figure out before 7pm Monday evening how it relates to me.

Any Women Doctors in the House?

This week I sent a message to Rep Lamar Smith about H.R. 5534, the “Bear Protection Act of 2008,” via his "Contact Me" page on his website and I was very disappointed to see the following salutation choices:

Dr. and Mrs.
Miss
Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs.
Ms.
Dr.
Mr.

For some reason whoever set up this page didn't think that the choice of "Mr. and Dr." was necessary. I made reference to this slight in my message and I hope to see an update soon.

Taking Tea at The Steeping Room

04450006, originally uploaded by EileenInAustin.

I took my new old camera to tea with me last weekend. We like going to The Steeping Room for brunch on the weekends and we usually get the tea service with lapsang souchong chicken salad sandwich and goat cheese with olive tapenade sandwich. The sandwich looks like it's oozing mayo but it's soft goat cheese.

It's a lovely cafe and both the teas and food are very good.

The Old Country Pub

04450003, originally uploaded by EileenInAustin.

Not really, this is Fado's patio from street level. They've done a good job though in making it look authentic. Another photo from the AE-1.

My New Camera

04450005, originally uploaded by EileenInAustin.

I just got an old Canon AE-1 off of eBay and am trying to get the hang of the fully manual 35mm camera.

I took this photo of Sam last Saturday morning outside of Fado where we'd just watched our Arsenal beat Reading 2-0. The kick off was at 6:45am so this was taken around 9am; nice diffused morning light.

How Not to Cook an Egg

This video gave me the ugly laugh.

Our New Charge

This is Harley, a one year old golden who is in GRR's care. His foster family is on vacation so he's staying with us for two weeks. Poor Harley is heartworm positive and received his second treatment last Monday. The treatment, which I believe is doses of arsenic, is painful and his activity is very restriced as there is danger of the dead heartworm breaking apart and traveling to the lungs.

He seems to be doing well and enjoys the limited yard trips. He's a very sweet and beautiful boy.

Sam

Sam, originally uploaded by EileenInAustin.

This is handsome Sam as we were waiting for our breakfast at the Hill Country Cupboard in Johnson City. I bought a cookbook in the cafe's giftshop area and it's full of old Texas and Hill Country recipes. We made a chess pie from the cookbook and it was deelish.

giddy up

giddy up, originally uploaded by EileenInAustin.

Sam & I explored the barn at the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm. The smell of saddles and hay is wonderful.

quaint living

quaint living, originally uploaded by EileenInAustin.

Another image from the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm.

cottage window

cottage window, originally uploaded by EileenInAustin.

Sam & I went searching for wildflowers around Johnson City a couple of weekends ago and stopped by the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm. This image is from inside the kitchen in the cottage.