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NaBloWriMo day 24.

I’m in California now. Jeremy and I are playing tag team taking care of Kaweah. Kaweah doesn’t mind as long as she gets to sleep on the bed. My flight out was uneventful save for a little turbulence. Whenever I am in an airport I always do a lot of people watching. I think kids are the most entertaining.

these two cute little boys in the next car were waiving to me

Sunday is my grandma’s 88th birthday! She looks awesome and she was very animated and happy tonight. Well, she’s animated and happy in general. My grandma is the coolest.

grandma tells us a story

Hope you are all having a grand weekend. xxoo

NaBloWriMo day 23.

I’ll be leaving on a jet plane soon…

In the meantime, I had a lovely afternoon spent with friends at Manisha’s house. She wanted to treat us to a Diwali feast. What a treat it was! Happy Diwali and enjoy the pics.

kitt taking pics

kitt and mom

manisha, master hostess and cook extraordinaire

teri mixed some pomegranate champagne fizzies for us

kitt made chivda

shankarpali (mmm!)

chakli (mmm!)

pohe (mmm!)

khaman dhokla (mmm!)

nichole’s aloo ki subzi (mmm!)

chavde (mmm!)

oh wait, this is orange burfi – decadent

NaBloWriMo day 22. Oy.

Jeremy is on travel in the wilds of British Columbia (okay, not wilds – he’s in Vancouver) and so I had a nice happy hour at Bacaro on Pearl Street Thursday evening with some of my gal pals. We actually invited a few fellas to join us, but I think the estrogen-heavy gathering may have scared a few of them away. A most excellent time was had by all. I’m always astounded at how awesome my betties are – smart, fun, funny, talented, very cool.

glowy colored lights – i like blue lights

trying to get a look at the happy hour board through the conversation

i don’t know what andrea was laughing at – there was much laughing

I bet you thought I was never going to pick up on that photowalk series, huh? Fooled ya! You can’t rush these things, you know. It has more to do with scheduling than anything else – we are all very busy. However, I was fortunate to schedule a photowalk with one of my favorite people on the planet, Marianne. I had to get this in before she left for Antarctica. That’s the bummer about being friends with polar engineers – they’re gone for most of the ski season :( I let Marianne use my Nikon D200 for the photowalk. Let’s get started, shall we?

meet marianne – she kicks ass

Marianne: Nikon D200 with Nikkor 18-200mm 3.5-5.6G ED (DX) VR
Jen: Nikon D3x wtih Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

Marianne chose the location – the Boulder County Railway’s Historical Society’s Valmont Display Site. I refer to it as the Train Preserve. It is open to the public although tucked away in east Boulder. We met on a sunny morning last week and watched several bunnies scampering about in the old rail yard. It’s a quiet and peaceful place. The rules: we take turns choosing a location to stop and then shoot about 5 frames within a ten foot radius of the location. Here are a few of our shots:

marianne location #1: shot 2

jen location #1: shot 5

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