Reasons Why I Am A Lucky Woman

So talented he is.

 marinating the chops

pan fried pork chops with cream of mushroom broccoli and zucchini

Companion

cute mylar balloon

Usually the morning commutes are lonely but today I had a companion. 

My car window was a slight crack open, just enough air to get the morning whiff of air and as I was coming up to a stop light, out of the corner of my eye I saw something small swoop in. It freaked me out because I assumed it was a bee but when I looked up it was a ladybug. It was chilling on the upper corner of my ceiling crawling around in circles before it found a nice spot to nestle down.  I studied its' spots.  Peered at its' shiny shell. Wondering how the heck it managed to swoop in on the tiny crack of opening I barely left open. (yes all this while driving, can we say Asian woman driver?)

We rode in silence for a couple more miles before I asked if it was having a nice day and if it was there to bring me luck.  Though it didn't answer I knew the answer was "yes".  It will be a great weekend folks!

Happy Friday!

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Non-Chorizo Potato and Egg Dish

My roommate decided to slice up some potatoes and bake them for breakfast.  She fried up some eggs, plated the food, sprinkled some paprika and I took out my 40D and snapped a couple shots. With the help of some white boards and the morning sunlight softly pouring into the living room the photos came out pretty well.  Looks delicious doesn't it?  

 

I like the way the paprika looked sprinkled atop the toasty potatoes and freshly scrambled eggs.

Note to self: Start collecting colorful napkins, spiffy looking utensils, and other props to help enhance these pictures.  Practice makes perfect.

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The Magic Of Threes

 San Diego, California.  

It was another warm afternoon and we were sitting in the shade. When I looked up I saw these tall thin palm trees swaying in threes.   The sun sparkled in between the fronds and I thought to myself, "There is something magical about these three." Which got me thinking about the magic number three.

If Dating Sites Used Avatars

Which one of these hotties would you choose?  

I was challenged with the task of creating avatars for 12 different people for a t-shirt.  In the beginning they had wanted me to trace photographs of all 12 different people and the first thought in my head was, "Are you crazy!?" Then the second thought was that it would not translate well on a t-shirt. 

After some contemplation I suggested that they create their own Mii avatars and I would take some artistic liberties in converting them to a graphic representations.  For the ones that didn't submit a profile in time of the deadline, some extreme artistic liberties were employed.  I'll let you guess which ones they were :) lol.