Fish BBQ

This weekend was packed with events but life is what happens when one is busy making plans. Just finished uploading photos to Facebook of Arpi's BBQ gathering. Below are a few photos to document the evening:

Bruchetta-topped eggplants and bell pepper. Very healthy and delicious.


This over-the-shoulder shot of a little girl eyeing the dishes convey how eager I was to try some of the dishes.

Arpi's dad used a smoker to bbq his talapias. I was told that he smoked them with oak wood. The fish were really fragrant.

Then there's the home-made hummus. Arpi's sister, Sona, made it from scratch. It was absolutely delicious.

It seems like this blog is all about the food, but in truth, it is about a family who expressed their joy in having friends over for some fun and conversations. Before this, I have not tried Armenian food, so it was truly a wonderful learning experience.

Amber Photos

Below are photos taken of my niece in her first week of life. Today is her one-month celebration and my folks and I will be attending her gathering. I'm hoping to get these photos printed in time for her parents to add to their collection.

So instead of just printing out a plain image, I just thought it would be worthwhile to design a nice border with an embossed heart and her name on it. Just to be extra thorough, I think her parents would appreciate a date stamp of her first bath.



Below are photos taken in succession of Amber one day after her birth. I was busy getting my camera to focus correctly on her face and didn't realize her eyes were opened momentarily until I reviewed the photos at home. The whole time I visited her, she was always asleep. Because this was such a fleeting moment, I wanted to document it.

Miniatures

So I promise myself not to collect anymore. While I love miniatures, I'm also practicing the three "r's": reduce, reuse and recycle. I'm hoping that by documenting my collection, I can at least remind myself what I already have rather than not have.

Hot Buttered Rum

Recipe to a drink I'd like to try out one day:

dark rum (2 oz)
apple cider (8 oz)
cinnamon stick (1)
whole cloves (4)
butter (1 tsp)
nutmeg

Courage

"Courage is not the absence of fear. It is action in the presence of fear." -Anonymous

Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

"Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay."

Just a brief entry to express how beautiful and poignant this poem is!

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My first blog entry.