moving roadtrip day 10

This is the gorge on the way out of Twin Falls. We got lost on the way in looking for our hotel the night prior...

Goodbye Uhaul. And good riddance! Though I guess it did serve us well...

The scenery changes a great deal around Oregon.

And now this is getting very familiar...

Future hiking location.

I feel like this unfortunate little guy, squished by my new door. I'm so very tired right now.

But, 7100 hot kilometers later - finally made it.

rainbows

There was a sneaky rainbow today! Here are some rushed pictures of it.

E and I were walking and it was nice, but on the way home storm clouds... uhhh... stormed in. In typical Newfoundland style it went from nice to windy and raining in about two minutes. We made it home just in time and spotted this scene from our deck.

Click the pictures for bigger versions.

(more) clouds!

This time looking east(ish) on the same day.

Click on the image if you didn't notice the tiny bird. : )

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To show some of the hidden colours in the sky I hit an auto-levels in Photoshop. It's not representative of what my eyes saw, but I think it's kinda cool.

clouds!

Looking north(ish) from our deck.

More to come.

make your own ice

I just started making my own ice. It's awesome. I'm now a firm believer that all cold drinks are better with an unreasonably large ice cube in them. I make mine in a silicone bread pan with a plastic wrap cover. It works really well because you can just peel the "pan" off the block when it's done. The hardest part is chiseling off the bits to a workable size. I hear a specially designed ice pick can be used, in a pinch, but I use a screwdriver and it gets the job done.

I also bought heavy $2 cut glass glasses that I like:

In related link news, here's a way to save destroy the environment and make clearer ice.

chips dressing and gravy (and fish)

(and o-crush) By the sea.

I'm so hungry right now...

Sunday Collection 4: Even Sunday-ey-er

Coming soon to a theatre near you!

A super long video of snow collecting on our window. Yup, the weather continues to be great here.

I'm still doing simple D5000 tests... Now that I have a video tripod head I can actually do pans and tilts that look acceptable. This is a veeery slow tilt. Gravy.

delicious.

Doesn't this look good? Particle-board-like paper plate and all. A Newfoundland staple!

So here it is, the official "how to enjoy your chips dressing and gravy" post.

Step 1 - get yer chips.

Fried in the same oil as the fish thank you very much. This particular sample is from the Big R.

Step 2 - add gravy.

Accept only the best real gravy. Important note for US readers: sausage gravy is not real gravy!

Step 3 - add dressing.

Just like Mom used to make.

Step 4 - add more graaavy!

Step 5 - enjoy the sophisticated, gourmet results.

(Do what we say, not what we do: remember to tell them you don't require plastic cutlery...)