tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42064872131168599372024-02-07T16:44:24.113-05:00à la SophiaSophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-53623798161186390472009-09-10T20:57:00.006-04:002011-01-01T23:25:55.021-05:00I'm not a vegetarian, it just seems like it.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRUUWdHCP4mmtsyhrxZ53e4uafj3x4fR7i5_H8992HR1KC3msdQ9bUNLJSG8EEEbK89F0r73XVv1Wp_LsvwdAD5VEw40Te89wZLMqDCrV9DW_Ugjz9dDRiCtUNO6AZqkKPkSLn9xwCE0/s1600-h/IMG_8416_3_1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380008123732493250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRUUWdHCP4mmtsyhrxZ53e4uafj3x4fR7i5_H8992HR1KC3msdQ9bUNLJSG8EEEbK89F0r73XVv1Wp_LsvwdAD5VEw40Te89wZLMqDCrV9DW_Ugjz9dDRiCtUNO6AZqkKPkSLn9xwCE0/s400/IMG_8416_3_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><p>Garbanzo beans (aka chickpeas) are awesome. So healthy and versatile. This stir-fry adaptation that I made up turned out delicious! Cumin + soy sauce (or tamari, for the gluten-challened) = magic. </p><p>Sauté minced <strong>garlic</strong>, chopped <strong>onion</strong>, and ~5 dashes of <strong>cumin</strong> in a couple tablespoons of olive oil in a large wok or pan. Keep it on medium or slightly above medium. Add chopped <strong>broccoli</strong>, <strong>garbanzo beans</strong>, and bean sprouts (optional -- I had some left over from making <a href="http://alasophia.blogspot.com/2008/08/recipe-thursday_28.html">spring rolls</a> again -- but you can really add whatever else you want here). Add more cumin. Add some more cumin. Stir everything around and then add a mix of 1/3 C <strong>soy sauce</strong> and 1/4 C water and cover, letting it simmer until the broccoli is cooked. Add more cumin and perhaps some red pepper flakes.</p>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-56243489510879067532009-08-31T23:08:00.010-04:002009-08-31T23:21:51.403-04:00Keeping cool<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SeVBvlzhobrLFQeQFjbvhDEmy7pcLU__0E5YeeerUqIiC09u22kaOzw3E5BObSfpvTTFx0cIR4G1UfWnQWeAV6_VbxQSs4WSQVG-Fafg5NIea7Mp26tcxVr4q5Jl04jrN73HoPgFBGw/s1600-h/DSC_0106+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376332937608486930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SeVBvlzhobrLFQeQFjbvhDEmy7pcLU__0E5YeeerUqIiC09u22kaOzw3E5BObSfpvTTFx0cIR4G1UfWnQWeAV6_VbxQSs4WSQVG-Fafg5NIea7Mp26tcxVr4q5Jl04jrN73HoPgFBGw/s400/DSC_0106+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2TZ2gE9jTb4WfO6K7iHiTyP0sadbKcJB8ZC2MtH57vAD81rfRmGJpQ5xgYCeDpMkhXEGd_ocz_RPFk-ALv04jyYi4dAqK3qht7WwoaIlWGovzhQHxo5xJekmskECquAkFUPzRjw2-Bo0/s1600-h/DSC_0127+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376331519382743554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2TZ2gE9jTb4WfO6K7iHiTyP0sadbKcJB8ZC2MtH57vAD81rfRmGJpQ5xgYCeDpMkhXEGd_ocz_RPFk-ALv04jyYi4dAqK3qht7WwoaIlWGovzhQHxo5xJekmskECquAkFUPzRjw2-Bo0/s400/DSC_0127+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPv7Rg3Zk14N6wE0XXPV20-I9_KPMazwrJ70C4ux15ObfAOHNisOVZL88k0ZzxkEpi5paVZijcEvSithEcz_vJ8HeAZJNPAwDLIyGis6sKgXwSW4iWOso6drWmj-MkWom8D58pMOlt3Q/s1600-h/DSC_0130+2+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376331379669966130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPv7Rg3Zk14N6wE0XXPV20-I9_KPMazwrJ70C4ux15ObfAOHNisOVZL88k0ZzxkEpi5paVZijcEvSithEcz_vJ8HeAZJNPAwDLIyGis6sKgXwSW4iWOso6drWmj-MkWom8D58pMOlt3Q/s400/DSC_0130+2+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpFe_7SIEHCOk3CNf4hZGIj5WLsUEbwGxzIS-jJsIg-JE96EkGndJm8ABbxrBbeeIJfDpnFvo4QqnqntLb_yHvKIPhCNvSkS9pP68gm-rwgXs7vy7wms3sVvHwmQdMn61Iniv3J8A3If4/s1600-h/DSC_0128+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376331226388992194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpFe_7SIEHCOk3CNf4hZGIj5WLsUEbwGxzIS-jJsIg-JE96EkGndJm8ABbxrBbeeIJfDpnFvo4QqnqntLb_yHvKIPhCNvSkS9pP68gm-rwgXs7vy7wms3sVvHwmQdMn61Iniv3J8A3If4/s400/DSC_0128+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAr1P1XlW8yrNoUExKOwjADSPZiX029sLI7_H1g_OXGu9yOrwGGTm2b4RSq8YKQNMjz-VQaicOYP6db_SzFAovvegN6-gXhjvW7IL5MSXLyvO1cREpu8Mj5p4Lb3bj9AiouHknplM9Etg/s1600-h/IMG_8357_1_1+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376331017259931186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAr1P1XlW8yrNoUExKOwjADSPZiX029sLI7_H1g_OXGu9yOrwGGTm2b4RSq8YKQNMjz-VQaicOYP6db_SzFAovvegN6-gXhjvW7IL5MSXLyvO1cREpu8Mj5p4Lb3bj9AiouHknplM9Etg/s400/IMG_8357_1_1+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a>I just got back from a week-long visit home to NorCal! It went by entirely too fast. It got pretty hot one day, so we escaped to the natural air-conditioning of the redwoods and the ice-cold Pacific Ocean! It is hard to get an original shot of really tall trees, especially when confined to the designated walkways, but the light was so pretty that afternoon. And it was definitely a good 12 degrees cooler among the redwoods!</div></div></div></div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-72073189873556048692009-08-17T11:44:00.006-04:002009-08-17T11:47:08.372-04:00I named them Falcor 1, Falcor 2, and Mercury.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8nGKG2eZ805nHcHs1nzYjmJ6hYWWOoZTQMksgfRypSYvwNPY2vyXuFbUE_ZaeKAvHIMnnooZ2TEZvrUlORgbdq9aFYKiOOoSEbKcLCrmmBVUGqG0D2jv-E82y8-qRLtWINdouw-gjcGc/s1600-h/DSC_0025+bw_8_1+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370959408034083330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8nGKG2eZ805nHcHs1nzYjmJ6hYWWOoZTQMksgfRypSYvwNPY2vyXuFbUE_ZaeKAvHIMnnooZ2TEZvrUlORgbdq9aFYKiOOoSEbKcLCrmmBVUGqG0D2jv-E82y8-qRLtWINdouw-gjcGc/s400/DSC_0025+bw_8_1+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1UmVs3ruhUWeo5MlVB_c2oiTn1Sei6zE2pkP8B-V983vNL0g19J7b82qExU8mLLEe0OVFvj_zFHlnqkY5pMT24pGrCh3oa5YSDSqmPeRQQZsMQCnbgXzb99DDMiPmW-fgJyN36cjacU/s1600-h/DSC_0034+bw_14_1+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370959345797043890" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7UGiY8xaXU6fl-cvaBwsuit5mx9kncj17WjVzwZth4r0bm3p7W_tgqBpXZi6Nh2LIBPcpCxjJ76_qJZGc8GbUsKFsWOcWAtQHZkwUlVK9j9t8KqHoaW92frTvdg5XGazOUYlIvDb04I/s400/science+5.jpg" border="0" /></a> I took these 1-2 years (!) ago while waiting for an experiment in lab. A series of ~25 have been in local exhibits and a couple reside in the administrative offices of my school. Another lab photoshoot is long overdue! </div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">PS. The one with the crystals is just a close-up of some dirty glasswear that had been sitting out for weeks!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">PPS. To any scientists out there, yes those are glass pipettes. We're the only lab I know of who washes and re-uses the glass ones instead of throwing away plastic ones. Biomedical research can be EXTREMELY unfriendly to the earth (it's incredible how much plastic and styrofoam gets thrown away <em>every day</em>), so this at the very least is something. Hmm maybe we should sell reviewers on our "green research style" to get an edge on funding.</span></div></div></div></div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-75050857202377846932009-07-23T19:48:00.010-04:002009-07-23T20:12:48.454-04:00Geez they're cute.Here are a few more of the >300 photos from this weekend's engagement shoot with my friends:<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMVTwxoGAMFgs5p9m0FNy22NmnsDM4f268bUwJdedamqRN00KeHjFP0nWMqDCRwxo3Vfo_tHozjxISw980g0zEilKIixD50mKD0uyh-0rst096Zub8i-FQuBO_Nzp1Cuamdj2bcfS5zk/s1600-h/DSC_0125+bw+2_60_1+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361807462710684338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMVTwxoGAMFgs5p9m0FNy22NmnsDM4f268bUwJdedamqRN00KeHjFP0nWMqDCRwxo3Vfo_tHozjxISw980g0zEilKIixD50mKD0uyh-0rst096Zub8i-FQuBO_Nzp1Cuamdj2bcfS5zk/s400/DSC_0125+bw+2_60_1+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vJmIsH2jGC1TSpH83C57kE5oi-yQAZ8iEKwM0WDKp_I-WGXeMCorAJPMlCqakddvl_T3iL3vdkB3K2vELGVhtb_X717S9uyWULrrhyTtVnit-922xhSqlZgpQiZ_MorTn_2Qvo3IwZo/s1600-h/DSC_0139_70_1+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361807376121225410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vJmIsH2jGC1TSpH83C57kE5oi-yQAZ8iEKwM0WDKp_I-WGXeMCorAJPMlCqakddvl_T3iL3vdkB3K2vELGVhtb_X717S9uyWULrrhyTtVnit-922xhSqlZgpQiZ_MorTn_2Qvo3IwZo/s400/DSC_0139_70_1+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_DnDJAL12IRDI2K74H8iPKaawlYpAjEXew1xKDud0iGMeYTBQEOtPxLSzENI5zp3U0v5le1VtefkQnEPgeDMzFO9nY3i1AfAWUemoMYR3MNVTckducfUuM8zRUbVKmgkeytjZ_deQkNc/s1600-h/DSC_0243_118_1+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361807288967056818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_DnDJAL12IRDI2K74H8iPKaawlYpAjEXew1xKDud0iGMeYTBQEOtPxLSzENI5zp3U0v5le1VtefkQnEPgeDMzFO9nY3i1AfAWUemoMYR3MNVTckducfUuM8zRUbVKmgkeytjZ_deQkNc/s400/DSC_0243_118_1+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WF9s0M1th1Za4U2DyGrq9eq6nODLgqUpYYupQo90pPWcNkeojOaHq4SXapfEzyuR62PncW32ByGy03ds6PqPXG_ZMOQazAv7Gcnircj-w9MciGosTAdYOBJ9iASGtsz8nzWzuuFgV4w/s1600-h/SC_0231_299_1+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361807209797938034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WF9s0M1th1Za4U2DyGrq9eq6nODLgqUpYYupQo90pPWcNkeojOaHq4SXapfEzyuR62PncW32ByGy03ds6PqPXG_ZMOQazAv7Gcnircj-w9MciGosTAdYOBJ9iASGtsz8nzWzuuFgV4w/s400/SC_0231_299_1+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361811230441307858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZvvjK2tTgcVui2ea4xOZXqG4YJ0kXLrfbLiuaRX9c7dKVuTh-LSQk16YRIvz94fSZRTSdpY0q-V7kQGIe5AIfL3VLLzAVqoB9pZ_p0h7mZt_47sQxdLezm_q4CU13qU0FJbsndq4hKY/s400/SC_0253_311_1+copy.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5f92RtR9dmC7dB7d4eP_DEdWVOMez-LqB6LgZVBXG0bfGEzdHD4EZhhA-dxz8Ldu1RwKJ7Dun7rvCkbhLVIB-pbcpzHjjWq_Oj1uo24oSenqoIpb6CUYVFhXIuRYc7NVhxFY3Mmjo6Lk/s1600-h/SC_0364_349_1+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361807143275223554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5f92RtR9dmC7dB7d4eP_DEdWVOMez-LqB6LgZVBXG0bfGEzdHD4EZhhA-dxz8Ldu1RwKJ7Dun7rvCkbhLVIB-pbcpzHjjWq_Oj1uo24oSenqoIpb6CUYVFhXIuRYc7NVhxFY3Mmjo6Lk/s400/SC_0364_349_1+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a> I'm so happy that they loved the photos -- it's a lot of pressure to make something for someone that they will look at for the rest of their lives! I'm doing my first wedding for some friends in October, so the pressure will be EXTRA on for that (but I'm excited)! </div><br /><div></div><div>I must say, I am not actively seeking out photography jobs/selling. I'm mainly focused (har har) on my day job. I don't take my (big) camera out that often, but when I go home at the end of August I will probably take enough photos to post Photo Mondays until I go to Europe in October! <em>Then</em> no doubt I will take enough photos to post Photo Mondays for the next <em>year</em>!</div></div></div></div></div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-60484208673351562392009-07-12T21:53:00.005-04:002009-07-12T22:32:00.116-04:00Gosh I love quinoa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9lgDlWMwnaSsU7RKHz0ftC8ki82daulolYZUBbMqbLG03wcR8iF_eUrZufhmkRbTjZXGs04fc4Ys_KLa6Lrd3da4tuBURn3BzH_9DC3gN9JKTDc14C9AIc0fcMMhMz-EldS6nH3oZ6A/s1600-h/IMG_8089_3_1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357757306515830946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9lgDlWMwnaSsU7RKHz0ftC8ki82daulolYZUBbMqbLG03wcR8iF_eUrZufhmkRbTjZXGs04fc4Ys_KLa6Lrd3da4tuBURn3BzH_9DC3gN9JKTDc14C9AIc0fcMMhMz-EldS6nH3oZ6A/s400/IMG_8089_3_1.JPG" border="0" /></a> The past couple weeks I've been saving time and money by making some form of quinoa salad on Sunday night to last for lunches the rest of the week. I'm really liking this system -- it keeps well, it's never boring, and it is delish! I've definitely posted about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa">quinoa </a>a few times before here. If I turn even one person on to quinoa from this then my job is done. <br /><br />Here is an umbrella recipe for <strong>5 servings of Quinoa Salad:</strong><br />Rinse 1 cup quinoa and cook it like rice. Mince 3 cloves of garlic and dice 1 medium yellow onion. Saute garlic and onions in olive oil until fragrant, then put in a large (I mean <em>large</em>) bowl with the quinoa. Add any combo of veggies, protein, and herbs, plus salt and pepper (I've been picking things based on what's on sale) and mix. For example:<br /><br /><strong>Variation #1: Mexicana</strong><br />2 cans black beans<br />Kernels from 3 ears of raw corn (it's yummy!)<br />1 cup chopped cilantro<br />Salt and pepper<br /><br /><strong>Variation #2: Italiana</strong><br />1 can garbanzo beans<br />1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved<br />1 large red bell pepper, diced<br />Kernels from 3 ears raw corn<br />Dried basil, salt and pepper<br /><br /><strong>Variation #3: Americana?</strong> (pictured)<br />1 can garbanzo beans<br />1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved<br />1 green bell pepper, diced<br />Kernels from 3 ears raw corn<br />1 cup chopped baby carrots, lightly sauteed<br />1 cup chopped and sauteed asparagus spears<br />1 cup sliced mushrooms, lightly sauteed<br />Dried basil, salt and pepper<br /><br />Dispense into tupperware for lunches:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KhmCCU7xwd3NhmGQOMEu8I0eXPrsum-qeWzodM0AttKv6zQwyM7YTfErKJM1YNA7U5su3SgGgTe3jMdZkFy3J8A8WD0kMNMTDQOcNkn7Ea84tKYjSLI3tKSfpeiuh_Hpnmbm5DnqyDQ/s1600-h/IMG_8092_6_1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357757196485114546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KhmCCU7xwd3NhmGQOMEu8I0eXPrsum-qeWzodM0AttKv6zQwyM7YTfErKJM1YNA7U5su3SgGgTe3jMdZkFy3J8A8WD0kMNMTDQOcNkn7Ea84tKYjSLI3tKSfpeiuh_Hpnmbm5DnqyDQ/s400/IMG_8092_6_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />(I ate some for dinner, so there was 4 left for the week.) I usually supplement it with string cheese, yogurt, and fruit/veggies. I tend to get hungry like clockwork at 11am (eat yogurt), 12:30pm (eat quinoa salad and fruit or veggies), and 3:45pm (eat string cheese and fruit). Gotta be prepared!Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-77028091547252138842009-05-28T23:35:00.010-04:002009-05-28T23:45:30.649-04:00Even more flora (and a little fauna)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMBMKzXznZa4TXHNlTCC65naOSiSaNH5V_ksTCxWva_p4C0Ik14slBEHtotsia3Hy_sZoHY-dZO1WEO_Gv4SmQ9aQcnDzpPpsQwHuCaNW4dS-IqWxzaNgSuAtfeG7VE6CYz03XVsJ26E/s1600-h/flora+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341085357760588722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMBMKzXznZa4TXHNlTCC65naOSiSaNH5V_ksTCxWva_p4C0Ik14slBEHtotsia3Hy_sZoHY-dZO1WEO_Gv4SmQ9aQcnDzpPpsQwHuCaNW4dS-IqWxzaNgSuAtfeG7VE6CYz03XVsJ26E/s400/flora+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnML-xcXAtu2NlZOdl2vu8BzZFKQPTz5vIwRchtofyEUCfQhC5WSOeNp3i2bnyOVk5Igq2A5ncEQucWSP1ZaxD4G1RCGXPFegGbKY6GPIsvxRj3XVoaqme97-parPJZmbiS-tKXPiChc/s1600-h/flora+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341085255596403202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnML-xcXAtu2NlZOdl2vu8BzZFKQPTz5vIwRchtofyEUCfQhC5WSOeNp3i2bnyOVk5Igq2A5ncEQucWSP1ZaxD4G1RCGXPFegGbKY6GPIsvxRj3XVoaqme97-parPJZmbiS-tKXPiChc/s400/flora+3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-i18v-7kF9Whkj1LItvpfWSNDSjhDCFaW8kyMv7hLbpkHyeNQFrnTawRBki2cyaZYVOuZpN8gZqc0jOO5tYIq7xOS6WiDqkAEC9WdHpWRlLovvUq46UGgHUoS0EDKKkeo__M8xgvazs/s1600-h/flora+4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341085153979683058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-i18v-7kF9Whkj1LItvpfWSNDSjhDCFaW8kyMv7hLbpkHyeNQFrnTawRBki2cyaZYVOuZpN8gZqc0jOO5tYIq7xOS6WiDqkAEC9WdHpWRlLovvUq46UGgHUoS0EDKKkeo__M8xgvazs/s400/flora+4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_S9aSK48L-PyL0O6xkMuleA7IjUNnlGizsJoyq2hRp9RfZ7SLF062WEqtQxzAZLnWkLC-8KSyvWvO-CBmgXWQmIn_FYKrOGBEQ3A_IdCk_hnLkqWZyY8njv7QRw58wZWauvz8dq5iZ1w/s1600-h/flora+6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341085057524751986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_S9aSK48L-PyL0O6xkMuleA7IjUNnlGizsJoyq2hRp9RfZ7SLF062WEqtQxzAZLnWkLC-8KSyvWvO-CBmgXWQmIn_FYKrOGBEQ3A_IdCk_hnLkqWZyY8njv7QRw58wZWauvz8dq5iZ1w/s400/flora+6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICgcOghAcDn6speKEsK5Opul3X_UknJhltiSLO4VvxLEexsLDWxap1U8343KNjO9mrPUyI1VwT3Cvi8RXzwHVG27mmsb2R8k0SedCE0kCdEe7fBYov5ymh8huLYWSJomZFw1AH_IsZEk/s1600-h/flora+7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341084972933631426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICgcOghAcDn6speKEsK5Opul3X_UknJhltiSLO4VvxLEexsLDWxap1U8343KNjO9mrPUyI1VwT3Cvi8RXzwHVG27mmsb2R8k0SedCE0kCdEe7fBYov5ymh8huLYWSJomZFw1AH_IsZEk/s400/flora+7.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPK_Sgai2SYjmCQStYawdlOUybWuG_cWTo0jGsHcwzSW8ka6uQDt8VYmhZn7vGYZ2FWqanj3_OmJ3rr1lUv6sPtUJz0Nd0n90PhYxOOg_2EvR-c9ZIt8wsWJfR3mXMB6SH1KLvuB6ImqI/s1600-h/flora+8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341084878485535410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPK_Sgai2SYjmCQStYawdlOUybWuG_cWTo0jGsHcwzSW8ka6uQDt8VYmhZn7vGYZ2FWqanj3_OmJ3rr1lUv6sPtUJz0Nd0n90PhYxOOg_2EvR-c9ZIt8wsWJfR3mXMB6SH1KLvuB6ImqI/s400/flora+8.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2Zje-on4KLsvnDI_PT4YC775EqNycLAtllIm1E9JGRHcC0M_MU5ZeqtAz2J2SEMR0CXXJkxpB44HN6yz_40DfqX1VeMeD7cYVVCSpkPBSB-kkQn11JRtYxki4dH_zDJGRfO_QZqJ4k0/s1600-h/fauna.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341084769224148562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2Zje-on4KLsvnDI_PT4YC775EqNycLAtllIm1E9JGRHcC0M_MU5ZeqtAz2J2SEMR0CXXJkxpB44HN6yz_40DfqX1VeMeD7cYVVCSpkPBSB-kkQn11JRtYxki4dH_zDJGRfO_QZqJ4k0/s400/fauna.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br />Mama bird hit the jackpot on the worms! And that is an out-of-focus bee in the upper right hand corner of the second-to-last picture -- I didn't notice it until it was on my computer! I love how alien some vegetation can look. In the third picture there is a solitary droplet of water in the middle of the cabbage, somehow not yet evaporated. Same garden as in the last post.Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-22229026980756308172009-05-26T21:56:00.012-04:002009-05-26T22:10:56.147-04:00More Flora<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmYC0v9rmEkk-x50tZHgInyqQVsMa1iNzTgBd9JexVfsvMJ4Pc3oznls1WB4pWxLusxSoqojHcNEH3foGz28MZorPcKoRJEasMnCvWl-FFS6HhQM-VqWNhzsq-m2BgiN9Sh7UTkXeIVY/s1600-h/flowers+1+bw+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340317820930787186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmYC0v9rmEkk-x50tZHgInyqQVsMa1iNzTgBd9JexVfsvMJ4Pc3oznls1WB4pWxLusxSoqojHcNEH3foGz28MZorPcKoRJEasMnCvWl-FFS6HhQM-VqWNhzsq-m2BgiN9Sh7UTkXeIVY/s400/flowers+1+bw+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340320213930552322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDd8n8JHPo-j8O84B4eBcmKA2-58E-0hhad8rcUv71X6qZc3ZkIwcBNm4s0hDTtAD5UdW-JfCaDjD1s27lQTjR_Qg2LZ17vSuO4hJg89QJ8hiEeBK4Oq5Lg6vPfZ6OhMZFUwmIjklvfw/s400/flowers+2+copy.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1Y_k6SQ3O0FuNk_aqMexU7peoEZlJJJwaWwg_Fv9ruGJkMjMNl1CgcSc36nU_dkka6wbC4ulAOF2yq_xvQrG675-cjRvcpeagcsq39BYLTYHw826tuUiapUVevqZefwMMZGxDuYTCn8/s1600-h/flowers+3+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340317648310183314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1Y_k6SQ3O0FuNk_aqMexU7peoEZlJJJwaWwg_Fv9ruGJkMjMNl1CgcSc36nU_dkka6wbC4ulAOF2yq_xvQrG675-cjRvcpeagcsq39BYLTYHw826tuUiapUVevqZefwMMZGxDuYTCn8/s400/flowers+3+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFWJF75bOLeD46StngByn_7FX_4b8rD64ODruMAhmP0M6LYl7jrVWYZE46V4c4qvRKiVM0Wgqbjz03-V_W-yLwO9xQcy9rOP6BLzqHmN9HHLMhdsiMC8fa6EEsE7O5R-Q1bhDEkJCHwc/s1600-h/flowers+4+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340317568336639074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFWJF75bOLeD46StngByn_7FX_4b8rD64ODruMAhmP0M6LYl7jrVWYZE46V4c4qvRKiVM0Wgqbjz03-V_W-yLwO9xQcy9rOP6BLzqHmN9HHLMhdsiMC8fa6EEsE7O5R-Q1bhDEkJCHwc/s400/flowers+4+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPOJXgeD0BBrQrHEZw_VhEVYA4OsEgVuJ1OvuQPwohRyfN8FHoHkT5oYpJmy0WtWlzdGGi_QK2_xdIlQEWWNtbuy7CWFyMEP3jjsfQwhrguB6nX-QNbaHW0lHku_3-tNo9cQErWgcv1A/s1600-h/flowers+5+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340317498933965922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPOJXgeD0BBrQrHEZw_VhEVYA4OsEgVuJ1OvuQPwohRyfN8FHoHkT5oYpJmy0WtWlzdGGi_QK2_xdIlQEWWNtbuy7CWFyMEP3jjsfQwhrguB6nX-QNbaHW0lHku_3-tNo9cQErWgcv1A/s400/flowers+5+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PVpvX6OqFlw97GooywJQeLtCYLFrj27U5EkhYo5aOBl4sdCi3DwtJ_A5QFVCg3_MvS-IOFpsBA2evJKSbN06-oKabPrhQbw8QnuxdjIQYRy633_RRocge-W3ii1-JnLzu9ArBYqUIf0/s1600-h/flowers+7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340317249561941714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PVpvX6OqFlw97GooywJQeLtCYLFrj27U5EkhYo5aOBl4sdCi3DwtJ_A5QFVCg3_MvS-IOFpsBA2evJKSbN06-oKabPrhQbw8QnuxdjIQYRy633_RRocge-W3ii1-JnLzu9ArBYqUIf0/s400/flowers+7.jpg" border="0" /></a>I will never tire of photographing flowers! I think that everyone has an intrinsic urge to take pictures of pretty flowers (and that some have suppressed it more than others). I think the first image will be on all of my engagement/wedding cards to people from now on. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-16918889522941209252009-05-25T22:48:00.014-04:002009-05-25T23:20:10.037-04:00It's officially summer!Last week my lab took a few hours off to go strawberry picking! I ended up with almost 9 lbs of strawberries for $9.00! My office smelled SO good afterward: <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339959555378899394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-O_KqZRYN9BEBHQ1z_lDYQHz8W9ZGOqqxC_GcgTTrVESpzwf0bnSaRWBgQ1JZ5Ut3sgCzRgHxUXjxnJO5BZPJ8DA75ZzMS8nMGtEcwKuHO6qP8Aj2xXGiCnCKWE6l37bgeYsKJF__yL8/s320/IMG_7868_5_1.JPG" border="0" />Picking the strawberries reminded me of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Mouse-Ripe-Strawberry-Hungry/dp/0859531821#">this </a>book from when I was little! These strawberries barely lasted through the weekend. What did I do with them?<br /><strong></strong><br /><div><div><div><div><strong>Strawberry-rhubarb compote: </strong>It is really easy. I adapted <a href="http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/recipe.php?recipeId=909">this </a>recipe: Place orange zest and juice from 1 orange in a large sauce pan along with 1/4 cup light agave nectar and 1 lb sliced rhubarb. Simmer for ten minutes, then remove from the heat and stir in 1-2 lb sliced strawberries. </div><br /><div>Rhubarb is so pretty alone, but it definitely needs the strawberries to taste good. I like the hint of orange in there, too. Here is how I've been eating it:<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339962995328216450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQE1G0a1MWdYfk5-vJgI7MY84ijP8cvjfAU3b9TGzkdJN2Q6PccEIOz8i1LMvnDOkxarJ_ujQetnIOLLBiz2AFGNZEAlGoukPYeXJcKhUG_Rrp-2J_18JgmXv2IoOA-vZlUXLnIC1XK0/s400/IMG_7895_3_1.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Over arugula with goat cheese, balsamic, and toasted almond slivers</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339962709691222978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBwPCwoNUN4jbQYHm1lRbBEhAHCHcSfnmBt86_u0MzcCf9ojS8lkT1lWWIVJyOOwgdcxc5dwL59NAzG7q_T0fdHNAEYRF87bg5MZoGljuO3RTCB2baH-QApYo6IVvwMmXDQ6MsLbJGwQ/s400/IMG_7886_23_1.JPG" border="0" />Over vanilla frozen yogurt. I've also mixed it into greek yogurt. A couple more uses for strawberries (besides just eating them of course):<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrnpNtXut5-B8DocsrpiCB4OPxQl2P3oMT5GEhtSsMThrl0Skg4NEEZ6-fzYucmHxenJQ5PsxDM70f1fFzoyIpahtM2Cpc5wpPelHeCE0Xo_Wy-NYxPzdQEWTguhSo_4rk5p4UK_kNPY/s1600-h/IMG_7893_1_1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339963809469569026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 190px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrnpNtXut5-B8DocsrpiCB4OPxQl2P3oMT5GEhtSsMThrl0Skg4NEEZ6-fzYucmHxenJQ5PsxDM70f1fFzoyIpahtM2Cpc5wpPelHeCE0Xo_Wy-NYxPzdQEWTguhSo_4rk5p4UK_kNPY/s320/IMG_7893_1_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHP1Eg-eu2fg2pRJYK_gd2VzvVDgZ37lSPx2n823kDafMYWMN1RZivFXkJvkSeQRVWh1wNZ5lStqZClOUHNjcn3vgOOPl7YR28iNxy65RY12d9HRzSgFl43UkR7V8OagIXS1clqeaKuTE/s1600-h/IMG_7908_16_1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339963953884738130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 177px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 246px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHP1Eg-eu2fg2pRJYK_gd2VzvVDgZ37lSPx2n823kDafMYWMN1RZivFXkJvkSeQRVWh1wNZ5lStqZClOUHNjcn3vgOOPl7YR28iNxy65RY12d9HRzSgFl43UkR7V8OagIXS1clqeaKuTE/s320/IMG_7908_16_1.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>Strawberry-infused water, just like in the fancy spas! I would've liked to put a few sprigs of mint in there too. I have a feeling this has started a water-infusing kick for the summer -- so refreshing! (ps. you don't need <em>that</em> much fruit, I was enthusiastic)</div><div></div><div>And, of course, strawberries and champagne!</div><div></div><div></div><div>I'm already looking forward to cherry and blueberry picking seasons!</div></div></div></div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-36756025122985302082009-05-18T12:35:00.008-04:002009-05-18T12:47:18.327-04:00On a walk<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337206286248826114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWHQ5YUuS9eNyjMzP6uWHu7M4bkh0LqXc_TN_EPYbGITcZysm71gjW7EyIL6VmE0u-N54W2swlNzDTeER3ttic1LmojWJocpKpBKrms4uMlkuBugKhxdrB6pXblXiQFgprXNkQTieW9Y/s400/DSC_0041+copy.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKHS1f3xbPYsIzqMi29vMx96e8JTpq5rhpYWzB21W6-RY1AcjRp5FdBYKN5pDXSxW16yCiKci7Q9EA4GN0fhpyM8OX4ENRylhpLVgPodd_uschrq6RoPdVT0B1Oy3h9wMHUTRoVLZOFs/s1600-h/DSC_0135+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337205709707721346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKHS1f3xbPYsIzqMi29vMx96e8JTpq5rhpYWzB21W6-RY1AcjRp5FdBYKN5pDXSxW16yCiKci7Q9EA4GN0fhpyM8OX4ENRylhpLVgPodd_uschrq6RoPdVT0B1Oy3h9wMHUTRoVLZOFs/s400/DSC_0135+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCb68xkSaO0j7Dd-zJZW75bpLlgO2USLGEDAw89eeyOfYVKAP7qHl_HUmOu-TuDc6cKcoGn51qXRmca79Gd8HMPgxkHAitlH0hPM_C11VYq1Nl_MVjaoNbihzzKWvpO2uQZaeVDd12CTs/s1600-h/DSC_0123+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337204044830461346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCb68xkSaO0j7Dd-zJZW75bpLlgO2USLGEDAw89eeyOfYVKAP7qHl_HUmOu-TuDc6cKcoGn51qXRmca79Gd8HMPgxkHAitlH0hPM_C11VYq1Nl_MVjaoNbihzzKWvpO2uQZaeVDd12CTs/s400/DSC_0123+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oe0pHn0HsBXDxeAKNf34coc1H0uiUyyXXomf8coDc23rNdgRJ20x0l2OtbUf5H9n81Pt5p4SxjBDwyzlLFBjqD5YJDgb2nE6ZieWQcG2X10090uf0Bf8vbUPunSs2eatoATZ1o9lQso/s1600-h/DSC_0113+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337203886453328802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oe0pHn0HsBXDxeAKNf34coc1H0uiUyyXXomf8coDc23rNdgRJ20x0l2OtbUf5H9n81Pt5p4SxjBDwyzlLFBjqD5YJDgb2nE6ZieWQcG2X10090uf0Bf8vbUPunSs2eatoATZ1o9lQso/s400/DSC_0113+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQu2HtW3In_YxFcomLk6dSJyQX-MvQxYLOF1w2UD7cVahsp5mFPCzWseGsNbX_m2gPvei5nHc0_9yZqMoicnU4qjBQS1ueN9_h5hRTO5t-j2Qt3u2RBaVdPK4FjFupIAi4LkPNVKH-BNk/s1600-h/DSC_0104+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337203781544368562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQu2HtW3In_YxFcomLk6dSJyQX-MvQxYLOF1w2UD7cVahsp5mFPCzWseGsNbX_m2gPvei5nHc0_9yZqMoicnU4qjBQS1ueN9_h5hRTO5t-j2Qt3u2RBaVdPK4FjFupIAi4LkPNVKH-BNk/s400/DSC_0104+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a> Don't have much to say...took these on a walk last week, same as from the last post. Have a good Monday! I don't know about you but I'm ready for the weekend already. </div></div></div></div></div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-41438795781237165472009-05-14T22:54:00.007-04:002009-05-14T23:05:16.624-04:00Graffiti Series: Round 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTSFbEFWT-zR9LXQibVWnzaKf1Gsli-0p4jlWDr6Xa5vD9e7zhX2ifuHNgc8nhUNf1L3hctqM-iQycpyI4vvO87H3Kpg-n072UQ0lAzzC5nu7Kkjynoh1rZ32gEjhBeFN9y5gbWfaz5_s/s1600-h/DSC_0052+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335879642846756274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTSFbEFWT-zR9LXQibVWnzaKf1Gsli-0p4jlWDr6Xa5vD9e7zhX2ifuHNgc8nhUNf1L3hctqM-iQycpyI4vvO87H3Kpg-n072UQ0lAzzC5nu7Kkjynoh1rZ32gEjhBeFN9y5gbWfaz5_s/s400/DSC_0052+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllB_-jsQ6FZRqhAMHC2eESVaM_mx3YU0OGa4IiAbkjPzKHnGoNM3ysrP73e48kluh_mEIedVQLXGj54JNpK954U56uYWRYqeTlZzyijamNE10CjQ-6Ko0ujil2easMCkLq9-t9Xe0zUQ/s1600-h/DSC_0053+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335879535377269810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllB_-jsQ6FZRqhAMHC2eESVaM_mx3YU0OGa4IiAbkjPzKHnGoNM3ysrP73e48kluh_mEIedVQLXGj54JNpK954U56uYWRYqeTlZzyijamNE10CjQ-6Ko0ujil2easMCkLq9-t9Xe0zUQ/s400/DSC_0053+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_I6acuGnoyxpQUx4pu5I9tRltcx6099F9AIMznmqGQnsZw2yLa4s7wVo7BQGpLO8OPuJAdJpJniJfXFK8w9Q_39JrIwdsYkJP2zvO8567sHWwxH8QIhSR7c8_y8K2NeBzwqPN55WQhP0/s1600-h/DSC_0064+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335879432023203522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_I6acuGnoyxpQUx4pu5I9tRltcx6099F9AIMznmqGQnsZw2yLa4s7wVo7BQGpLO8OPuJAdJpJniJfXFK8w9Q_39JrIwdsYkJP2zvO8567sHWwxH8QIhSR7c8_y8K2NeBzwqPN55WQhP0/s400/DSC_0064+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghGdj4eEd2xzuiTm9fkGugDOdpsvfd678V3PmT9-XVo8Y4-rJugu52P6CEoNQc47G58M_IqGnAC_hUdLE9rX-7FrufVCEhA7u0IBfhSBrJhSab-4eDR3UvFgu4TnzZXBwLTgNfYfSHuY/s1600-h/DSC_0059+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335879310896189490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghGdj4eEd2xzuiTm9fkGugDOdpsvfd678V3PmT9-XVo8Y4-rJugu52P6CEoNQc47G58M_IqGnAC_hUdLE9rX-7FrufVCEhA7u0IBfhSBrJhSab-4eDR3UvFgu4TnzZXBwLTgNfYfSHuY/s400/DSC_0059+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFtgXow7ntprQ80eE_pJrEyE6riHv4WS2CbEGMhuZaLeT8yxFBwHN3btANMY8IApxUzhiJvDEsZsZ9oCGsxNaeCdUYQ6oqcL1vz8G6IGcQwA-IJwFzVPxucTHd1drInswRAeNH0YtokA/s1600-h/DSC_0077+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335879147719719810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFtgXow7ntprQ80eE_pJrEyE6riHv4WS2CbEGMhuZaLeT8yxFBwHN3btANMY8IApxUzhiJvDEsZsZ9oCGsxNaeCdUYQ6oqcL1vz8G6IGcQwA-IJwFzVPxucTHd1drInswRAeNH0YtokA/s400/DSC_0077+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0EIxP5XYGNXp9aCqtF38XH-RtJw-_yGVimmbfO7vPTdrUsVbGQ11-daCfrBEtZdfoLm1Q2x-uJ-BaY0e0JdK-0cQQGjgm5d9Pcq0NxUigyDdTpd9XF-uMwvsqVgcrZ9DaPm4yZ4H78I/s1600-h/DSC_0141+crop+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335878992128159106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0EIxP5XYGNXp9aCqtF38XH-RtJw-_yGVimmbfO7vPTdrUsVbGQ11-daCfrBEtZdfoLm1Q2x-uJ-BaY0e0JdK-0cQQGjgm5d9Pcq0NxUigyDdTpd9XF-uMwvsqVgcrZ9DaPm4yZ4H78I/s400/DSC_0141+crop+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div><br />I finally got out and took some photos after work today, and I noticed some new decoration around town. Now, <em>if your memory serves you</em>, I've posted a pic of the <a href="http://alasophia.blogspot.com/2008/10/graffiti-series.html">yellow turtle </a>before -- now it seems like there is a new "life" gang in town; it is scrawled everywhere. Perhaps some pro-life teenage hooligans? Who knows. And can I just say, I LOVE the parking garage gatekeeper! Boring objects should be anthropomorphized more often!Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-4716223638871132222009-04-27T22:06:00.007-04:002011-01-01T23:07:39.566-05:00Indulge me for a bitLast Friday I volunteered to talk about science at a high school, which turned out to be a visual and performing arts high school. I was a bit jealous of these kids -- their high school seems like camp with homework! When I got there at lunchtime there were kids playing around on keyboards, sitting next to African drums with their bag lunches, and breaking out into snippets of song. Not quite like High School Musical (yes, I've seen #'s 1 and 3, but could get through only part of 2), but probably as close as real life gets.<br /><div></div><br /><div>Anyway, while talking to these kids about DNA I used a metaphor that I'm pretty (dorkily) proud of. 80% of the class were musicians. I told them that DNA is like the sheet music, or score, of a symphony. If you've ever seen the sheet music for a symphony, it can be as big as a doctoral thesis-length book. Likewise, the human genome, or complete set of DNA, is quite extensive. Are you following? So, each individual note in the score is like an individual base pair of DNA (you know, those letters A, T, C, or G). The order of the notes is important for the melody of the sheet music, while the order of the DNA base pairs is important to code for the genes of the genome. One mis-placed or lost note or notation in the sheet music can lead to an incorrect note, or perhaps a note that is cut short instead of held. Likewise, one mis-placed or lost DNA base pair can lead to an incorrect/mutated gene or perhaps silence the gene completely. </div><br /><div></div><div>Still following? Each musician in the symphony can get a copy of the entire score, but each musician plays only their designated segment of the score, specialized for their respective instruments. Likewise, each cell in the body has an entire copy of the genome, but each cell expresses and uses only certain genes, specialized for the cell-types (ie. the gene for eye color is expressed only in the eye). Even more specifically, each musician plays their designated segments at certain times as directed by the conductor (and by the order of the notes). Gene expression can be turned on and off at certain times as directed by a variety of factors. </div><br /><div></div><div>If the music notation in the sheet music is the genotype, or genetic code of an organism, then the sound of the music that is produced is the phenotype, or the physical outcome of gene expression (ie. blue eyes, blond hair, freckles, long toes, etc.). Humans share 99.9% of their genetic material, but that 0.1% of variation is sufficient to make us different at the genetic and physical levels (unless you have a twin. And we won't even get into nature vs. nurture today!). Along these lines, if two different sets of musicians play music from the exact same score, then there will be variation depending on how the musicians and the conductor interpret it. </div><br /><div></div><div>OK, that is all I have for now, but I'm sure that there are more similarities out there. Music and science are so intertwined, and not just metaphorically! Here is an interesting article about "<a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1021_051021_protein_music.html">protein songs</a>," for example. </div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-19554000146041657052009-04-15T21:41:00.007-04:002009-04-15T22:08:08.252-04:00Bubblegum tree<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2d_zCdASDzBkxk8ecC-kTh4s22X63mpumbiIbF4QSsSU032nqqFx0BNquQ0jXhQ-xrrgqwyJ5PNNAoylluMCP9dkL9re2_YMHS6jB1m9z_U_9lnzoFwLm-fBwpl7eEbYPDPIbhZ8JpQ/s1600-h/DSC_0001+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325099578269640034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2d_zCdASDzBkxk8ecC-kTh4s22X63mpumbiIbF4QSsSU032nqqFx0BNquQ0jXhQ-xrrgqwyJ5PNNAoylluMCP9dkL9re2_YMHS6jB1m9z_U_9lnzoFwLm-fBwpl7eEbYPDPIbhZ8JpQ/s400/DSC_0001+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Agfcm9dp3pL2jyqfqXtDNre-L9f5p0488gCTamk2AS8mk5iyLMNjbFVidrMMHR-i4BSIQKccpfg2D2VI_0e_oDGEyjEB1ibsudypgpJtdQWQzIa-NzjXrcvf54OVtdNh_mWPNgfdo60/s1600-h/DSC_0003+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325099388876322754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Agfcm9dp3pL2jyqfqXtDNre-L9f5p0488gCTamk2AS8mk5iyLMNjbFVidrMMHR-i4BSIQKccpfg2D2VI_0e_oDGEyjEB1ibsudypgpJtdQWQzIa-NzjXrcvf54OVtdNh_mWPNgfdo60/s400/DSC_0003+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YBz_1_PAeEtuH_3fH5Ty2z5bSq3Bj3Z1JFFpvYngGwrFaqXWDcqtcev_4RFQSwWHiidZ_rdgEvRepbKqtsyAqefTrPletNzDUj4mXr-T9Kwzhr9jp07SNM1UQ32xVnbxXsZD0WdppQ0/s1600-h/DSC_0004+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325099246314927506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YBz_1_PAeEtuH_3fH5Ty2z5bSq3Bj3Z1JFFpvYngGwrFaqXWDcqtcev_4RFQSwWHiidZ_rdgEvRepbKqtsyAqefTrPletNzDUj4mXr-T9Kwzhr9jp07SNM1UQ32xVnbxXsZD0WdppQ0/s400/DSC_0004+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMW3jLz7VuDYMahJBF_FF7MT55YUo9hPTljl744DEdS7mj2ixZHGF4MPG7lX5Cvn-Z2x5106gxyjDzvGWYwwpdSQGC2nTjoni3HH7xYpbseiNsT2ePhnWqbw0beAWjKDQe1jR0WiW95w/s1600-h/DSC_0007+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325099101115204482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMW3jLz7VuDYMahJBF_FF7MT55YUo9hPTljl744DEdS7mj2ixZHGF4MPG7lX5Cvn-Z2x5106gxyjDzvGWYwwpdSQGC2nTjoni3HH7xYpbseiNsT2ePhnWqbw0beAWjKDQe1jR0WiW95w/s400/DSC_0007+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sSVTZhZagJ25Og2CHe-t9DaaPgD9VfgH5yo6UEQFKTOuK_LTCZwHZhf8TivdWKC4E4KcJHnwqhAXlTKMFpragBPzpeLejupyg4_Y88jOECIQYl2X_xgc6HMIw3EzD3f5r5QjfDm3DTA/s1600-h/DSC_0020+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325098974222964338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sSVTZhZagJ25Og2CHe-t9DaaPgD9VfgH5yo6UEQFKTOuK_LTCZwHZhf8TivdWKC4E4KcJHnwqhAXlTKMFpragBPzpeLejupyg4_Y88jOECIQYl2X_xgc6HMIw3EzD3f5r5QjfDm3DTA/s400/DSC_0020+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivDaY19Uc7EmwqTk5WpcDT-zij8ZFgQD8HSEhK4d0Y2k7V9afKy5Dmlb_xrSEfVhL2a_tzTXrYfBWLXVSQgDhBXAkIZp-1_TwYWaaig5LUnQ2fxCcoKIqXt-m4QEiDHmiuEcZrqHjzHGw/s1600-h/DSC_0014+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325098637222498546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivDaY19Uc7EmwqTk5WpcDT-zij8ZFgQD8HSEhK4d0Y2k7V9afKy5Dmlb_xrSEfVhL2a_tzTXrYfBWLXVSQgDhBXAkIZp-1_TwYWaaig5LUnQ2fxCcoKIqXt-m4QEiDHmiuEcZrqHjzHGw/s400/DSC_0014+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a> I know, it seems like all I take pictures of these days are flowers -- It looks like I have a bubblegum tree in my front yard, though! <a href="http://www.dooce.com/daily-photo/2009/04/15/beyond-simple-hex-value">Dooce </a>recently posted about how a flower's natural colors can barely be replicated in photoshop, and when I went to play around with the levels on these photos, sure enough, the first three looked WORSE with any changes! Gotta love spring. The last three are definitely 'shopped, though. </div></div></div></div></div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-79843217157526083902009-04-13T13:25:00.003-04:002009-04-13T13:29:01.460-04:00Weekend in pictures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpQYaAAdA7TwyLbd5ZKptEdyCrrgbKlTbAXmGyzbLCZ5WgWYX92exQqiDW_8RZBRxxgrFMK6KO4aWGNDbtll-Mxbzod34Px8g-TibQubUnPRPyom5Lz5T1RAhX0wLDzgillLg8Y2fgDA/s1600-h/DSC_0008+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324229156175763778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpQYaAAdA7TwyLbd5ZKptEdyCrrgbKlTbAXmGyzbLCZ5WgWYX92exQqiDW_8RZBRxxgrFMK6KO4aWGNDbtll-Mxbzod34Px8g-TibQubUnPRPyom5Lz5T1RAhX0wLDzgillLg8Y2fgDA/s400/DSC_0008+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8am7X8c52iUQRumvo759vQWb5Xo0YzqMrLIXtyz2cSdPOqetAz9IA4dG8gOg4G94Wz0Wmbc4sm0V30iiDbz4tAAnpEEfyBVXRjgTLBrCN6YE9mxxHgWTwr_y1X-30_M8VfCYVqQWVi1Q/s1600-h/DSC_0010+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324228850309793458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8am7X8c52iUQRumvo759vQWb5Xo0YzqMrLIXtyz2cSdPOqetAz9IA4dG8gOg4G94Wz0Wmbc4sm0V30iiDbz4tAAnpEEfyBVXRjgTLBrCN6YE9mxxHgWTwr_y1X-30_M8VfCYVqQWVi1Q/s400/DSC_0010+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX286wJ-siSawMsEUYG4QbA0cGzq5MX1alDYExMeHTx81gBoFQwxNJtJp0EhxS908zSGmT4Hh761SqmUnC3E028_-vkrqpTyM1L8uq2Vf0tAy20CUFsikxvSJdi57yzQIBmOfPRGeDg9E/s1600-h/DSC_0018+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324228709951818866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX286wJ-siSawMsEUYG4QbA0cGzq5MX1alDYExMeHTx81gBoFQwxNJtJp0EhxS908zSGmT4Hh761SqmUnC3E028_-vkrqpTyM1L8uq2Vf0tAy20CUFsikxvSJdi57yzQIBmOfPRGeDg9E/s400/DSC_0018+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYIiQn_5V5Jmk4sYkzDcEZK3hoimYXvBRkPH_rKQN3Xp3xMIuYiHo9lg7RAjFws-Z3hDG1jfPorPinU0q2MVNuWXoZFdzznokZhMzUjPF7A3W9yxg_-aCou1lENmzLaF0kzylQc7bVZ8/s1600-h/IMG_7585_13_1+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324228555525602850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYIiQn_5V5Jmk4sYkzDcEZK3hoimYXvBRkPH_rKQN3Xp3xMIuYiHo9lg7RAjFws-Z3hDG1jfPorPinU0q2MVNuWXoZFdzznokZhMzUjPF7A3W9yxg_-aCou1lENmzLaF0kzylQc7bVZ8/s400/IMG_7585_13_1+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-70091913017308659982009-04-02T16:49:00.008-04:002009-04-02T17:21:03.534-04:00Hohn hohn hohn...*Oh wow, I find this really funny. A (French) group of scientists recently published in the Journal of Food Science an article titled "<a href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122267411/HTMLSTART">Optimization of Gluten-Free Formulations for French-Style Breads</a>" (or, trying to make a decent gluten-free baguette). Now, I know first-hand that current gluten-free French bread is terrible and desparately needs optimization. However, can't we leave that job to the awesome and smart GF bakers out there and let the scientists try to find a cure for Celiac Disease instead? <div><div><br /><div>As someone who reads scientific journals regularly, I found this one hilarious. It has an abstract, materials and methods, results, statistical analyses, AND discussion! But its tested variables were things like, "crumb softness" and "crust hue." I mean, look at this figure...I hope you don't have to be a scientist to find this funny:<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320204706475498498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo69uOZI9Di2xaU39syHmAb8EGgW437ZQO77ia02SdN_0rV3wMubvZF0wplMkRKd2Xsz-4bAfb5Ieovi3Xu2bhY83mrOoOKZYlrzPTrSjFyidc8ovAmSa9ZSdiTx1E8iqncFmInnbHIiY/s400/gf+bread+study.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div><br /><p>And, for all their super-sciencey analyses, they didn't even do a taste test! It is, however, one of their future directions:</p><p><em>"In addition to this physical characterization (specific volume, hardness, gas cell distribution, crust color, and bread dry matter), sensory analysis</em> [a.k.a. taste test] <em>is now underway to evaluate the acceptance of this formulation by a panel of consumers."</em></p><p>Because really, all that matters is how it ranks on the yumminess index. </p><p>*That's supposed to sound like a French laugh...</p>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-37004916164791958132009-03-28T14:37:00.006-04:002009-03-28T14:49:58.330-04:00March blossoms<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBZLym503Jz3p2jvuk1D7Rb6oscI3JOQyTfALDY56sw7lJjPRc7eCDxUPlk-zhmvzUBV2N0c2M4X0fMN0sHh48HHfGUFfEIjokk3l3J31kTVapeEIuHuOzG2Bv8tygA7GrfSie7f1lLE/s1600-h/DSC_0008-pola.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318310596491716610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 329px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBZLym503Jz3p2jvuk1D7Rb6oscI3JOQyTfALDY56sw7lJjPRc7eCDxUPlk-zhmvzUBV2N0c2M4X0fMN0sHh48HHfGUFfEIjokk3l3J31kTVapeEIuHuOzG2Bv8tygA7GrfSie7f1lLE/s400/DSC_0008-pola.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRK0DpGoDn45vEAEI_uzorMqOP8dvFyvS4a8TRpU6Zellmek9drQntCXjCtE4Tk86gQT4iZJ0Yp0wSXfJCpeiF5TpyGwlMeZOMR2eyM17i9jaj1mr5JHjVL3SRC4sjxx5mjg34NLFmKa4/s1600-h/DSC_0011+cropped+2+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318310185173992578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRK0DpGoDn45vEAEI_uzorMqOP8dvFyvS4a8TRpU6Zellmek9drQntCXjCtE4Tk86gQT4iZJ0Yp0wSXfJCpeiF5TpyGwlMeZOMR2eyM17i9jaj1mr5JHjVL3SRC4sjxx5mjg34NLFmKa4/s400/DSC_0011+cropped+2+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Same tree, same day, same camera. This sums up March: sunny and springy and rainy and grey. I can't wait for <em>real</em> spring!</div></div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-50776132917322953572009-03-16T21:23:00.006-04:002009-03-16T21:31:02.341-04:00Hazardous life<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLuF4G6ZOFm-0SxEE16cwZ17YncFRA4_kLwyKEa90TOSUXM2ro8XcuKeL5_kkSUs22JHLztDYoelAAsak2NsuOx9umBm98AtJVq8Yq3fnZ5HeOFyrDzk7_HjVR2iiE_q38g5qBAQKscw/s1600-h/EtBr+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313961358053165634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLuF4G6ZOFm-0SxEE16cwZ17YncFRA4_kLwyKEa90TOSUXM2ro8XcuKeL5_kkSUs22JHLztDYoelAAsak2NsuOx9umBm98AtJVq8Yq3fnZ5HeOFyrDzk7_HjVR2iiE_q38g5qBAQKscw/s400/EtBr+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrcZAIGXnAShw0co_gTloBNok2_eJsLNFvhOqbOlh3__L4w6c5A5DMmb7T5f0m4F8iTBA9X5L0NX0ElLP_x3T0dZt7kaOo3mLp987QJrG4REmbIs19VbFROUcxeaQz_UMc8mgiJIaUbI/s1600-h/cells_1_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313961285700991618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrcZAIGXnAShw0co_gTloBNok2_eJsLNFvhOqbOlh3__L4w6c5A5DMmb7T5f0m4F8iTBA9X5L0NX0ElLP_x3T0dZt7kaOo3mLp987QJrG4REmbIs19VbFROUcxeaQz_UMc8mgiJIaUbI/s400/cells_1_1.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br />I don't talk much about my personal OR work life here, but here is a glimpse of what I look at (almost) every day! I have a whole series of lab photos. I should put more up here. Top: a waste recepticle. Bottom: cells under magnification.Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-22242247306603915992009-03-10T19:32:00.004-04:002009-03-10T19:59:59.318-04:00Attn: artistsThis weekend I went to a matinee of the symphony, which had a famous guest conductor. As I was watching this conductor move so beautifully, I wondered if anybody had ever based paintings or sculpture on the path of a conductor's baton. (I also wondered what percentage of conductors have had dance training in their past.) A quick Google search showed nothing (and if it doesn't show up on a Google search, then it doesn't exist!). <br /><br />Wouldn't that be cool though? A series of paintings as if the baton was a paintbrush, and they could be of snippets from all sorts of pieces with different moods, different composers, and different significances. Even cooler would be a 3-D rendering of the path of the tip of the baton using sculpture! Especially in a dramatic piece with lots of stabs and jabs and over-the-shoulder stuff. I know a bit about conducting due to my musician parents and my years in choir, and there are certain moves that are common to pieces in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meter_(music)">3/4, 4/4</a>, etc. But conductors go WAY beyond those moves, and the great conductors are like dancers.<br /><br />That's just something I'd like to see. I can't be the first one who has thought of this. Maybe I'll run into something like it someday!Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-10843357641948142082009-03-09T10:05:00.000-04:002009-03-09T10:06:07.061-04:00'Tis the season<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JakVaER1cTC6-6D3_csisqmkOuNIzFTK5wYjKZoSf1cQvNCZyIknP1mPz8Prn01z8aIA70kmLaPqpNFhPDpm5ZwFNupJtSCAXTpgit-MxP8mlqp66yksVNL7M9oihN_dmJEaVFfob0U/s1600-h/peeps+2+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310974978899866162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JakVaER1cTC6-6D3_csisqmkOuNIzFTK5wYjKZoSf1cQvNCZyIknP1mPz8Prn01z8aIA70kmLaPqpNFhPDpm5ZwFNupJtSCAXTpgit-MxP8mlqp66yksVNL7M9oihN_dmJEaVFfob0U/s400/peeps+2+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV37-vkubJmxz3xIXa_OO_jLjiHA044svw-8XNeUuOMfvsE2XV5BGAKoSULTqh21SEfaKpJEExpwjjr1YKuP8Q_xU86ECat3jJHEiQ9nZFagJgHAEm9h-kD9OML2_LmtI-50feEzTA_4c/s1600-h/peeps+3+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310974808501793250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV37-vkubJmxz3xIXa_OO_jLjiHA044svw-8XNeUuOMfvsE2XV5BGAKoSULTqh21SEfaKpJEExpwjjr1YKuP8Q_xU86ECat3jJHEiQ9nZFagJgHAEm9h-kD9OML2_LmtI-50feEzTA_4c/s400/peeps+3+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtnFawDSufOXejuD8_jcTxYypkZ5xplKNJau-uPEvogE4K5A2IO5Kirr7cgztXM37W1FrBCpmXYhiG2BVY2YxOCeJKkdHquRql_v6GuG8Y1YsK0skRZRam6HAgVAqlfMlkcIVU1GKbGeo/s1600-h/Peeps+4+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310974170149966802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtnFawDSufOXejuD8_jcTxYypkZ5xplKNJau-uPEvogE4K5A2IO5Kirr7cgztXM37W1FrBCpmXYhiG2BVY2YxOCeJKkdHquRql_v6GuG8Y1YsK0skRZRam6HAgVAqlfMlkcIVU1GKbGeo/s400/Peeps+4+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a>I didn't notice the one upside-down box until I looked at them on my computer :)</div></div></div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-38108396663211821422009-03-03T19:21:00.005-05:002009-03-03T19:24:40.291-05:00Within a span of 24 hours<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Vm13665mBlRodT0Pm2SshU3aUmduvpwpY0fLAs0ar_pfbGWLAWV-S83coc69UnhgmYzxaNpQfbJLDFgRHlPhYhMBmhw3JQkUsFXMVpgnNDEhJhlnTPQqfDSrVLyM-vO8bBHRAjlBzKE/s1600-h/DSC_0061+bw_4_1+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309121427663518706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Vm13665mBlRodT0Pm2SshU3aUmduvpwpY0fLAs0ar_pfbGWLAWV-S83coc69UnhgmYzxaNpQfbJLDFgRHlPhYhMBmhw3JQkUsFXMVpgnNDEhJhlnTPQqfDSrVLyM-vO8bBHRAjlBzKE/s400/DSC_0061+bw_4_1+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3tQna2Iz_Undsq2fpekLvk3fajJL95rvMTA29L30vidSGpbs0Yyt69DctaMBMo7qJveCpRsq6AUUcnm6GXq-DwfTopqhyNe30T5Spr4jhsLca3ihzx3GDq2RgcP2WdpGoqFQ3DqB71c/s1600-h/IMG_4421_10_1+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309121347980519650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3tQna2Iz_Undsq2fpekLvk3fajJL95rvMTA29L30vidSGpbs0Yyt69DctaMBMo7qJveCpRsq6AUUcnm6GXq-DwfTopqhyNe30T5Spr4jhsLca3ihzx3GDq2RgcP2WdpGoqFQ3DqB71c/s400/IMG_4421_10_1+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_a8lkh857TYTIz2pIAieN9qFnIs3xm7ofRfQIvu_9zyc7xxqa03yBm3rxsLKbK6p5MBHctMDyTuMhCeTtED5jXNUAOYJqghlEtDa3qe_7zvs4yUasJ8_YlACIOVzVv3VdgT772ZrNtms/s1600-h/IMG_7467+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309121260962838642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_a8lkh857TYTIz2pIAieN9qFnIs3xm7ofRfQIvu_9zyc7xxqa03yBm3rxsLKbK6p5MBHctMDyTuMhCeTtED5jXNUAOYJqghlEtDa3qe_7zvs4yUasJ8_YlACIOVzVv3VdgT772ZrNtms/s400/IMG_7467+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a> ...and it's supposed to be in the 70's this weekend!</div></div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-43156733492422439002009-03-02T11:59:00.005-05:002009-03-02T12:58:07.829-05:00Color!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREz06uwpwqN8lT80KB181nk4ySrlFCoDPSpvdGQxnewwHp6gHFhMwINExEkUeYWEwBykeCGly3s9pXmQDU-6rJHDU1Dg_q1OiQ1VmZ9nQfwzSkRa7qEeungZxLpNuXU7wFIoh6Qbw3kg/s1600-h/Stinson+Beach+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308638280126994946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREz06uwpwqN8lT80KB181nk4ySrlFCoDPSpvdGQxnewwHp6gHFhMwINExEkUeYWEwBykeCGly3s9pXmQDU-6rJHDU1Dg_q1OiQ1VmZ9nQfwzSkRa7qEeungZxLpNuXU7wFIoh6Qbw3kg/s400/Stinson+Beach+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5rc__PbuS57LDVQH00cCWaeAO47I70bHBOsvi9t-SjsxTSsaEZOwu8T_EV2eIHd1XCYYUkZQyd5OC0YhJ32NK7EZgyph-LXWIudMTcLI6Ov9rMih3jOQSAyQlwm9JxF4OqC1vwp5bic/s1600-h/Telegraph+ave.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308636349323286674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5rc__PbuS57LDVQH00cCWaeAO47I70bHBOsvi9t-SjsxTSsaEZOwu8T_EV2eIHd1XCYYUkZQyd5OC0YhJ32NK7EZgyph-LXWIudMTcLI6Ov9rMih3jOQSAyQlwm9JxF4OqC1vwp5bic/s400/Telegraph+ave.jpg" border="0" /></a> I took these back in 2006. Today, my world (and much of the rest of the world) is black-and-white. I took some nice photos of the snow on my walk to work today, which was beautiful, but I didn't bring my camera cord so I couldn't upload them. However, it is March now, and I am ready for some spring colors! I know it's still kind of early, but in the meantime I have old photos to warm me up. </div><br /><div>PS. It's March already! I will try get back to posting more regularly soon! </div><div> </div><div>PPS. Check out my bloggy friend <a href="http://www.writingtoreachyou.com/">Ashley's </a>brand new <a href="http://www.twentysomethingwriters.com/">Twenty-something Writers </a>blog that started today! I won't be contributing writing, but perhaps it will inspire some photography :)</div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-16916721631757921252009-02-16T20:40:00.005-05:002009-02-16T20:48:30.790-05:00Jeeepers creeepers, where'd ya get those peeepers?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpKd-lmcfWAzInxaHOFb0rHf8b3x8gO4mFD5cwcWIQZo2ieBwWbnH_C3fXtuW-WpP8jBSZyYl6wvlJTIfV_5YqTZZsFhWW2TztDYrW6eet0Qj-fM1NX0ups2ohrnHhBRPA82Q2kuc4tz4/s1600-h/Sus+shadows+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303575724244339794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpKd-lmcfWAzInxaHOFb0rHf8b3x8gO4mFD5cwcWIQZo2ieBwWbnH_C3fXtuW-WpP8jBSZyYl6wvlJTIfV_5YqTZZsFhWW2TztDYrW6eet0Qj-fM1NX0ups2ohrnHhBRPA82Q2kuc4tz4/s400/Sus+shadows+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOj_Swr31pV9OuaZvz0pwje_PgqjOjl3_eqU6rUrvV2X7nmBHs1VYLTNPQnabtOgr3jVTdg-BdvYMw2hT4tHI6rc0llHjt3PYxUDhFD15mD274kduRiJ8MltwkR5MEPQ1oeeXDAUjnyyk/s1600-h/Sus+shadows+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303575603508363794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOj_Swr31pV9OuaZvz0pwje_PgqjOjl3_eqU6rUrvV2X7nmBHs1VYLTNPQnabtOgr3jVTdg-BdvYMw2hT4tHI6rc0llHjt3PYxUDhFD15mD274kduRiJ8MltwkR5MEPQ1oeeXDAUjnyyk/s400/Sus+shadows+2.jpg" border="0" /></a> I snapped these of my sister after dinner one summer evening about 3 years ago. They are grainy and slightly blurry and I wouldn't have it any other way. As you may notice, we are opposites, both physically and personality-wise. But she is the best sister and I wouldn't have it any other way. </div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-92153399600875279192009-02-02T00:28:00.003-05:002009-02-02T00:37:30.528-05:00Trapped<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_HkmLv8dfaQVxJi1YQsV8F_qo-fRmk0xyqCu7TDt-T-1m8r4cvDut6jb-2-Udu8n9T1MXVJE6oybrk8OhAsMdghimQldYF-F7SCf8vAs1KzCD20vbZe1XJhLAjvxOiDQoqJEXtLA7k0/s1600-h/spiderweb+from+lab+retreat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298068288739694802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_HkmLv8dfaQVxJi1YQsV8F_qo-fRmk0xyqCu7TDt-T-1m8r4cvDut6jb-2-Udu8n9T1MXVJE6oybrk8OhAsMdghimQldYF-F7SCf8vAs1KzCD20vbZe1XJhLAjvxOiDQoqJEXtLA7k0/s400/spiderweb+from+lab+retreat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DWdO6zLMftY2R_zEkCuBtcOsi4Gya79rX8K_aPNbFO3YTON9wK2bD13lzOWKnSixc9p0Cbz8QvpL3cuXtYCGJkm7Um-NKiwkIym9EOYt9DiHPh4o-Uyq7mkNterZV3-RrB-qVSHzS20/s1600-h/thistle+flower.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298068140190187874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DWdO6zLMftY2R_zEkCuBtcOsi4Gya79rX8K_aPNbFO3YTON9wK2bD13lzOWKnSixc9p0Cbz8QvpL3cuXtYCGJkm7Um-NKiwkIym9EOYt9DiHPh4o-Uyq7mkNterZV3-RrB-qVSHzS20/s400/thistle+flower.jpg" border="0" /></a> I took these on the same walk (with the lil' Canon Powershot SD450), though the lighting looks different post-processing. I heart macro!</div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-86441400707736403792009-01-26T00:57:00.004-05:002009-01-26T01:14:11.231-05:00Textures in San Diego<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtN-AxVjLCK1ouFWK9hZiWOnMe5AuaZLclV3oRGzVesHKOoJBHXMpinJbA9tFqRkNRyhULisse4IS84BW2AxGOlCCQqLdYDTx6guJMZ7Gye2qZCQc1PXN7AzSN62pviDV029W7vxbdlTA/s1600-h/feather+in+grass+bw+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295478367959756898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtN-AxVjLCK1ouFWK9hZiWOnMe5AuaZLclV3oRGzVesHKOoJBHXMpinJbA9tFqRkNRyhULisse4IS84BW2AxGOlCCQqLdYDTx6guJMZ7Gye2qZCQc1PXN7AzSN62pviDV029W7vxbdlTA/s400/feather+in+grass+bw+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWuTDaa5T439dDy46RJ_4fWCYTc2PEuZ3QQfgbOdknOI2JsfiSMH5Tbd3eHQiQccO_O78zyuLDgkktqDtHbNXVOOLXqsTIpmCChhVC_cJ-mnre7D3iMsCuZ2VvQT_m-SGFhyid32btmY/s1600-h/san+diego+tree+silouhette+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295477852487124866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWuTDaa5T439dDy46RJ_4fWCYTc2PEuZ3QQfgbOdknOI2JsfiSMH5Tbd3eHQiQccO_O78zyuLDgkktqDtHbNXVOOLXqsTIpmCChhVC_cJ-mnre7D3iMsCuZ2VvQT_m-SGFhyid32btmY/s400/san+diego+tree+silouhette+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a> As the title suggests, I was at a conference in San Diego last weekend. What a great place for a conference in January! I got to walk in the sun (though it did rain a tiny bit), see friends, drink overpriced drinks, and learn lots of science. So much fun! The pics: seagull feather in the grass on the embarcadero and a Seuss-ish tree inside an old mission. </div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206487213116859937.post-74954722087407057592009-01-19T20:35:00.004-05:002009-01-19T20:39:06.921-05:00Functional art<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilj-bEE2nEqh6v-eLp-MN1Yus4CZTQIMZG-kADUtmRMkn3YwDc_lUFeWh1jBJkhmO8xxFgHkYUIjMAjY-oarJ57sfrT3Eu8YgoecGpm-wurz_iIBCvDm2V0fzcRTfguGReh2d6GaXp8OM/s1600-h/Drums+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293183667011988466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilj-bEE2nEqh6v-eLp-MN1Yus4CZTQIMZG-kADUtmRMkn3YwDc_lUFeWh1jBJkhmO8xxFgHkYUIjMAjY-oarJ57sfrT3Eu8YgoecGpm-wurz_iIBCvDm2V0fzcRTfguGReh2d6GaXp8OM/s400/Drums+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4rlAaUeAu4nyyhsDbPZjC3KKMVDxjH20ItJvyAdegG9loYZNalsZroFaC-kwdK7VJ8ruKklaxJGaOe3_qFJ6BaNy6k_6xq4JjXBwF7x0jJyYuu6oK0QO4o6oqqWffgsbyJ59ztMczGY/s1600-h/Drums+2+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293183560118794642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4rlAaUeAu4nyyhsDbPZjC3KKMVDxjH20ItJvyAdegG9loYZNalsZroFaC-kwdK7VJ8ruKklaxJGaOe3_qFJ6BaNy6k_6xq4JjXBwF7x0jJyYuu6oK0QO4o6oqqWffgsbyJ59ztMczGY/s400/Drums+2+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a>Some of my <a href="http://alasophia.blogspot.com/2008/12/media-friday.html">dad's </a>home décor. I will be traveling to a conference this week so I'll see you next Photo Monday! </div>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650869525094860040noreply@blogger.com3