1.28.2012

weeds in the field

"I know nothing more enjoyable than that happy-go-lucky wandering life,
in which you are perfectly free; without shackles of any kind,
without care, without preoccupation, without thought even of to-morrow.
You go in any direction you please,
without any guide save your fancy."

Guy de Maupassant


Holla! Nothing big happened today. I am still going through low energy phase and a lingering cold plus a slight cough... Nevertheless, it's not a complete day without me getting some shots using my Lumix toy.

Here are my shots of grasses, weeds and plants living in the open field in my community. Their imperfect condition has become my point of interest; they -- so tough, free and random, so pure and beautiful in their flaws, so peaceful in their frailty.

And they manage to survive in the roughest weather like the rainy January we are having.

It's still the 28th. Tonight, however, the rain poured like there's no tomorrow. Albeit, thunder has gone elsewhere, this rain was vehemently beating against the roof and windows -- bringing equal intimidation into the scene.

Not to stray from my point, I share some pictures I took of field grasses amidst cloudy skies.





I love photography because I love sentimental moments. It's just silence, me and the object in focus; I, searching for that precise emotion to capture beyond the physical before hitting the button.

I must concede to Milton saying...

“Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!”


Because life is a series of memories,






1.27.2012

Miumiu our pet cat

He has been with us for like three months now. We just found out that it was a boy cat. Anyhoo... boy or girl, we have called him Miumiu (variation of meowmeow) so that will be his name from now & beyond.

This is the snapshot of this brat cat who likes to play with the little mouse stuffed toy. We wondered why he loves to pick it, and roll with it, jump on it & simply hug it. Is it for the love of mice-- his mortal enemy?

Here's proof of it!






1.26.2012

Loving Bokeh

Here is my recent work. I just can't go to sleep without posting it here... because I loved how I did them. Much obsessed with making the bokeh effect.








1.24.2012

Sunny Windy Tuesday



Shots I made before noon sharp. The wind is nice today, plus the sun is a bit alive.







Got this for lunch as well:


It's a great life,



1.22.2012

another tale from the Blue Kitchen: pizza from scratch


I managed to create my own version of pizza. Yep, I made dough. I measured, kneaded & did plenty of things just to make this project good & a fun activity.

Oh. Am I pleased with the results. Here's my ambitious feat on pizza making:


















Pursue cooking. With reckless abandon.


1.16.2012

Good Eats: Fern Salad

In the Philippines, we eat ferns. This is the Fiddlehead, an edible fern variety that we treat as vegetable.

Pics of fern salad that made breakfast great today: