Weekly Photo Challenge: endurance

some things just last an age

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Mount Lofty, Adelaide, South Australia

I stood waiting for the sun to set. As it did my fingers froze and the sunset was not outstanding. A few images salvaged. Ironically, the yellow of the sun reminds me of the fire that waited for me at home.

Another butterfly

Actually it is the same one. My son’s kindy hatched it. The beauty of the f stop is that you can’t tell its inside a plastic aquarium. Fortunately they release them as they hatch. I wonder where it ended up?

Weekly Photo Challenge: Work Of Art

I have recently been exploring the use of my macro lens to focus on colour and form. To me it is about painting with photography. Here is an example.

The 25 Days of Christmas: 26. what now?

I got a macro lens and an off camera flash for Christmas. In my free time I will try to learn to use them properly!

First attempt. Not good. I do love the closeness though.

Orange, Choc Chip and Chia Seed, Chickpea Cookies

I can’t eat carbs or sugar right now. I have gestational diabetes. I also now have an obsession with making snacks that feel like I’m cheating without actually doing the wrong thing by myself or my baby.

Voila! Experimentation has led to the creation of these babies.

They may not look like much, but after researching every chickpea cookie recipe I could find I came up with these.

Orange, Choc Chip & Chia Seed Chickpea Cookies

Cookies
1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
Zest and juice of 1 small orange
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup dry chia seeds
2 tbsp almond meal
4 pieces 80% Lindt dark chocolate (you can use any brand and as much as you like)
1 1/2 tsp Stevia
Small pinch salt

Drizzle (optional)
3 tsp icing sugar (I used low GI)
Orange juice (use a bit left over from the orange used earlier, you only need a tiny bit)

Preheat oven to 180°C.
Put all cookie ingredients (except chocolate) in a bowl. Blend (I used a stick mixer). Break up chocolate into chips. Add to mixture and stir through.
Spoon teaspoon sized drops onto an oven tray lined with baking paper. Flatten slightly with the spoon (they won’t spread when cooking).
Bake 20 minutes. Cool on a rack.

Drizzle (optional)
* I found I needed something to counter the bitterness of the dark chocolate. A tiny bit of orange icing was perfect for my taste. You can leave it off if you prefer.
Put icing sugar in a cup or small bowl. Add a squeeze of orange juice. Mix with a knife until you get a drizzle consistency (not too runny, but not icing either). Dip the knife in the drizzle and hold it over a cookie to drizzle on as much or as little as you like.

My husband who has sampled some um…interesting creations assures me these are tasty. Win!

Macro Series: Photo 4

The other day I was at home with the boys. They played in the front yard in the afternoon. While they did I took a few photos using my iPhone and a cheap macro attachment. This series are the photos I took.

The spike of the aloe vera is orange! I am not sure if it is always that colour? Perhaps it was a reaction to me pulling a leaf off to use for sunburn?

Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign

I little bit of India in a rural Australian town. Actually this place makes pizza so it was a true merging of cultures.

 

Macro Month: Day 12

For anyone who was guessing yesterday’s macro shot. It was the blue liquid in a toy where the globules travel from the top to the bottom like a timer. That description is actually terrible. I don’t know how to describe it better, I am not sure of its real name? Perhaps you could tell me!

 

Today’s macro is a Marigold. Beautiful colour.

O is for orange

O has to be for orange doesn’t it?! I just happened to be standing near our fruit bowl while I was pondering today’s photo. I decided ‘something’ wanted me to photograph the obvious. I guess there is a challenge in that too. How to photograph objects considered not very interesting in interesting ways.

Anyway, here are my oranges. I think there is some sort of harmony here, it makes my eyes happy. That’s my general test, heheh.

Might go and eat my photo.