I am tired of flower photos. Not just mine, but everyone’s. Even Scott Kelby’s special technique of shooting them from the bottom up no longer excites me the way it used to.
I’ve seen an awful lot of garden-variety florals. (Ha ha!) It’s challenging to do something different with something that’s been photographed a zillion times. Flowers are pretty, yes, very pretty, not always compelling, you know what I mean? I don’t take a lot of photos of flowers anymore. Not even when the tulips are out.
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The other day I was outdoors, doing a bit of experimenting with the camera.
I was busy focusing on this:
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Remember the Hellman’s-sponsored confab I went to in Toronto back in May?
To summarize: some bloggers were flown in from across Canada to talk about eating seasonally and to get an advance preview of Hellman’s new Eat Real Eat Local campaign. As part of that campaign, Hellman’s pledged to give a quarter to Evergreen (to a maximum of $25,000) each time someone tags their online interactions (e.g. a Tweet, blog post, even a blog comment!) with the term “#realfood.“
For today only (July 29), Hellmann’s is increasing the donation made to Evergreen to one dollar each time the #realfood tag is used.
Can we raise some extra bucks for Evergreen? Just because they’re awesome?
Just to make it interesting, tell me what kind of seasonal vegetable you’re enjoying right now. (And don’t forget to mention #realfood!)
Me: We went to the local farmer’s market on Sunday and bought heritage carrots (knobbly and incredibly sweet!), local peas, and local honey. We were going to buy some local beef too, but they were all sold out. Boo. But everything tasted so good. Like how real food is supposed to taste.
Over to you!
Dear Lord Or Whoever Is In Charge, please give us a few more hot days this summer so we can eat more of these:
I make these all the time. They are the easiest popsicles ever… they are essentially the only reason I don’t buy popsicles at the store. THAT IS HOW STUPIDLY EASY THESE ARE.
And it might be just my imagination (or maybe we eat them too quickly?) but I think these might even be LESS DRIPPY than other popsicles.
Have I mentioned how easy these are? And that there is no nutritional value in these whatsoever? Oh, and p.s., they aren’t vegan-friendly either. (Do you know what goes into gelatin??) But hey, sometimes summer is about letting loose, right?
Here’s the, um, recipe:
- 1) Mix up a package of Jello as per the directions on the package.
- 2) Pour into popsicle molds and let freeze.
- 3) That’s it.
Your children will think you have magic abilities and when they get older they’ll fondly look back on the Happy Days That Mom Boiled Water and Mixed It With Powder To Make Summer Treats That Made Our Tongues Purple.
(Don’t say I didn’t warn you.)
