phenomenal photographer, but I may be biased.27829. alistairconnor - 12/26/2013 4:17:00 PM
(that should read : a phenomenal photographer)
27830. arkymalarky - 12/26/2013 6:40:55 PM
Wow. Lots of nice ones. The bird in flight is very cool.
27831. wabbit - 12/31/2013 6:28:46 PM
Good eye - I remember meeting her in NYC when she was but four years old.
Happy New Year moties!
27832. arkymalarky - 12/31/2013 9:06:23 PM
Happy New Year!
27833. Wombat - 1/1/2014 4:25:08 AM
Happy New Year, Motiers! Hope the new year will be better than the old!
27834. judithathome - 1/1/2014 7:04:19 PM
I'm with Wombat...hope this year is as nice as our cozy evening at home last night watching Peter O'Toole movies.
27835. arkymalarky - 1/1/2014 8:06:13 PM
We split a bottle of wine and watched Kathy Griffith and Anderson Cooper. It's become a yearly tradition for us. They crack us both up.
If you want a nice New Year smile, check this out:
Escape Games 24 Happy New Year
27836. judithathome - 1/1/2014 8:09:02 PM
Ran into Woden on a forum today...she says "hey!".
27837. arkymalarky - 1/1/2014 8:10:34 PM
And do your brains a favor and check out the videos on Vihart or look her up on youtube. A student told Stan about her and she's amazing. I know I'm stating the obvious, but there's really a lot of jaw-dropping stuff on youtube.
27838. arkymalarky - 1/1/2014 8:11:20 PM
Crap. Screwed up the link. vihart.com
27839. arkymalarky - 1/1/2014 8:11:54 PM
Hey and Happy New Year to her!
27840. arkymalarky - 1/1/2014 8:25:00 PM
Ok. I'll make it super easy. This is a link to a video with sound: Vihart on algorithms.
She calls herself a mathemusician.
27841. anomie - 1/2/2014 3:10:24 AM
Happy new year everyone. Riding up to Mt Charleston has become a new year's day tradition...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=JHlfgc9l9IE
27842. webfeet - 1/15/2014 4:11:02 PM
Happy New Year everyone! Hope it's not too late to wish you all the very best in 2014. To express my affection, I am going to give you the recette for an almond and orange yogurt cake, which I made last night and with which I am drinking the remaining prosecco for breakfast (some of us haven't figured out that it's January).
Greek Yogurt and Orange are the Star Ingredients in this very rich and fluffy cake. As I am not a chocolate person, this is bliss.
Almond and Orange Yogurt Cake
--12 tbsp. (1 1/2 sticks) butter (room temp)
-- 1 2/3 cup sugar
--6 wide strips orange zest (plus 1 tbsp. finely grated)
--3/4 cups semolina flour
--3/4 cup all purpose flour
--1/2 cup blanched almonds
--1 tsp baking powder
--1/3 tsp salt
--2 large eggs + 1 egg YOLK
--1 tsp vanilla extract
--1 cup Greek yogurt Full fat, plus more for serving
Preheat oven to 350. Butter if you want a 9-inch cake pan.
In a saucepan, combine 2/3 CUP SUGAR, 1/2 cup water and orange strips. Boil until sugar is dissolved, 3 min.
Whisk flours, amonds, grated orange zest, baking powder, and salt.In another bowl, mix butter, 1 cup sugar until light and creamy. Add eggs, beat in vanilla. With mixer on low, alternately beat in flour mixture and yogurt, beginning and ending with flour.
Bake 50 minutes. Let cool in pan 10 min. Then invert onto a serving plate. Using a fork, poke shallow holes into top of cake and pour half of syrup. Serve with dollop of yogurt and remaining syrup
