Okay, not really…
Although I have had wild turkey (and it was delicious), I wouldn’t shoot this one. This turkey is part of a rafter (or gang) of turkeys that live on the Cargill property in Minnetonka. Mike makes a pick-up there every day and he’s always telling me about the turkeys he’s watched grow up from poults.
And yes, I did have to look up the names for a group of turkeys and a young turkey.
I’ve never seen them the few times I’ve ridden with him, so today he took my camera and captured this. He said he waited quite a while hoping this Tom would turn around all the way, but I actually like the way he’s posed here.
I feel like I’ve been hibernating… although it’s way to early to venture out again if you ask me. I hate winter. I could stand it if it was a month long and never got below freezing, but then again, I live in Minnesota so where would that crazy idea come from?!
I haven’t done anything that requires me to be outside longer than it takes to walk to the bus. Mike and I did manage to get some errands done on the way home tonight but that was because he ended his workday in Edina and one of the stores I wanted to visit was along the way home. Unfortunately they did not have what I needed so I had to make do with a substitute.
We saw some great Christmas displays while we were in Edina. I tried taking a couple of pictures but they were blurry and made me dizzy so I deleted them. Maybe next time…
This is a Diana camera. It’s not an original, but rather a faithful reproduction of the original. I haven’t taken any pictures with it yet because it uses film and I want to make sure I’m taking something that will show the camera’s inherent soft focus and vignette. I love digital, but there will always be a place for film because the colors are so much richer. There’s some scientific reason for that but it doesn’t matter because I still love the idea of film photography. Although the last time I took film I have to admit I looked at the back of the camera several times expecting to see the image I’d just tried to capture.
I’m not sure any of the shots from the first roll in the Diana will turn out. I didn’t realize the film wasn’t in a canister like 35 mm film is. So I may have exposed it, but we’ll see. I will have to send this to a lab so it could be a month before I have anything to show for my efforts. And on top of that, I will have to scan the photos once I have them developed.
Wish me luck!
I used to love shopping. Now I prefer shopping via the internet because the crowds drive me crazy. It seems like people have gotten ruder (more rude?) over the past couple years and I have no tolerance for it anymore. I’m glad I don’t have many gifts to buy this year!
So, instead of going shopping, I spent the day watching something that Mike Tivo’d for me, did some laundry, and took this picture:
Mike, Ryan and I spent Thanksgiving at my Dad’s having the same meal we’ve had for the last 30 years (well, 25 for Ryan). We didn’t veer off the menu from that first year Mike was included. Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, yams, corn, peas, green beans, stuffing and brown-and-serve buns. We thought we might have time to run up north and spend a couple hours with Mike’s family, but we didn’t have time.
Now it’s evening and Ryan has gone back home, Mike is downstairs watching TV and I’m upstairs in my favorite chair. It’s hard to believe it’s already the end of November and Christmas is just a few weeks away. I won’t be shopping tomorrow unless it’s over the internet. I’m thankful it didn’t snow today. I suppose it’s too much to hope for no snow this winter?
I tried making Pioneer Woman’s cinnamon roles. This is the end result:
Thank goodness they taste better than they look. But, that’s not the reason for the title of this post. This is:
No, I didn’t drink a bottle of wine while I was making this recipe. I knew all of my rolling pins were packed away and it would have taken me days to find them, so instead I substituted an empty wine bottle wrapped in plastic wrap. It worked pretty well, although I wasn’t able to follow the recipe exactly and it was a little more of a challenge to roll out the dough than it should have been. That’s what happens when you lose your shopping list before you get to the store.
I can’t wait to screw up try another of PW’s recipes!
Claudia and I spent the afternoon at the Mall of America waiting in line to have Ree Drummond (aka Pioneer Woman) sign her new cookbook. It was a great opportunity for us girls to get in a little bonding. But I think we were pretty surprised by the turn-out. We got there an hour early and ended up near the end of the line. I love the cookbook, but I loved the time we spent together even more!
Here’s a picture of Ree:
If you want to read her blog, you can get to it from the link on the right side. I can’t wait to try out some of the recipes – especially the cinnamon roles!
Thanks for sharing this experience with me Claudia. When are we driving to Eduardo’s Pizza (in Chicago)???
This is Ryan’s new companion:
Her name is Ripley. She’s a bundle of energy. She runs around until she drops, sleeps for 20 minutes and then goes again until she drops.
I will be spending time with family on Friday. I hope I can find some words of comfort for my cousin who lost her husband and son. I can’t even imagine how she feels or what she’s going through, I only hope having her family around will help in some small way.
