Travel Turtle

I have been making new international recipes as part of the self-imposed projects associated with my new blog. It’s a lot of fun. So far, I’ve tried Hungarian Goulash, Chicken Paprika, Butter Cookies, Feijoada, and two types of Meat Pies. Quite a feat considering it’s only January 23.
I love trying new recipes, especially international recipes. [...]

A good cause from anti-:
Today, we are especially happy to bring you “People Got A Lotta Nerve,” the first single from Neko Case’s forthcoming album Middle Cyclone (out March 3), because for every blog that reposts the song and/or iLike user who adds it to their profile, Neko Case and ANTI- will make a cash [...]

Here’s the next challenge at Dolce Pics. There really wasn’t an “issue” with the original and so I just had a lot of fun with it. I changed the opacity, darkened the background… that’s pretty much it.

ORIGINAL

My Version

Starting tomorrow (or today if you are reading this tomorrow), my Travel From Home blog will look into Brazil. Lots of fun. I changed the format a little bit. Instead of two weeks of concentration, I’m only doing one per destination. But, it’s one week of pure fun!
Fun, you ask? YES! For example, every TUESDAY [...]

I’ve been looking for something like this online and I’m glad I found it. Over at Dolce Pics there seems to be a photo challenge. They provide the photo, your process, post the image and send the link to them. It’s great to see what everyone has done. Here’s the before from Dolce Pics:

And here’s [...]

Over at my other blog, I posted a small craft project I did.
Here’s a picture:

There’s more explanation of it on the other site.
What else?
I have started working part-time for a limited time, so posts may not be as frequent as they have been in the past.
I’m still trying to get better at my photography and [...]

When I was in seventh grade I had to do a science project. After much thinking I settled on my hypothesis that was something along the lines of: “Which perfume lasts the longest?” I sprayed different scents in different price points on a cotton ball and then put each ball in it’s own ziploc bag [...]

Do you want to hear a secret? Sure you do.
Fortunately, I have quite a few secrets to share with you today.
First, I recently realized that I don’t like adding pictures to my blog posts. Shhh… don’t tell anyone. This wasn’t a random realization, but more of a pondering of what would make me more happy [...]

Over at my other blog I posted some great Hungarian Art history and inspiration. I’d love it if you checked it out!