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friday’s lunch…

09 Sunday Mar 2008

Posted by in food & drink, friends, photos, sevilla, spain, tapas

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. . . was very yummy

Went out with Pipocas again, this time to Modesto for a fabulous Friday afternoon lunch. Pipocas had never eaten there before and we eschewed the more touristy (though very pretty) outdoor terrace and upstairs dining room in favour of sitting at the bar, which is my favourite place to eat there. It’s so much cosier and you get to chat with the barmen and the guys in the kitchen. I love that.

We started off with a fritura, then had some grilled pork tenderloin in mushroom sauce and finally tried the razorback clams. Meanwhile, our neighbours were having some interesting looking things and they were very nice about letting me take some pics of their food too. 🙂

The new pics are here (photos 17-22)

symmetry

14 Thursday Feb 2008

Posted by in fun stuff, photos

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Hours of fun for the whole family with the Funny Face Generator

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If you want to see how symmetrical your face is, use a straight on picture of your face with your head held perfectly straight. When placing the midline try to position it directly in the middle of the nose. That’s my passport photo in the centre – the most ‘straight on’ pic I have. So much for symmetry=beauty. Unless you happen to fancy Russian peasants or inbred pinheads.

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If you want to get a bit more creative try experimenting with different angles, tilted heads, and placing the midline in different places. Play around with it and you can get some hilarious results. Even with just a slightly tilted head Nog comes out looking either like a scary mad scientist or an NFL linebacker.

If you’d like to put your creations in the symmetry album you can email your pics to me along with the orginal photo. I plan on doing a few more myself.

~ via The Generator Blog ~

(it’s fun with cats too!)

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open windows

23 Wednesday Jan 2008

Posted by in animals & pets, home, photos, sevilla

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It’s been so sunny and warm here the past few days that I’ve been able to open up the balcony doors during the afternoon to let some warm air and sunshine into casa az. This time of year it’s often warmer outside than inside at midday. And after having been cooped up without much fresh air for the past couple of months the cats are totally loving it, immediately going out to sit on the balcony and take in huge gulps of air … oh, the little darlings. In general they’re quite happy being house cats and can spend most of the year hanging out on the balconies to get some fresh air and even do a bit of serious sunbathing. But of course during the winter the balcony doors stay shut in order to keep the place at least somewhat warmish.

Anyhow, I’m loving it too, being able to sit here without wearing three sweaters and a scarf … it’s about 20º today, which for me is almost sandal weather. And so that pic up top is the view today from one of the living room balconies. The bedroom balcony view looks like this.

I feel so lucky to live here. 🙂