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my favorite salmon
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01wYou guys, I have discovered a salmon recipe that I love. I have known for years and years and years how healthy salmon is and why I should be eating it etc etc etc. But... I just am not wild about how it tastes! And I *want* to be wild about it! I do! But I'm not.Until now.I found this recipe, and I decided to try it because of all the leeks. You guys may or may not know by now how much I adore leeks. Yuuuuummm... And you know what? Something about the leeks and the way it all cooks together makes this way less fishy. It's just divine.02wAnd, unlike most other meats, it even looks pretty when raw! The recipe is below -- enjoy![kindred-recipe id="12840" title="salmon with leeks and lemon"]If you'd like an internet share of the day, how about this refresher on dinner etiquette? Or here is a story about a college student who saved a girl's life on Easter.

breakfast, lunch and dinner
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0329popsiclewWell, guess who got the kid's stomach bug.Yup. Me.So, yesterday was... horrible. But today is much better. I still don't have much of an appetite, so popsicles for all meals it is. My favorites are the Outshine popsicles in the mango flavor. Those are top notch.I actually made a delicious salmon recipe this weekend and took photos and everything and was going to blog that today... but looking at photos of fish was not the best idea with my stomach in its current state. So you'll have to wait on that one.0329popsicle2wNo internet post today -- too busy wrangling sick kid, sassy dog and keeping myself healthy.

hoot
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0325owl2wHappy Friday, y'all! I'm taking the day off work and heading out to see farm animals with the kid and a dear friend. Also on the docket? Bike supplies for summer! It should be a good day.And last night I finally made it down to the lake at sunset trying to find the owl that is nesting down there. Success! Can you even believe the camouflage? So interesting!0325owlwFor your internet shares today, this photo took my breath away in yesterday's paper. This recipe sounds wonderful -- who wants to bake this for me? And here are some winners of the Smithsonian photo contest that I love -- especially the fireflies!

smooch!
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01wI had a super fun photoshoot yesterday afternoon with this adorable baby and his canine brother, Gordon. How cute is this moment!?!I would love to tell you more about my days right now, but I am super slammed with jobs and work because I'm trying super hard to take tomorrow away from work and the computer so I can take The Spawn to see some baby farm animals. Hopefully, you'll forgive me when you see the images on Monday.In the meantime, how about this winter coat, eh? Genius!

mirror images
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0323leopardswI'm heading out to do some shooting this afternoon, but I wanted to blog beforehand so I could collapse onto the couch tonight and veg out. Ever need a night like that? I do. I've been working out more in the mornings this week, and I'm so stiff and sore that not only am I going to meld into the sofa, but I think I'll have a heating pad beneath me.This fighting against getting old and creaky is hard work!Anyway, I was flipping through some archives, and this photo of the leopards from a few weeks back really made me pause. It's almost like a mirror reflection! The leopard on the left is the father and the one on the right is the daughter. And look at that long and fluffy tail!For your internet share of the day, my mother-in-law makes amazing mandel bread, and this recipe is inspiring me to try it out myself. Enjoy!

the garage
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01Sunday night, I taught a concert photography class to ... teenagers? I didn't ask their ages. I would guess the class ages ranged from 17-20, but now that I'm so ancient, I could totally be off.Anyway, I taught the course over at The Garage, which is this awesome space for underage kids to see shows. There were four bands that night (The Everyday Characters, Unturned, The Frights and SWMRS). No, I hadn't heard of any of them before, although I did know that SWMRS had Billie Joe Armstrong's kid in the band. And The Frights surprised me with covers of Paradise City and some Weezer. They probably love that "classic rock."But, you know me! I love teaching others how to take better photos and share any tips or tricks I might have. So this was a lot of fun.While the bands were on stage, I shot some photos, troubleshot camera issues with some of the students, and did critiques. So these are just a few images I captured between that.03 04 05 0607 08 09 10For your internet share of the day, I'm enjoying the new Underworld album while I work this week. I also loved reading these quotes (at the bottom) about surprising things American moms learned while parenting abroad.

poor, sick pup
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0318magswOh my sweet girl.Magda got super sick last night. Vomiting like crazy and she just couldn't get comfortable -- panting, circling, lying down in many places only to whimper and get up and move again.After several hours of this, Jamie took her to the emergency vet, and a few hundred dollars later she is hydrated and we have an x-ray showing that her stomach/intestines are clear. So at least we are worrying less.Today, she's feeling much better, but she's not eating much and her breath is even more rank than usual. Needless to say, we're letting her have her space to rest up. We don't know what happened, but we think she ate something foul in the yard (which would be unsurprising).But besides the pup, everything else today was glorious. I had to work for a few hours to catch up on some shoots, but otherwise Jamie took the day off work and we checked Ezra into daycare and lounged on the couch with cheese popcorn and wine watching college basketball. It was glorious. Pure heaven.For your internet share of the day, let's all fantasize about this new thing I just learned about: Glamping.

adventures in cardboard
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0317cardboardwSo last Friday, I got to do a shoot with this local company, Adventures in Cardboard. You guys, it is businesses like this that make me so happy to be a parent right now! You better believe Ezra is going to cardboard camp as soon as he's old enough!Wait, are you confused? Did you not click on the link? This company builds mazes and castles and costumes and swords and shields and such out of old cardboard. They use appliance boxes, and their creations are AMAZING. They push kids to get creative, and the kids help build the mazes and their own costumes and then they let loose and play. Seriously, check out this website. I would have loved this camp as a kid.For your internet shares of the day, I was fascinated by which presidential campaigns are actually paying the women equally to the men. And I'm also interested in this movie featuring Barkhad Abdi, the Minnesotan Oscar nominee from Captain Phillips a few years back.Ok. That's all. Now get back to the NCAA tournament!