30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 19 - Something Orange

This little guy came back with my parents from Mexico. He mostly hangs out on the computer monitor in the living room...

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 18 - Your Shoes

Tevas!!

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 17 - Technology

The definition of technology (courtesy of merriam-webster.com):

1. the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area

2. a manner of accomplishing a task especially using technical processes, methods, or knowledge

3. the specialized aspects of a particular field of endeavor

I practically applied my knowledge of coffee and various brewing methods, and accomplished the task of cold brewing coffee, a specialized aspect of coffee brewing which endeavors to reduce the acidity of coffee and allow the coffee consumer to enjoy iced coffee without needing to add ice to hot coffee. My method involved the use of 2 glass pitchers and a reusable coffee filter from a regular coffee pot.

Step 1: Measure coffee grounds & water into glass pitcher using a 1:4 ratio. 
Step 2: Cover the pitcher and leave the grounds to soak for about 12 hours.
Step 3: Pour the contents of the pitcher through a coffee filter into another pitcher.
Step 4: The coffee produced is a concentrate and should be enjoyed using a 1:4 coffee to water/milk/ice ratio.

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 16 - Long Exposure

Long exposure to summer sunshine has Mane turning brown...

Long exposure to books and stories has her motivated to do the library reading program...

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 15 - Silhouette

This is the avatar I use for MidnightCafe everywhere...

It's a photo of Mango & I at Lake Michigan the summer before Mane was born. We camped at a campground, the name of which I can never remember, that was cheap and right on the Lake. We used the self timer on our SLR Nikon, and the camera was perched in the rocks. Strange the things we remember as though it were yesterday...

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 14 - Eyes

Guest photographer...Mane took this photo of herself...

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 13 - Yourself with 13 Things

The things that have been multiplying in my house since Mane was born...and me walking around and scooping them up!