Tuesday, December 28, 2010

The Coupon Queen

My wife has become very good at the coupon game. So good, in fact, that she convinced Publix to pay us $0.05 to take this valencia rice off their hands:





To celebrate the windfall, we made Paella:


Topped off with some killer Andouille sausage from The Cajun Clever:


Not traditional, but very nice indeed...

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Longing for Spring Already




I was just looking back at some of the springtime pictures of this year's garden. It makes me really love winter right now. Especially with a house full of sick kids...

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Rare

RARE from Joel Sartore on Vimeo.

Earth's biodiversity is vanishing at an alarming rate. This video from National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore shows what we stand to lose. More information is available in his forthcoming book, RARE: Portraits of America's Endangered Species.