lumpia cooking [Day 2271]

Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 80 – Total Days: 2,271

Fuji X100s | ISO 1600 | 23mm | f/2.8 | 1/50 sec

Was over at PieCon, the greatest little pie-eating and gaming “convention” on the Central Coast, today. One of the great traditions is Emir’s lumpia, which are fried spring rolls. Even though they aren’t pie, it’s probably for the best, since it’s ill-advised to live on pie alone for an entire weekend.

Welcome to Night Vale [Day 2270]

Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 79 – Total Days: 2,270

iPhone 5s | ISO 640 | 4.2mm | f/2.2 | 1/15 sec

Welcome to Night Vale is a pretty entertaining podcast, if you like weird, vaguely creepy and surreal radio shows.

cat in yard [Day 2269]

Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 78 – Total Days: 2,269

Canon 6D | ISO 400 | 105mm | f/4.0 | 1/200 sec

Was out for an evening photowalk and having a hard time figuring out what to take a picture of, when I heard a “meow” and saw the movement of this friendly feline as it approached a rock in the yard I was near. I knelt down and proceeded to take some shots and it stayed put the entire time, except for one moment where I moved a bit too much and it got a bit skittish.

When I was done and got up to leave, it calmly walked away. Clearly, we had an unspoken, mutally beneficial arrangement: I got a photo subject, and it got some attention, but from a safe distance.

lively [Day 2268]

Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 77 – Total Days: 2,268

Canon 6D | ISO 400 | 105mm | f/4.0 | 1/125 sec

streetlight [Day 2267]

Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 76 – Total Days: 2,267

iPhone 5s | ISO 1600 | 4.15mm | f/2.2 | 1/15 sec

untitled [Day 2266]

Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 75 – Total Days: 2,266

Canon 6D | ISO 500 | 105mm | f/6.3 | 1/60 sec

bottles [Day 2265]

Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 74 – Total Days: 2,265

Fuji X100s | ISO 1000 | 23mm | f/2.8 | 1/60 sec

Today was wine club pickup day at Edna Valley Vineyard. They always have a nice event with tasting, appetizers, and live music, and it sure was a gorgeous day for it!

dessert pizza pie [Day 2264]

Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 73 – Total Days: 2,264

Fuji X100s | ISO 3200 | 23mm | f/2.0 | 1/220 sec

I had a wine tasting gathering with friends tonight, and since it was Pi day (March 14th, a.k.a. 3.14, a.k.a. Pi) we all brought Pie themed food. Mine was a dessert pizza pie, which consisted of a sugar cookie crust, a sauce made of cream cheese, amaretto, and brown sugar, and toppings of fresh fruit.

It was delicious! Along with everything else. And thanks to Amy for arranging the toppings – it was a great presentation!

serenity [Day 2263]

Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 72 – Total Days: 2,263

Canon 6D | ISO 800 | 105mm | f/4.0 | 1/80 sec

control center [Day 2262]

Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 71 – Total Days: 2,262

Canon 6D | ISO 5000 | 17mm | f/3.2 | 1/50 sec

I gotta confess: the lights and performance monitor display on my keyboard makes me feel like my system is something right out of science fiction. Like I’m piloting the Enterprise or something ;-)