Showing posts with label Pictures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pictures. Show all posts

bouldering in boulder

When I left Colorado, the weather was snowy and in the 20’s.  Cleveland was in the 40’s the whole week and dreary.  Today was such a nice change!  It was sunny and 80* in CO today.  We were itching to get outside.

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Chris found a spot, not too far away, to do some traverse bouldering.  We don’t have a crash pad yet, so we didn’t want to do too much vertical climbing.  This was the perfect little spot to practice on real rock.

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In between a rock and a hard spot [or just a tree]

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Awesome view!

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Dinna’ time!  It’s been awhile since I did pan roasted veggies over pasta.  It’s really delicious and extremely easy. 

Oven @400* – whatever veggies you want – roast about 40min [softer veg. can go in for the last 15min, like zucc, kale, tomatoes, etc.] – toss with olive oil, s+p – top whole wheat pasta w/veggies, a touch of sauce + a little cheese! It’s one of our favorites.

Veggie combo: sweet potato/onion/garlic/brussel sprouts [went in first] zucc/kale/tomatoes [went in after 25min]

The sweet potato might seem out of place, but I promise it was delicious!

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Roasted Kale is really good…love the crunch!

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My plate with a little vodka sauce + cheese

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Up close + personal

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Cracked open a bottle of our “Dope Whine,” after dinner tonight.  We got a gift certificate to make our own wine, from a bunch of friends, as a wedding gift.  We got 30 bottles!! Yes, that is our boxer Dakota on the label.  She is pretty dopey and whiney..which is where the name idea came from ;)

Chris took this photo!

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This could be the best/worst new addiction ever.  Move over Ben + Jerry’s FroYo…blegh!  Stonyfields frozen yogurt is UHmazing!! Seriously tastes like delicious fattening icecream! =) It has 130cals per serving and I think 1.5g fat [can’t remember exactly].  It is SO good.  You would never guess this was yogurt.  The caramel is really good too.  Doesn’t have a fake, weird sweetener taste to it. YUM!!!!

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Time to relax!!

Byeeeeeeeee

Ashley

Hey guys! A last minute weekend post. I had a super busy weekend, mostly granola bar related. It was completely exhausting but so much fun. I played around for hours with photographing the bars and ingredients. It is definitely going to take me awhile to get decent at taking food photos. Chris helped give me an overview of how to use his camera and I just went at it. I started outside with natural light, but found it was a little harsh. I encountered some not-so-great shadows, but still got some shots I was happy with for my first go at this. My neighbor (who is a professional photographer) came out while I was taking photos asking what I was doing, etc. He let me come over today while he had his studio lighting and backdrops set up. This gave me a much more stable environment to shoot in. He set up the lights for me but I was on my own with the camera. Then later today Chris helped teach me how to edit photos in Lightroom. So much to learn!!

If the photos make you hungry for some yummy granola goodness, then I have done my job.

More ota. info. to come later this week, and probably a few more pics. Check back soon!

Off to bed...
Ashley






















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