21 November 2008

Week in review - November 28th 2008

Happy Anniversary to us!
Hard to believe, but November 23rd was our first anniversary and we went out to dinner at Roy's in Atlanta - one of our favourite places for excellent fish and wine.

Photo stuff
Another publication has chosen one of my photographs for their web site. A couple of months ago, Whole Foods used one of my pictures on their product pages. This week, Schmap(!!) asked to use one of my pictures from Key West on their map guide for Miami (I know - I was confused too). Schmap!!

Thanksgiving
Dinner was good - we had pork loin with a blackberry reduction which was great as usual. Oddly we had this almost exactly a year ago and it was just as good then.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Cats
Catnip seems to be the drug of choice still. Curiosity got in on the action the other day by rolling around in the box with the catnip and becoming quite satisfied with her delinquent state.
If you don't talk to your cat about catnip...
Of course this often leads to turf wars over who gets to loll about in the box of recreational substances.
Catnip territory
After that, she felt the need to rest a little...
Curiosity sleeping

She did recover long enough for me to take a portrait shot.
Curiosity - portrait of a modern cat

Two week countdown
Yes, two weeks today we'll be on a plane bound for Europe. Quite exciting. I'm sure I'll be posting photos when we return.

Not that we're counting but...

04 November 2008

Merry voting day

Tuesday 4th November 2008
Yes, it's voting day here in the jolly US. That means I got to exercise my vote again - all very exciting. We'll see what the ballot fairy brings in the morning or whether she has to be dragged through court first. Not being one to be pessimistic, we just don't want blood and gore from beating around the bush.

Fawking around
Tomorrow is of course the 5th of November. It's always entertaining to consider that as one country elects its leaders, another had tried to blow them all up and for that, we are generous enough to bestow this fine calendar event on the world. Guy Fawkes was clearly one who resented the status quo (I think they played their first concert in 1605) and took matters into his own hands to see that they change for the better. Needless to say he probably didn't intend for us to celebrate burning effigies at the stake for the next 400 years although he might be impressed at the fireworks.

Who says the electoral process doesn't work?

Everything is bigger in Germany
As seen in this recent exchange between the heads of state from Germany and France.

Clearly had Gordon Brown (look him up if you have no clue who he is) been there, it would have been a different story.

Light relief
Thanks to Pat(ricia) for this recent gem.


Reading etc...
Sorry, haven't done any.