Category Archives: nerdy is the new cool

natural art

I was inspired by this amazing land artist and also this one Olivia and I spent the morning making art from leaves. I want to leave some of our art in the park near our house. How fun to think somebody might pass by and see, enjoy and wonder where it came from. I am [...]

in camera settings

I had a discussion with a friend about using in camera settings instead of photoshop to see if I could get an image I would be happy with. I thought I would share my little test with everybody. In this first image I just used the default settings listed below the image. I didn’t adjust [...]

disturb me

while I was cooking dinner last night (rosemary potatoes) my daughter came up and asked me how to spell “disturb”. I was cooking so I wasn’t really paying much attention. I told her and she ran off. this morning I got up and walked by her bedroom door and saw this sign on the door. [...]

aka worm poop

I’ve been thinking of building a compost bin to keep in our basement. we use a lot of paper towels and always feel so guilty throwing them away. I found it interesting that every website I visit likes to avoid saying worm poop. “The worms eat kitchen scraps, turning the material into ‘valuable organic matter’.” [...]