A Life in Snippets

Today I am hard at work.

At long last, after a lengthy delay, I bring you the Riverboat cruise! The Natchez is a genuine steam-powered engine paddleboat that tours the Mississippi river. It was very nifty! Enjoy!

The still photos can be found here.

Our first night in New Orleans, and we went on the hunt for food. We stopped at the Acme Oyster bar, which was lively. I followed that up with a salad at the hotel restaurant.

Click HERE to see the photographs in my gallery.

I thought I would try something new here. I was playing with making a video out of my trip photos. What do you think? You like this method?

Leaving Phoenix.

It was too cloudy to take photos of New Orleans from the sky.

New Orleans Superdome, as we zipped by in the taxi.

The front doors of our hotel. (Which were broken.)

First sight of the Lobby.

My hotel room door.

Now for a quick tour of the hotel room.

And a bit more of the hotel outside my room.

Sitting area next to the elevators.

Fresh flowers in the hotel lobby.

Exterior of hotel.

Ouch! I ripped a goodly portion of my thumbnail off in a collision with a stationary object. It hurts. It's ugly. Ouch!

I'm off to my performance with my Bellydance Troupe at Bacchanal's. It's going to be a great show!

Oh yes, it is all about the lemons this week. The lemon tree is sagging under the weight, and these babies are everywhere! Lemons, lemons, everywhere! So I thought you might like to see how I set up for my lemon processing. Lemon zesting on the right, lemon slicing in the center, lemon juicing on the left. I zest, then I halve, then I juice. Some of the zest I'll freeze to use in recipes throughout the year, the rest is going into limoncello. The juice I strain two more times, and then I also freeze it for future recipes. I think I'll be the lemon queen this year!

That's me, the queen of tart!

Ironing. So much ironing!

Kicking back at the end of a long day, watching some Biggest Loser.

My new knee high socks for maximum ankle warmth!

Watching the Olympics. Sewing my quilt.