Farmers Market

I decided late last year that I needed to post all of the film from 2010 that I wanted to share, because why have such old film just sitting there? I took a number of pictures in 2010 in various farmers markets across the country; Hollywood, Portland, Kansas City, Wichita, to name a few.

I really like a good farmers market. I've mentioned before that I used to live in the River Market in Kansas City, which is where the City Market is located; Kansas City's biggest farmers market. Back then, I would just wander down to the market on a Saturday morning and people watch for a while.

I haven't always liked farmers markets though. I remember being dragged to farmers markets in St. Louis when I was younger. I didn't care much for them back then, but my aunt sure did. All I remember was it was hot and boring, and I just wanted to go to a baseball game, or another St. Louis area attraction with a little more pizazz than the farmers market. These days though, I'll go to a farmers market. And I'll take my camera.

BLT: A How To

Now that it’s getting close to summer time I thought it would be good to tell you the proper way to make a BLT, a staple of summer menus. The BLT sandwich, or Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato sandwich was first invented by Sir Francis Bacon in 1894 when he was looking for a refreshing meal one summer afternoon. After multiple near misses with lettuce and tomato based sandwiches, Sir Francis decided to try the ingredient for which he was named. After the initial taste test, he deemed it delicious and set out to make BLT sandwiches for his friends to try. They confirmed it delicious and Sir Francis was declared a hero. It was for his valiant efforts in sandwichery that he was knighted and earned the formal title of Sir Francis.

What he knew was that fresh ingredients are a necessity for a good BLT sandwich. Everything except the bacon should be pretty fresh. The bacon can be store bought, but get a good brand. Homegrown tomatoes are the best, homemade bread is also a necessity. Top it off with a little slice of watermelon and you’re ready for a nice summer BLT sandwich.













**Some historical information within this post may not be completely accurate, but the foundation for a good BLT is sound**

Summertime

I tried to make a blog post last week; I really did. But between the time I started typing and when I tried to save the post, apparently blogspot went down. I should probably go back to writing my posts in Word, and copying them over to here, because I lost everything. I had even typed up a funny little story about a whiny, crying, singing kid my brother and I saw in Wal-Mart when we were younger. The kid was being a little punk because his grandmother wouldn't buy him a toy, but still had a song in his heart. It was funny.

Anyway, to try to salvage my original post, I'll see if I can recall what I was talking about. Something about being glad it was warmer, and that it was almost summer. I'm ready for summer and all that it brings. Cookouts, clotheslines, and baseball watching (specifically the NBC World Series) to name a few.

Summer!

Well it's finally warming up around here, after what seemed like an eternity of winter. Although I enjoy the winter, I mostly enjoy it in Colorado while skiing. I much prefer the summer, so I'm pretty happy it's warming up. I'm fairly certain that I need to just move to somewhere in Florida. Somewhere in Florida that is Sarasota or one of the keys right there. Now all I have to do is win the lottery. If I was going to live there I doubt I'd want to do any actual real work.

There isn't much to explain about this photo or about anything I did in post-processing this photo because it is basically straight from the camera. I did a very little bit of color and exposure adjustment in Photoshop and I cropped it a bit, but other than that it's just how I took it. To me this photo exemplifies summer. A bright blue sky, bright green grass, and of course, the clothes line.