It's been a crazy but good couple of weeks for the Growbots. The photo above is the only one from the garden, because, well, I haven't been in the garden much lately. But clearly, the garden lives on. We've now had the pleasure of receiving two harvests of broccoli and will probably be seeing more in the near future. I've been terribly busy so I haven't seen the garden in about a week and a half, but Mr. Growbot did have the pleasure of seeing it yesterday and gave me a full report. Apparently the plants that we thought were pumpkins are actually yellow crookneck squash (not that I have a problem with that, yum!), the tomatoes are thriving, and Mr. Growbot tasted a sugar snap pea pod and gave his full approval. Hopefully I'll get back in there soon and have more to share.
In other semi-related garden news, Mr. Growbot and I picked 10 pounds of strawberries last week. Let me tell you, 10 pounds of strawberries is more than you can imagine. I've so far made 24 half pints of jam and a strawberry rhubarb pie and have barely made a dent in the pile. The rest had to be put in the freezer and will be processed into more goodies soon. I plan on making "sundae in a jar" which is strawberries, raspberries, and chocolate liquer and is used mainly as an ice cream topper. I also am going to try and branch out and make some more savory creations like strawberry, mint, and black pepper jam and maybe strawberry balsamic jam.
My little Growbot brother graduated from high school this past weekend. In celebration, I made him a cake shaped like a rainbow trout for his party. My brother is an avid fisherman, so I thought the cake would be perfect. Per his request, the cake was funfetti (it was a 9x13 that I carved into the fish shape) with funfetti icing, and I made marshmallow fondant and hand painted it. Overall, I believe it was a success. My brother ate the face, always the tastiest part of the fish :)
In addition to all of my general busy-ness lately, I've been experimenting a lot with shutter speed on my camera. Chad and Beth had a fun summer party last weekend and one of their guests was a fire hooper, meaning he literally hula-hooped in a hoop with flames one it. This was the perfect opportunity to try my hand at leaving my shutter open for an extended amount of time and seeing what would happen. The photo at the top was normal speed, or 1/80 of a second. In the next couple, I had the shutter open for 3 seconds. In the last one I had the shutter open for 6 seconds. The photos turned out really interesting, and I learned a lot about shutter speed and exposure. It left me thirsty for more, so....
...introducing ghost Fancy Pants! I created this photo by leaving the shutter open for 10 seconds. Fancy stood there for about 4 or 5 seconds before walking out of the shot, thus leaving what appears to be a ghostly image of a cat. Interesting and a bit creepy, just how I like it.
No cats were harmed in the making of this blog ;)
Until next time.
-Mrs. Growbot
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