Allie Oop's Photo Blog

A new year, Another year of Project 365 begins. I will be printing a book of last years project 365, which I’m very excited about! I hope this years photos come to be as amazing, inspiring, and help me grow as much as project 365 has in the past year!

here’s a look back at my mosaics of the past year!

My mom’s Chocolate Pecan Pie

Recipe to come

Today there was a wonderful view on my way to work, the lake was steaming!

This was the first year that my sister and I has thanksgiving alone. We did it all turkey, stuffing, potatoes, 2 pies, etc. We had never made a turkey before it was a seriously learning experience. It cooked okay and turned out with a nice golden skin, but when it came to the carving we were stumped! It’s so hard!! We put Oregano and another spice I can’t remember in it! It smelled great!

This Year I decided to try a different recipe then the one of the back of the can of pumpkin pie. I tried a recipe from allrecipes.com.

I ended up making this recipe for 2 pies but I didn’t double the recipe. The pie looked a bit different in each one. The pie pictured above in the one I made for my boyfriend. I used a deep dish pie plate which I realized makes things MUCH easier because there is no chance of spillage when transferring into the oven! This one took the amount of time listed on the recipe where as the other one I was making at the same time took about 30 more minutes until it had set completely! The flavor in this pie versus the Libby’s Pumpkin pie was slightly different. It was a lighter, airier pie, which I think is due to the corn syrup.

Overall a WONDERFUL Pumpkin Pie recipe! that I plan to use again!

I’d share the recipe but I’m not sure if it’s a family secret or not. The basics, 1lb cranberries (cut in half), Sugar, water, Almond extract.

I was planning on taking a picture of a friend of mine while she was swinging, to show gravity, but it got too dark and too mosquito-y, so at 9:45 I had to come up with a different idea. As I left the ballpark last night I drove through town instead of jumping on the Beltline to make a bee line home. I went downtown looking for the letter “G”. First I thought the obvious.. the glowing capital, but then I stopped at a stoplight at the Crystal Corner Bar and realized that was my shot for today. I really like how it turned out with the biker in motion going across the neon lights.

Tonight was my last night of my Woman’s softball team, our overall standings were 4 wins 7 losses. Sadly this team was undefeated the year I began (2 or 3 years ago). This year bought quite a few new people plus we also lost some good players. The past few summer’s I’ve played in two softball leagues, an all woman’s league and a coed league. Having my coed team play on Monday nights always warmed me up for the competition the next night. Every year I see improvements as the season progresses. Unfortunately I think it’s too short, just last night I saw my throwing arm get stronger, and my batting improved like 20%! I might not be the best player on the field, but I have fun!

A friend asked me to put up some of my fireworks pictures from this weekend. But before I do I’d like to preface them with this, I have been photographing fireworks for a few years, my first and favorite was when I was looking at a college in St Louis. They were amazing, the fireworks were shot off a barge on the Mississippi River, and from where we were sitting they looked like they went up through the St Louis Arch. It was amazing! Every year since I’ve brought my camera to fireworks. To some fireworks, I’ve gone alone so I can just click away and not feel weird only half paying attention. Since I went to fireworks last weekend for Madison’s Rhythm and Booms, I decided not to bring my tripod, but to lay back and enjoy the fireworks with my boyfriend and my friend. This was the first time I saw them in Glendale, Wisconsin. Here are a few of them: (to see them larger please click on the photo)

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