Fishing at Flint Creek

Eric and I took advantage of the beautiful weather and headed out to Flint Creek for a day of fishing. We caught crawdads, sunfish and smallmouth bass - it was a blast.

This is where we fished: (see eric in the lower left corner?)



A little sunfish





Me and my fish. I think this picture is funny because it makes my arms look massive, watch out!





And the snake with his prey:





I wish I would've got a picture of the crawdads, but oh well, maybe next time.

Sketch-A-Day

In an effort to de-simplify my life (can you feel the sarcasm?), I decided to try to do a "sketch-a-day". I am almost finished with my photography adventure of a photo-a-day, today is day 357, and as I near completion, I decided to challenge myself with a daily sketch.

According to many people that do this, it's supposed to stimulate creativity as well as keep your mind sharp and you may find that you become a better artist after all's said and done. By definition a sketch isn't supposed to take more than 15 minutes so they are supposed to be quick and painless. I've decided to sketch something I come into contact with on that specific day.

Here are some of the first attempts...try not to be too critical, they are merely sketches (some colored sketches!)

You Grow Girl

I came across a really fun gardening site: yougrowgirl.com. Not only is it super informative, they also have a store where you can buy...wait for it...


That's right, Garden Hoe t-shirts. I need to set up a wish list on this site.

So, since I'm a girl that grows things, here are some pics from the garden.





And, totally unrelated, a photo of the Mother's Day Meatfest

Spring Garden Salad

Spring Garden Salad - 334/365, originally uploaded by lesleyraez.

I love spring! With spring comes fresh veggies from the garden! Here's a simple salad recipe that's sure to please.

Ingredients:

• bowl of mixed greens (cut into strips)
• sliced radishes
• sliced green onion
• shaved carrots cut into pieces
• quartered grapes
• crumbled feta cheese

Top it off with the dressing of your choice, I'm quite fond of White Balsamic dressing.

Enjoy!

From the Garden

It seems all that early planting has paid off! We are now eating fresh salads every night from our backyard! We started all our greens indoors and then transplanted them.




I never really liked radishes before, but I really like these pink ones.





Happy gardening.

A bowl full of morel mushrooms

A bowl full of morrel mushrooms, originally uploaded by lesleyraez.

A successful day of mushroom hunting. These morel mushrooms were found in Stillwater. Morel mushrooms are really tasty but hard to find. They only appear in Oklahoma for a period of about 2 weeks. They are often used in gourmet dishes in France but are also really good battered and fried.

Red Petal, Yellow Petal

Red Petal, Yellow Petal, originally uploaded by lesleyraez.

I'm playing with a new template that interacts with Flickr. This is a test post.

I've Been Out Practicing

I haven't updated in a while because I've been out practicing with the camera, and the weather has been much warmer later so I haven't been in the house. Regardless, here are some recent photos post-snapshops.

A Tulip out the Front Door




From Everett's Birthday




Playing at Woodward after the Snow









Hope you enjoyed the snow!

Did you know? Technology.

Pretty interesting video

Brady Arts District's - 1st Friday Arts Crawl

I've never been, but think I'll check this out. Sounds fun.

It's is an art crawl with art and artists through out the Brady Arts District. Live glassblowing, chocolate making, pottery making demonstration as well as multiple art...

Check out tulsadowntown.org for more info.