hp's blog Vox 2008-01-02T01:11:57Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2251c3baa549d/2007/ Food, music and a lot of other stuff too... Living with the Clapper tag:vox.com,2007-12-31:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00e398cd754c0005 2007-12-31T19:28:13Z 2008-01-02T01:11:57Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Clapper

And please note, I mean the Clapper not the Clap. Drake and I have a sort of on-going joke about the Clapper, the device that lets you turn lights on or off by clapping your hands. I don't know why we found this product so funny, but we did. And ...

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]]> Even more from the 70's tag:vox.com,2007-12-30:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00e398cd19cc0005 2007-12-30T16:55:32Z 2007-12-30T16:55:32Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Kind of freaky Very freaky

First, there was the JC Penney's catalog from the 70's. Then, classical album covers from the 70's But wait, there's more. Great Olan Mills, Sears, and other studio portraits. Not all from the 70's but all amazing still.

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]]> Christmas Hat & Scarf tag:vox.com,2007-12-30:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00e398cd16db0005 2007-12-30T16:07:54Z 2007-12-31T03:06:10Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Seeded rib-stitch hat and scarf Pom Pom Maker Pom pom haircut

I wanted to get a better picture of this before I shipped it off to my mother-in-law, but I was busy making the pom-pom for the hat right before I needed to get everything wrapped up: The pattern is one I've made before, but I decided the hat, ...

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]]> Married 56 years today tag:vox.com,2007-12-29:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00e398ccd1580003 2007-12-29T17:58:33Z 2007-12-29T17:59:17Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Lorna & Jim - 2007

Happy anniversary Jim and Lorna - to the best in-laws a girl could ever have.

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]]> Photo gift #2: Drake's Dad tag:vox.com,2007-12-29:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00e398ccb0c10002 2007-12-29T16:15:18Z 2007-12-29T16:50:05Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Jim (original shot) Jim (reworked, slightly) Framed

I've been trying to organize some of my photos, getting a few of the better shots together in some folders. I came across this photo, which I took in 2004, of Drake's Dad in the old machine shed (which interestingly enough blew down this year and ...

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]]> Photo Gift #1: The Hunters tag:vox.com,2007-12-28:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00e398cc4cad0004 2007-12-28T02:55:48Z 2007-12-29T16:20:09Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Hunters (Original) Hunters c. 1956 Hunters (a little bit vintage)

(Those with an aversion to hunting may wish to skip this post.) I normally use a very light touch with Photoshop--not doing much more than fixing up scans of old photos, color/contrast correction, and occasionally removing distracting details. Bu...

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]]> Christmas Pyramid tag:vox.com,2007-12-27:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00e398cbf30e0002 2007-12-27T02:58:11Z 2007-12-27T20:53:48Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

In action

For my parents' first Christmas together, my mother bought a German Christmas Pyramid, even though it was a very big splurge spending-wise at the time. It was an integral part of our family Christmas growing up. This year I was finally able to di...

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]]> A White Christmas in Seattle tag:vox.com,2007-12-25:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00e398cb92f90002 2007-12-25T23:12:53Z 2007-12-25T23:12:53Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Snow on my cap

Since 1891, it has only snowed five times on Christmas in Seattle. The last Christmas Day snow was in 1990 (those here will remember that infamous arctic outbreak). Most of the snow fell earlier, but we did manage 0.8" on Christmas. Before that...

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]]> The last package is wrapped... tag:vox.com,2007-12-24:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00e398cb3d970002 2007-12-24T18:07:14Z 2007-12-25T05:57:51Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

To: Drake | From: hp

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]]> Apricot-Cashew "Fruitcake" tag:vox.com,2007-12-24:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00e398cb3f840005 2007-12-24T13:40:58Z 2007-12-24T19:16:19Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Nut bag (This pan reminds me of Devil's Tower) 3/4 c. unsalted butter | 1 c. Baker's sugar 1 cup each of: salted cashews | apricots | golden raisins 1 3/4 c. flour | 3 egg yolks | 1/2 c. milk | 2 T. apricot brandy | 1 t. vanilla 1/4 t. cream of tartar | 3 egg whites (Pardon my flour-dusted stove) Ready for the oven Lightly golden brown Voila! Mmmmmm...

Every Christmas I bake at least two things: Russian Tea Cakes (shown in the photo here) and my Apricot-Cashew "Fruitcake". I put fruitcake in quotes because it's really more of a dense (but very tender) pound cake with dried fruit and nuts. The s...

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