• Food

    Planning a Fancy Picnic

      Having a fancy picnic can be easier than you think, you just have to pay attention to some important details. The things that are most important are making sure that you prepare special food, use interesting tableware, pick an exceptional location, and get the timing just right. Fancy Picnic Food When deciding which foods to bring, keep in mind that it is all about the details. Pick food that either has meaning or is special or that is rare and you do not have often. Here are some ideas to get your creativity going: Meats – Focus on meat that you can eat without utensils. Think along the lines of cream-cheese-filled…

  • Food

    Picnics Made Easy

        When the weather warms up one of my favorite things to do is put together a picnic. Picnics really can be easy. They can be quick to put together and casual for everyone to enjoy that way it does not feel like a big event that takes too long to prepare for. Usually our picnics end up right outside in the backyard.  Sometimes we take our picnics to local parks. My favorite picnic idea is to pick up hot wings at the local food truck and then take them to a  park to enjoy while watching the river. We pretty much always have ingredients for sandwiches on hand,…

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    Caveman Bridge East View

      I really love this view of the Caveman Bridge in Grants Pass, Oregon. This photo was taken on a nice cool morning from the Seventh Street Bridge. If you are interested in capturing a similar photo I recommend timing your shot between the traffic on the bridges. For one reason, it is nice to see the bridge without being distracted by vehicles in the photo. Also, as traffic went by behind me on the Seventh Street Bridge, I could feel the bridge move under me. My camera was set at 18mm, f7.1, 1/320, ISO 100.   ***Update***For the morning of the balloon festival this year (2019) there was very little wind and…