40/365 Redjected, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.
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The other day I woke up and I saw these sitting on top of the of the closed dumpster. I guess someones romantic night went horrible wrong.
After several days these roses were still on the dumpster, so I took a photo of them before I tossed them in the compost been. “Happy Valentine’s Day.”
39/365 Spicy BBQ Ribs, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.
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I cooked some Spicy BBQ Ribs in the slow cooker. It required for them to be in the cooker for 6-8 hours. If I would have left them in their for 8 hours, the meat would have been totally off the bone. As it was all you had to do is pick up the end and the meat slid off.
Strobist Info:
SB600
Pocket Wizards II
Lasolite 24in. EzyBox
3/16 White Core Foam Board
36/365 Oak Gall Art, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.
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My wife is a 3/4 grade teacher. This term they are doing a study of the local indians that lived in the San Francisco Bay Area. One of the things they do is create a piece of art from a “Oak Gall” or “Wasp Gall”. These were the best among and my wife asked me if I would photograph them.
Strobist Info:
SB600
Pocket Wizards II
Lasolite 24in. EzyBox
(2) 3/16 White Core Foam Board
34/365 Corned Beef & Cabbage, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.
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This is another meal I cooked in my Slow Cooker.
Strobist Info:
SB600
Pocket Wizards II
Lasolite 24in. EzyBox
3/16 White Core Foam Board
32/365 Candle Light, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.
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These were the candles on the table for my Nephews birthday dinner.
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This was taken at my youngest Nephews 3rd Birthday Party. He loves Curious George.
29/365 Salmon Bagel, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.
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This is my lunch… Salmon, cream cheese, white onion on a bagel.
28/365 Dreamweaver, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.
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I have been working on a new website. So I am working on a new design for my website. I am using Adobe Dreamweaver CS4. I have not done much to the new site because; I spend a tremendous amount of time reading. Dreamweaver isn’t like iWeb, you have to know a little html to get going, plus you need to have a little understanding of how the w3c works. Here are a few books that I am reading Dreamweaver CS4 The Missing Manual, and Creating a Web Site The Missing Manual. The Dreamweaver CS4 book has almost 1100 pages. So you can imagine its not light reading.
Most sites are built with HTML, DHTML, XML and CSS. I have found some that are built using Flash or have flash components in them. Other sites use Java Script for fancy and smooth looking features. And then you have some sites that have a pseudo Java Script function JQuery. JQuery is a simple way of writing Java Script. Also, you have website that use MySQL and or Php. Then I have found some sites that use a little of everything.
I am so confused. Yesterday with all the new languages that I was learning, I thought to myself “I might as well learn how to read and speak Chinese or Japanese it would be easier”.
27/365 Swedish Fruit, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.
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Swedish Fruit Candy from The Candy Store in San Francisco.
25/365 Cayenne Chicken, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.
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Today on this rainy Monday, I made in the Slow Cooker or Crock-Pot a Cayenne Chicken. It’s a take off of Grandmas Chicken and Rice. I could remember what the real recipe was, so I improvised.
It was very tasty…
(4) 1/2 Boneless, skinless chicken breasts (frozen or thawed).
(2) Cans of Cream of Mushroom soup (condensed).
1 cup of brown rice or white rice.
1/2 of medium white onion (sliced).
1/2 of whole red bell pepper.
1 Teaspoon of Cayenne Pepper. (optional)
2 1/2 cups of water.
Salt
Black Pepper
In a slow cooker or crock-pot layer all the ingredients. Fisrt pour the water in, then the rice.
Next place two pieces of chicken ontop of the rice water mixture.
Next add one can of cream of mushroom soup. Add onion and bell pepper.
Add the last two pieces of chicken, pour the last can of soup and add the cayenne pepper.
With a spoon lightly mix the soup up with the cayenne pepper.
Last turn on the slow cooker to low and let it cook for 6-8 hours. You can cook it on high for 3-4 hours. The slower the chicken cooks the more tender the chicken will be.
To serve:
Remove chicken from the slow cooker. Scoop the rice and place it on a plate. The add some of the onion and red bell pepper on the rice. Place a piece of chicken on top. Scoop some of the soup and pour it on top of it all, Serve warm.
