more bread and more scanning

well another day off, another loaf of bread. well two loaves actually. i tried a few things different this time. first a different recipe, but now i can't find the one i used. oops. also some new yeast...red star (not organic) but i didn't see a bunch of chemicals listed in the ingredients, so i thought i would give it a try. and i used the filtered water from the frig instead of tap water. i saw something on "good eats" last night about the chlorine in the tap water will kill the yeast. i didn't start with a poolish this time, so from start to finish it really didn't take that long. i got a pretty good rise in the dough, but i never get this huge quick explosion of a rise when i put the bread in the oven like i've read a few folks write about. i really don't like my oven that much, and i am afraid to crank it up over 450 degrees. maybe it's not hot enough. maybe one day i can have an outside wood burning bread oven. one can only dream.

my slashes in the bread really don't accomplish much, but they smell really good.
if i keep this bread making thing up, i will venture out and get more gadgets and perhaps a baking stone and mail order some groovy yeasts and flours. or who knows, maybe i'll just keep it simple. perhaps harvest my own yeast, or better yet, a sourdough starter!!!

a day off and at home means a day of freedom for the pups. here they are enjoying the big dog couch which is really starting to have seen better days.

mail. i like mail. my film that i order and an archival box to store away some super pic books.

the books that are going into the box.
2 signed copies of william eggleston and a 1st edition walker evans.

i also spent sometime in the office toady organizing some old negative into the binders that i recently ordered.

well i was hoping to have some super pics of a really super supper. but...no. by the time the bread was done and ray got home, i was just to tired to do any more work in the kitchen. i was thinking we would feast on grilled cheese sandwiches and some tomato soup we got from the farmers market. but ray didn't feel all that well (he really really needs a vacation) and i was feeling lazy, so we had pb&j sandwiches on the new bread. ray had hot tea to drink and i had a glass of raw milk. but i did feel like doing some more scanning. i really need to watch the tom foolery with all the color correction tools. here's what i was playing with. now i must go because i am getting tired of staring at the computer and the debates will be starting soon.

very old picture. i think this was taken around 1995.

what is up with the funky color? another old pic of mine.

i could totally hang out on this porch.

newer image. i took this last year i think.

took this one day when ray and i were driving around.

i don't think i this one very much. i need to go back and try again.