Red Velvet Cake Balls

A cousin of mine graduated from high school this weekend, and I wanted to bring something sweet to the family get-together afterward. I had seen this recipe on Bakerella a week or so before, and thought they'd be perfect for the occasion.


I will give a bit of a warning: these take a while to make. Plan time to bake the cake, wait for it to cool, actually form the balls (I used my hands to mix in the frosting - worked well but made a mess), chill them, then coat them. Also, my entire kitchen was red from the all the coloring in the cake mix.

Sadly I didn't get any pictures of the actual cake in the middle, but they're quite stunning with the white outside/red inside contrast. Click here for some wonderful pictures and the recipe.

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Photo 5-11-08

It was raining pretty hard the other day; we had tornado sirens going off and everything. After it let up, I went outside and noticed this leaf at the bottom of my front steps.

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Silly Walks

I'm a big fan of Monty Python. And I was in a pretty silly mood.

Above: Yeah, that's me.
Below: Inspiration!

I might this shot again sometime. My leg's not angled, I don't have a cane/umbrella, and the bag's on the wrong side. I was originally going by the picture of him in the hallway during the actual skit, but I think this image looks closer, at least perspective-wise.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun setting up and trying to get the picture to take at the right time. I'll have to remember to stretch a bit more for the next go, though.

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New Site Design!

I've updated the blog a bit, might have to refresh if you don't see any changes.

The picture is of a tree in my front yard, taken around noon. No Photoshop levels/color adjusting required; nature saw fit to provide me with all that.

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