Vegas

I have so many Vegas pics from last week I can't sort through them all without losing my mind. A couple so far..

our room

our view

our tower

lobby

Dundas/Church

My aunt has always been my mentor, somebody I look up to. She is successful, fashionable, smart, pretty, etc etc etc... During an evening together at her place I snapped a few pics with my new cam.
I've always enjoyed my time spent with her and since my dad's passing we have grown even closer. With recent hard times, without her I don't know how I would have gone through it. I haven't told her thanks lately but I have told her that I love her.

Autumn day #2

So these images were not modified in photoshop. It had been raining all day and the sun peeked out for only 3 mins approx. Enough time for me to run from the dinner table down to the water and snap a pic.

Autumn

Beautiful images taken in Springville, just off the 115 Hwy on the way to Peterborough. It's really easy to drive by but we stopped to take the photo and admire. They were taken with my Sony mini since I still haven't received my 8gig memory card in the mail for the new camera.

Spaghetti con brocoletti

This is a classic Italian pasta dish. We grow this broccoli (rapini) in our garden easily whereas here in Canada it's $2.50 a bundle and difficult to find.
Wash and trim off the thick stalks.
Boil the broccoli leaves and flowerettes until tender (7 mins) to remove bitterness.
Transfer to the saute pan with approx 3 tbsp of cooking water on low heat with a large chopped clove of garlic, salt, olive oil and hot pepper (optional)
Cook pasta in broccoli water (salted)
Drain pasta and add to the saute pan for 1 min to toss.
YUM