Sweet readers, On occasion, I will break from technical and artistic information speak and present something that may seem off-the-wall. However, this is plainly on the kitchen counter.
Plum Good Muffins
2 cups sugar
2 cups self-rising flour
1 cup oil
3 eggs
2 small jars of plum baby food
2 teaspoons allspice
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1. Combine and mix ingredients.
2. Spoon into mini muffin pans (large muffins and loaves do not work well)
3. Bake in preheated oven at 325 degrees for about 15 minutes.
Having 2 or more pans speeds the baking process.
**Serve with plum preserves, plum jelly and/or butter.
This recipe originated at the Wild Plum Tea House in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. They have an accompanying hot tea to serve with it, but that is for later. I will suggest that you use your mini-muffin pans and keep the baking swinging. Double the recipe for double the fun. For a really good time, call me to make sure that things are turning out as they should.
I will not promise that these muffins will strip pounds from your frame, relieve pain or have any other positive result other than make you smile, especially if you share them with someone who needs a boosted spirit. Your house will not need Febreze for a while and any family member or guest will salivate when they are bombarded with the smells. Open your windows and offer an olfactory invitation to the neighbors to join you for a treat.
Break out the notecards, BLOG the world or twitter it: I'm BAKING!
It might inspire some picture-taking, calligraphy or a nap. Happy weekend. Tim (c)
http://www.timjohnsonphoto.com/
Friday, May 15, 2009
Video Tools Survey and More
Harald Heim, the creator of Harry's Plug-ins, a great person and source of free and share-ware plug-ins for Adobe, Corel and Quark products also offers a quarterly newsletter. He is so creative and tuned in to the graphics world and I am a fan of his creations.
Harald is also interested in what consumers want to do with images. He recently created a poll to find out what people are using to edit videos. Just under 200 responders gave him these results:
1. Adobe Premiere Pro 23%
2. Other 16%
3. Adobe Premiere Elements 14%
4. Pinnacle Studio Plus/Ultimate 9%
5. Sony Vegas Pro 6% Pinnacle Studio 6% Ulead VideoStudio 6%
6. Apple Final Cut Pro 4% Ulead MediaStudio 4%
7. Adobe After Effects 3%
8. Sony Vegas Movie Studio 3%
9. Apple Final Cut Express 2% Magix Video Pro 2%
10. Avid/Pinnacle Liquid 1%
So, we creatives are a mixed lot of consumers. We use a lot of Adobe products.
“Other” is an interesting answer that I would like to know more about. Maybe we could ask another friend, “Anonymous”, to do a sub-poll with that group and see just what the other programs are.
Whatever you use, I hope you are using your resources to rescue and document your past, record the present and get ready to capture the things that are unfolding in your present and future.
In a future post we'll talk about archival issues and how to maximize the chances that you will not lose the images and articles that are precious to you.
I recently had the privilege of spending some time with one of my favorite people. This person, in my eyes, has everything. The mind, education, experience, capability and capacity to do anything. They also have, with God's Grace, over 40 years to get all this done.
This is just the kind of person into whose life I want to place the tools, skills and experiences in calligraphy, photography, design and writing disciplines that I have developed.
The fact is, right now I know 5 people with just about the same potential – and I am eager for one or any or all of them to step forward and say, “I am the one.”
Or maybe YOU are that person. Tim © www.timjohnsonphoto.com
Harald is also interested in what consumers want to do with images. He recently created a poll to find out what people are using to edit videos. Just under 200 responders gave him these results:
1. Adobe Premiere Pro 23%
2. Other 16%
3. Adobe Premiere Elements 14%
4. Pinnacle Studio Plus/Ultimate 9%
5. Sony Vegas Pro 6% Pinnacle Studio 6% Ulead VideoStudio 6%
6. Apple Final Cut Pro 4% Ulead MediaStudio 4%
7. Adobe After Effects 3%
8. Sony Vegas Movie Studio 3%
9. Apple Final Cut Express 2% Magix Video Pro 2%
10. Avid/Pinnacle Liquid 1%
So, we creatives are a mixed lot of consumers. We use a lot of Adobe products.
“Other” is an interesting answer that I would like to know more about. Maybe we could ask another friend, “Anonymous”, to do a sub-poll with that group and see just what the other programs are.
Whatever you use, I hope you are using your resources to rescue and document your past, record the present and get ready to capture the things that are unfolding in your present and future.
In a future post we'll talk about archival issues and how to maximize the chances that you will not lose the images and articles that are precious to you.
I recently had the privilege of spending some time with one of my favorite people. This person, in my eyes, has everything. The mind, education, experience, capability and capacity to do anything. They also have, with God's Grace, over 40 years to get all this done.
This is just the kind of person into whose life I want to place the tools, skills and experiences in calligraphy, photography, design and writing disciplines that I have developed.
The fact is, right now I know 5 people with just about the same potential – and I am eager for one or any or all of them to step forward and say, “I am the one.”
Or maybe YOU are that person. Tim © www.timjohnsonphoto.com
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