Silent Film Festival

Thanks to everyone who voted for Tim's film, Time Chaser, in the International Youth Silent Film Festival!    We won't know the results of the viewer voting until June 7th.   

Tim's film did not win the judging contest unfortunately.  There were a LOT of really good films.  I was very impressed.  It was so cool to see Tim's film on a big screen and with live organ music accompaniment.   The guy (kid) who played the organ is one of the organizers of the event.  Turns out he is the son of someone I grew up with - a former childhood neighborhood friend who is now in local politics.   Small world.   

This is the second year for the event and it's become so popular that it has gone international.  And is expanding outside of Portland in the US as well.   They have several regional and international events coming up.   

Tim was not upset to lose.  He thought the two winning films were great.  He ended the evening saying, "I'm going to blow them out of the water next year."  =D

Here are some photos I took before and after the event.   It was mostly too dark inside the theater to get any decent shots.   This is the old Portland Hollywood Theater, which was built in 1926 and in in the National Register of Historic Places.  





( photos under here... )

.

Farmer's Market Photos

Emily and I went to our local farmer's market yesterday morning.  Came home with a bunch of locally grown, fresh vegetables and some farm fresh eggs and some grass-fed beef.   Last night's dinner, this morning's breakfast and today's dinner have/will be featuring the produce.

I also signed us up for a local organic produce delivery service recommended by a friend of mine.  It's like a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program, except there is no obligation for a whole year.   Plus it's all organic.   Some of it does come from non-local sources, but when items are in season, they come from local farmers.   

This is a bug-a-boo I've been on for a while - what the USA commercial food industry has devolved into.   Have you ever watched Food, Inc?   You should.  It's usually available in segments on YouTube.  It's scary.  Bob and I watched it a few years ago.

Edit:   Food Inc trailer on YouTube:

Side note:  On the night of the SPN finale (or was it the episode before the finale?), Guy Bee randomly posted a sentence like, "Corn syrup, that stuff will kill you."  At least it was random to me since I had not yet seen the episode.  And it started me on my rant with my family again - commenting to them about the tweet and how, yeah - it sure will.   Seems like everything is SPN - even my one main soapbox issue.  

I don't know if I've mentioned on LJ that we've also started our own garden.   We now have fresh herbs and hopefully our other produce will flourish. 

I'm trying a recipe out tonight that my personal trainer dreamed up.   Ground beef flattened out like a pizza (except rectangular), layer with fresh spinach leaves, sprinkle on gorgonzola (I used blue cheese since the market I was in didn't have gorgonzola).   Roll it up (like making cinnamon rolls).   Wrap with saran wrap and place in freezer for a couple of hours to firm it up.   Slice burgers off the roll and grill.  Can't wait to try it.  Sounds yummy.   My trainer, Mike, hadn't tried it himself yet.  It was a brainstorm of his which he plans on making for a Memorial Day BBQ.

Here are some photos from our trip to the farmer's market yesterday.   For the US folks - hope your Memorial Day is sunnier than ours is going to be.




above :: I played around a bit in Photoshop with one of the flower shots.   This also has my new photography logo on it.



( photos under here... )

.