Juicing

I spent the weekend doing some juicing. (Kind of a quick hit of nutrients and a whole lot of other good stuff ;)  Some juices were better than others.  I am a huge fan of fruit juices, but decided to focus on vegetable this weekend.  Here are two that I tried that were pretty tasty.  (I think the photos though were my favorite part of the whole process).

 Breakfast Zinger

3-4 medium carrots

1 small beet

1/2 cucumber

1/2 small lemon (peeled)

1 inch piece of fresh ginger-root

1/2 half a green apple

Southwestern Cocktail

1 medium vine ripened tomato

1/2 medium cucumber

1/4 cup cilantro

1/4 small lime peeled

dash of hot sauce

a photo break

...because it seems like the only time I post these days is when I get away from the city... and because I know you are not even kind of tired of seeing pictures from bucolic WI... and because I have to start posting again at some point!


Just back from the fall press run.  It was a bit rough, early mornings and late nights, but I did manage to get two nice afternoon runs in!  (sadly they closed the pool at the hotel for cleaning.... lame, who does that in June?!)


Enjoy - and hope to start posting images more regularly so you all can get some glimpses into my world again soon.  Love you all!

B & W?

 or color?

 Don't eat the berries...

    

I got caught in the rain at the end of my run.

 Space to breath and think... so so very much space... sigh....

Best find of the trip!  A secret swimming hole with a waterfall.... I was two seconds from going for a dip... when some high school skinny-dippers kind of put the end to that plan... maybe next trip ;)

Utah Lake

I am just feeling a bit nostalgic right now. I spent some time looking through my archives of photos from school and my time in the BYU photo program. I had completely forgotten about the photographs from the night I became a "real" photographer.

I went to Utah lake to photograph the sunset. These are the photos that came out of that trip. The last photo here was taken with my back to Utah Lake looking at the mountains right as the sun disappeared. The only problem was that to get the angle I wanted I had put one leg of the tripod in the lake and the other (shorter) was on some broken concrete slabs that were used to keep erosion on the side of the lake in check. And of course, right after I took this photo the camera started to tip towards the lake. I swung at it with my hand to hit it towards the shore. This caused the camera to fall the other direction and land on my camera bag. However, the momentum that I swung at the camera caused me to loose my balance and fall the other way into the lake! It was FREEZING!

When I told this story in my class after the critique my professor sat silently for a minute then said very seriously, "Well Gaby, I think you should know this makes you a real photographer." Then he proceeded to laugh for 20 minutes at me... lol... and pretty much started snickering every time he looked at me for the next week...

Sometimes...

working on a Saturday is quite lovely.

Apple Picking

This is what happens when you go with some friends to New Hampshire for the weekend.. and it takes you a long time to get there so you are really tired and everything seems really funny the next day...

We went to an orchard to go apple picking, and we came across this ladder laying down. I am not really sure who suggested it first, but I do recall the statement being made. "Hey that looks like something that would happen to Gaby apple picking. Gaby go act like you fell with that ladder."



And for some reason this was really logical to me.. and so I did it.. lol There are so many gems about this video. It is kind of hard to hear at the begging of the video but I realize how ridiculous I am and start laughing and then realize people are coming and I should be embarrassed.. so I say "No. We're done." Also notice how I hurt my foot getting up from the fake fall... Weeks later this still just brightens my day :)

Happy Halloween

ode to Amelie!

October in Wisconsin

I have been neglecting my blog as of late. I have been in WI on press working on the holiday catalog for work. This trip usually takes about a week.... but this time I was gone much longer. I spent a total of 15 days there. As much as I hated being away from my life for that long, there were a few upsides. One of which is Devils Lake. I know I have written and even posted pictures from here before, but I can not help myself. It was beautiful and I had some lovely moments of inspiration and just thoroughly living in the moment. My favorite was a run through a field on an overcast morning that halfway through it started raining. It was nice to have some time in the Midwest for the fall.

I think this might be a record for me on how many pictures I am posting... but I just could not narrow it down! Enjoy :)

I am having a moment

the superhero in me is tired

Rosie Hardy

What a week it has been...

Thanks Rosie for this amazing image (and all the others on your site). I could not help but laugh and sigh as I related to so many of them.

Labor Day Run

This year for Labor day I went on a nice long run. (after I had done a cardio, boxing, core workout video) I would give myself two thumbs up... if I could lift up my thumbs ;)

Here are just some nice snaps from along the Hudson... really a pretty day out!

p.s. since the storm last week the water has looked pretty dirty.. and it kind of shows in the second shot.

dreaming in shades of grey

and for those of you who said you only dream in b&w...

dreaming in color

Sometimes I dream in color, and I don't mean the images are color vs b&w. I mean sometimes my dreams are entirely fields of color. This was a dream I had last week that I have been trying to create on my computer.

I remember the feeling of the dream was that feeling that happens as summer turns to fall. And I remember these orbs of color just kind of floating up/falling down and blending into each other... I think I am finally at a place where I like how it is working together. I still may play around with it all a little more though.

When you dream, what do you see?

summer to fall ombre

Gaby Germaine 2011

Weathered the storm

It looks like the worst is over. There is still potential for more raining and gust of winds today, and the mayor has asked us all to stay inside (so of course I will). But it is much quieter here.

We did not get too many gusts of wind up where I live. Some of the loudest were in the late night early morning hours.. and thankfully from what I can see looks like it did not amount to much damage in my neighborhood. A few tree branches are down, but not sure what the rest of the park outside of my view suffered.

My apartment faired well. Some water damage in the Bathroom (the window in my shower had some leaks, but best place for a water leak I suppose ;) And my roommates ceiling has some water damage too. All and all I am glad we were prepared for the worst case, and it turned out to be not necessary.

I am a little bit tired. I stayed up to keep my eye on the tornado watch we were in (every seasoned midwestern girl knows its better to stay awake and find out if that changes to a warning, than call it a night) It is funny because when this all started I kept thinking... "man I wish this were a tornado. I know how to handle that..." never did I consider the thought that hurricanes produce tornados also... but it makes sense when you think about it...

I am off to take a nap, and enjoy a day of staying in and working on some projects. I am not sure what will happen with me going to work tomorrow yet... It is all kind of dependent on the subways being up and running. (I live 17 miles from work) But either way it will work out, I might just work from home.

Hope this found you all safe and sound also!

Gaby

Flashlights

I don't think there is a single flashlight or D battery left in this city. I finished getting a bunch of my have to prepare items done this morning and decided that I would walk to the target in the bronx (it is about a mile walk) to A. get some exercise before being in for a day or so, and B. to get a book for the storm. It was wild to see so many isles like this.

I am home now with no intentions of going out again. It is starting to sprinkle...

Water...

(empty shelves where water once lived at my grocery store)

Hey All,

So just because there is so much to do to get ready and there is no way to be able to contact you all and give you all updates... I am hoping this blog can serve that purpose for the time being. I am preparing for Hurricane Irene to hit the city I love, my home, New York.

Thankfully, in general, I am a person who is happy to prepare or plan ahead, and have felt relatively ready for it even before the warnings. I have of course been stocking up on extras though... just to be triple safe. And am gearing up for tomorrow to be a day of battening down the hatches (or taping windows up as it were). But I want all of you to know that I am in as good a spot in the city as I can be. My home is well above the flood zones. So much so that I am not even listed in a zone evacuation area on the map. My building is filled with wonderful caring and loving people who I have deep friendships with and know we will all be looking out for each other.

I have to say as I have been preparing for the worst I am hoping and praying for the best. Subways are shutting down at noon tomorrow and will soon be followed by the bridges being shut down. I have been back and forth how I feel about this, being here on the island. Yes, I feel prepared and ready for it, but I do like the idea of land around me.. it is that midwesterner in me I guess. I am ready also if I decide tomorrow morning I should evacuate, but for now the plan is to stay and ride the storm out.

I could not help but chuckle as on the news tonight the said the worst of the storm should be from 2:00 Am sunday to 2:00 pm sunday... lol, only 12 hours.. sigh. I am just assuming we will not have power. But if we do I will try and post updates here for everyone.

To all of my dear friends and family who have been calling and e-mailing me, Thank you so much! Your thoughts are so kind and much appreciated. I wish that I could just call you all up and have a nice long chat after the storm to tell you I am A-Okay. But I will have to play that by ear based on electricity and cell charge-ability.

I will keep you all posted to the best of my ability,

Much Love,

Gaby

mmmmmmm........

Oh goodness me I want one of these so badly right now! Those of you who are Bajio fans know exactly what yumminess is hidden under that lettuce.... mmmmmm....

The Legend...

You know you work in a great office when this is on the bulletin board in the break room.

(and yes, I took a sword)

atmospheric electrostatic discharge

Some Friday nights I am glad I just stayed home... This is the view into the courtyard behind my building. This storm was relentless!

Also This is what happens to your camera when there is just too much light in the sky before it can adjust its settings... These kind of make me want to watch Poltergeist.

Some days I somehow even manage to amaze myself....

The best way to explain that statement is to share a g-chat conversation that I had with my roommate on my lunch break today.

me: So I look like Quasimodo...

Brook: have you been crying?

me: no I have one eye that is swollen and puffy and red

and I am too embarrassed to tell anyone why

Brook: mosquito bite?

rubbed lemon juice from your salad in your eye?

me: I have just been saying I woke up with it swollen shut (which is not a lie)

Brook: on man

me: I fell asleep reading face first into the corner of my book...

basically I poked myself in the eye for 5 hours

Brook: I'm biting my lip

my eyes are watering

ummm

me: I'd tear up too but... well that would be a mess

I would much rather have (insert co-workers name here) think I have some rare eye disease

than know what a dork I am

...I need an eye patch

Brook: HAHAHAA

ok

it burst out

oh laughter