April was warm and dry, so this year we seem to have reversed the usual seasonal progression, with April flowers bringing May showers.
Last night I collected a pile of essay portfolios in Keene; tomorrow, my literature students will submit their final exams online. This means I’m hunkered down with a heaping pile of grading, something I’m actually looking forward to. There’s something comfortable and even cozy about curling up with a pile of papers when it’s gray and drizzly outside, and I’m looking forward to staying close to home and enjoying my big backyard now that I’m done with commuting to Keene until summer school starts in a few weeks.
Hoarded Ordinaries 
May 3, 2012 at 2:16 am
I remember reading somewhere years ago that food stylists use glycerin to create beads of “water” on leaves, like lettuce, for photography purposes. Looking at those beautiful pictures, I wonder why they don’t just use water?!
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May 3, 2012 at 9:04 am
I’m guessing real water wouldn’t stand up under the spotlights food photography requires! I read somewhere that when they do photo-shoots for ice cream, they actually use mashed potatoes instead because they don’t melt! But yes, water alone is pretty enough, unadorned.
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