January 3--With a lonesome train whistle in the background. Again. And Again.

[zyzyly]

As I started typing in the subject line, it auto-filled from a previous January 3, and I realized that there was a train going by, again, as it does almost every morning at this time. Our house is about a half-mile or less from the tracks, and I love the sound of the train going by.

We had a nice celebration on January 1st. We had friends over and I made ham, black eyed peas, brussels sprouts, corn bread and scalloped potatoes. The only thing I remembered to take a picture of was the corn bread. Everything was delicious.



It was the first time I tried making the corn bread in one of my cast iron skillets, and it turned out perfectly. Now I know.

I was looking back and noted that I took hardly any pictures in December. It was a difficult end of the semester, and all I could think about was getting through it and the winter break. Now I'm starting to stress about the next semester. I need to go in for a while today and get some stuff set up. I have six semesters until I retire.

Tomorrow we take off for Yosemite for a few days, and that will be nice. I can take some pictures there.



South Beach overlook at Point Reyes, from the other day. When I took this, I was thinking about the texture and colors of the land just above the beach, and wanting to capture that. This particular view always captivates me.

eta--I just realized I posted this pic the other day as well, but didn't really say what I wanted to say about it. So I'll leave it.

Comments

[wantedonvoyage]

We hear a train whistle only once in a great while since the Boonton Line was diverted onto the Montclair Branch tracks just west of us and the old track abandoned. When we do hear it, I'm not sure where it's coming from.

Gorgeous shot... you can almost pretend the humans haven't screwed things up as badly as we have.

Corn bread looks great! I have a cast-iron skillet and... not a stockpot but the shallower one, with two handles and a lid, which I received as gifts. I need to learn ways to use them.

[elainegrey]

I noticed those textures and colors right off, so good job.

I've been having baking fails lately. I made corn bread on Christmas. Recipe said a ten inch pan so i put it in the 9 inch. I've always made it in a 8" pan (because that used to be the only one i had). It became almost a cornbread cracker. Hrmph. Back to the 8" it goes.