pie and other food.

Last Thursday, I made dinner for friends. But I failed on the taking picture front. But I did take pictures of the pie, which of course was the most important part. The crust was the so frustrating, so I had to get a little creative. The top of the apple pie got a lot of complements. I think it turned out very pretty. Then there was the chocolate pie,which was absolutely amazing!

And then I fail on taking pictures. I made goulash, for dinner and Mark bought a great loaf of bread. And for desert, there was the pie and I also dipped some oranges in chocolate. Over all it was a great success. I got a lot of complements. I'm not sure if they were all justified, but I'm glad everyone enjoyed everything all the same.

Sunday in Central Park

I love Central Park. There is always something to see. 

Always tourists doing funny things, always locals running by. So many languages being spoken. 

I'm an expert at finding strange and weird things. 

On Mark and my walk in Central Park I found a Cougar. I thought he was pretty cool. 

The Avon Breast Cancer Walk was this past Saturday and Sunday. We walked through some of the post walk activities. 

I love reflections. 

The way the buildings reflect off of each other. It's always so magical. Like there is another world beyond what we see. 

 

Elephants in the city? 

 Hans Christian Anderson and the Ugly Duckling, my favorite!

Boats on the water. In the wind they were bending over, almost flat on the water. 

Central Park is always full of children. They are so cute.  

apple

On this day, of all days, I was gifted a apple monitor. 

Ironic since today is the day that one of the most innovative and imaginative men of our time has lost his seven year battle with cancer. There is so much sadness in the world as we call each other with our iphones, listen to our ipods and type on our Mac's.

(image found at http://www.etny.net/steve_jobs_resigns)

As I sit her typing on my MacBook Pro, I see it as a sad day indeed. Sad because, at the end of every mans life that seems to be cut unfairly short, you take time to sit and wonder if he had the opportunity what more could he have done.

The man that gave us the ability to play Oregon Trials on Macintosh Computers when we were in elementary school. The man who made fonts pretty on computer interfaces for us all, Mac and PC users alike (to reference Steve Job's 2005 Stanford Commencement speech). The man who innovated the way we carry our music in our pockets with the ipod (hopefully not to be washed later). Then he took it farther and took our phones somewhere we never could have dreamed possible.

I guess the real question here is not how to appreciate what he did, but to find a way go on without him. Maybe that sounds a little melodramatic. But he was close to the Einstein of our generation, at least when it came to technological advancement. He keept things clean, he keept things simple, he made everything work. All while keeping everything stream line and  pushing inovation forward.

 

What did he leave unfinished? What mysteries could he have uncovered. What more could he have given us?


I guess it's like the owl with the tootsie pop, the world will never know.


Lastly, I will leave you with this. A quote from the great man himself, on how to live your life.

"[Y]ou can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.
So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.
You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.
This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."

-- Stanford University commencement address, June 2005.