DxO Photolab 9 came out today
DxO Photolab 9 came out today! 📷 I bought it within minutes of the release! I fell in love with v8 during the trial, it is miles ahead of LR. I'm so happy to be free from Adobe and supporting an European business!
Week 7: Sketching artist
I will start my week with an honorable mention: I forgot to write last week about our raclette night! It's still a bit too warm for raclette, but it was so nice to sit outside in the garden and watch...
Fix ES Futures 2000-tick chart different from Pats
It is normal for tick charts to look a little bit different between different charting software (NT8, QT, Sierra) and between different data providers (CQG, Denali), because of how each one aggregates...
Book reading failed goals.
I haven't read a single book page in two months 😱
Sierra Chart indicator for bars closing near their high or low
A Sierra Chart indicator that prints an arrow on bull bars closing near their high and bear bars closing near their low.
Week 6: Back to work
Vacations are over, nooooo! 😭 Just kidding. This first week back to work was actually really nice. Now that I am self-employed and work as a day trader, work days are always nice and something to look...
Recipe: Amalfi pasta
When I first tried this recipe last summer, it was like a revelation. Pasta with lemon is the most summery thing ever. Now it's summer again, and Amalfi Pasta is back to our weekly rotation. This deli...
Recipe: Stand-mixer sourdough bread
After a million tries, I found the recipe. All credit goes to Grant Yoder for this wonderful recipe that works every single time. I bake this boule every two weeks. 🍞🥖 Ingredients 100g sourdough start...
Recipe: Creamy mushroom pasta
Had this two weeks ago paired with a delicious bottle of Amarone... Recipe by RecipeTinEats, with small adaptations (we only eat fresh homemade pasta, never dry; I always sub broth for more wine; and...
Is it Tuesday already?
Mom, this morning: "Is it Tuesday already?". Me, annoyed, emphatically: "Of course not, mom. Today is Wednesday". At 18h30 we found out it's Thursday and the only possible explanation is we must have been abducted by aliens! 👽
Mom decided to start blogging too
My 73yo mom decided to start blogging too! After a few days trying out wp, micro.blog, publii, we settled on a self-hosted Htmly install. We needed PT-BR support and ultra easy to use UI. Finally all those old poems, stories and dreams will leave her text editor and live at mariza.blog instead!
The cutest thing
This week the cutest thing happened: five kittens were playing at a parking lot when this one spotted me hiding behind the bushes. She decided to investigate, I pretended to be part of the scenery, very very still, and sure enough, she got close enough for this portrait! 🐈📷
Recipe: Vegan bolognese with TVP
When I said I would make a vegan bolognese for dinner using soy TVP, I was met with distrust in their eyes and low expectation in their voices. Once they tried it, they went for seconds... This is an...
Recipe: Fig jam
We have a fig tree in our garden. It produces hundreds of delicious, sweet little fruits every single year. I discovered I am allergic to them on the very day I had them for the first time. How nice /...
Week 5: Day trips
This week my mom arrived from Brazil. We drove from Valencia to Madrid to pick her up, and on the way back stopped to visit Cuenca. 💚 We visited Mora de Rubielos and Rubielos de Mora, two beautiful to...
Cuenca
A few days ago we drove to Madrid to pick my mom at the airport. She came from Brazil to stay with us for three months and the tickets from our hometown to Madrid were half the price of the tickets to...
Week 4: Site redesign
This week I decided to stop faffing around and just book a date for my driving theory exam. Did the driving aptitude test and I was honestly expecting some kind of Rorschach test (because if I remembe...
I have too many photos
Help, I have over 120k personal photos in my hard drive. I am overwhelmed by trying to organize, keyword, and find a way to see them, to share them. In the past I have created: Printed albums for our...
Albarracín
This week we went on a quick day trip to one of Spain's most beautiful pueblos, Albarracín 🏰📷
Photographing the Milky Way
The visit to Galactica last week made such an impression on us, we decided to travel back to Sierra de Javalambre earlier this week to photograph the stars. We arrived an hour before sunset to scout l...