White
My internet friend Scott Thomas regularly posts photo assignments, and I always intend to comply but never seem to be able to make the deadlines. This time, I promised myself, I’m absolutely doing it.
Well wouldn’t you know it, I have about an hour and a half before the deadline, and I’m just writing this post now. Nice going, you over-achiever you.
The current assignment is “White.” I had no clue how to approach it, so I took the easy way out: food.
This is my white breakfast. Quite healthy, too. Oats, milk, and for added white factor, white chocolate chips and shredded coconut. I added the crystallized ginger in there because, well, its pretty color offsets the bland color of the oats, and the bag of ginger was right next to my bag of chocolate chips.
And just to prove it wasn’t just a setup shot for the assignment:
I ate it. Yes, all of it. And you know what? It was quite good. It may be my new way to eat oatmeal in the morning. (Please don’t ask me what happened to the ginger. I have no clue.)
Thanks, Scott! I didn’t expect this assignment to come with this added bonus.
Speaking of bonuses, this morning I woke up to a snow-covered backyard. So I thought I’d take one more white shot for extra credit.
I do love fresh snow. Especially when I get to look at it from inside my warm home, having chocolate in my oatmeal.



February 4th, 2010 at 9:24 am
When you were wondering how you would do this assignment, I thought to myself she has a lot of white ingredients in your kitchen. A nice added bonus. This winter has reacquainted lots of people in the US with the white stuff.
February 5th, 2010 at 9:33 am
Yes! And it was a reminder of how important it is to properly set your white balance. Thanks, and I’m glad I was able to join in this time!
February 4th, 2010 at 9:50 am
Now that is a nice way to eat Oatmeal!
February 4th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Maybe that’s how I should do all my meal planning! Monday white, tuesday yellow and orange, wednesday green (my weekly mint chocolate chunk blizzard will fit in nicely there), thursday red, friday brown (think steak and potatoes and mushrooms sauteed in butter), etc.
It’d be better than a certain someone saying “let’s have chicken”. Does he not know there are a million ways to have “chicken”? Umm where was I? I seem to gotten a little off topic. Sorry about that!
Yummy, by the way, everything is better with chocolate!
February 4th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
I think I need to add chocolate chips and coconut to my oatmeal! the picture is really grogeous.
I also can’t believe that you are able to look out your window and see that gorgeousness.
February 5th, 2010 at 9:50 am
You crack me up, Crystal! And yes, “chicken” without any qualifier isn’t all that helpful.
February 7th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
I love the white forest photo. We are remodeling and I am looking for many photos to purchase. Is it possible to purchase that photo or any of your other photos?
Thank you!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
[...] contributor to the famous blog, The Pioneer Women (see link on the right side of this blog), cooked up something white, hot and yummy! Oh, and a nice little shot of the kind of winter it’s been like on the northeastern coast of [...]
February 15th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
I love this assignment! I may have to try something like that on my own! and definitely with the food involvement. Your backyard looks alot like mine right now! I just moved to TN and I love the trees out here, being from the pac nw its a pretty big change! Thanks for your great “white” post!
February 21st, 2010 at 11:44 am
Love this post! Love the images! Viva white/weiss!! Hoping for more snow out my way soon!
March 7th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
oh….how incredibly gorgeous is that bowl of nutritious goodness. I should impose colour themes on myself….!!!!