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Digging for Gold- 3/4 Way There! from Kristin Oguntoyinbo on Vimeo .

Photo Geek Info: 50mm macro lens at ISO 640. It was 200th of a second at f/5. The Story: The date was April 13, 2014. It was a quiet Sunday night at home and I was working in the yard. I noticed a hummingbird in the garage. The little guy could not find his way out and was just sitting on the ground exhausted. I scooped him up, set him down on our bird bath and cleaned all the many cob webs off of him. Leo helped me to put a little branch underneath him and feed him some sugar water. He was back flying around in no time.

The Story: Today is Mother’s Day and this image is symbolic of how I feel about motherhood. It was taken in the summer of 2008. I had recently separated and then would divorce from my children’s father and was a single mom of three kids one, four and seven-years-old. Needless to say that is a fairly daunting proposition. In addition I was self-employed and the country was in a deep recession which was very challenging for my business. But as I sat there on my lawn with my dog at my side, surrounded by the garden I loved, watching these three amazing creatures have so much fun with a simple sprinkler, I knew that all would be well. I decided right then and there that there was no other place I would rather be and that if I focused on keeping myself healthy and creating a safe, warm, loving place for these kids to grow up, that all else would fall into place. Whenever I got lost or scared along the way I returned to that garden in my mind and still do. I feel blessed beyond belief to get to be a mother to these three and to now be stepmother to two more.

INGREDIENTS 5 large tomatoes 2 cucumbers 2 cloves of garlic balsamic vinegar, 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 1/2 cup salt, to taste, maybe start with 1 tsp Core and then blanch the tomatoes in order to easily remove the skins. Peel the cucumbers as well as the garlic. Put all ingredients in the blender. It will most likely take two batches to do. When I made this in Spain we would offer a sip of it to the man of the house, Manolo, so he could tell us what it was lacking. Almost always the answer was, “Mas sal! Mas vinagre!” Translation- if it tastes bland, add more salt or vinegar. Chill the soup before serving. It tastes better the next day.