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Random Spring Pictures

It was a slow spring in Saudi Arabia.  With COVID happening and vaccines just starting to become available we were just keeping our heads down and getting through the weeks.  Still there were a few interesting pictures to come out of it including when Nora and Crystal were both inducted into the Order of the Arrow in Scouts.

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2020 Catchup Gallery #4

Here is the last of the content backlog.  After this it will be on to new material!

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Some Random Pictures

Here is another gallery of some photo work that has been going on ranging from sour dough bread to Bahraini hotels. Enjoy.

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Transmutation

I enjoy cooking (this is Ben talking here).  I enjoy collecting and selecting ingredients and putting them together into a passable meal.  Of all the things I enjoy making in the kitchen though bread stands out.   For most meals the quality of the ingredients is the controlling factor.  If you start with some great produce you’re going to get a great salad.  The act of good cooking is essentially creating a pleasing mixture of quality ingredients.   Baking bread, on the other hand, works at the chemical level and a biochemical level at that.   The vast majority of my breads have flour, water, salt, yeast.  Nothing else.  Not only do these simple ingredients transform so substantially but the possible outcomes starting from such simple input is staggering.  With less dependence on the ingredients the final loaf becomes a more accurate reflection of the craft of the baker.

Anyway, here are a few pictures.  Enjoy!