<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736586329424558995</id><updated>2012-02-18T04:12:16.035-08:00</updated><category term='Everyday Mother'/><category term='recipes'/><category term='girls'/><category term='baking'/><title type='text'>Crazy Beautiful</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Libertad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11327516176051278073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e9rLuInlfcw/TpXGjyUNfyI/AAAAAAAAAH8/EvXVUWqICUM/s220/Twitter%2Bpic.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736586329424558995.post-3869719429007016749</id><published>2012-01-09T09:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T09:38:36.944-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Banner Year</title><content type='html'>I have declared that this will be my banner year, the year I will SOAR! How about you? :) / Yo he declarado que este año va a ser excepcional, será el año en el que voy a despegar! Y ustedes? :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6667581937/" title="garland3wm by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="garland3wm" height="429" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7023/6667581937_235a75dc9e_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="goog_103413053"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="goog_103413054"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;I made this pretty banner last fall, to decorate a little booth I had at the Fall Festival for my daughter's school. It was the very first time I tried to sell my photos in person and it was a little scary/&amp;nbsp;Estas banderitas las hice el otoño pasado, para decorar un puesto que tuve en el festival de otoño de la escuela de Sofia. Era la primera vez que trataba de vender mis fotos en persona y estaba un poco nerviosa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6657589033/" title="DSC_0399 by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="DSC_0399" height="428" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7156/6657589033_3b1701b2ab_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had never put myself out there like that. I was nervous about what the other parents and teachers would think of my work and if I would sell anything at all/ Yo nunca me había arriesgado asi, y me daba nervios el sólo pensar que opinarían los padres y maestros al ver mis fotos. No tenía idea si vendería algo o no.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6657586303/" title="DSC_0397 by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="DSC_0397" height="428" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6657586303_c4cbf36b57_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To my surprise, I received lots of great compliments, did some great networking and sold two images/ Para mi sorpresa recibí muy lindos comentarios y vendí dos fotos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6657593645/" title="DSC_0410 by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="DSC_0410" height="428" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6657593645_da499ac97b_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the best reward came when my daughter Sofia brought several of her friends over to the booth. She was so proud and excited to show them my work. I had to fight back tears of joy. That alone made it all worth it. I'll never forget that moment :) / Pero la mejor recompensa fué cuando Sofia trajo a varios de sus amiguitos a la mesa. Estaba tan emocionada y orgulloza de mostrarles mis fotos. Tuve que respirar muchas veces para que no se me salieran las lágrimas de la emoción. Nunca olvidaré ese momento :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6667578543/" title="garland2wm by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="garland2wm" height="428" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/6667578543_f055437616_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the instructions I followed to make the banner/ Aqui estan las instrucciones para hacaer las banderitas. Estan en ingles pero tienen fotos paso por paso asi que creo que se entiende bien.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://brightandblithe.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/no-sew-fabric-bunting/"&gt;http://brightandblithe.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/no-sew-fabric-bunting/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a great week everyone!/ Que tengan una linda semana!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Libertad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2736586329424558995-3869719429007016749?l=libertadleal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/feeds/3869719429007016749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2012/01/banner-year.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default/3869719429007016749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default/3869719429007016749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2012/01/banner-year.html' title='Banner Year'/><author><name>Libertad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11327516176051278073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e9rLuInlfcw/TpXGjyUNfyI/AAAAAAAAAH8/EvXVUWqICUM/s220/Twitter%2Bpic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736586329424558995.post-3282883147115822552</id><published>2011-12-30T12:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-30T12:55:22.440-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2011 in Photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6600982241/" title="2011 in Photos by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="2011 in Photos" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6600982241_a46e73e2c6_z.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2011 will always have a special place in my heart. It was the year I decided to get serious about my photography and launched my business. It's been a great ride thus far and I have even bigger plans and dreams for 2012 :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*January: I start the year strong, happy and with big dreams and plans. &lt;br /&gt;*February: My love affair with vintage cameras deepens and is now irreversible :)&lt;br /&gt;*March: I start the Four Seasons series and I love every minute of it. My husband and I celebrate our 14th wedding anniversary♥&lt;br /&gt;*April: With the help of my partner in crime I take my absolute favorite picture of the year. It feels amazing to have a vision come to life like that. I'll never forget the feeling.&lt;br /&gt;*May: Turbulence in the friendship department. I screw up and I feel rotten.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;*June: We take our girls to Disneyland and it's a dream come true. We also drive all over southern California and have a fantastic time. We make such wonderful memories and my heart is so full.&lt;br /&gt;*July: I am in a funk the entire month. I have zero inspiration and hardly touch the camera. I struggle with a lot of different things.&lt;br /&gt;*August: Beach trips and everyday wonderfulness with my family are very restorative. I feel inspired again.&lt;br /&gt;*September: Work,dream, late nights, struggle.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;*October: After all that hard work and with my husband's amazing support and help, I launch my new website, blog and etsy store. VERY exciting times and a dream come true. &lt;br /&gt;*November: I feel so very grateful for all my blessings. Especially my family.&lt;br /&gt;*December: We all get sick and slowly get better (this sucked). We celebrate the holidays with family and have some much needed days off to rest and enjoy each other. It's wonderful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And that is it!! Thank you all so much for your support, visits, comments and likes! I read and appreciate them all very much! Happy New Year everyone! Peace and love and best wishes for 2012!! See you on the other side!! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*******************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="comment-body" id="yui_3_4_0_3_1325278315091_1406"&gt;&lt;div id="yui_3_4_0_3_1325278315091_1523"&gt;El año 2011 siempre va a tener un lugarespecial en mi corazón porque fué el año enel que decidí tomar la fotografía másseriamente y lanzar mi negocio. Ha sido unaexperiencia excelente hasta ahora y tengograndes planes y sueños para el 2012 :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="yui_3_4_0_3_1325278315091_1523"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="yui_3_4_0_3_1325278315091_1405"&gt;Enero: Comienzo el año muy contenta congrandes planes y sueños. &lt;br /&gt;Febrero: Mi amor por las cámaras vintage seafianza de manera irreversible :)&lt;br /&gt;Marzo: Empiezo la serie las Cuatro Estacionesy me encanta. Mi esposo y yo celebramos 14años de matrimonio ♥&lt;br /&gt;Abril: Con la ayuda de mi cómplice tomo mifoto preferida de todo el año. Se sienteincreible ver una visión hacerse realidadasi. Nunca lo olvidaré.&lt;br /&gt;Mayo: Turbulencia en el departamento de lasamistades. Meto la pata y me siento terrible.&lt;br /&gt;Junio: Vamos de vacaciones a Disnelandia y esun sueño hecho realidad. También paseamos porel sur de California y la pasamos genial.Creamos muy lindos recuerdos. &lt;br /&gt;Julio: Cero inspiración, casi ni toco lacámara. Blah. &lt;br /&gt;Agosto: Paseos a la playa y tiempo con mifamilia me restoran.&lt;br /&gt;Septiembre: Trabajo, sueños, planes,obstáculos, trabajo hasta entrada la noche. &lt;br /&gt;Octubre: despues de todo ese arduo trabajo ycon el apoyo y ayuda de mi esposo lanzo minueva web, blog y tienda de Etsy. Quedo muysatisfecha y contenta. &lt;br /&gt;Noviembre: Me siento muy afortunada por todasmis bendiciones. Especialmente por mifamilia. &lt;br /&gt;Diciembre: Nos enfermamos al principio de elmes y poco a poco nos mejoramos. Celebramosla navidad con la familia y tenemos unos diaslibres para descansar y disfrutar. Es muylindo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="yui_3_4_0_3_1325278315091_1405"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="yui_3_4_0_3_1325278315091_1526"&gt;Y eso es todo! Feliz Año Nuevo! Muchisimasgracias por su apoyo, visitas y comentarios.Lo aprecio muchisimo!  Paz y amor y mismejores deseos para 2012!! Nos vemos de elotro lado! :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2736586329424558995-3282883147115822552?l=libertadleal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/feeds/3282883147115822552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-in-photos.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default/3282883147115822552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default/3282883147115822552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-in-photos.html' title='2011 in Photos'/><author><name>Libertad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11327516176051278073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e9rLuInlfcw/TpXGjyUNfyI/AAAAAAAAAH8/EvXVUWqICUM/s220/Twitter%2Bpic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736586329424558995.post-4689620464812781694</id><published>2011-12-21T13:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T07:55:52.891-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas at Casa Leal</title><content type='html'>Welcome.../ Bienvenidos...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6550802777/" title="DSC_0913_0614 copy by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="DSC_0913_0614 copy" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7031/6550802777_d276c4cf69_z.jpg" width="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love Christmas/ Me encanta la navidad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6550803857/" title="DSC_0917_0616 copy by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="DSC_0917_0616 copy" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6550803857_5609ccd5d2_z.jpg" width="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not just for the decorations though, but for the time spent with family and friends, the good food, the joy in my children's eyes/ No me gusta por las decoraciones o los regalos, sino por el tiempo compartiendo con la familia, la comida rica y la felicidad en los ojos de mis hijas...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6550797775/" title="DSC_0860_0589 copy by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="DSC_0860_0589 copy" height="517" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6550797775_b4040cce12_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A little bit from here/ a little bit from there ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6550850475/" title="DSC_0877_0596 copy by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="DSC_0877_0596 copy" height="428" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6550850475_f9f86e4433_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ornamets old (from my husband's childhood) and new (from our summer vacation to Disneyland)/ Adornitos viejos (de cuando Rudy era niño) y nuevos (de nuestras vacaciones a Disneyland este verano)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6550913235/" title="old and new by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="old and new" height="300" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6550913235_d5664f7e31_z.jpg" width="600" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The place where we share lots of delicious food /el lugar donde compartimos comida rica :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6550798967/" title="DSC_0896_0605 copy by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="DSC_0896_0605 copy" height="428" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6550798967_980b345640_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our perfectly imperfect tree (hey that angel is about to fall! haha)/ nuetro perfectamente imperfecto arbol (ese angel como que se va a car en cualquier momento jaja)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6522915179/" title="DSC_0871_0592 copy by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="DSC_0871_0592 copy" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6522915179_db689bc28a_z.jpg" width="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This nativity scene was a gift we received from one of my husband' aunts on our 1st Christmas as a married couple in 1997 (practically vintgae eh? haha) / este Nacimiento nos lo regaló una tia de mi esposo en nuetra primera navidad como marido y mujer en 1997 (practicamente vintage no? jaja)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6550800383/" title="DSC_0905_0609 copy by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="DSC_0905_0609 copy" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6550800383_a0fcbc322e_z.jpg" width="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And that is it! I hope you enjoyed this little tour of my home at Christmas time. I am missing a few pictures, the front door and the family room, but we have been sick (all 4 of us, it sucks!) so this will have to do. I am really looking forward to our family Christmas Eve bash and then to our quiet and relaxing Christmas day here at home: a Venezuelan style breakfast, pjs all day long, movies, hot chocolate and love. &amp;nbsp;For Christmas Eve I plan to bake a coconut delight cake, a gooey double chocolate butter cake and gingerbread. I have not made any of those recipes before so wish me luck! (yes I am crazy for not testing them before but I like to live dangerously) I'll let you know how they turn out and share recipes.&lt;br /&gt;I hope you have a lovely Christmas spent with family and friends. Much love to all of you! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**********&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Y aqui termina el tour. Espero les haya gustado! Me faltaron un par de fotos de nuetra puerta y la segunda sala pero es que hemos estado enfermos (los 4) y ya no tuve mas energia asi que esto fué lo que salió. Espero que ya se nos pase esta gripe pronto porque ni de milagro que nos perderemos la celebracion de la familia el 24. Para ese día voy a hacer estos postres: delicia de coco (es casi como una tres leches pero de coco), torta/pastel de mantequilla con doble chocolate, y gingerbread (que es una torta tradicional de navidad con especias como canela, clavo de olor, etc). No he hecho ninguno de estos postres antes asi que deseenme suerte! (se que estoy loca por no practicar antes pero yo soy asi, me gusta vivir peligrosamente! jaja). Ya les contaré como me salieron y compartiré las recetas. El 25 lo pasaremos aqui en casa, en pijamas todo el dia, con un desayuno típico venezolano, abriendo regalos, viendo peliculas y tomando chocolate caliente. Que rico...&lt;br /&gt;Espero que pasen una muy linda navidad con sus seres queridos. Un abrazo!! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2736586329424558995-4689620464812781694?l=libertadleal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/feeds/4689620464812781694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-at-casa-leal.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default/4689620464812781694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default/4689620464812781694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-at-casa-leal.html' title='Christmas at Casa Leal'/><author><name>Libertad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11327516176051278073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e9rLuInlfcw/TpXGjyUNfyI/AAAAAAAAAH8/EvXVUWqICUM/s220/Twitter%2Bpic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736586329424558995.post-6760393176670135419</id><published>2011-11-22T08:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-22T08:05:28.462-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Grateful</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6381407673/" title="Grateful by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6053/6381407673_8c4bd2f7be_z.jpg" alt="Grateful" width="640" height="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"For each new morning with its light,&lt;br /&gt;For rest and shelter of the night,&lt;br /&gt;For health and food, for love and friends,&lt;br /&gt;For everything Thy goodness sends."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~Ralph Waldo Emerson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My heart is bursting at the seams with gratitude for all the blessings I have in my life, specially my husband, my daughters, my family.  I know I am very fortunate and I will never, ever take it for granted.&lt;br /&gt;May you have a lovely Thanksgiving full of family, friends, love, laughter and good eats :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Por cada mañana con su luz,&lt;br /&gt;Por el descanso y refugio de la noche.&lt;br /&gt;Por la salud y la comida, por el amor y los amigos,&lt;br /&gt;Por todo lo que Tu Dios mio nos mandas. "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~Ralph Waldo Emerson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Este jueves se celebra Acción de Gracias aqui en los Estado Unidos. Este año, como todos los años siento el corazón a punto de estallar de la gratitud por todas las bendiciones que tengo en mi vida, especialmente por mi esposo, mis hijitas, mi familia. Se que soy muy afortunada y nunca lo tomaré por sentado.&lt;br /&gt;A los que los celebran les deseo un día lleno de amor, familia, amigos, risas y buena comida. A los que no lo celebran les de deseo un espléndido jueves :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="yui_3_4_0_3_1321977638134_1845" class="comment-body"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2736586329424558995-6760393176670135419?l=libertadleal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/feeds/6760393176670135419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2011/11/grateful.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default/6760393176670135419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default/6760393176670135419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2011/11/grateful.html' title='Grateful'/><author><name>Libertad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11327516176051278073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e9rLuInlfcw/TpXGjyUNfyI/AAAAAAAAAH8/EvXVUWqICUM/s220/Twitter%2Bpic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736586329424558995.post-8507985043748081566</id><published>2011-11-15T14:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T09:02:32.807-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='girls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Everyday Mother'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recipes'/><title type='text'>Everyday Mother: Baking Together (and two recipes)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6350940503/" title="Everyday Mother: Baking Together by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6019/6350940503_80a9e4f84a_z.jpg" alt="Everyday Mother: Baking Together" width="640" height="580" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I have mentioned before, I absolutely love baking and I could not wait to share that love with my daughters. Ever since my oldest, Sofia, could stand on a step stool, she has been helping me bake. She even made herself a chef hat out of purple construction paper and by the time she was in kindergarten she proclaimed that she was going to grow up to be a pastry chef (♥). I did not know if Miranda would be interested in baking at all but not too long ago she heard me turn on the mixer and she immediately said: "Cake!!!" and she went and got the step stool all by herself and got close to me to see what I was doing. She helped me make the cake and she did so well, it was so sweet. I then knew that it was finally time to take these pictures, which I have wanted to do since I started the "Every Day Mother" series. It was SO messy, there were laughs, a bit of pouting, some screaming to take control of the mixer and the camera remote fell in the batter (!!!) but man, having my two girlies help me bake was as wonderful and sweet as I imagined:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***********&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como he comentado antes, me encanta la repostería y soñaba con el día en el que mis hijitas me ayudaran en la cocina. Sofia ha sido mi asistente de repostería desde que estaba lo suficientemente grande como para pararse en el baquito y sostener la batidora. Un día hasta se hizo un sombrero de chef con cartulina morada y para cuando estaba en el kinder proclamó que sería chef de repostería cuando creciera (♥). No tenía idea si Miranda iba a tener algún interés en ayudarme a hacer mis tortas/pasteles igual que su hermana, pero hace unas semanas apenas escuchó que prendí la batidora gritó: Pastel!!!y fué y agarró el banquito y se paró cerquita de mi para ayudarme y lo hizo tan bien!(♥). Ese día supe que ya podía tomar estas fotos, cosa que he querido hacer desde que empecé la serie "Every Day Mother". Hicimos un desastre nacional en la cocina, hubo risas, pucheros, gritos por querer tomar control de la batidora y el control remoto de la cámara se me cayó en la mezcla (!!!) pero como nos divertimos. Tener a mis dos chiquitas de asistentes fue tan lindo como me lo imaginé: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6353376411/" title="EDM Baking 2 by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6226/6353376411_5ea6ab08db_z.jpg" alt="EDM Baking 2" width="640" height="461" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6353383143/" title="EDM Baking 5 by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6096/6353383143_e964b3079f_z.jpg" alt="EDM Baking 5" width="640" height="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6353381523/" title="EDM Baking5 by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6032/6353381523_9b05b14d9e_z.jpg" alt="EDM Baking5" width="640" height="464" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6353380331/" title="EDM Baking 4 by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6234/6353380331_5fef17581f_z.jpg" alt="EDM Baking 4" width="640" height="466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6353377821/" title="EDM Baking 3 by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6109/6353377821_06f8ed96ce_z.jpg" alt="EDM Baking 3" width="640" height="464" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6353379035/" title="EDM Baking4 by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6112/6353379035_1e27a16ba3_z.jpg" alt="EDM Baking4" width="640" height="459" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6349046175/" title="DSC_0658 copy by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6047/6349046175_1855d301ac_z.jpg" alt="DSC_0658 copy" width="640" height="462" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These ones are funny to me/ estas me dan risa:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's an egg not a baseball!!haha/ Es un huevo no una pelota de beisbol! jaja&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6349039847/" title="DSC_0589 copy by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6230/6349039847_aa8e2c4285_z.jpg" alt="DSC_0589 copy" width="640" height="511" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And there lays the secret to good baking, do you see it? (the secret it's an illegal amount of butter, but don't tell anyone lol)/ y alli esta el secreto de la reposteria, lo ven? (el secreto es una cantidad ilegal de mantequilla pero no le digan a nadie jajajaja)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6349040677/" title="DSC_0605 copy by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6049/6349040677_fe9075285a_z.jpg" alt="DSC_0605 copy" width="640" height="507" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mother, again with the camera? sheesh!/ Otra vez con la camara mamá?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6349790024/" title="DSC_0625 copy by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6105/6349790024_26061bdb11_z.jpg" alt="DSC_0625 copy" width="640" height="465" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tada!!/ Listo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6349808562/" title="DSC_0529 copy by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6349808562_58552e3bf7_z.jpg" alt="DSC_0529 copy" width="640" height="451" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We made pumpkin bread that day but I'll also share the recipe for banana bread which is one that I make ALL the time with Sofia/ Esto fué lo que hicimos ese día, pero también les dejo la receta de pan de cambur/plátano/banana que es la que SIEMPRE hago con Sofia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recipes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PUMPKIN BREAD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ingredients:&lt;br /&gt;1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree&lt;br /&gt;4 eggs&lt;br /&gt;1 cup vegetable oil&lt;br /&gt;2/3 cup water&lt;br /&gt;2 cups brown sugar&lt;br /&gt;3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour&lt;br /&gt;1 teaspoon vanilla&lt;br /&gt;2 teaspoons baking soda&lt;br /&gt;1 1/2 teaspoons salt&lt;br /&gt;2 teaspoon ground cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;1 teaspoon ground nutmeg&lt;br /&gt;1 teaspoon ground cloves&lt;br /&gt;1/4 teaspoon ground ginger&lt;br /&gt;1 teaspoon all spice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Directions:&lt;br /&gt;1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.&lt;br /&gt;2.   In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and  sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour,  baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry  ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the  prepared pans.&lt;br /&gt;3.  Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recipe adapted from &lt;a href="http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/downeast-maine-pumpkin-bread/detail.aspx"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BANANA BREAD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ingredients:&lt;br /&gt;2 cups all-purpose flour&lt;br /&gt;1 teaspoon baking soda&lt;br /&gt;1/4 teaspoon salt&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup butter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 cup brown sugar&lt;br /&gt;2 eggs, beaten&lt;br /&gt;3-4 mashed overripe bananas&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp vanilla&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp ground cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tsp ground cloves&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tsp ground all spice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Directions:&lt;br /&gt;1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.&lt;br /&gt;2. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.&lt;br /&gt;3. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOTE1: To make it healthier I usually replace one of the cups of flour for 100% whole wheat flour and add 1/4 cup of ground flaxeed. It's just as delicious in my opinion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOTE2: Since these breads are so moist it is best to keep them in the  refrigerator. Let it come to room temperature before you eat it or toast  slices in the toaster, delish!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This recipe has been adapted from &lt;a href="http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/banana-banana-bread/detail.aspx"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And at the end we had delicious pumpkin bread, these great memories and an unharmed camera remote. Win!! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pan de Auyama/Calabaza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 (15 onzas) lata de calabaza (esto yo creo que solo se consigue en USA, sustituir por 2 tazas de calabaza/auyama cocida sin sal)&lt;br /&gt;4 huevos&lt;br /&gt;1 taza de aceite vegetal (no de oliva)&lt;br /&gt;2/3 taza de agua&lt;br /&gt;2 tazas de azucar morena&lt;br /&gt;3 1/2 tazas de harina de trigo de todo uso&lt;br /&gt;1 cucharadita de vainilla&lt;br /&gt;2 cucharaditas de bicarbonato de soda&lt;br /&gt;1 1/2 cucharaditas de sal&lt;br /&gt;2 cucharaditas de canela molida&lt;br /&gt;1 cucharadita de nuez moscada&lt;br /&gt;1 cucharadita de clavos de olor molidos&lt;br /&gt;1/4 cucharadita de gengibre molido&lt;br /&gt;1 cucharadita de pimienta guayabita/pimienta de jamaica/pimienta dulce molida&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Caliente el horno a 350 F/ 175 C. &lt;span&gt;Enharinar y      engrasar dos moldes de pan de 9X5. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. &lt;span&gt;En un recipiente grande mezclar bien la calabaza, huevos, aceite, agua y azucar. En un recipiente separado mezcle la harina, el bicarbonato de soda, sal, canela, nuez moscada, clavos de olor, gengibre y pimienta&lt;/span&gt;. Agregue los ingredientes secos a la mezcla de calabaza hasta que quede todo unido (pero no mezcles de más).&lt;br /&gt;3. &lt;span&gt;Verter la mezcla en los moldes y llevarlos al      horno por 50 minutos aprox. hasta que el probador salga limpio. Dejar enfriar y sacar del molde.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Receta adaptada de &lt;a href="http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/downeast-maine-pumpkin-bread/detail.aspx"&gt;esta. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pan de Cambur/Banana/Plátano&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 tazas de harina de trigo de todo uso&lt;br /&gt;1 cucharadita de bicarbonato de soda&lt;br /&gt;1/4 cucharaditas de sal&lt;br /&gt;1/2 taza de mantequilla&lt;br /&gt;1 taza de azucar morena&lt;br /&gt;2 huevos batidos ligeramente&lt;br /&gt;3-4 cambures/bananas/platanos bien maduros, pisados con un tenedor&lt;br /&gt;1 cucharadita de vainilla&lt;br /&gt;1 cucharadita de canela molida&lt;br /&gt;1/2  cucharadita de nuez moscada&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cucharadita de clavos de olor molidos&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cucharadita de pimienta guayabita/pimienta de jamaica/pimienta dulce molida&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Caliente el horno a 350 F/ 175 C. &lt;span&gt;Enharinar y      engrasar un (1) molde de pan de 9X5. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. &lt;span&gt;En un recipiente grande mezclar la harina, el  bicarbonato de soda, sal, canela, nuez moscada, clavos de olor, gengibre  y pimienta&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;3. En otro recipiente grande&lt;span&gt; colocar la mantequilla      y batirla con el azúcar hasta obtener una mezcla cremosa &lt;/span&gt;Agregue los huevos, las bananas/cambur/plátano y la vainilla hasta que quede bien mezclado. Agregue la mezcla de banana a la mezcla de harina hasta que quede todo unido (pero no mezcles de más).&lt;br /&gt;3. &lt;span&gt;Verter la mezcla en el molde y hornear por 60  minutos aprox. hasta que el probador salga limpio. Dejar enfriar por 10 minutos y  sacar del molde.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Receta adaptada de &lt;a href="http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/banana-banana-bread/detail.aspx"&gt;esta.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOTA1: Para hacer este pan un poco más saludable yo usualmente substituyo la harina por harina de trigo 100% integral y le agrego 1/4 taza de linaza molida. Sabe igual de rico en mi opinión.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOTA2: Como estos panes son tan húmedos es mejor que los mantengas en la nevera. Espera a que se pongan a temperatura ambiente antes de comerlos  o puedes tostar rodajas en la tostadora.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Y al final tuvimos un rico pan de calabaza, estos lindos recuerdos y el control remoto sobrevivió!! :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2736586329424558995-8507985043748081566?l=libertadleal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/feeds/8507985043748081566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2011/11/everyday-mother-baking-together-and-two.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default/8507985043748081566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default/8507985043748081566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2011/11/everyday-mother-baking-together-and-two.html' title='Everyday Mother: Baking Together (and two recipes)'/><author><name>Libertad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11327516176051278073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e9rLuInlfcw/TpXGjyUNfyI/AAAAAAAAAH8/EvXVUWqICUM/s220/Twitter%2Bpic.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6019/6350940503_80a9e4f84a_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736586329424558995.post-8203291431787380932</id><published>2011-11-09T06:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T07:58:48.467-08:00</updated><title type='text'>At the Carnival</title><content type='html'>When I was little, there was a small amusement park not far from my house. My dad used to take me when we had our weekend dates and my mom would take me whenever she could. I also used to go with my aunt and uncle and my cousins quite often, so needlessly to say I have fond memories of the place. Naturally, carnival rides have a special place in my heart and a retro appeal I can't resist. A few weeks ago I saw a carnival pop up in the parking lot of a mall I pass by every day on my drive to work. Every single morning for a entire week I looked at it as I sat in traffic and marveled at how beautiful the rides looked in the early morning light and I lamented the fact that I did not have my camera with me to capture some of that magic. Finally one morning I just could not resist it anymore and I stopped and I took a few quick pictures with my iPhone and posted them to Intagram (my latest addiction) and I absolutely loved them. That day I decided I just had to bring my camera and that is exactly what I did a few days later. I was a bit nervous I might get in trouble (cough trespassing cough) and I was a tiny bit late to work (ahem) but oh it was worth it. I love these images. They take me back to my childhood and that is a great thing :)&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;***************&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cuando yo estaba pequeña había un parque de diversiones/atracciones no muy lejos de mi casa. Mi papá siempre me llevaba cuando le tocaba su fin de semana conmigo y mi mamá me llevaba cada vez que podía. También iba con mis tios y primos seguidamente asi que como se imaginaran, tengo recuerdos lindos de el lugar. Naturalmente, todas estas atracciones tienen un lugar especial en mi corazón y nunca he podido resistir ese look retro que tienen. Hace unas semanas vi un parque de esos ambulantes montado en el estacionamiento de un centro comercial por el que paso todos los días. Todas las mañanas por una semana entera lo veía mientras estaba parada en el tráfico y me quedaba maravillada de lo lindo que se veía en la luz de la mañana y lamentaba que no tenía mi cámara para capturar un poco de esa magia. Finalmente una de esas mañanas ya no pude resistirlo más y me paré a tomar un par de fotos con mi iPhone y las monté en Instagram (mi nueva addición) y me encantaron. Ese día decidí que tenía que traer mi cámara y asi lo hice un par de días después. Estaba un poquito nerviosa que me iba a meter en problemas (el parque no estaba abierto a esa hora obviamente jeje) y llegué un poquito tarde a el trabajo (no le digan a mi jefe) pero creo que valió la pena. Me gustan mucho estas fotos. Me llevan a mi niñez y eso es algo muy bueno :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6327388455/" title="DSC_0265 copy wm by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6108/6327388455_f83ed06569_z.jpg" width="640" height="428" alt="DSC_0265 copy wm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6327391887/" title="DSC_0248 copy wm by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6327391887_c53f64915f_z.jpg" width="640" height="429" alt="DSC_0248 copy wm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6328140770/" title="DSC_0251 copy wm by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6231/6328140770_27eea16626_z.jpg" width="429" height="640" alt="DSC_0251 copy wm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6309554778/" title="“If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.” by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6095/6309554778_df181f2eac_z.jpg" width="640" height="335" alt="“If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.”"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6321040597/" title="DSC_0250 copy wm by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6047/6321040597_d34663d930_z.jpg" width="640" height="428" alt="DSC_0250 copy wm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6283636612/" title="I ♥ Carousels by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6211/6283636612_b72f9f41d9_z.jpg" width="640" height="434" alt="I ♥ Carousels"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bye!/Chau!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Libertad&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2736586329424558995-8203291431787380932?l=libertadleal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/feeds/8203291431787380932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2011/11/at-carnival.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default/8203291431787380932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default/8203291431787380932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2011/11/at-carnival.html' title='At the Carnival'/><author><name>Libertad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11327516176051278073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e9rLuInlfcw/TpXGjyUNfyI/AAAAAAAAAH8/EvXVUWqICUM/s220/Twitter%2Bpic.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6108/6327388455_f83ed06569_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736586329424558995.post-7995330372542288598</id><published>2011-11-01T09:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T09:27:06.593-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Riding into November</title><content type='html'>Hello! What a crazy busy couple of weeks! Can you believe it's November already? Time is flying by.  Things are starting to settle down, fortunately, so I will have more time for blogging and shooting (yay!). I have some stories and recipes coming up, but today I'll leave you with some images that I shared on a great Flickr group called &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/yotambien/"&gt;La Vuelta al Mundo.&lt;/a&gt; The theme for the month of October were Bicycles:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;******&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hola! Que semanas más ocupadas he tenido! Pueden creer que ya es Noviembre? Yo no! Octubre se fué desiado rápido. Afortunadamente las cosas se estan calmando un poco, asi que tendré más tiempo para bloguear y para  tomar fotos. Tengo unos cuentos y recetas que compartir pero por hoy les dejo las imágenes con las que participé este mes en el grupo de Flickr &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/yotambien/"&gt;La Vuelta al Mundo.  &lt;/a&gt;El tema de el mes de octubre fué bicicletas:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6256093087/" title="Just do it by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6223/6256093087_19a79c0c47_z.jpg" alt="Just do it" width="640" height="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6256618092/" title="Let's go for a ride by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6058/6256618092_a2f757820f_z.jpg" alt="Let's go for a ride" width="428" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/5446417782/" title="Shipley's Donuts by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/5446417782_d5e8d1d9b3_z.jpg" alt="Shipley's Donuts" width="425" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chau! :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2736586329424558995-7995330372542288598?l=libertadleal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/feeds/7995330372542288598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2011/11/riding-into-november.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default/7995330372542288598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default/7995330372542288598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2011/11/riding-into-november.html' title='Riding into November'/><author><name>Libertad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11327516176051278073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e9rLuInlfcw/TpXGjyUNfyI/AAAAAAAAAH8/EvXVUWqICUM/s220/Twitter%2Bpic.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6223/6256093087_19a79c0c47_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736586329424558995.post-6812601138459804165</id><published>2011-10-24T06:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T07:29:40.024-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome/Bienvenidos!</title><content type='html'>Hello there! Welcome to my brand new blog! Here I will share my most recent photography, outtakes, some behind the scenes madness (this usually involves my children, ahem), delicious recipes (some healthy, some decidedly not),  and some of the adventures my little family goes on. I hope you enjoy it! Thank you for stopping by!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*********************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hola! Bienvenidos a mi nuevo blog! Aqui voy a compartir mis fotos más recientes, los outtakes, las cosas locas que pasan cuando estoy tomando fotos (usualmente mis hijitas tiene algo que ver con esto), recetas ricas (unas saludables y otras definitivamente no),  y algunas de las cosas divertidas que hago con mi familia. Espero que les guste! Muchas gracias por pasar por aqui!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6239551558/" title="DSC_0139 copy by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6109/6239551558_0ffe893cc2_z.jpg" width="640" height="483" alt="DSC_0139 copy"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6228693145/" title="The Pumpkin Family by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6227/6228693145_930991771c_z.jpg" width="640" height="563" alt="The Pumpkin Family"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6142326305/" title="The Four Seasons : Summer by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6210/6142326305_dc6776972c_z.jpg" width="640" height="609" alt="The Four Seasons : Summer"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6045645591/" title="parade7 by Libertad Leal, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6070/6045645591_810e3b64d1_z.jpg" width="640" height="430" alt="parade7"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2736586329424558995-6812601138459804165?l=libertadleal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/feeds/6812601138459804165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2011/10/welcomebienvenidos_24.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default/6812601138459804165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2736586329424558995/posts/default/6812601138459804165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2011/10/welcomebienvenidos_24.html' title='Welcome/Bienvenidos!'/><author><name>Libertad</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11327516176051278073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e9rLuInlfcw/TpXGjyUNfyI/AAAAAAAAAH8/EvXVUWqICUM/s220/Twitter%2Bpic.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6109/6239551558_0ffe893cc2_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry></feed>
