The Coffee House

Gary A. · Mar 28, 2015

Sharon- if you move to sunny, warmy, droughty California, sorta near to me ... you can mow my lawns all year round. 'lectric mower and trimmer so you feel green while destroying the environment. (I won't even charge you for the fun.)

snowbear · Mar 28, 2015

Gary A. said:
Sharon- if you move to sunny, warmy, droughty California, sorta near to me ... you can mow my lawns all year round. 'lectric mower and trimmer so you feel green while destroying the environment. (I won't even charge you for the fun.)

The other option I can think of what the 'necks do here -- cover that nasty old grass with parked 4x4 trucks and junked cars.

sm4him · Mar 28, 2015

Gary A. said:
Sharon- if you move to sunny, warmy, droughty California, sorta near to me ... you can mow my lawns all year round. 'lectric mower and trimmer so you feel green while destroying the environment. (I won't even charge you for the fun.)

Oh, that sounds great, Gary, thanks! That's just what I'll....oh, wait. Crap. I can't do that. I just checked--and it turns out, I wasn't born yesterday. :lol:

Besides, WHEN I move to sunnier, warmer climes...it'll likely be coastal South Carolina or Florida. I'm just too much of an East Coast kinda girl...

snowbear · Mar 28, 2015

I'll come mow your lawn. But you'll have to provide one of these set-ups:
https://www.deere.com/common/media/...y_rotary_cutters/496301_hd_rotary_762x458.jpg

limr · Mar 28, 2015

Still snowing. Flurries but big flakes, all dancing around. It's fun to watch.

Gary A. · Mar 28, 2015

Lovely day. 70F as we hit San Pedro and Palos Verdes shooting with the 40mm for my review. I hate MF lenses and I hate this lens. It better be sharper than a Ginzu knife 'cuz it is a pain and slow to use.

Sipping on some Marimar Albarino, watching the Wildcats and the Irish duking it out. A very nice day. Stopped into the Interpretive Center in Palos Verdes and watched the whale watchers chalk up their sightings.

tirediron · Mar 28, 2015

Musta missed it... which 40mm lens are you reviewing?

Gary A. · Mar 28, 2015

The HandleVision 40mm, f/.85, Fuji FX mount, manual focus, APS-C. This seems like it would be much more practical for the studio as a short-ish portrait lens, than a general purpose, slightly longish from normal FOV type lens.

snerd · Mar 29, 2015

Howdy, hosers. I'm still among the living! Saw the infectious disease specialist and he had them insert a PICC IV catheter in my arm. I have to run 2 jugs of antibiotics through it a day, with a saline flush before and after. Grrr.......... probably 6 weeks of this! Shoulder doc probably wants to go back in on Tuesday to clean out rest of the infection. I'm all for it............ it's draining the most vile crap and I have to change the dressing 2-3 times a day! Very hard to do by myself.......... I'm going to check on a home-health nurse tomorrow. No coffee last 2 days for me, only guzzling water and Gatorade. Happy to be able to post again!

snowbear · Mar 29, 2015

Get better.

Gary A. · Mar 29, 2015

I guess people's have quit drinking coffee... what'zup people's? Sent the entire day in the backyard gardening. The back looks very nice. Everything is in bloom. Roses, Sweet Peas, Poppies, Clematis, et al. I even dove into the pond to fine-tune the rocks for the waterfall, It sounds and looks much better. The fish seem more relaxed since I removed the aggressive turtle. We have a bumper crop of oranges, lemons ... looks like I'm gonna drown in grapes this year, the strawberries are looking good, we even had a few with our breakfast. I'm using Thyme as a ground cover around the pond and it is finally getting established. It has the little blueish-white bloom, Cookie likes to roll her back in it. The Basil thinks its King Kong and I cut it back it this morning ... man, wallowing in all the branches ... did it smell heavenly. Man, if you guys were local I'd do an invite for BBQ, macro shooting and vino. Which I'm sipping right now, a very very nice Pinot from the Santa Rita Hills. Gotta go get the George Foreman fired up and the rice going. See ya, I do wish you guys were here to enjoy this California perfect evening, with the Hummers and butterflies and the Beach Boys on the stereo ... "Catch a Wave and you're sitting on top of the world ...".

Gary A. · Mar 29, 2015

snerd said:
Howdy, hosers. I'm still among the living! Saw the infectious disease specialist and he had them insert a PICC IV catheter in my arm. I have to run 2 jugs of antibiotics through it a day, with a saline flush before and after. Grrr.......... probably 6 weeks of this! Shoulder doc probably wants to go back in on Tuesday to clean out rest of the infection. I'm all for it............ it's draining the most vile crap and I have to change the dressing 2-3 times a day! Very hard to do by myself.......... I'm going to check on a home-health nurse tomorrow. No coffee last 2 days for me, only guzzling water and Gatorade. Happy to be able to post again!

Man that sucks. The ex was a type one diabetic, she got some horrendous infections ... almost went into the details ... caught myself ...

AvianStewardess · Mar 29, 2015

Gary A. said:
I guess people's have quit drinking coffee...

Trying. Word on the street is excessive coffee contributes to dense breasts. Dense breasts are a hassle. Trust me on this.

Anyways...so do you put-up/preserve from that garden, or *simply* fresh-eating? Sounds like you've got quite a bit going...

Gary A. · Mar 29, 2015

Just fresh eating. Anything more than we can eat I give away. Being California, we have stuff ready for picking all year-round. We've been taking dozens of Valencia Oranges a few times a week for the peoples at work for the last month.

We have a ton of herbs, so nearly everything we eat is herbed upped. Just a walk to the backyard and a few snipes and viola ... instant flavor.

(Even though you tossed me a softball with the dense breasts ... I won't take a swing.)

AvianStewardess · Mar 29, 2015

In my 3-year experience with it, the microclimate of the Eastern Shore gives me near year-round growing; I've got a greenhouse to keep a few citrus trees and tomatoes/peppers alive and producing, and can keep cold-weather vegetables and greens growing through most of the winter. I put up a lot of fruit and the vegetables I must have year-round - either canned, frozen or dehydrated/dried. I grow a lot of garlic. No, even more than that. I am trying to come up with a variety *naturalized* to my growing environment, which means I'm growing an excess for seed for the following year to keep picking the best for seed year-over-year. This year I am doing an experiment on which onion types will be best for this longitude, since the Eastern Shore is such a in-betweener of the three. Some might call me serious about food...