The Coffee House

[sm4him]

Overslept this morning. Highly unusual for me. Woke up at 6:12 a.m., already about 30 minutes later than usual but not "late." But I just couldn't do it; I felt like I hadn't slept at all and was just really groggy. So I decided, "Ah, scr*w it, I'll call in if I have to" and went back to sleep.
Up now, but really dragging.

Doesn't bode well for the next few days when we are in for our coldest weather so far this winter. I think my body is going into hibernation mode.

 

[sm4him]

I would LOVE to have met Ansel Adams! When I was a teenager, just getting into photography seriously he was one of the main reasons I really wanted to pursue it.

You got any pictures of you with Adams, Gary?

 

[KenC]

Hey, Hosers. Back at work today, finally having shed the plague I had (at least 95% of it), and looking forward to a cold week (highs mid-20's). While I was out I kept hearing stories about lots of people out sick around here. I never met any famous photographers so I guess I'll just get back to work.

 

[Gary A.]

I would LOVE to have met Ansel Adams! When I was a teenager, just getting into photography seriously he was one of the main reasons I really wanted to pursue it.

You got any pictures of you with Adams, Gary?

Somewhere there is a group shot ... I'll look for it.

 

[NancyMoranG]

Morning all.
Had dinner over the holidays with a friend. She said she had done a photography outing with Adams grandson at Yosemite last year. They actually took you to the exact spots of his photos and you 'recreated' it.
(I think she said grandson, it was loud)
Sounded like a great opportunity
Nancy

 

[minicoop1985]

Morning, hosers. Woke up with no voice today. Yay!

 

[pgriz]

With apologies to Mike, the weather here is definitely bipolar. Over Christmas, the weather was about 10 degrees (celsius) above normal, in the 2-6C(35-42F) range, and we had a green Christmas, with all the snow cover melted. Then on new year's day, we've had a snowfall, and temperatures fell to about -5-7C (19-23F). On Saturday, we had another snowfall, which then overnight went into freezing rain (0C, 32F). By Sunday morning, the accumulating ice started breaking tree branches and power wires, and we lost power at about 10:30am, along with another 30,000 people. By 2pm Sunday, the figure climbed to about 120,000. By 6pm, the number was closer to 160,000. Then the temperature started to drop from just above freezing to well below (-14C/7F at the moment, and forecast to be -22C/-8F tonight). We didn't get our power back until about 6 am Monday morning, and the house temperature was cool enough to see your breath. That wasn't the worse tho - a house down the block had the alarm going off all night announcing that the power was off. The homeowners were away on vacation. They will have a nice welcome back.

Wind has been blowing last night and today in the 30-50kmh range with gusts to 80 kmh (50 mph). The roads are slick with ice, and if someone didn't shovel their drive yesterday, then today it has cast-iron ruts. Oh, and the virus going around decided to really let me know who's boss. I think I may have my first solid foods in a while today. Yay!

 

[limr34 3]

Oh man, Paul, what the hell?

 

[pgriz]

Yeah. I answered the phone today. The person on the other end wanted to call the police because they thought it was a mass murderer answering the phone. I convinced them that it was, alas, only me, and the police would probably just slap a quarantine sign on the door. My wife, trooper that she is, went off to work as usual, despite the fact that the temperature outside seemed to be approaching absolute zero.

So Leonore, if you were thinking about it, this would NOT be a good time to visit.
But thanks for the virtual hug. They work. Maybe I need to drown the virus. Would tequila or vodka work better?

 

[Designer]

I'm discombobulated this morning. That occurs whenever something forces a change in my routine. Like snow removal. I've been out three times and still not finished. It will take at least two more attempts to get it mostly done, maybe three or four to be all done.

Rather cold today, my outdoor thermometer registered -12 F.

 

[limr34 3]

Whiskey, Paul.

 

[Gary A.]

Right now it is 77F ... thinking of maybe dinner at the beach.

 

[minicoop1985]

The air hurts my face. Why do I live where the air hurts my face?

 

[sm4him]

The air hurts my face. Why do I live where the air hurts my face?

I keep reminding myself that, as bad as it is going to be here, there are people up north who would think this was practically springtime.
We are heading to a low of about 9 and a high of 25 by Thursday--we don't get many days THAT cold, and normally don't even get into the single digits unless there is snow on the ground (which there's not, THANK goodness!).
By next Monday, we'll at least be back to mid-40s, but even that is too cold for my taste.

One of these days, I really might just up and move to Florida. I love my family, and my friends here…but…DANG!! I hate winter.

 

[Designer]

I've started thinking that it might be time to move to a milder climate. Because of the snow removal thing.

I was out for almost an hour and a half, and BOY, are my Haines COLD!!!!

If it weren't for my hands getting cold, I could have stayed out even longer.