The Coffee House

[Frank F.]

Yesterday at my father's

 

[Frank F.]

Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers. Mary Lou, Cook and Gary are way too old for two consecutive days of guests. But we pulled it off. Saturday was the normal crowd, people who come over once or twice a week. But Sunday was a visit from a couple, Geno and Diane, who have never visited. We run into them often at events, but they have never come over. Diane is Mary Lou's cousin, and they are pretty close. Diane's mother and my mother were best friends since kindergarden. Geno was a local from the same area I grew up and he's now a high-powered attorney. Geno settled into the patio, and much of the time just quietly sucked up all the colors, the grape clusters hanging along the edge of the patio roof, hummingbirds and butterflies, the koi pond and waterfall, the bright red Japanese Maple, the roses, Flowering Maples and Plumerias all in bloom. As we walked them to their car, Geno remarked that he is soooo relaxed and refreshed by the backyard.

Geno is active in AA, and they are teetotalers. Gary brewed up some herbal teas and juiced up some orange-lemonade and regular lemonade. Finished off with Gary's roasted coffee. Gary smoked a Tri-Tip and tossed a marinated salmon with a teriyaki glaze into the Komado. It was a very pleasant afternoon and evening.

Yes your, all three of you, house is special, the garden, the pond the BBQ. I hope you come over when my house is finished. You can suck up the contents of my kitchen and cellar and Mary Lou and you can sleep over in my Studio...

I plan to plant "Spalier Obst" all around the walls of the terraces and walls. In my imagination it will be a paradise. I am sure it will be even better in reality.

Very village like atmosphere in the street all people come over say hello are interested. Very nice. Hope to integrate well into the neighborhood.

In the new place I am sure you will feel at home away from home.

All the best to Cook and Mary Lou, so strange you are so far away in Trumpland, so close to our hearts. Kons and me I mean.

Love

Frank

 

[Frank F.]

Ich will Bilder von Spalierobst sehen - Google-Suche

 

[snowbear115 46]

"I haz boxess!!1" yep, she'll squeeze her wide-load @$$ into most any box around.


DSC_0028.jpg by Charlie Wrenn, on Flickr

 

[limr30 3]

"I haz boxess!!1" yep, she'll squeeze her wide-load @$$ into most any box around.

 

[snowbear115 46]

I want to go a little deeper in the DoF on this one. Luckily it's between work and home.


DSC_0060.jpg by Charlie Wrenn, on Flickr

 

[smoke665]

... I didn't chimp at all for reasons unknown, so will see if any keepers.

I've read a bunch of the do's and don'ts on the habit, and I'm comfortable with why I do it, but tell me again why "you" don't.

 

[smoke665]

Last week was a pretty good week. For many years, I've been a member and served on the board of directors of our local Volunteer Fire Department. I'm retired from active response on calls, but still remain active in the department and on the board. For the last 8 years myself and a fellow retired member, have been writing the FEMA grant applications. Last week we got notification that one of this years applications had been successful, resulting in a $72,000 equipment grant. That makes 6 grants so far in 8 years, which I think is pretty cool, and we still have two applications out there. The grant couldn't come at a better time, as the county is transitioning to digital, and our old analog radios are no longer going to be supported. For a department with an annual operating budget of $45k, we just didn't have the money to buy new radios. Thanks to this we will be able to outfit our members and trucks with the latest in digital communications from Motorola. Life is good

 

[jcdeboever]

... I didn't chimp at all for reasons unknown, so will see if any keepers.

I've read a bunch of the do's and don'ts on the habit, and I'm comfortable with why I do it, but tell me again why "you" don't.

I don't have a rule not too but I think I have been shooting so much film, I literally didn't think about it.

 

[Gary A.]

Buenas Tardes Coffee Hosers. Gary just finished installing the tubing, fittings and valves connecting the frig to the new RO system. And ................................ Viola! It works. This was a long day. Two consecutive days of guests wore Gary out. Gary and Mary Lou are sipping a Tolosa Chardonnay, (Edna Valley). It is sooooooo clean. A touch of sweet, a bit of fruit but a ton of good, clean crispness. Salud.

 

[Frank F.]

... I didn't chimp at all for reasons unknown, so will see if any keepers.

I've read a bunch of the do's and don'ts on the habit, and I'm comfortable with why I do it, but tell me again why "you" don't.

I did not do it in film days and I currently do not do it if I have reliable equipment. The most reliable piece of hardware currently is the D500. She just does as expected. Like my FM2 did or my F4s or my F100. I did not have technically bad shots. I threw shots out only because of design flaws.

 

[jcdeboever]

... I didn't chimp at all for reasons unknown, so will see if any keepers.

I've read a bunch of the do's and don'ts on the habit, and I'm comfortable with why I do it, but tell me again why "you" don't.

I did not do it in film days and I currently do not do it if I have reliable equipment. The most reliable piece of hardware currently is the D500. She just does as expected. Like my FM2 did or my F4s or my F100. I did not have technically bad shots. I threw shots out only because of design flaws.

Kind of what I have found other than the occasional manual focus error on my end using the F, FM, or Pentax. The XT2 and XP2 are wonderful cameras.

 

[smoke665]

don't have a rule not too but I think I have been shooting so much film, I literally didn't think about it.

Maybe once I get more sure of myself I won't but for now I'm pretty much on a 4 shot rule. I meter with the Seconic, and the camera meter, for my staring point, shoot my WB card, and dial in the exposure based on the histogram on the next two, then take the final keeper. Working well for now, but then I'm not big on street shots or other spur of the moment shots.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary rarely chimps, partially due to his film upbringing. But he will chimp when he takes a break. As Gary is shooting mirrorless, what he sees in the viewfinder is what's he gets. Chimping is more for focus check than anything else. Of late, Gary uses the viewfinder for metering and fine tunes with the spot meter.

 

[Frank F.]

I cannot focus check chimping because I need my glasses to focus the screen. Only my little X100T allows me to check focus in the diopter corrected view finder. There is no word for view finder chack yet though ....