The Coffee House

[limr33 2]

It's true that a dry 75 is easier to handle than a humid 75, but don't discount the relative strength of the sun. When it hit 70-something in Arizona, that sun felt very intense and burny. And that was January sun. I'm a Northern girl; I'm not used to that at all.

Went for a walk today. 4.5 miles and a 24-exposure roll of color.

geez. i go through 24 exposures in less than a block (sd card type)

Shooting film slows you down, remember

 

[Rick50]

Reading this thread reminds me of a real coffee house. 6 people all talking to themselves.

In my defense, I was responding to Gary but didn't quote the post. I'm on my phone and can't be bothered

Not a problem just makes this thread a little different to post in.

 

[minicoop1985]

Shooting film means you're slow and old... wait a minute...

 

[Gary A.]

Missed a Monarch emerging by a few minutes. The chrysalis was in the roses that we by-passed and after our lunch it was standing near its chrysalis with the wings still dripping.

wheres the pic?

I have Monarchs all year round ... sorta like childbirth ... while it happens everyday ... it is still amazing. I was too busy gardening to bother.

 

[Rick50]

Reading this thread reminds me of a real coffee house. 6 people all talking to themselves.

i know right!! i think a lot of it is usually people aren't all here at the same time like in a chat room. so it is leaving, trying to keep up a convo . Forgetting or not knowing what was going on. just starting again, over and over.

That's about it. We all have lives. But real coffee houses are like that. You never know who will be there when you go in.

 

[Gary A.]

Taking another break ... eating a Mandarin Orange ... yummy.

 

[Rick50]

I bought some Twinkies today. Haven't had real health food for a while. Mmmmmmm gooood!
I also bought some Medjool dates (the best). You know us old people.
Get up to the checkout lane and tell the checkout girl "This is the only way I can get a date these days." She laughs and says "I though of something, but I waited for you to go first". A laugh is always the best medicine....

 

[limr33 2]

Feeling sleepy.

Got a new camera today. Well, new to me. When I say "new camera", it's safe to assume that it's a film camera from the 50s or 60s. So today's acquisition is a 1959 Yashica-D, grey leatherette on dark grey metal. I'll post a picture aftet I get it cleaned up.

 

[Gary A.]

Mary Lou just shrieked ... she accidentally pruned off a chrysalis in a rose. We saved it and hung in the Pencil tree. Photos later. I brought Nary Lou a Pacifico and I'm sipping a "Golden Road 329 Days of Sun Lager." It's made in Los Angeles, very foamy and not too bad. Being buzzed by some hummers ... I guess we're too close to their feeder. Still in the patio, the stereo is floating out a solo violin song combined with the sounds from the waterfall ... very pleasant. I wish you all were here.

 

[bribrius]

Mary Lou just shrieked ... she accidentally pruned off a chrysalis in a rose. We saved it and hung in the Pencil tree. Photos later. I brought Nary Lou a Pacifico and I'm sipping a "Golden Road 329 Days of Sun Lager." It's made in Los Angeles, very foamy and not too bad. Being buzzed by some hummers ... I guess we're too close to their feeder. Still in the patio, the stereo is floating out a solo violin song combined with the sounds from the waterfall ... very pleasant. I wish you all were here.

 

[snerd]

Taking another break ... eating a Mandarin Orange ... yummy.

My soon-to-be-ex-brother-in-law lives out in Bakersfield. Every Christmas he sends a crate of oranges, hybrid I guess. You can peel them with one finger placed correctly. Just woosh!! Peeled!! I've never seen anything like them around here.

 

[snerd]

One of the Wildlife officers out at the refuge posted on their FB page that their weekly Saturday morning hike started so nice, then the wind hit and liked to have blown them off the mountain. He was NOT exaggerating!!

 

[Gary A.]

Taking another break ... eating a Mandarin Orange ... yummy.

My soon-to-be-ex-brother-in-law lives out in Bakersfield. Every Christmas he sends a crate of oranges, hybrid I guess. You can peel them with one finger placed correctly. Just woosh!! Peeled!! I've never seen anything like them around here.

The cold weather, (in California that would be the nights), thickens the peel making them easier to peel. Many oranges out here peel that way, Valencias, Navels, et cetera, it all sorta depends where they are grown. That's why Florida citrus is mainly used for juice ... the thin skins makes handling messy. Mandarin Oranges are more like giant tangerines, very thin skinned but the skin is loosely attached. They're very sweet.

 

[tirediron]

Gary, the mods have their finger poised above the ban hammer.

At least one mod does!

 

[bribrius]

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