The Coffee House

[SquarePeg38]

My dog has no idea that he’s a dog. I took him to the dog park and he looked at me like wtf is this?

 

[smoke665]

Lord only knows how someone from Alabama ended up in tiny tiny Los Olivos in the middle of nowhere.

LOL we're like bedbugs, never know where we'll turn up!!!

 

[smoke665]

To be more explicit: A sharp edge is really rather delicate.

Have to disagree with you on that. I'm both a wood turner and carver. I have numerous chisels, and knives that are scary sharp. The edge is not that delicate when properly sharpened to the correct angle for the tool. Larger blades are hollow ground, (to avoid having to remove so much material later) and smaller blades are taken to the correct angle on a wet/dry wheel. Both are finished at the bench. I use a series of wet/dry paper going up to 2000 grit on a finished piece of granite. From there they go to large wheel covered with leather loaded with honing compound. Once honed the edge will last a long time with only occasionally stropping before having to reform the edge.

 

[smoke665]

All good things must come to an end... unfortunately. Left out at 6 am this morning and 10 1/2 hrs. later we were back on the mountain. Hmmm, 69 in FL, when we left, currently 29 ---- talk about adjustment!!!

 

[Frank F.]

One of the best shots I took in my life. 46 Megapixels mean you can see every pore of the man's skin. Amazing.

 

[davidharmier60]

It seems so odd to be here at home instead of at work. The coffee is hot and that's the best thing I can say about it.
I may go to the flea market in Cleveland that has been pretty good to me in the past.

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[snowbear118 49]

Good morning, peeps.
Feb. POTM Nominations is up - Jan voting will get online this evening. MLW wants to make a cake and we can't find a key ingredient (passionfruit puree) in any of the usual stores, so I'm off to the Latin market up the road.

We also picked up a tabletop pizza oven (it's like a waffle iron) that was on sale at the kitchen place, so I need some fixin's; thinking of making a margherita pizza for the first one.

Y'all make sure to get the "Yellow" photos into the bi-monthly challenge.

 

[davidharmier60]

I had cold pizza from last night.
Does that count?

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[Gary A.]

Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers. Okay ... Mary Lou, Miss Miggie and Gary have returned home from our Elephant Seal and wine tasting expedition. All-in-all, only three bad marks on the trip all revolving around traffic. Getting out of LA on the trip north sucked, getting through the flash flood residue driving through Montecito (all the lookie-loos bringing the freeway to a stop) then getting through LA traffic on the way home ... it was horrific. The traffic is so bad, at all times of the day, on all days ... that calling it a jammin' nightmare is an understatement.

Gary actually made in home yesterday, but the two and a half hour drive turned into a five hour drive ... giving Mary Lou and Gary barely enough time to unload the car, grab some Chinese to go and get to the theatre. We had tickets for the local theatre, Cabaret. It was five stars, a great show, super performances, great music (live band) and thoroughly entertaining.

Gary stops for some 'real' coffee and to nibble on another Mandarin Orange. (Great to be home.)

Interestingly enough, the local theatre is managed by McCoy Rigby Entertainment. The Rigby is part is Cathy Rigby, the Olympic gymnast. McCoy, her husband, during the introduction of the musical, informed us all that in response to the upheaval in our Olympic gymnastic organization, Cathy has by elected to the governing board. McCoy assured us that Cathy is ready, willing and eager to kick butt and get the gymnastic group back on course.

We're coming up on nine o'clock and some will be back on Maggie's morning schedule and morning walk. But, there is no rest for the weary as we have guests coming in this afternoon and early tomorrow morning that we must prep for. At least the wine is covered ... plenty of vino fresh from the Central Coast.

 

[tirediron]

I had cold pizza from last night.
Does that count?

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Cold is the best flavour!

 

[Gary A.]

Gary has a tons of citrus ... tons ... limes, oranges (Valencia, Naval & Mandarin) and lemons (meyers) if anybody wants to come by and do some picking.

 

[snowbear118 49]

I had cold pizza from last night.
Does that count?

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Only for breakfast.

 

[davidharmier60]

I had cold pizza from last night.
Does that count?

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Only for breakfast.

Only way it could be.

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[smoke665]

Gary has a tons of citrus ... tons ... limes, oranges (Valencia, Naval & Mandarin) and lemons (meyers) if anybody wants to come by and do some picking.

Stocked up on Honeybell, oranges before we left. Looks like we'll be eating a lot over the next few days. Honeybells are a variety more resistant to Greening. It's really sad how the Florida groves have been decimated by this virus.

Gary might want to enjoy as I've read that it has now spread to California and Texas.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Here in the (eastern) midwest I think people need some of that citrus fruit, I swear everybody's getting sick after the unseasonably warm weather last week. I'm hoping to avoid it this time around.

Thanks for the nice thoughts everyone, I just kicked back and didn't do much Friday, and not planning much more than that today. I'm still pretty tired, and had thought about going to a hockey game but my best friend has a cold & cough so we bagged that idea. I'm going to watch my hockey televised, maybe next weekend I can make a game.

Watching a replay of one of the Glastonbury festivals on MTV Live, just saw Chvrches, now - New Order! yeah!