The Coffee House

[terri58 1]

Gary does not believe Taco Bell, while originating in SoCal, qualifies as Mexican food.

I don't believe it qualifies as food.

Mmm...margaritas.

 

[snowbear141 72]

Happy Birthday, Sharon.

 

[ceemac]

Happy Birthday, SquarePeg!!

 

[ceemac]

It is not yet 5AM and I am wide awake. After....well, I can’t remember it not being like this...my son let us sleep 5.5 consecutive hours. My body does not know how to handle that, so I’m almost buzzing with energy.

Our daughter only took the breast. I wasn't equipped. It was wonderful. I actually thought she slept through the night.

 

[Frank F.]

Happy birthday, Sharon! With another emotion driven snap:

 

[waday]

Happy birthday, @SquarePeg !

 

[Gary A.]

@Jona- Yesterday, Gary was chatting with a gentleman from Connecticut. He recently moved to SoCal. We spoke of wine. He said that he'd have wine in Connecticut and meh ... it was okay. But after a wine tasting trip out here, he couldn't believe the difference. He said his monthly expenditures on wine is driving him broke. (He is a CPA. lol)

PS- He knew of New London, but not of you personally.

 

[tirediron]

Gary does not believe Taco Bell, while originating in SoCal, qualifies as Mexican food. It is questionable if Taco Bell even qualifies as food.

But damn, is it tasty!

 

[Cortian]

My birch tree in the backyard. Gonna get a pruning in spring. It's a beautiful tree. I took this this morning on my Samsung S8+. 15" of snow out there. @limr would be thrilled
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I love birch trees, period. They're gorgeous in all seasons due to that unique bark.

We've a river clump birch just off the patio:

Put that tree in 7-1/2 years ago, when it became clear the big ol' wild cherry tree that used to be there wasn't long for the world.

I'm going to get a bark macro when the light's right.

(Please 'scuse the angle. Unconsciously aligned the view-finder on the left-hand trunk.)

We had an even bigger one, that was once beautiful, in the front yard. Verkakte power company contractors destroyed it If they'd only trimmed it minimally, properly, it would have been fine and no threat to the wires. Finally, when they came out to trash it some more we forced them to take it down to the ground.

As an aside: As I was taking shots of the tree above it occurred to me the sky and snow were probably wreaking havoc on the evaluative metering. So I went to spot metering, zoomed-in on the tree's trunk, did an AE lock, zoomed-out & recomposed, then took the shot.

And Happy Birthday, @SquarePeg !

 

[Gary A.]

Good call on changing meter modes.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Hope you're having a Happy Birthday SharonCat!

 

[vintagesnaps]

Aww, Jack's growing up.

 

[Cortian]

Good call on changing meter modes.

Thanks, Gary!

It was some failed deliberate macro shots last night, coupled with two accidental ones that were almost not half bad, that produced a "Doh!" moment later on in the evening. "Ohhhh! I betcha spot metering's the answer," I thought. (I'll find out tonight.) That carried over into this morning's effort.

I may actually learn how to use this camera halfway competently someday

 

[vintagesnaps]

I wondered for a second there what a bark macro was... oh, a macro of the bark, not a barking lens, or one made out of bark. (I don't think I got enough sleep last night and don't know what I was thinking it meant.)

Yeah, that needs straightening... I think people get enthused and forget the basics sometimes. That tree isn't going anywhere.

 

[waday]

It’s been so rainy today


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