The Coffee House

[Gary A.]

1 hour and 47 minutes from my house to Vince Lombardi rest area in Jersey, even with a detour around the cross Bronx express (hahahahaha) way. Pretty decent.

Safe travels. Did you bring all your gear or just the mirrorless?

I brought my D800 and just the 15mm lens in case I decide to get up early and hit the coast somewhere. Otherwise, it’ll just be the a6000.

Light to Fight ...

 

[Gary A.]

not great at lighting glass.....yet. but the wife is experimenting with acid etching.
its not actually "dark" in the middle...i just didnt get the lighting right.
might try some wine glasses next.

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Nice etching ... crappy photo ...

 

[Gary A.]

Just got back from a lovely walk only to see a message, my mum has had a fall so I am off to the hospital to see what has happend.

Gary is hoping for the best for your mum.

 

[smoke665]

Just got back from a lovely walk only to see a message, my mum has had a fall so I am off to the hospital to see what has happend.

So sorry, hope it's not bad.

 

[Gary A.]

Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers. The sun is out and it is a beautiful morning. The first wedge of light is hitting the edge of the porch. A small long triangle of brightness pointing to the mailbox. Miss Maggie loves morning. When Mary Lou and Gary get out of bed, she is all over us, wagging and wiggling her entire body, jumping up stretching her paws as high as they can reach and giving us her wet doggie kisses. Then she'll roll over on her back and wiggle on the floor inviting a stomach rub. No matter how grumpy one is in the morning, Miss Maggie will put a smile on your face.

 

[terri57 1]

Just got back from a lovely walk only to see a message, my mum has had a fall so I am off to the hospital to see what has happend.

Let us know how it goes, FD. We're thinking about you.

 

[davidharmier60]

Agree FD, hope your Mum is ok!
26.08 hours as of clock out.
Won't be too bad of a check.

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[limr50 3]

Just got back from a lovely walk only to see a message, my mum has had a fall so I am off to the hospital to see what has happend.

Hope she's okay!

1 hour and 47 minutes from my house to Vince Lombardi rest area in Jersey, even with a detour around the cross Bronx express (hahahahaha) way. Pretty decent.

That kinda time would get Gary down to Temecula, into Thornton, ordering food and sipping his second glass of Champagne.

It is an unfortunate fact of life in the NY-CT parts of the Tri-State area, that to get to many destinations for vacation, one must pass through New Jersey.

Jon, have you ever tried jumping off 95 onto 287 to cross the Tappan Zee and then cut down the Palisades? You can avoid the Bronx and the city bridges. And wave to me as you pass through White Plains during business hours

 

[Gary A.]

Gary made a turkey loaf last night. Two pounds of turkey and maybe four pounds of other stuff. Peppers (all kinds of peppers), cheeses, eggs, bread crumbs, Gary's BBQ sauce, tons of basil and Marjoram ... it was really good.

 

[JonA_CT]

Just got back from a lovely walk only to see a message, my mum has had a fall so I am off to the hospital to see what has happend.

Hope she's okay!

1 hour and 47 minutes from my house to Vince Lombardi rest area in Jersey, even with a detour around the cross Bronx express (hahahahaha) way. Pretty decent.

That kinda time would get Gary down to Temecula, into Thornton, ordering food and sipping his second glass of Champagne.

It is an unfortunate fact of life in the NY-CT parts of the Tri-State area, that to get to many destinations for vacation, one must pass through New Jersey.

Jon, have you ever tried jumping off 95 onto 287 to cross the Tappan Zee and then cut down the Palisades? You can avoid the Bronx and the city bridges. And wave to me as you pass through White Plains during business hours

If there’s a lot of traffic, that’s always the plan. We’ll usually hop in the Merritt in CT and head that way. We left around 4:30 this morning, so it was construction traffic. Our GPS routed us to 287 to the Cross Country Parkway onto I87 and right over the GWB. We haven’t hit any traffic yet. This is my third stop in an hour, because I’m traveling with a 2-year-old .

We’ll probably be able to wave on the way back...it’s almost assured that we’ll go around the city on the northbound leg.

 

[smoke665]

This morning I answered the door to find our neighbor from down the hill. Seems their little fur kid scooted out the door on them and ran up our driveway. As we were standing there discussing how to start looking for it, DW saw it come out from under the deck. Imagine our surprise when the neighbor shouted "SADIE COME HERE". Runaway in hand we had a nice chat while both Sadies had fun playing on the deck.

 

[Fujidave]

Just got back from a lovely walk only to see a message, my mum has had a fall so I am off to the hospital to see what has happend.

I hope she's ok!

Just got back from a lovely walk only to see a message, my mum has had a fall so I am off to the hospital to see what has happend.

Gary is hoping for the best for your mum.

Just got back from a lovely walk only to see a message, my mum has had a fall so I am off to the hospital to see what has happend.

So sorry, hope it's not bad.

Just got back from a lovely walk only to see a message, my mum has had a fall so I am off to the hospital to see what has happend.

Let us know how it goes, FD. We're thinking about you.

Agree FD, hope your Mum is ok!
26.08 hours as of clock out.
Won't be too bad of a check.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

Just got back from a lovely walk only to see a message, my mum has had a fall so I am off to the hospital to see what has happend.

Hope she's okay!

1 hour and 47 minutes from my house to Vince Lombardi rest area in Jersey, even with a detour around the cross Bronx express (hahahahaha) way. Pretty decent.

That kinda time would get Gary down to Temecula, into Thornton, ordering food and sipping his second glass of Champagne.

It is an unfortunate fact of life in the NY-CT parts of the Tri-State area, that to get to many destinations for vacation, one must pass through New Jersey.

Jon, have you ever tried jumping off 95 onto 287 to cross the Tappan Zee and then cut down the Palisades? You can avoid the Bronx and the city bridges. And wave to me as you pass through White Plains during business hours

Thank you all very much, Mum slipped in her kitchen and as she fell her hand hit a metal handle on a cupboard, slicing her palm open. She is now back home but with a handful of stitches.
Thank you again everyone.

 

[vintagesnaps]

I'm glad your mom's OK, that can be a scare.

Can you put something in the glass to show off the etching? I was thinking wine, but it isn't a wine glass... but what the heck put some wine in it anyway, and if it doesn't work you'll just have to drink it! lol Maybe some iced tea? kool-aid?? how about a Hawaiian Punch?

Cloudy and supposed to rain but not doing much yet. Dealing with a bit of a respiratory thing, a little scratchy throat yesterday then made the mistake of opening a window and woke up gaspy and grabbing the inhaler. Geez, since not working with kids and picking up colds anymore I didn't have trouble with it til the past couple years of early spring with summer going til November! Doesn't look like much is blooming but I guess the pollen has started. Maybe the snow tomorrow night will wash it down!

Planned a lazy day anyway. Got soup out of the freezer yesterday for the weekend so no cooking. Watching lacrosse til playoff hockey comes on.

 

[terri57 1]

Glad it wasn't serious, FD!

 

[Fujidave]

Too cheer my self up today, I have just brought my self Affinity Photo and the Work Book.