The Coffee House

[Gary A.]

The soil is actually clay. But the creek has miles of park on both sides and collects a ton of organics from the grass clippings, falling leaves and algae blooms. 100 yards north of the photo the creek is natural with soft banks and a natural wetland ecosystem.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary should listen to the wise youngest daughter.

The opossums are gone. After working the grapes we peaked into the worm bin and the three little guys were gone. Opossums are very territorial, while they’re no longer sleeping with the worms, they’re not far away.

 

[limr49 2]

Gary should listen to the wise youngest daughter.

The opossums are gone. After working the grapes we peaked into the worm bin and the three little guys were gone. Opossums are very territorial, while they’re no longer sleeping with the worms, they’re not far away.

I had one take up residence on my porch in Florida. We got along quite well. I called her (or him) Possy.

I like possums.

 

[vintagesnaps]

My power's back on. Went off about 11:00. I heard a couple of clunks or bangs or something and thought is somebody banging their trash cans or what? since it's garbage night. It's or what - something happened down the road, sirens were going off. Last time this happened somebody hit a telephone pole. Then a utility truck and I guess a couple of ambulances going slowish, maybe our local officers/paramedics all out patrolling. Then after awhile I heard a saw... then voices... kind of figured out something fell, a tree? Rained really hard but didn't storm. Guess I'll see what's what in the morning.

Was sitting here thinking, why am I still up? Oh yeah, the utility company's automated system called (with an estimate of 3:00 am) and I thought it usually calls back to confirm the power's on, but I'm about to give up. I'm usually up late but still. And it is so foggy and humid outside in just a couple of hours the humidity reading in the house is up to 80%, the AC will probably run like crazy.

 

[Fujidave]

Just got back in time from a hot walk with Susie, humidity is 100% and horrible plus just started to chuck it down.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Ever feel like you should have stayed in bed? This morning, after getting out of the shower, I thought I'd put a cup of coffee on so it would be done when I was dressed. Put the water in, put the pod in, and turned it on. Got dressed, took the socks out of the dryer and took them into the living room to sort, mate and fold. Went back to get the coffee and discovered I had not put the cup under...one cup of coffee all over the counter

 

[smoke665]

@Dean_Gretsch We use a drip coffee maker. One morning still in that nether land between sleep and awake, I filled the reservoir with water, put the coffee in, turned it on and left to let the fur kids out. I came back to find coffee everywhere. Seems I'd forgotten to empty the half pot left from the day before.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Ok, I feel better

 

[limr49 2]

Ok, I feel better

I did that with the little Keurig machine at work. It's a small model, no reservoir, so I poured the water in, put the refillable cup in, turned it on, and put my cup down. A few minutes later, I went to get my coffee, and saw my cup. Empty. Sitting right next to the machine where I had left it.

I wish I could at least blame that on being half-asleep, but alas, I had already managed to get myself out of the house and drive to work, so I really have no excuse.

The good thing was that I didn´t see any coffee anywhere. It confused me at first, but then I realized that the spill reservoir has just enough space to fit one entire cup of coffee. Since I always keep the machine clean, that meant a simple matter of pouring the coffee from the spill reservoir into my cup where it belonged

 

[JonA_CT]

Good morning, hosers.

I finally made it all of the places I needed to be yesterday, but damn, was I about ready to fall over by the time I racked out last night. Cheyenne and Fort Collins are both beautiful. We are staying in a hostel here in Fort Collins, and this place is awesome. The building is set up around a solarium, and I'm sipping coffee on a couch with trickling water in the back ground, surrounded by tropical plants. I have a feeling this is similar to what Gary's back porch must be like.

We found an incredible brewery last night that specialized in barrel-aged beers. I'm excited to see what we'll find today.



P.S.

Baseball game from the other night....

Untitled by jwa04, on Flickr

The size of the beers they serve...($13 for a 32 oz local beer)

Untitled by jwa04, on Flickr

 

[smoke665]

The size of the beers they serve...($13 for a 32 oz local beer)

I didn't realize Dunkin Donuts served beer, all this time I'd been just buying their coffee.

 

[Gary A.]

Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers. Another overcast morning of 62F, but it should burn off and break 70F by the afternoon. The weather app says that it also feels like 62F. Last night Maggie introduced herself to Mother Opossum. Mother Opossum was rather rude and Maggie came and got us. Mother Opossum was extremely hostile and never entered 'possum mode of pretending to be dead while exposing all their teeth. Mother retreated up to higher ground and we all did likewise into the house. Maggie still wanted to play with our guest, so Mary Lou slid the security panel into the doggie door, locking Maggie inside. It took Maggie about 1/2 a second to figure how to lift the panel up and slip out into the yard. The panel falling back into place announced Maggie's departure for inside the house. About 20 minutes later Maggie came back flustered that Mother Opossum wouldn't play with her and she settled in for the night. Gary figures that Mother Opossum was aggressively protecting her kids which accounted for her angry growls and snarls even though she was never cornered.

 

[Gary A.]

PS- Interestingly enough, there appears to be additional bedding materials (dried persimmon tree leaves) in the worm bin, but no occupants.

 

[smoke665]

@Gary A. they can be nasty critters. If you don't want to harm them, then the best thing might be to trap them, so they can be relocated far away. I have a couple different sizes of the these Live Animal Traps (5 Different Sizes in Stock) - Havahart® I prefer the two door model as they are more apt to enter if both ends are open.

 

[Gary A.]

@JonA_CT: Mary Lou and Gary find the backyard very relaxing. Mary Lou and Gary are traveling much less and eating out less, now than before we fixed up the yard. According to Mary Lou "... what's the point ...".