The Coffee House

smoke665 · Oct 23, 2025

Got my costume for Halloween

nerwin · Oct 24, 2025

Luke had to visit me in the garage.

snowbear · Oct 25, 2025

1981eagle said:
I was mowing this summer and I 'found' a subterranean yellow jacket nest, (and they found me) .... I was really ticked off. I mean - after all - if I was mowing your front yard, you would probably thank me ... I was mowing theirs, and they not only didn't seem thankful, they seemed angry! There's no telling with some folks.

Yellow jackets are the @$$holes of the insect world.

VidThreeNorth · Oct 25, 2025

MartinCrabtree said:
Fresh ground beans in a percolator here.

That reminds me -- I wanted to buy Postum (coffee substitute) and compare it to Inka, I keep forgetting to look for it.

VidThreeNorth · Oct 25, 2025

I tried to get a good time-lapse of clouds a couple of days ago. Something like 4 days ago had a good patch of nice looking clouds. What I got was mainly too many big clouds. It was very disappointing.

SquarePeg · Oct 25, 2025

snowbear said:
The house has been sold! Closing was yesterday afternoon.

I've symbolically removed the Maryland State flag patch from my backpack.

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I had a mini celebration: Lazy Lobster and I ordered Thai, then I went up to Acadia NP, hoping to see the aurora. No aurora but many, many stars. I don't recall actually seeing the Milky Way until I moved up here. I can see it from the house, even with the lights from Lewiston & Auburn. I tried shooting to the north, anyway, as sopme have said it will photograph, even if not visible. I got the tripod set up, then found I didn't have the foot on the camera. I did get a couple long exposures by holding the camera on the top of the tripod, but they are junk. Mis-focus (it was jammin dark) and camera movement. I'll hold on to them as an example of what not to do.

The Bubbles and Jordon Pond, from the boat ramp.
D750, AF-S 24-70 f/2.8 @ 26mm, f/2.8, 35 sec., ISO 1600
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Tonight is going to be cloudy in Bar Harbor but Thursday is looking good. Maybe head up before it's dark so I can stage without a flashlight. I'll have to check the aurora predisctions, too, though time at a National Park is always a good time.

Great news! Welcome to New England!!! Just in time for what’s predicted to be a very snowy winter. Meanwhile, it’s been pretty warm and sunny this week.

Colors at peak here in my neck of the woods. This GBH flew into the scene as I was composing. Heavy crop on the 2nd one.

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KJ_North · Oct 25, 2025

Well no shooting for me for a few weeks. I had my hip replaced on Thursday so no long hike for a bit.

snowbear · Oct 25, 2025

Thanks, Sharon.
The back yard has some color though it looks like half of the hardwoods have dropped their leaves. I like to watch the GBHs when they fly in and out of the pond. We had five at once a couple weeks ago. I've never seen more than one at a time, before that. We also get geese, various ducks, and egrets; Thursday there were a few gulls.

As for the snow: bring it!