Gary A.
Been spending a lot of time on here!
Buenas Dias Coffee Hosers. Another dreary, gray, cool and overcast morning, the pinkish blooms of the Crepe Myrtle in the front, jump out from the gray sky. But it will warm up into the 70's. Mary Lou worked in the yards all weekend, chopping, hacking, cutting, digging and transplanting. She prunes heavily and Gary hopes nothing dies. Gary has filled up two large compost bins with soft stuff and cuts up the limbs into ... mmmmmh ... three inch long pieces. Some of those pieces will be pounded vertically into the ground to extend a patio and others will be spread across rose garden as a kind of heavy duty mulch. Gary hates throwing aware yard waste and typically only puts thorny rose canes into the green waste trash barrel. Mary Lou's and Gary's food waste gets dumped into the vermiculture bin. Mary Lou and Gary don't generate much landfill wastes and recently downsized the waste trash barrel to a smaller size.
Okay, Gary didn't sleep well and is having a semi-conscience morning. One interesting, non-political, story on the front page of the Times is that the sale of LP's is soaring. The article features a Capital Studios expert in cutting records, who was thinking of retiring, but he is busier than ever. The head is "Vinyl master gets his groove back." An interesting story, but digital is so much easier than records ... Gary guesses it is similar to photography and the film versus digital camps. The old stuff, Gary assumes, is for purists and romantics.
On Saturday, photographer friend came over for food and entertainment. He had never held a Leica before and played with the M4. Then Gary brought out the Fuji X-Pro2, a very similar looking, shape and size camera to the M4. He was amazed at the build of the Lecia, how it was much heavier than the Fuji but was much more comfortable to hold. He didn't like rangefinder focus ... "How do you focus?" He said while squinting through the viewfinder.
Gary refills his coffe cup, sits down and touches 'Post Reply' on the screen.
Okay, Gary didn't sleep well and is having a semi-conscience morning. One interesting, non-political, story on the front page of the Times is that the sale of LP's is soaring. The article features a Capital Studios expert in cutting records, who was thinking of retiring, but he is busier than ever. The head is "Vinyl master gets his groove back." An interesting story, but digital is so much easier than records ... Gary guesses it is similar to photography and the film versus digital camps. The old stuff, Gary assumes, is for purists and romantics.
On Saturday, photographer friend came over for food and entertainment. He had never held a Leica before and played with the M4. Then Gary brought out the Fuji X-Pro2, a very similar looking, shape and size camera to the M4. He was amazed at the build of the Lecia, how it was much heavier than the Fuji but was much more comfortable to hold. He didn't like rangefinder focus ... "How do you focus?" He said while squinting through the viewfinder.
Gary refills his coffe cup, sits down and touches 'Post Reply' on the screen.
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