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Thought the fridge doors needed some color.. so I added a calendar,
some pictures, and magnets (they're really cookies :) to spice things
up
Proud to be the photographer for this program. 5th MMHSAA championship, no states this year.
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Right after visiting Cinco de Junio in late March, I went to Marcala to visit the Moises and Marysabel of Finca El Puente. I believe this marks our 6th year of doing business together, and I have to say without a doubt in my mind: the best year. Moises and Marysabel over the last 4 years have stepped up and continued to reinvent the farm, and the coffees this year are just starting to give us offer a glimpse of how bright a future this farm has.
Kim already explained earlier in the year that Caballeros built a series of different types of raised beds to work on drying techniques, but since then Moises and Marysabel have really taken it to the next level. They put together 12 separate lots of coffee from the same day that are all dried different ways: ranging from 3 days to 12 or more days and with a great deal of information recorded for each during the drying. This is all in an attempt to make the coffee better.
On top of that Moises and the Bon Café lab in San Pedro worked together this year to put together our lot without us having to micromanage the project. Moises himself has become an incredible coffee taster. Combined with years of tasting data and knowing the farm as he does, they were able to assemble what I believe to be one of the best lots of El Puente I have tasted. Many of you also got to taste some of the varieties the Moises and Marysabel are working on a month or so ago, which include Pacamara, Geisha, Yellow Catuai, Bourbon, Yellow Bourbon, Mocha, and many, many others. While we are one year away from having a tiny amount of some of these types available to our customers, we were able to have them put together a lot solely of Yellow Catuai for a second year in a row. Roll-out for the microlot is June 11th.
The amazing main lot that that Moises assembled will rollout slight before the microlot and we are hoping to do that on June 4th.
Listening to Ben Harper this morning. Love him. :)
Oh and this was completely inspired by this picture.
new table decorations for Thanksgiving this year - pinecone turkeys made with acorn heads and vintage Swistraw ribbon flower tails
Planespotting at LAX two days in a row - this time, I was playing kickball in nearby Playa Vista, so I had a great excuse. This was also my first spotting from the Westminster Parkway bridge.
Turkish 10 starts its journey back to Istanbul Ataturk.
TC-JJG "Yildiz," Boeing 777-300ER
hybrid tulips growing in the dutch bulbfields, showing how they are grown in tight rows turning the landscape into a multi-coloured quilt
(requires Google Earth)
St. Francis of Assisi Church.
In La Quinta, Riverside County, CA. An unfortunate aspect of this photo is the reason that so many police motorcycles were parked in a row. This was at a funeral mass in for a Deputy Sheriff killed in the line-of-duty
I've never had two posts in a row make it to Explore until now
1. Old Phillips 66 Sign, 2. Sandy Creek Covered Bridge, 3. The 2nd Nashville Parthenon, 4. City on the Cumberland, 5. Dusk in Rural Washington County, 6. Emergence, 7. Badlands, 8. Hostess,
9. Boston Avenue United Methodist Church, 10. Paducah Beauty School, 11. University Plaza, 12. Murphysboro Abstract, 13. Hotel Chisca, 14. Kirchhoff's Bakery, 15. Super House, 16. Vienna,
17. Southwestern Bell Building, 18. St. Louis From Above, 19. Abandoned Mid-Century Bank, 20. Alpena's State Theatre, 21. Harpo Studios, 22. Erie-LaSalle Body Shop, 23. Morning Skyline, 24. Drexel Castle,
25. The Security Building, 26. Don't Back Up!, 27. The Friant House, 28. Spiral Down, 29. Robert Hall Clothes, 30. Infill House, 31. Union Avenue Shingle House, 32. SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church,
33. Historic Tower House, 34. Posing, 35. Hume House, 36. Rogers-Carrier House, 37. A Light In The Dark, 38. Up In The Wazoo
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Checking out the Model A Ford Club of America on their stop at the Owls Head Transportation Museum. Photo by Kat.
Did a little shopping this morning and then we came back to the house via the country - what a beautiful day with lots of green and blue!!
Going For 4 In-a-Row ~ 366 ....
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Too busy having fun in the glorious Florida sunshine ... so falling way behind but promise to catch up with your great photos as soon as possible.
We managed to get up to The Lake District for a few days at Easter. We got away from work on Good Friday afternoon and spent three hours covering 110 miles, the M61 and M6 were very slow or stopped. As ever once there we soon left the hassle behind. We were using a B&B that we used very regularly for ten years until the owner passed away quite suddenly. Now under new ownership it has been totally gutted and refurbished, it’s very nice but twice as expensive.
We were out in good time on Saturday, it was dull and cool but very calm. I’d deliberated for ages as to where to walk, wanting to avoid the worst of the Easter crowds. It was the busiest I’d seen the Lakes for a long time amd the North Lakes in particular had stunning weather, the South Lakes had dense fog in places until the afternoon and was much cooler – but not cold. Parking in Patterdale we headed up Arnison Crag, on to Birks aiming for St Sunday Crag. This was where it started to go wrong. I got a sudden pain in my right ankle, near a previous serious ankle injury, it’s not unusual to get a bit of pain in this ankle but it got worse. My ankle felt like it was in a vice. On the plus side the cloud which was very low initially was clearing higher at the same speed that we were climbing. We scrambled over Cofa Pike through some snow on to Fairfield and for a change the summit was clear with glorious views. I had to undo my gaiter and slacken my boot, my ankle was swelling and bruising. I took paracetemol and carried on – I didn’t have much choice really. We walked to Hart Crag out to Dove Crag, back to Hart Crag as we wanted to head down over Hartsop above How. We stopped for a quick sandwich and pot of lemon tea before heading down the rocky path. By now I was suffering but still able to walk fairly fast. The yomp back along the road to Patterdale was tough. We covered 11.5 miles in around five hours, which was OK for a first walk in the mountains for a while. We drove to Keswick wanting to get to Brysons tearooms for cake and coffee. Keswick was packed and sunny and we had to walk in half a mile, that was painful, my ankle was agony until I got it loosened up. Toasted Plum Bread, apple pie and ice cream and coffee made up for the grief.
On Sunday I knew I couldn’t walk much. I was applying Ibuprofen Gel regularly but it was going to be a car and camera day. There was dense fog when we set off so I decided we needed to be somewhere attractive when it started to clear, I just didn’t know when that was going to be. We drove into Langdale and the fog broke to reveal Blue sky and the top of the Langdale Pikes, it was fantastic. I immediately thought of Blea Tarn and drove up the pass out of Langdale. I expected to find, as is usual, tripods in a row, with photographers clicking away. There wasn’t a soul, it was so calm and peaceful – and beautiful – I couldn’t believe my luck. I limped as fast as I could to the Tarn, unfortunately an overnight camper, who I chatted with about the beauty, reflections and the camera I was carrying, did her best to encourage her dog into the water and she got in to get washed. It was so calm that the ripples would cross the entire tarn and spoil the photos. I shot as quick as I could, moving away from her all the time. I think I had around 15 minutes at the most before a breeze – that I couldn’t feel – started to ripple the water. The reflections disappeared and it was over. Without the bad ankle I would have missed this tranquillity as we would have been toiling up out first climb of the day. The fog stayed put in the South Lakes but we headed north over Dunmail Raise to blue sky and 17 degrees.
On Monday after 36 hours of Ibuprofen I felt that my ankle would stand a six or seven miler – but where? We had very thick fog in Ambleside so again I drove over Dunmail Raise and again it was fantastic. I could see the chance of some good photos around Thirlmere but I had to get waterside at a point where the view wasn’t obstructed with saplings and bushes growing out of the water. This was easier said than done, it took three attempts to get a decent location. I had reflections, hanging mist, water and mountains – and wet feet again, fortunately I had my walking boots and socks to put on for the walk ahead. After my photo chase we parked at Steel End and headed up the steep nose of Steel Fell. It’s a tough climb but the view over Thirlmere was great. We could see the wall of fog to the south and I was looking forward to getting to the top, hoping that we would be able to see over it with mountains poking out of a sea of white. This was exactly as it was, the Lion and the Lamb on Helm Crag looked like an island in the sea of mist. We walked along the ridge to Calf Crag with clear views to the north and a sea on mist to the south, it looked like the right choice again. We were going to head down Wythburn back to Thirlmere. Wyth Burn runs through a secluded hanging valley through an area called The Bog. I’ve walked down here a few times and at first glance it looks dry – they didn’t name it The Bog for nothing – it is extremely wet. It doesn’t matter how high you walk to avoid it – you can’t! We were wet above the gaiters by the time we got back and it was tough on the ankle. Brysons here we come, another beautiful hot day in Keswick but back to work tomorrow.
A row of ready and finished Ganesha idols :)
Preparations on for Ganesh Chaturthi, an Indian festival.
Looking forward to those 11 days buzzing with positivity and prayer.
A little about Ganesh Chaturthi:
Ganesha Chaturthi, the great Ganesha festival, also known as 'Vinayak Chaturthi' or 'Vinayaka Chavithi' is celebrated by Hindus around the world as the birthday of Lord Ganesha. It is observed during the Hindu month of Bhadra (mid-August to mid-September) and the grandest and most elaborate of them, especially in the western India state of Maharashtra, lasts for 10 days, ending on the day of 'Ananta Chaturdashi'.
A life-like clay model of Lord Ganesha is made 2-3 months prior to the day of Ganesh Chaturthi. The size of this idol may vary from 3/4th of an inch to over 25 feet.
On the day of the festival, it is placed on raised platforms in homes or in elaborately decorated outdoor tents for people to view and pay their homage. The priest, usually clad in red silk dhoti and shawl, then invokes life into the idol amidst the chanting of mantras. This ritual is called 'pranapratishhtha'. After this the 'shhodashopachara' (16 ways of paying tribute) follows. Coconut, jaggery, 21 'modakas' (rice flour preparation), 21 'durva' (trefoil) blades and red flowers are offered. The idol is anointed with red unguent or sandal paste (rakta chandan). Throughout the ceremony, Vedic hymns from the Rig Veda and Ganapati Atharva Shirsha Upanishad, and Ganesha stotra from the Narada Purana are chanted.
For 10 days, from Bhadrapad Shudh Chaturthi to the Ananta Chaturdashi, Ganesha is worshipped. On the 11th day, the image is taken through the streets in a procession accompanied with dancing, singing, to be immersed in a river or the sea symbolizing a ritual see-off of the Lord in his journey towards his abode in Kailash while taking away with him the misfortunes of all man. All join in this final procession shouting "Ganapathi Bappa Morya, Purchya Varshi Laukariya" (O father Ganesha, come again early next year). After the final offering of coconuts, flowers and camphor is made, people carry the idol to the river to immerse it.
The whole community comes to worship Ganesha in beautifully done tents. These also serve as the venue for free medical checkup, blood donation camps, charity for the poor, dramatic performances, films, devotional songs, etc. during the days of the festival.
Unprecedented 446 reliability, with three 446s in a row seen leaving Woking on time.
Here's one of the recent-ish transfers fom Abellio London, 8441 (KM02 HFP), still missing the "8" from its fleet number. These buses like the 446 it seems, with the three on time ones being 8441, 8445 and 8442 in that order.
It wasn't all good though, as the first 446 I saw was ten minutes late.
Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey.
The 2018 Southern California Wrestling Dual's were held at Palomar College on Saturday 13th October 2018.
CHAMPIONS – Cerritos
RUNNER-UP – Palomar
Mt. SAC finished third behind Palomar and Cerritos.
Cerritos won its third So Cal Duals title in a row.
My newest grandson, Kenneth Dean was born on Thursday. This is a picture of the first look by his brother and sister. They were so excited. I've also posted a new hands shot and picture of his sweet face if you want to take a look at my other pics.
I saw rainbows 2 days in a row this week! I found a tiny and faint rainbow in the sky on Tuesday↓.
And second one is this and another shot→www.flickr.com/photos/aco007/6305535793/in/photostream/...
I saw it for the first time in more than 10 years. I felt so lucky to take the photos!
10年以上ぶりに、しかも2日連続で虹を見ました！1日目は東京・原宿の空↓、2日目は日光・裏見の滝で
いずれもカメラを持参していたので、ラッキーでした♪
29-30 March 2015 Colfax-Winnemucca Trip
I hadn't stayed in Winnemucca, Nevada, since 1969, when we stopped there on a family vacation. The town has some neon signs on the old main drag and Amtrak goes there, so, with the girls on their vacation, I took a short trip myself.
Somehow, I was late enough getting out of the house that I missed the train at Roseville. so I drove up the hill and caught it with plenty of time to spare at Colfax. The trip over the Sierra showed just how little snow we have this year.
This trip marked the 40th year in a row that I've ridden Amtrak over Donner Pass, covering at least the Colfax-Truckee segment. Some years it has been Sacramento or Roseville to Truckee or Reno, in 1976 it was Colfax-Reno on the first day Amtrak stopped at Colfax, other years, the Donner crossing was part of trips to Denver, Chicago or the east coast.
After Reno, we were in the Nevada desert for 3 hours as the sun went down on the way to Winnemucca. At Parran, out in the middle of nowhere, UP had dumped an intermodal train all over the ground a few days earlier and we slow ordered through the spilled stack cars and containers.
A freight followed the Zephyr out of town, heading onto the paired track at Weso a few miles out of town. The Zephyr had received an unusual yellow over green signal, "Approach Clear 50", probably to keep the train from going too fast before slowing for the crossover to the ex-WP at Weso.
Winnemucca has some decent neon and the night I was there, an SD70M parked on the former WP. UP has replaced the WP depot with a new yard office building. Some old outfit cars were also parked nearby.
The westbound Zephyr is due through Winnemucca at 0540, and although it was a few minutes late, that made for a pre-dawn wakeup and walk to the station. Since I'd last been through Winnemucca in 2010, the plastic bus shelter at the Amtrak platform has been replaced with a more substantial shelter, still not a fully enclosed station, but enough to keep the wind away and with heaters in the ceiling. An eastbound freight stopped on the siding to await #5.
There was lively conversation in the lounge car on #5 and the trip went quickly, despite the train holding for an hour due to MOW work in Truckee River Canyon. My photo of Mt. Judah on the westbound trip shows just how little snow there is up there.
After getting off the train at Colfax, I stopped at Applegate and got a couple of last photos of it as twisted through the pines.
I probably don't have enough years to do another 40 years of trips over Donner, but hope to keep it up as long as I can.
some more pictures from going up to Justin's Grandparents.
I love this picture, I think the trees look so cool in a row like that with no snow under them.
The 2018 Southern California Wrestling Dual's were held at Palomar College on Saturday 13th October 2018.
CHAMPIONS – Cerritos
RUNNER-UP – Palomar
Mt. SAC finished third behind Palomar and Cerritos.
Cerritos won its third So Cal Duals title in a row.
For the second night in a row, the heavens opened up. This time, I am beginning to recognize a pattern. I love auroras that are well-defined with brilliant curtains, and I have seen enough now to recognize that they typically come strong in these times out of times of soft, diffuse bands of lights across the sky. I saw it some last night, and tonight, I was just about to turn in when I saw this and decided to look for another location to shoot from. So glad I did. I found a pigeon barn on the outskirts of town on the side of the road. I set up my camera, and started getting shots of the auroras with the barn in the foreground. Soon, the heavens opened up, just as I predicted. WELL worth the extra time out tonight.