of Friday’s tulip and its loving implications (click photo for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm Apo Macro Elmarit
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Waiting… for flowers and so much more
… for buds and blossoms … an archbishop’s approval … for spring to finally take a stand against the cold … for banks and attorneys to return calls … for sleep to replace sleepless nights come on tulips (click image for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm Macro Apo Elmarit
Posting to WordPress directly from iPad; including iPad photographs
Examining the possibilities of posting to this blog directly from the iPad. Including iPad Photographs, and photographs from other cameras. Each of these 4 photographs were made with the iPad camera; with minimal processing in Apple’s simple photo app. These devises truly do amaze we who delight in documenting life passing.
Nailed it:
Yesterday I made my usual Raisin/Walnut Morning Bread. Of course it’s always a little different. Maybe cinnamon maybe not. More or less honey. Lately I’ve moved toward greater hydration, working around 75 percent; and using the stretch and fold method rather than the knead method. Anyway – yesterday’s loaf turned out unexpectedly dense and heavy […]
Friday: the same tiny bloom continues…
to enjoy its lonely existence on the kitchen sink. I wonder if its happy. It looks happy. It make me happy when I look through the viewfinder. (click photograph for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm Apo Macro Elmarit
Finally achieved incredible bread…
not just delicious, pretty, healthy… but exceptional… true “artisan”… as good as the best I’ve ever had. As Walter Brennan said, “No brag. Just fact.” I finally “get it.” The correct feel of it. The secrets: Wet, sticky dough – 65 to 80 percent hydration. Stretched and folded in almost any number of different ways and schedules […]
Friday: a single, tiny bloom
a gift from Cindy growing and blooming potted in a Ladybug look alike (click photograph for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, Leitz Wetzlar 160/- 4/0.10 microscope objective
Valentines’ Day:
Sophia called me to say, “Happy Valentine’s Day.” And invited me to a grandparent’s breakfast, at her school, in April. Tanya and Sophia had already attended a parent/teacher’s conference and next planned to see the dentist around 11:30. I asked for a ride to run an errand and was granted my request. On the way to my […]
Thank you. But enough of the cold.
Yes the freezing water and snow cover provide their own brand of beautiful. Though when chilled to bone in one’s own home with wind chills a dozen degrees below zero in both F and C day after day… week after week… Enough. (click photograph for larger view Leica R8/DMR, 60 mm Macro Elmarit
The rabbit holes we dive into…
when lured by sights, flavors, smells, textures and sounds lead to wonderful people, places and things. Back in November Mike Lowe let me know that he roasted his own coffee and gave me a link to Sweet Maria’s as the source for all things related to coffee: roasting, grinding, brewing, cupping, etc. And there I went like […]