Bird Security (300/365)
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Nature’s Design (299/365)
Santa Monica Pier (298/365)
Jetway Shadows (297/365)
Christmas Day Hike (296/365)
It’s rarely this green and lush in the winter desert; it’s been a nice mix of cooler weather and lots of rain. The earthy desert smell was incredible today. Mostly creosote bush, which gives off a wonderful smell when it’s wet.
Best I could tell, the ants were dragging the green stuff in and taking the dry brown stuff out. Must of been a good housekeeping day.
Good Coffee & Beautiful Sunrise (289/365)
Natures Shade (287/365)
Urban Landscape (286/365)
Got today’s picture done early. Urban Landscape as a new day dawns. Ugh, get me back to nature…
Engineering (285/365)
Line Up and Wait (284/365)
Ornament Selfie (283/365)
Portal to the Void (282/365)
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 →
Gas -N- Go (281/365)
Road Life (279/365)
The older I get, the more I loathe hotel gyms. Glad I got them, but ugh, they can be depressing. Sometimes there just isn’t a good place to walk or hike. Come to think of it, I need to start packing a jump rope.
Silent Sunday (271/365)
Shot 20+ photos today with the iPhone and my Olympus, looking for today’s daily photo.
It’s funny, some shots you know will be alright, some shots you think will be great are just, meh. Others have hope, or you wouldn’t have even taken it, but they turn out fantastic. Today was like that. I didn’t have that much hope for this shot, but after processing, it turned out really nice.
Shot and processed entirely in the iPhone.
Abstract Rabbits (268/365)
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 →
Ocean Travel (267/365)
Coffee on the Deck (266/365)
As far as overnights go, this one works…
Ramp Shadows (265/365)
German Made, Hand Made, Tried and True (261/365)
(1953 to 1955) Rolleiflex 2.8C with the (1965) Schneider-Kreuznach Xenotar 80mm f/2.8 lens. Approximately 38,000 units were produced, with 8,000 to 12,000 still surviving in the wild.
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Long Shadows on Lonely Roads (259/365)
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Not So Mobile Homes (258/365)
Southern California Blues (257/365)
Lonely Roads (255/365)
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 →
Branch Office (254/365)
“Preflight Meeting” or “Quarterly Chirp Review” or “Early Bird Committee”. Lots of options for this one!
LUV Tower (253/365)
Simple Shadow (250/365)
Early Morning Departure (249/365)
Espresso (247/365)
Good morning, 🌻 Today, we’re brewing Ladro’s renowned dark roast “Diablo.” To honor the darkly roasted beans, we’ll use a gentle profile this morning.
We’ll start with preinfusion water at 82°C. This ensures the puck is gently saturated for a few seconds before a gradual increase in pressure to 7.8 bar. By the end of extraction, we’ll reduce the water temperature to 72°C.
At peak pressure, we start extraction and we’ll slowly reduce the pressure to 5 bar over approximately 25-35 seconds, never wanting to over-extract from these beans that are fragile from a heavy roasting process, to achieve an extraction weight of 1:2.0.
- 18g puck
- 36g espresso
Now, take a sip. Enjoy the smooth, deeply dark flavor with hints of walnut, brown sugar, and bakers chocolate.
It’s going to be a good day. ☕️
Fallen Leaves (245/365)
