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Christmas Day Hike (296/365)

A black and white landscape depicts a rugged desert scene with distant mountains under a partly cloudy sky. Large rocks covered in greenish-yellow lichen are surrounded by greenery and grass in a natural setting. A group of ants surrounds a burrow-like hole on a gravelly surface.

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.

Urban Landscape (286/365)

Auto-generated description: A hazy urban landscape features several construction cranes and buildings under a reddish sky.

Got today’s picture done early. Urban Landscape as a new day dawns. Ugh, get me back to nature…

Road Life (279/365)

Auto-generated description: A treadmill with a digital display faces large windows overlooking a sunny outdoor area with trees and lounge chairs.

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)

Auto-generated description: A dramatic black and white photograph of the Statue of Liberty viewed from the back, highlighting its towering presence against a cloudy sky.

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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.

German Made, Hand Made, Tried and True (261/365)

Auto-generated description: A vintage Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex camera is displayed on a wooden surface, with a blurred background.

(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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Espresso (247/365)

Auto-generated description: A black and white photo featuring a coffee setup with espresso machines, a digital coffee scale, a tamper, and a neon sign reading Espresso.

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. ☕️