Bees in the Cherry Tree

Crank the sound and hear hordes of bees. The first tree is the magnolia in bloom.

 

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la tormenta

we love this place. these photos were collected from the last few weeks of visits, delicious.

 

Check out this local blog for an excellent and extensive post.

 

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Kreis Stick Coffee

Having B home for lunch is very nice. Today I decided to use these Japanese instant coffee packets that have been sitting in the bread basket since I don't know when, maybe during my SC months.

K mild, B special

 

From the website (by google translation):

Special Blend, "Three major elements of taste, aroma, flavor is harmonious, I am a mature taste."

B says, "Oooo... "

Kreis Gold Standard Cafe

From here, the history of Christ's Cafe Began.

 

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VfR

Mister Sha's rocket club launch yesterday. Can't help but think of Gravity's Rainbow.

"Temperatures, velocities, pressures, fin and body configurations, stabilities and turbulences..."

The Verein für Raumschiffahrt ("VfR", English: Society for Space Travel) was an amateur rocket club in Germany before WWII.

 

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fading fall

leaves have fully turned here, lovely fall feeling.

Yesterday's view from the living room

Egg noodles for soup

First snow this morning

 

Couple of inches of snow today, more coming tomorrow.

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plums & grapes

Update: oops, had a mishap with my phone. Looks like I deleted the pictures...

Finished processing the bushel of Concord grapes today, still a lot of plums though!

basket of plums

grape-plum-apple jam, dried plums, well-loved Joy of Cooking

Grape juice, squash and tomatoes

view from the kitchen window, the weather is lovely

 

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quality of light

last night's walk with the dogs

 

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