My RaspberryShake detected the M6.4 earthquake in Ferndale, CA. Sounds like a lot of important infrastructure damage, like the main bridge into town is cracked and closed, but not injuries. I didn’t feel it. #RaspberryShake #earthquake
Frankfurt International last June. I knew there’d be no shortage of 747s there but was still gobsmacked by their numbers.
This Yellow Rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) is yet another bird feasting on our raisins. Yesterday’s Ruby Crowned Kinglet might actually be an Orange-crowned Warbler. No bars on its wings! 🤷♂️
Tried the first “Phat Tyre” ale I bottled. It’s good! The batch can use one more week to bottle condition.
Black Butte peak and Black Butte butte. Mostly greenstone/metabasalt at the snowy peak and basalt at the buttes around Black Butte Lake.
Ruby Crowned Kinglet (update on 12/17: more likely a Orange-crowned Warbler, as the Kinglet has bars on its wings, this one — the Warbler — does not). Such a lovely chirpy & frenetic bird.
Today’s moon.
Relatively rare morning where my car door was slightly stuck due to frost.
I am super excited to now have the XF70-300mm telephoto lens. I’ll no longer feel crazy constrained taking pictures of birds and aircraft (mainly). Bonus that it is rather good at close range for macro.
Western Mockingbird foraging for raisins in our backyard.
Pizza night!
Rain in California. You got to love it after months of hazy blue sky.
#Caturday
Extremely interesting to watch KSFO operations with a stiff wind from the south. All the approaches look bonkers landing at opposite ends of runways from normal. Like this WN904 flight-- they even had to do a Take Off/Go Around!
Beer is bottled and now to hope nothing got contaminated during the process. This is so much work. It’s hard to justify it to myself at times.
Bottling day tomorrow! Bottles are now washed and will drain & dry overnight. It’s Phat Tyre Ale.
My account on mastodon.sdf.org straight up vanished during their database upgrades that were meant to increase performance. Lots of people losing accounts, posts, and follows. I’ll put this mildly: screw that. But I hope they can resurrect all those accounts and data.
A quick Mars + the Moon shot
I set up my MBP’s Hazel to sync the latest Fujifilm X RAW Studio camera profiles from my Mac Mini. Now if I’m on the go I’ll be set. Glad they’re simple JSON files (easy to edit too).
First roast of the winter!
