Our cat’s 2nd preferred winter sleeping area. #caturday
Snow Geese flying overhead at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. #fujifilm
Just had a leak detector go off. This time a toilet water line started leaking at its connector to the tank. I’m very pleased with this result!
Here’s a Red Tail Hawk from today’s visit to the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge.
Chef’s treat: caramel scrapings from the pan!
Done. Just need to salt the caramel in 30 minutes.
Almost done making the caramel. Just needs to hit 250°F
I’m going to make caramel today. Alton Brown’s Dark Caramel recipe never fails. Though I prefer a little less dark so I cut the highest temp from 350 to 340°F and then the final temp to 250°F (makes them a tad softer).
The 2013 Dresden Christmas Market. Guaranteed to make you cheerful no matter how cold it is.
A ravenous Yellow Rumped Warbler visited our grapes again. Eat up, little bird!
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.
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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.
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Western Mockingbird foraging for raisins in our backyard.
