In the great valley of California, one learns to appreciate winter clouds after summer’s constant blue or smokey sky.
A very frosty morning today. My weather station read a low of 29°F just after midnight.
I planted two Asian pear trees today. A New Century (1st photo) and a Hosui (2nd photo). They’re from Stark Bro’s. These may be the last fruit trees I ever plant.
We’re ending the year with disco fries. Everyone, have a good start to 2022.
One more photo of today’s aebleskiver making.
Aebleskiver day!
After a few years of iPhone night mode, high ISO photography (as high as 12800) with my X100V is pretty nice. I really can’t be bothered by the noise since the X100V results in most circumstances look way better than blotchy iPhone night mode.
Last night. Winter views like this make slogging through summer worth it.
As is annual tradition, made caramel the other day. Every batch is unique. Compared to last year, the caramels are harder but bolder in flavor.
Christmas Soup is a before Christmas tradition for us. Easy and so very tasty.
😬 this backgammon game ended more intensely than expected. I won 🙌
Has anyone figured out the rhyme or reason behind Fujifilm cameras expiring smart phone-provided location information via bluetooth? Location information expires in a few hours (I think) and the Fuji Cam Remote app + Camera do not reliably connect without user intervention.
I really enjoyed Hawkeye. A lot of fun. Hailee Steinfeld is great as Kate Bishop (… and Emily Dickinson).
I had rain gage issues the last big rain & wind storm. A mast pole was slightly loose so I wedged it in tighter. I also added weight to the bottom of the structure. It is level and the tipping bucket is not sticky. Hope that increases accuracy in wind despite shrubs.
Listening to last week’s Accidental Tech Podcast– I’m befuddled by Marco Arment’s inability to boot an M1 Mac Mini without any human interface devices. Mine does it just fine. Perhaps the trick is rebooting it using Screen Share? I dunno. The Mac Mini is a great server for me.
“What was my Fujifilm Recipe?” macOS Shortcut update: exiftool now preserves the original file dates (-P) and it now overwrites the original file (-overwrite_original). I also added a Shortcut example for batch processing photos using a selection in Finder. Find all this on the Shortcut’s webpage.
I didn’t feel the M 6.2 - 38km W of Petrolia, CA earthquake in Orland but it was easily recorded on the @raspishake.
Had homemade Korean pancakes (jeon) tonight. Filled with leftover banchan used in last night’s bibimbap.
Whole wheat waffles… smothered with definitely very healthy butter and maple syrup.
Success! First try of Hank’s Hefeweizen home brew and it is exactly what a Hefeweizen should be: delicious malt flavors and not hoppy. I’m so happy about this. Was a lot of anxiety-inducing work & waiting.
