For Arlene’s Birthday we took her to Limewood Bar & Restaurant. The duck hash was incredible.
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Monterey Testing
Work brought me to Monterey, so I decided to check out Pacific Grove and put my new M6 into action, even if the sky didn’t cooperate. Okay I couldn’t stand it, I had to do a sky replacement just on a couple of em.
Safari West 2021
We made rezzies at Safari West a number of months ago with the idea that this would be our Anniversary outing. The lack of availability meant we had to wait til September. On the way up we took a detour to Willi’s Wine Bar for lunch. It was well worth it. We stayed in a …
Canon M6 II
Upgraded my M5 to a M6 mark II, out with the old…
DIY Gin
We were in San Diego this past weekend and Rhea taught me how to make gin via a kit. I choose lavender for my infusion. I can’t say the color is traditional.
Nervous Nellie
As far as we can tell there are only 3 hummers that visit our feeder. One in particular refuses to sit on the feeder perch, instead it’s in constant flight. I call her Nervous Nellie and Sandy calls her Germie, as she thinks it doesn’t like a “dirty” perch. I like Nellie because the hummer …
G7 Conference
I saw them gathering in the middle of the street and watched the procession of the leaders in the duck community at large as they had their annual Gaggle of 7 conference. I heard they are demanding better protection from the Night Herons eating their young. I’ll wait for the announcement in the HOA newsletter.
Dell 49
One of my old monitors took a dive so I’ve had my eye on a Dell 49 incher for quite awhile. I finally got it and I can’t tell you how nice it is to go from dual monitors to a single.
Napoleon
Our old grill has been through the ringer so while the backorder was long we finally got a Napoleon. Out with the old and in with the new and the first thing Sandy requested was steak! I forgot to photograph it.
Territorial Rights
I was just trying to get a few shots of Humphrey when violence erupted. I heard hummingbirds are very territorial, but getting grabbed by your beak and thrown off your seat? I will attempt to negotiate a nectar feeding treaty between the two parties but the hatered goes pretty deep.