Goya Blog – Page 15 – The life and times of a true knucklehead

Hummer hangout

Weather has been bad the past couple of days. During a break when the sun popped out I shot the hummers.

My 1st attempt at making one of my favorite breads was a face down in the dirt fail. It was flat, raw in the center and burnt on the edges. Sandy encouraged me to try again. As it turns out that was a case of bad/old yeast. This morning my 2nd attempt came out so much better. Unfortunately this process takes about 14 hours, but the results are amazing… when you use good yeast.

I can’t stand the thought of throwing away food so I fed the racoony & the crow the bad bread. Apparently they have low standards for focaccia.

Federation Brewing

I stopped by Federation Brewing to pickup a few for Happy Hour.

Hitachino & Einstök

Sandy brought a beer/whiskey (?) home yesterday. I will share that at the next happy hour. I’m also working on my setup so I can photograph these quickly, so I shot one of my favorite Einstök Porter & a Don Papa Rum.

Noisy Bald Eagle shoot

I went out early to shoot the sunrise but it was horrible. On my way back home one of the bald eagles flew over my head. I took that as a signal and grabbed my other camera and headed out. Unfortunately the sun light was dim so I had the ISO cranked up to 2000, which resulted in some very noisy images. Topaz Denoise AI software to the rescue.

Firestone Beer

I found a 12% beer. This should fit in quite well for next Happy Hour.

Eagles ghosted me

Since I was lucky enough to spot the Eagles yesterday I knew I wouldn’t see them today. They were uncooperative models. You get what you paid for I guess.

Eagle Scout

During happy hour last night Jenny gave me an idea of where to photograph the Alameda Bald Eagles. These photos aren’t that great, but I can see how this can become an obsession with me.