It seems there are some folks who want to play... None of us were surprised that Reagan jumped in INSTANTLY to suggest HIS favorite subject... but I suggested whatever we pick needs to give everyone an opportunity to play and I doubt Scott will find many bikinis right now. I wouldn't be able to either unless I went into a Macy's and took a photo of a mannikin...
In my experience it is best developing the list NOT become a topic ON the thread. Part of the excitement is getting a list not knowing what will be on it and then getting to work. If anyone is willing to be the creative force behind this I'll happily defer to the person. Any volunteers? The way I envision it is that we can all make suggestions via PM that the "master of ceremonies" can consider, tweak, ignore, include as he or she develops the final list.
How about it folks... want to play?
Out of fairness to everyone spending time on the thread at the moment we can let this question remain open for another 24 hours...
Stokesey wrote:
Some interesting challenges there Curtis
...Bread making rises it's head again after a long break .... but needs must when you can't go out so much
So San Franciso Sourdough loaf still warm !!
I hate to break it to you Steve but having sourdough starter that says it comes from San Francisco doesn't make the bread produced true sourdough. Its a bit like claiming a bagel baked in San Francisco is a real bagel. We ALL know that real bagels come from New York City...
"The sour flavors come from lactic and acetic acids produced by inevitable environmental bacteria, which are working on the flour's sugars along with the yeast. Different bacteria make different sour flavors; San Francisco is awash in local bacteria species that make its sourdough bread famous. So sourness per se in some ryes and many other breads is quite desirable."
That doesn't mean you can't enjoy the bread you baked. There is nothing quite as captivating as walking into a house where bread has just come out of the oven. I WANT a slice with a first rate butter liberally applied... and I'm a vegan...
If we do a challenge we definitely have to have something that relies on an extension tube... but it will need to be something quirky since many of us are using them of late to capture spring flowers. Wonderful images Colin!
It has taken me some time in life to appreciate fully how varied human experience is and how narrow the notion I've had of what others' lives can be. For example, I've known a few people who were hoarders, all of whom were well educated and in some ways accomplished in their lives. But being in their homes was pretty breathtaking. Two of these folks were very embarrassed to have me see how they live. A third thought nothing of it. I guess a home is a castle regardless of its condition or how one inhabits their space. Seeing the many homeless people who live in Marin, which is one of the wealthier places on earth is a constant reminder of how fortunate I am to have my humble 400 square foot cottage and that my retirement income, though modest, allows me to live in way many would consider quite luxurious.
The slices of life in Mendocino and its environs you share Jay prompt this little digression... Thanks. Photography can do that.
CGrindahl wrote:
It seems there are some folks who want to play... None of us were surprised that Reagan jumped in INSTANTLY to suggest HIS favorite subject... but I suggested whatever we pick needs to give everyone an opportunity to play and I doubt Scott will find many bikinis right now. I wouldn't be able to either unless I went into a Macy's and took a photo of a mannikin...
In my experience it is best developing the list NOT become a topic ON the thread. Part of the excitement is getting a list not knowing what will be on it and then getting to work. If anyone is willing to be the creative force behind this I'll happily defer to the person. Any volunteers? The way I envision it is that we can all make suggestions via PM that the "master of ceremonies" can consider, tweak, ignore, include as he or she develops the final list.
How about it folks... want to play?
Out of fairness to everyone spending time on the thread at the moment we can let this question remain open for another 24 hours...
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That sounds like a great plan, Curtis. I'm not quite ready to volunteer for the MC job yet, but I'm definitely considering it (hoping, of course, that someone else will step in while I'm mulling it over! ).
In the meantime, here is my final set of photos from the SoCal beach, with a theme of sediment and erosion, and all taken with the 28-50 f/3.5 Ai-s.
I'm taking up the challenge but not too many things that are a hundred years old in the neighborhood. I have some steam tractors from last year in Michigan but think I've posted them before.
So a trip to the safe was in order and culled out a few that are 100 years old.
The first was manufactured in 1902. The Colt "Peacemaker" which is the gun that won the west It is in .45 Long Colt and has a pair of Stag grips.
The second is a Colt New Service of 1917 that was produced to be used in the Great War. This version was that gun that later was converted to become a "Fitz" Special. A pocket gun in ..45 Long Colt that was adapted to shoot .45 ACP military rounds using a moon clip. Now this gun was not converted by Fitzgerald, a Colt Factory gunsmith, but by someone else who knew what they were doing.
GroWeb wrote:
That sounds like a great plan, Curtis. I'm not quite ready to volunteer for the MC job yet, but I'm definitely considering it (hoping, of course, that someone else will step in while I'm mulling it over! ).
In the meantime, here is my final set of photos from the SoCal beach, with a theme of sediment and erosion, and all taken with the 28-50 f/3.5 Ai-s.
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