Saturday it's an almost warm and sticky mess out this morning. With the temperature of 72° and a humidity of 96%, our cool fall days are definitely in the rearview mirror. Last night after dark the fog that threatened yesterday afternoon rolled in. This morning only vestiges remain. As colorful…
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Monday https://youtu.be/KfH_snpm05A Last evening I sat out and watched the sun go down while I let the GoPro run. This morning I played with the resulting video as the grandkids got ready for school. I have to admit, when I walked out there were some nice cloud formations to the…
Friday Happy Birthday Mom https://youtu.be/C9xHpeDXuIw My mom turns 88 today... Happy Birthday Mom! I'm still playing with the Quik app from GoPro. I'm liking the ability to turn a series of photos (and videos) into quick short videos without ever leaving the phone. Each day I learn a little more.…
Thursday https://youtu.be/mgg4t4UbXXs It's the first day of school here. And both grandkids were not as hard to get up this morning as I expected. On this first day of school their mother is taking them. So I don't have to sit out at the road with them. This years bus…
Tuesday Well, the temperature at 74° is quite pleasant, the humidity at 97% is visible in the air as a haze. I'm letting the grandkids get one last day of summer sleep before I start rousting them out of bed early, they're really going to be sad when they start…
https://youtu.be/9EEntShZ1T4 My wife woke me up early this morning because see smelted something foul and gaseous this morning when she stepped outside. After making sure it was not just a gas escape ay our house, I went online to check with the local Facebook Group... Boy was everyone upset. It…
https://youtu.be/2rLqs9b-EGQ I was playing around with the video editing app for the GoPro and managed to put this together from shots and video in July...
Christmas Day https://youtu.be/Hjdl8qM6toM Dawn on Christmas morning. Pigs in a blankets in the oven. Roast on the counter coming to room temp. Kids in bed still... so is Grandma. I'm going to be busy this morning in and about the kitchen, so this will not be much more than this...…
https://youtu.be/TKUWvF8lcKI My father could use a little mercy now The fruits of his labor fall and rot slowly on the ground His work is almost over it won't be long, he won't be around I love my father, he could use some mercy now My brother could use a little…
Almost gone... red oak color is coming to an end for this morning coffee muses.
Already Pushing Eighty And Humid Morning Coffee Muses
June First Feels A Lot Like A May Morning Coffee Muses
https://youtu.be/wOxW5YWqqdU The pitter patter of raindrops hitting the roof. Rumbles of distant thunder rolling across the land. If the Weather Underground is to be believed... This is what my week will look like. My backyard is in need of a cutting but my Deere is in need of having the…
Reading my email today, I received a notice from YouTube about this video posted by UNC-TV. Since it covers two of my passions, North Carolina and coffee, I thought I would post it here. I know from past videos that this kind of "barista art"is becoming quite common. But, as I don't frequent…
"If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she's gonna call me Point B ... " began spoken word poet Sarah Kay, in a talk that inspired two standing ovations at TED2011.
Early last week I wandered around my back yard and the woods behind my house playing with the Flip Video camera...No fancy editing just the "magic" of the Flip Share software... Today we have had more small showers blowing around the area. That makes three days in a row we…
I took my new toy out with me this morning to see how well it would work in the early morning light...Seemed to do pretty good all things considered.
I don't know about you, but I have a few. Some of them I share with my wife. The problem we always have had was trying to comfortably share the laptop screen with each other for the length of the show. And while, I have always know I could use…
Love it. Robin Sloan has previously discussed this type of "production as performance" video on Snarkmarket but Pomplamoose has started using the term "VideoSong": ~ via Pomplamoose covers Lady Gaga's Telephone. So began one of Jason's blog posts today...And now it's over an hour later and I have done nothing…
This morning I spent some time with some friends, old and new, via YouTube... First it was my buddy, Fred First's Slideshow presentation of the images in his second book as I sipped my first cup of coffee...It went like this... What We Hold in Our Hands: images from the…
And I'm on the road to being proud again...Ain't that America?
Watch it online now...But do it quick. They will only be online till Oct 9th. Episode 1 Episode One: "The Scripture of Nature" (1851–1890) The astonishing beauty of Yosemite Valley and the geyser wonderland of Yellowstone give birth to the radical idea of creating national parks for the enjoyment of…
My neighbors across the street have been makin' music for a few years now. For a while my youngest son played bass with them on some of their local gigs. These days they seem to be reahing a bit higher...And I for one, am very impressed with this video they…
From Facebook... Priscilla Ahn's brand new performance of 'The Boobs Song', recorded live in London! There is something about this young lady's voice that just grabs me. I could listen to her sing any time at all... Have a great Memorial Day Weekend.
Another in the TedTalks Series of videos I try to visit on a weekly basis as a method of personal continuing education...Have a look at what a "play expert" has to say about the importance of play...Stuart Brown: Why play is vital -- no matter your age A pioneer in…
Stumbling through my news reader I came across a reference and a video of Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I have been aware of the work Joel is doing for a while. His success with Polyface is an inspiration that will become more important…
We love Mark Bittman for his sensible approach to cooking and eating. The name of his column in in the New York Times,Scryve Corporate Social Responsibility Rating The Minimalist, says it all. In a recent web interview, Bittman expounds on ecological eating and his philosophy on cooking. Check out the…
Mark Bittman at TED Why you should listen to him: Although Mark Bittman never formally trained as a chef, his pursuits as a curious and tenacious foodie have made him a casual culinary master. His weekly New York Times food column, The Minimalist, meshes accessible and inexpensive ingredients with "anyone-can"…
The Power of Less Video from Leo Babauta on Vimeo.
