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  • About
  • Portfolio
    • Avian
    • Candid Portraits
    • Clouds
    • Coffee Life
    • Flowers
    • Journals and Pens
    • Leaves
    • Sunrises
    • Sunsets
  • Buy Prints
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  • Black and White,  coffee shops,  lifestyles

    Classic Romances and a Mocha

    December 18, 2016
    Classic Romances
    Classic Romances

    It’s Sunday morning. Cold! Present temperature is -5 degrees. Our second day of sub-zero temperatures. The high yesterday was only 6 degrees. As I parked the car at the curb in front of the Bean Cycle I questioned my sanity. Oh, well the mocha and Leslie’s and Carly’s smiles are worth it.

    The Bean Cycle shares their space with Wolverine Press, a used book store and a local publishing company. I’ve shared images from the bookshelves at Wolverine Press before. I come down here to relax with a cup of coffee or a mocha, maybe write or use the internet and wander through the used books. I enjoy sitting in the loft and look down on the regulars, even in this cold. By patronizing a favorite coffeehouse I establish a connection with the baristas and other patrons. They become an extended family. Therefore my insanity. 🙂

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  • coffee shops,  fountain pens,  journal,  lifestyles,  Travel

    Leaving Town

    November 21, 2016
    Common Scene at the Coffeehouse
    Common Scene at the Coffeehouse

    We’ve decided it’s too cold to stay here in Colorado so my sister, Sheree, and I are flying to Phoenix today for Thanksgiving with family. The only electronic devices will be my phone, Kindle reader and the X-T10 with 27mm and 35mm. Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! 

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  • Candid Portraits,  People/Portraits,  quotes

    One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

    November 10, 2016
    Reading a Novel
    Reading a Novel

    Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. Charles W. Eliot

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  • coffee shops,  quotes

    Chandelier

    May 10, 2016
    Chandelier at Starry Night coffeehouse
    Chandelier at Starry Night coffeehouse

    “It’s not in the content of experience that I’ll find happiness, but in the quality of my attention and presence.” Russ Hudson

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  • architecture,  Cityscapes/Urban,  coffee shops,  Documentary/Street,  quotes

    Rainy Night at the Starry Night

    May 8, 2016
    Rainy Night at the Starry Night
    Rainy Night at the Starry Night

    And, next week are finals at Colorado State University.

    “We have the intelligence to end racism and other isms, and end war and domestic abuse, but we’re convinced otherwise.” Thomas Moore

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  • coffee shops,  Documentary/Street

    See, I’m Also Into Lines and Patterns

    April 28, 2016
    Books
    Books
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  • Documentary/Street

    Eye Catching

    March 4, 2016
    Ya can't miss'em
    Ya couldn’t miss’em
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  • coffee shops,  music

    Something to Read

    January 21, 2016
    Piano keys at Momo Lolo coffeehouse.
    Piano keys at Momo Lolo coffeehouse.

    Found this article on twitter about how to become a better photographer and wanted to share it with you.

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