What are your jeans doing today?

[mlwdp]

Taking in a NBA game.

 

[mlwdp]

Being held hostage over the holidays.

[lance]

More news from the “exotic bird sanctuary”! Here are a couple of honkers (geese) visiting on their way north. Wish I could have gotten audio; these babies are LOUD! I expect they will stay for a while as the Polar vortex is hitting hard up north this week. 

Edited January 29, 2019 by lance

[mlwdp]

They can get real territorial when you get close to them!  I stay out of their path when I see them as they're not afraid to let people know to stay away lol.

[lance]

Good advice, mlwdp, they made one helluva racket when they called the porch their temporary home!

[Broark]

Long weekend out in Alpine/Marfa/West Texas.

[mlwdp]

Marfa has been on my list for places to go to.  Did you go to the film festival there too?

Edited February 17, 2019 by mlwdp

[Broark]

@mlwdp nope just a random long weekend with my girlfriend. About a 6 hour drive from Austin to Alpine.

[lance]

Looking out my lake living room yesterday evening. Spring is here!

 

[bartlebyyphonics]

20 hours ago, Broark said:

@mlwdp nope just a random long weekend with my girlfriend. About a 6 hour drive from Austin to Alpine.

see any Judd's out there? or just driving thru?

a bit of an art Mecca...

[Broark]

@bartlebyyphonics just passing through mostly, saw lots of signs advertising Judd though. 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Currently hiking through here:

[JohnM]

b_F -- beautiful pics and quite far from your home!

Broark -- ever heard of (or seen) the Marfa Lights?  Haven't driven through there for many years, but there were these lights on the horizon at twilight that no one could explain.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Again no jeans but orSlow cargo pants. 

At Torres del Paine

[JDelage]

Gorgeous place!

[MJF9]

Day trip to London town with the good lady

Vintage Showroom checking out At Last

Great lunch at Pollen Street Social 

Clutch Cafe chatting denim jackets, CSF and Lee Stormriders; Moscot researching new glasses

Dropped by vintage gathering at Kings Cross

Denim, clothes and eats - perfect combo for a roaming Saturday out!

 

[Broark]

That At Last jacket looks great!

[MJF9]

I was very tempted but didn't end up getting it... those import taxes certainly add up and are a consideration

[bartlebyyphonics]

looks like a nice trip [nice at last fit btw]

went and saw the jkt too a few weeks back: surprisingly more robust fabric than I expected... oh uk import duties...

[MJF9]

^ thanks... I do like a jaunt in the big city... 

Agree the jelt denim is solid and love the neat fit. Was, in fact still am, really tempted (even returned for another try) as have a long-standing gap for a chore. The 57% uptick is a headache tho...

[chambo2008]

Went to pub in the park in Marlow yesterday, was a good day, live band and lite bights from famous chefs and alcohol 

 

[lance]

Rainy season in Florida is May thru October but the daily thunderstorms have just started. And with the rain come the rainbows so here is the first of the year!

 

[MJF9]

^ lovely picture postcard back yard @lance

[xEMBx]

Tearing off some 130 year old terra-cotta.

[chambo2008]

School run..

 

[julian-wolf]

Went for a really nice hike this weekend in Desolation Wilderness w/ my oldest, comfiest Cane's

This was the view from our base camp at Ralston Lake:

 

After getting in and pitching camp on Friday afternoon, we didn't waste any time getting up the mountain on the other side of the lake, which offered a great view of lakes (CW from bottom left) Ralston, Tamarac, Fallen Leaf, Tahoe, and Echo, as well as (not pictured) Aloha. Great start to the trip!

 

On Saturday we rambled up what will, in a month or so, be the PCT—for now, it was nothing but miles of largely-unmarked snow—and explored a whole other series of lakes farther West, most impressive of which was probably Aloha:

 

The high-point, for me, was probably Jabu Lake, which was still around 3/4 frozen-over, but which had just enough liquid showing to warrant running barefoot through the snow to jump in and swim across for some good mid-afternoon adrenaline:

 

We didn't get a shot of it, sadly, but turning 180° from where the above photo was taken put us right at the edge of a pretty sizable cliff that offered one of the best views I've seen in the Sierra, off towards Mt. Tallac and Lake Tahoe with a whole cluster of lakes, waterfalls, forests, and rock walls in the foreground.

I never get tired of hiking around this area—for anyone who hasn't, the whole of El Dorado Nat'l Forest is worth exploring as thoroughly as possible.

[JDelage]

We are on Decatur island, in the San Juans, and we went for a nice little walk / hike today...

 

[lance]

Thunderstorms in Florida this afternoon. Saw this beauty sitting at the end of my neighbor’s fence hunting. Think it’s an eagle!

Edit Spoke to a friend who knows birds lots better than I. It’s a red shouldered hawk! Thanks for keeping me honest, Foxy2 

Edited July 6, 2019 by lance

[Foxy2]

Eagles are massive - probably not one...

[lance]

Thanks Foxy2, wonder what it is, I’ll look into it further