Playing with fire while having a little class.
I have always liked the sound of a pipe organ and who doesn’t like fire. Especially, fire that moves and better yet, moves with the music.
Well, the folks at Elkins Engineering LLC have hit the ball out of the park.
Take a listen:
Shazam!!!
The Flame Thrower Pipe Organ. Sorta neat.
I would sure like to hear what Jon Lord could do with this.
This is a test
Gute Leute is a coffee bar in Arlington, VA. The coffee they serve is amazing. They grind their own beans and have achieved a blend that packs huge taste without any hint of bitterness or acidity.
It all starts with a simple cup of espresso. This lets us as visitors get to know the house blend. It’s great
You can order individual drinks from the menu or they offer what they term as “courses”. In a course, a dedicated barista walks you through a special menu. The “special” and “signature” courses are different. Either is a great treat. And if you get hungry, they have a selection of pastries and hand-held treats.
The baristas are super knowledgeable and really make it point to help us a customers to learn while enjoying these special and unique coffee treats.
And when you get to the end of a course, there is quite a collection of cups and glasses. I look forward to visiting Gute Leute again and encourage anyone who enjoys coffee to make a reservation and do one of the courses.
Pokey loves to ride his scooter. It’s his new favorite thing.
Every time we go out in the car, Pokey gets a kick out of sticking his head out the window and enjoying the breeze. So, when I spotted a scooter with a basket that was perfect for riding a dog around, we had to get it. And it rocks.
The basket gives Pokey a safe place to ride while keeping him exposed to all the air flow. He is very well behaved and sits nicely as we roll.
The scooter is comfortable and easy to maneuver. With a maximum speed of 18 MPH, we won’t set any speed records but we do get a very nice breeze while tooling about.
Shopping at Home Depot is something that just comes naturally. I mean, who doesn’t like to make a trip to the hardware store. Now I am not talking about “shopping” as in roaming around the aisles gawking at stuff on the shelves. I mean, getting into the store, finding what you need for the current project and getting out the door and back to the shop.
Pokey and I have made many trips to the hardware store. Home Depot, Lowes, Ace, True Value and any number of local mom and pop shops. The folks at Home Depot and Lowes often have treats that they share with the dogs. Nice touch.
Pokey and I were recently at Home Depot to help family members shop for paint. We had a lot of fun explaining how the base paints are all white, and the technician mixes in colors in a very fancy machine and then shakes the can to mix the paint.
We got some great paint samples and some chip brushes. The samples are on the wall now and the final color has been selected. It’s going to be a super project. I’ll enjoy my coffee and Pokey will get some Buddy Biscuits.
Pokey and Artie are my best buddies. Pokey is a Yorkshire Terrier and Artie is a Miniature Pinscher. They are both great dogs. Everybody should be blessed with friends as special as these two.
We go lots of places together. In fact, unless dogs are prohibited, like in a grocery store, they go everywhere I do. So we get to make frequent trips in the car.
Pokey likes to sit on my lap while we are out and about. He is very good about not interfering with my driving. He knows right where the vent is that blows cool air in the summer and warm air in the winter. And he likes to look out the window to watch the scenery as we pass.
Artie prefers to ride shotgun. He takes command of that side of the car. He is wise to the vent locations and is quite adept at looking out the window.
We’ve shared many adventures and are looking forward to many more in the future.
Come back and we’ll tell you how they went.
Midjourney is magnificent – truly. I’ve been having a great time doodling with Midjourney. It is really easy and amazingly powerful. I especially like being able to work on my phone or my iPad or my computer seamlessly. And it is very easy to post-process images to make reels in Instagram.
So let me share some of my recent reels. And if you are interested, click on “View profile” and you can see all of the images and reels I’ve saved on Instagram
This first reel is “The Viking Horde Is Coming”. Hail Odin, it is going to be a very good day.
The next reel is one I put together for May 4th – the force be with you day. I really like the way the light sabers glow.
I’ve been playing with AI graphics packages – mostly DALLE-2 and Midjourney. This has been tons of fun and some of my graphics are good enough to share. So, I hope you enjoy looking around and come back often as there will probably be new images posted.
/This set of images was done with DALLE-2.
QED. DALLE-2 is a lot of fun. It is amazingly powerful and can almost read you mind and you work on a series of images,
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