What great stories! We finally got rain here too today - first measurable rain in nearly 3 months. It was so terribly dry and there have been some wildfires in the southern part of the state in the National Forests.

Good Morning and Happy Hump day! Coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready and waiting for Connie's break room goodies...saving a cinnamon crunch bagel for you, soot!

Another rainy muggy day here! Errands to run.

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room.

Good morning everyone. Timing is everything! Connie, I'll have a cinnamon crunch bagel to go with a cup of Gerry's Sumatra dark roast coffee please.
Happy Hump Day everyone

After a long day of chilly rain yesterday, it's bright and sunny today. Everything needed rain so badly, I didn't even complain about losing a day! I'll settle in with some of that Dark Sumatra coffee and TRY to resist a cinnamon crunch bagel!

It was rainy and colder here today.

Nasty here, too, cold, windy and rainy. Winter hit with a bang. Our reservoirs needed the water, so that's good, but the dry soil is going to have a hard time absorbing all that water. Could be some slides.

Good Morning Everyone. Dark Roast Sumatra coffee, Breakfast Blend Tea and hot chocolate with whip cream are waiting to go with Connie's breakfast goodies!

We are finally going to see the sun today after several days of clouds and rain. We needed the rain but the sunshine will feel so good...especially when we walk this morning! Not much planned today just a trip to the grocery store.

Hope you all have a great day!

Gerry

Goodmorning Everyone 🙂
Enjoy your lovely breakfast & have a wonderful day 🤓
Happy Gaming Boomers 🦚

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room.

All this talk of bagels makes me wish we had a bakery here that made real bagels; not the soft bready ones, but the Montreal-style bagel, chewy and slightly sour.

Maybe there's somewhere online where you could order such bagels, hagatha.

Have a good day, everyone!

I did make bagels once, around 25 years ago. They came out quite well. It's a lot of work, though. I have made a sourdough starter; it's percolating away getting ready for use. I haven't made bread for ten years. but I used to enjoy it a lot on these long rainy days. My bread machine makes a normal-shaped loaf, but most often I use the no-knead method and bake in the oven.

Most of my experience has been in eating bagels.

Good Morning and Happy Friday Boomers! Coffee, tea and hot chocolate are waiting! Not mush planned for today. Looking forward to a nice long walk and enjoying the beautiful colorful display of Fall leaves on the trees!

Enjoy!

Gerry

Greetings one and all, hope you have a good day - that dark roast Sumatran coffee is always a good start!

Hagatha, clearly there is a niche opportunity for you to run a local bagel business, possibly as part of a coffee shop as you already have the machine...

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Robert is taking me to Howl-O-Scream at SeaWorld tonight, he won the tickets on the radio.

Lex, it's true that I have the coffee machine and the other equipment, but I hate getting up early and so it would be the lamest coffee shop/bakery ever, opening at 10 am when everyone's at work already.

The espresso machine is a nice thing to have, though. The coffees it makes are vastly superior to Starbuck's, though not as good as my favourite coffee shop here in town. I'm still experimenting with the beans; I can't seem to find a brand that's just right. With the espresso machine I need a slightly darker roast than I was using in the stovetop pot, but with a darker roast you start to run into the bitter end of the bean spectrum.

It's rained all week, putting an end to the fire risk on the coast here.

How cool that Robert won the tickets.

I looked up Howl-O-Scream and found this website.

I hope you enjoy it, Connie!

Good afternoon everyone 😊

You are spot on Lex, dark roast Sumatra with a cinnamon crunch Bagel is a great option for the morning

T.G.I.F. good Day to everyone

Hi soot.

Welcome to the weekend Boomers.

Kaki's Sister seeing them 🍃 on the trees would be a lovely site to see during your walk enjoy 🚶‍♀️😁

Good Morning everyone. Taintedfury the leaves are just spectacular this year...so nice to have the forests surrounding our neighborhood to walk and enjoy! Hagatha, Lex is right...all us old people would come to your late opening "bakery" at 10AM as we are retired!

Have a Relaxing Saturday!

Gerry

Hi SpaceQuestFan, TaintedFury and Gerry

the weekend is here!

It's time for cups of dark roast sumatra coffee and Connie's cinnamon crunch bagels in the break room.

Have a great Saturday everyone

Looks like we're in for a big storm again this weekend. I'd better bring in the outdoor furniture.