I Like Coffee… coffee, coffee, coffee.

@malabar709.bsky.social

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🇬🇧🇨🇦 Lover of good espresso and beagles. Photographer. Introvert. FM sufferer. St. John's, NL

A row of wind turbines with the caption "Breaking! Canada admits to using wind turbines to blow the smoke from Ontario wild fires across the border to the US.
Small wooden (walnut) bowl with a twister pattern inside and fingerprint like engraving outside. Sorry, that doesn’t do a great job of describing it… it’s an original design.
photo shows my cars odometer at exactly 40,000km. Oh, and it's 5 degrees C.
In progress build of my walnut tamping station... one or two tweaks needed for the top, which is shown here in pine, before machining the final version in walnut.
Album art work for an album from 2024, called Haven by Marianas Trench
Windy weather forecast for the next couple of days, showing approx. 60cm of snow coming.
Finished product. Not sure what it is really. LOL. Some kind of tray to hold little things.
Carving in a piece of wood. So far we have a large x and half way through a small grill. The bit is just 1/64th inch in diameter at the tip.
Education minister threatens MUN with a tuition freeze until they address their fiscal challenges (rolls eyes) just minutes after they announced a reduction in executive positions from seven to three, saving approx $1million per year.
Version two of my tamping station, looking a bit more refined and incorporating my logo. Pine workpiece on a granite counter.
version 2 drafted and ready for machining. Probably tomorrow.
prototype #1 of an espresso tamping station with handwritten notes for prototype #2. Made in pine... for now. Beagle paw made it into the top left corner.
Piece of veneered MDF on my CNC machine, with a small bit cutting out some legs. Nice design... Failure in materials!
RESET ZERO engraved in large letters in a big old slab of pine.
Bezzera Aria TOP espresso machine with portafilter handles and taps crafted from Macassar Ebony. Latte with heart shaped art in a light blue mug sits on the machine.
Latte in a wide mouthed light blue mug, with black rim, showing gorgeous crema and a heart shaped poured art that actually looks pretty decent IMO.
Overhead photo of green trees starting to turn yellow and red. Airport Heights, St. John's, NL
A photo showing the right hand side of Middle Cove, NL, looking out towards Outer Cove.
McNiven's Pub in Airport Heights now sporting Canadian and Newfoundland flags. Cod tongues is misspelt on both sides of the "specials" sign.
Photo of a moth with patio in the background.
Large rock with light blue paint sprayed on it. Could be mistaken for an iceberg.
Montanas wet wipe packaging with the slogan “Go ahead, get messy”
My old Gaggia Classic Pro espresso machine on the right, and my new Bezzera Aria TOP espresso machine on the left. The Aria is on top of the counter, with lots of coffee things in the background. Bit of a mess tbh.
Big carboard box on a wooden pallet taking up most of my front entrance.
drone shot of the coast at Logy Bay.
UPS notification, package will arrive tomorrow
Small old beagle in an inch or two of new fluffy snow, looking round to see why her hooman has stopped.
A little corner of Middle Cove Beach as seen from above, with the ocean creeping in from the bottom right, rocks, grass and just a little bit of snow from top left.
A photo of my studio exporting my song. Two monitors, keyboard, microphone and some bright coloured lights for ambience.
Drone photo taken from high above. Location not disclosed... guess where.