Coffee time

On a spilt shift today so had some daylight to play with - rare in the midwinter working calendar. First decision was to have coffee.....second was to take a few shots of the process and the key ingredient. Honestly, that was the order.

The Mocha

Decided to go with the Mocha coffee maker today. It has been good to me over the mayhem of the past few weeks - speedy, strong and quintessentially (cough cough) Italian!

The Bean

The Bean & the Grind

My grinder has blades - highly controversial I know but it is what it is. It does the trick for what I need....for the moment.

The Mocha

Upgrades!

So I have upgraded the camera to a Nikon 5100. I added a lens. The Nikkor 105mm Micro (or Macro...take your pick). The plan is to put all this new technology to good use in 2013. Here are some trial run shots from Christmas Day. I am pretty happy with them!

Red Cabbage being prepped!

Mum's beetroot cured salmon

Fresh fig on our cheeseboard.

Apple and Mont D'Or

Mincepie