A break in the clouds behind the shady phon trees and our coffee crop harvest
hello fellow photography enthusiasts
Yesterday afternoon I was sitting lost in thought on the front porch of my house, thinking about something I could capture for photography lovers. As an amateur photographer, I just look at what I need to shoot around me. Sometimes a place that seems ordinary can look beautiful when my smartphone camera captures a few shots pointing in any direction. That's natural art, and of course, I鈥檒l share a bit about some of the shots I managed to capture yesterday afternoon and earlier this morning.
I don't know why, but yesterday afternoon I was sitting in front of my friend's house, chatting and joking around, when suddenly my imagination started to wander toward some shady trees not too far from my friend's house. I always carry my smartphone wherever I go; it's always there with me in my daily life. I walked a few meters under some of the shady trees, and without waiting long, my smartphone camera was pointing up at the trees, of course, capturing some really beautiful shots. After taking a few photos, I noticed gaps behind the shady trees where clouds were starting to appear, and the sunlight began to fade. Yet, I found something beautiful behind these shady trees.
This morning the weather was much better, giving me a chance to sun-dry the harvest from my coffee plants that I had neglected in the warehouse for a week. With the weather starting to clear up, I called the coffee grinder to crush the beans so they would dry faster, especially with unpredictable weather like today. Without wasting any time, after I called the coffee grinder, he came straight to my house and immediately started the coffee grinding machine. The process took a few minutes. The guy grinding the coffee was very friendly and nice; he joked around a lot, but honestly, I enjoyed working with him.
Maybe people are wondering why the coffee beans are being dried directly on the ground. Usually, you also dry them without direct contact with the soil. We have prepared some tarps for the coffee bean drying process, but because the weather in our area is so humid right now, I decided to dry the ground coffee beans directly on the floor so the excess moisture in the beans can be absorbed quickly and it makes it easier for the beans to dry faster. My younger sibling was even caught on my smartphone camera trying to spread out the pile of coffee beans that were being ground.
Here's the final result after my younger sibling spread out all the ground coffee beans. Since our yard isn't that big, the layer of ground coffee beans is a bit thick, so it might take two or three more days for the moisture content to drop before we move the beans onto the tarpaulin.
After everything was done, we still had a chance to chat for a while in front of the house with the neighbors and the coffee grinder guy before going off to our own activities. Most people in our village are coffee farmers, so we shared some stories, exchanged thoughts, and talked about coffee plants.
Thank you so much to all my friends who have taken a little time to read this post of mine, I hope it can be useful for all of us.
greetings from me 