850 days... a failure?

I am ashamed of myself!!!

How could it take me so long to see the beauty in the 306E?

850 days since i saw this machine for the first time (26th of January 2010) ...

... I failed.

I failed...

... but today ...

I REJOICE!!!

I have covered every coffee machine model that went out of Mr. Stern's Stella business...

... all but one: the 306E.

I misinterpreted a few sparks between the 306E and me...

... failed to imagine what could become of us...

... realizing now - at last - i missed foreseeing:

i only looked at what was in from of me, instead of picturing a healthy model...

... that was a love story that died in the egg ...

Is it too late?

Can i save or reinvent a love story that never took place? 

On the 25th of May 2011, i was privileged to see this at Judith's place:

A duck without legs... talking about legs... one was laying just aside among other replacement parts:

Thanks to Lucio Del Piccolo who showed me the right path.

(What would i do without you?) 

And...  how i can put it right?

How can i thank you enough Dr. Ursula Becker for your patience and your tenacity?

How can i thank you enough for the time you took for me, and your photography skills?

Yesterday, 850 days later: