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Taking things one day at a time.
#2 47/365
2 streak
Yuba from Kyoto
The best way I know how to describe yuba is to ask if you've ever noticed the thin layer that forms on the surface of hot milk. If you...
Courthouse Mural
Today was my fourth and final day of sitting in a courtroom for jury selection at the County Courthouse, an interminable ordeal that...
in purrfile
#portrait #saturday #evening #cat #animal #profile #hair #kitten #eye #sleep #fur #one #pet #cute #ginger #looking #domestic #mammal #augu...
smoky skies
We've arrived in Oregon a couple days early for the solar eclipse and found the skies filled with smoke from several wild fires. The sun i...
tree dahlias in bloom
It's the middle of December and the Tree Dahlias are determined to finish their blooming cycle before they're beaten up by frost...
carrot salad
I brought out the muscles to peel a bunch of carrots for making a batch of Marrakesh Carrots. #afternoon #saturday #december #carrots #co...
Peace Gulls on Ashurbanipal
The tablet held by the Assyrian king bears this message: Peace unto heaven and earth Peace unto countries and cities Peace...
off to work
#morning #monday #february
dots simpatico
#evening #sunday #february
#1
Day 1
Animals of the Rain Forest
“A child can learn something about color, about design, and about observing objects in nature. If you do that, you grow int...
#4
Day 4
downtown Oakland
On Sunday mornings, after my taichi workout with the Chinese elders, I pass by these buildings and admire the symmetry with which the...
#16
Day 16
Newer, taller, sleeker
But is newer better? #october #friday #afternoon #buildings
#18
Day 18
a beautiful October day on the coast
#october #afternoon #sunday #pacific-ocean #lichen #inverness-california #coastal-trail #wetland-restoration
#31
Day 31
Elk Harem
#october #afternoon #saturday #tomales #pointreyes
#53
Day 53
No.1 Tunnel of the Lake Biwa Sosui Canal
The Lake Biwa Sosui Canal was completed in 1890, creating a direct waterways from Lake Biwa to the City of Ky...
#79
Day 79
aji lucento peppers
An amazing pepper that keeps producing even through the winter. I'm reluctant to pick them as they're so festive and brightens up...
TomatoGals
Spring is a busy time for my good friends at Kassenhoff Growers, aka the TomatoGals. I've been getting my tomato starts from the 'gals ever...
Brown Girls are Magic
I found her on the wall just outside the Lake Merritt BART station. I'm pretty sure the magical powers had nothing to do with th...
my little notepad with a punch
it's a little notepad but it packs a punch! a memento from a visit to the Tezuka Osamu museum last summer. http://tezuk...
Pershing Square
I'm in LA for the weekend attending the annual meeting of the American Society of Landscape Architects. It's also been a kind of a hom...
shibui
This persimmon's not for eating unless you're into eating chalk. The shibu, or astringency, is tamed when the fruit is dried or left to become...
Dolby Lobby
#evening #wednesday #november #lobby #sanfrancisco #theme-houseplants #dolby-headquarters
winter garden
Fruit trees, lambs ears, lavenders and red leaf lettuce bolting. It's a garden in perpetual growth and motion. #morning #sunday #decembe...
... and the table is set
#evening #monday #december