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Taking things one day at a time.
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2 streak
#364
Day 364
Oakand Street View
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Day 370
Balanced Kitty
#371
Day 371
Grinding Sesame
In my Japanese molcajete
#63
Day 63
Shopping Season is Crazy Times
All of a sudden the parking lots are full, the roadways are clogged, and everyone, everywhere is full of impatient peop...
#117
Day 117
A lost art
I spent the morning in the District’s Archives looking for plans, but was sidetracked by a set of plans from 1911, beautifully hand drafted...
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Day 234
Stink Bugs
Sorry to interrupt the feast
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Day 290
Day 12
TGIF. I just like spending the morning looking out into the yard. I think I could get used to this.
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Day 369
Red Daikon
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Day 388
Epiphyllum blossoms
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Day 114
Perched
It was a good day for keeping an eye (or four) out for squirrelly intruders and other neighborhood riffraff.
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Day 118
Alameda, California
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Day 129
The world is in your hands
Literally. #mckinleyschool #sanfrancisco #mural-painting
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Day 232
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Day 267
Moss Hill
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Day 278
Smitty's on Grand
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Day 287
Day 9
The Osaka Mustards are bolting. Full disclosure: my family on both sides come from a line of proud Osaka merchants #osaka #大阪船場 
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Day 337
winter pickets
#wabi-sabi
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Day 368
a half dozen Miyagi oysters
my decadent Sunday breakfast
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Day 74
natural dyes
My friend Helen from Kassenhoff Growers has been creating and promoting natural dyes for the past few years. I was intrigued and last yea...
#84
Day 84
The underpass, on a cold night.
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Day 111
Caught some fish today
It was worth taking this Friday off just to get to my favorite Japanese market before the Saturday crowds. I got some plump Shi...
#142
Day 142
peach blossom
I bought the branches at the farmers market several weeks ago and followed the old man's instructions, placing the twigs in sugar water...
#162
Day 162
Spring Hail
A surprise hail storm blanketed the Bay Area. We just watched from the comfort of our home, unlike some of our scrappy neighbors who went...
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Day 197
A Lumpy Bottom Tomato
Despite my general neglect this summer the garden has produced some interesting (and tasty) fruit!