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Taking things one day at a time.
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2 streak
bamboo swirling
#outdoors #nature #friday #afternoon #food #wood #color #tree #garden #grass #leaf #roots #desktop #closeup #soil #summer #two #may #g...
baby opossum playing possum
Look at what the cat dragged in! It looked like it was dead until we realized that it was only "playing possum," and we we...
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
the kitchen menagerie #indoors #food #night #vintage #wednesday #collection #technology #time #business #history #fro...
well packed peas in a pod
I think I shall make a curry just so the peas will have a home. #food #evening #tuesday #dinner #fresh #plant #cook #eat #or...
dappled with an attitude
Unlike dogs that need to be kept on a leash, the neighborhood cats are free to roam and explore. Freedom comes with a price t...
my go-to for Bánh mì
I like to stop by Cam Huong to pick up the best bánh mì sandwiches in town. It's what motivates me to get up early on Sundays to...
Politics of Seeing
From a wonderful exhibit running now at the Oakland Museum of Art: Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing. http://museumca.org/exhibit/...
fava beans
#friday #afternoon #food #fresh #plant #close #organic #peas #healthy #vegetable #chili #produce #may #harvest #bean #vegetarian #mygarden...
rattan focus
#thursday #night #furniture #basket #may #weave #rattan
future visitors center
This old shop and warehouse building on the former Concord Naval Weapons Station will one day be transformed into a visitors ce...
Crossing
when day crosses into night, it's dusky ambiguous #evening #tuesday #city #sky #architecture #building #may #railroad-crossing #east-oakland-...
Oak Tree
Our baby oak tree that we planted in 2004 has become quite the presence in our front yard, shielding the house from the strong afternoon sun....
a reliable laundromat
#morning #sunday #graffiti #brick-wall #may #mural-art #oakland-ca
Our Ears are Connected
Make Art or Let's Art, depending on which google-translate you trust. #afternoon #saturday #art #memorial #brass #pavement #str...
Yoda
This is my neighbor's dog Buddy who reminds me of Yoda, grand Jedi Master. He can instantly silence a yappy Chihuahua with a flick of his cool so...
work for the worms
Here are the veggie scraps from the week: fava bean pods, strawberry tops, avocado shells, coffee grounds, lettuce leaves, asparagu...
El Huarache Azteca
hands down, my favorite Mexican restaurant in town where the chicken mole es el mejor! http://www.elhuaracheaztec.com/index.html #a...
veins
#morning #tuesday #leaf #plant #broccoli #may #chameleon #mygarden #tree-collard
time passages
I live in a house surrounded by tchotchkes - not just any trinket and knick-knack but ones that call forth faded memories of places, peo...
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...
Carquinez Bridge
Two parallel bridges (one a suspension, the other cantilever) that are known as "the Carquinez Bridge": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
smoke bush
The Smoke Bush is on the verge of igniting as the small flowers give way to the fuzzies (I'm sure the botanists have a term for it). Since...
welcome to my vermicult
Vermiculture: a fancy way of saying worm compost or worm poop. The worm castings (poop) are so rich in nutrients that I have w...
hand drills are handy
#evening #wednesday #bw #equipment #drill #may #barbell #weight #sports-equipment #dumbbell #hand-tools #home-appliance