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Taking things one day at a time.
#2 47/365
2 streak
assorted
I noticed today the lemon turning greenish, as if going simpatico with the limes. What gives? The black russian tomato is my very last Paul R...
winter garden
Fruit trees, lambs ears, lavenders and red leaf lettuce bolting. It's a garden in perpetual growth and motion. #morning #sunday #decembe...
a lamp
#evening #wednesday #december
last workday of the year
I took the transbay express bus into the City this morning instead of burrowing under the bay waters on the train. This being...
wet night on polk
#afternoon #monday #january
paper white
#evening #sunday #february
#31
Day 31
Elk Harem
#october #afternoon #saturday #tomales #pointreyes
#114
Day 114
Perched
It was a good day for keeping an eye (or four) out for squirrelly intruders and other neighborhood riffraff.
Flight Night at our local crafts brewery
Tuesday is Flight Night at Ale Industries. A bit of a deal because you get to sample any grouping of six beer...
an irrational constant
in commemoration of Pi-Day #evening #tuesday #circle #circles #3 #march #14 #watering-can #mygarden #pi-day
a neighborhood view
I took a break today from preparing a short speech and also studying for a credential exam that I'm taking in about a week. The pr...
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...
a new bamboo stalk
The bamboo shoot (https://tookapic.com/photos/305586 ) from March 12 is now a teenager, still reaching up and growing, shedding its...
hand drills are handy
#evening #wednesday #bw #equipment #drill #may #barbell #weight #sports-equipment #dumbbell #hand-tools #home-appliance
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...
Politics of Seeing
From a wonderful exhibit running now at the Oakland Museum of Art: Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing. http://museumca.org/exhibit/...
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...
another day is almost over
and so is the month of may #outdoors #nature #evening #landscape #wood #light #monday #dark #color #fog #tree #sun #sky #pa...
Oakland City Hall
Took care of some business today downtown and found myself a photo-op on the 10th floor opposite City Hall. The air was clear and cr...
Coffee at the Curb
On occasion, I'll join our neighbors for coffee on Friday mornings when a coffee catering truck rolls by and serves delicious coffe...
making zongzi
Packrat that I am, I had been gathering fresh bamboo sheaths shed from the new shoots (https://tookapic.com/photos/359514 ) that emerged...
Friday evening in the Fruitvale
#outdoors #friday #evening #light #road #downtown #street #city #urban #sky #architecture #building #bridge #construct...
kite flying
#outdoors #nature #afternoon #landscape #monday #water #sea #sky #people #beach #travel #summer #adventure #mountain #daylight #leisure #k...
airport reunion
Imagine trying to coordinate international flights from two different cities so you'd meet up at the same time at the baggage claim ar...