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Taking things one day at a time.
#2 47/365
2 streak
a cat's life
It's been a bit tough week for the cat, what with a succession of out-of-town visitors, and now he's sensing that we're about to leave to...
new beginnings
Day 1 at my new job. I took an exploratory walk around the neighborhood scouting for lunch spots and photo ops. I'm in a real city now!...
the train has arrived
BART stands for Bay Area Rapid Transit. RAPID. Most of the time, yes. But not the other morning when they had to capture a dog t...
mottled purple daikon
time to stop admiring the flaky purple markings and make some Do Chua ( https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012484-daikon-and-c...
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...
blue
#outdoors #nature #evening #monday #color #garden #leaf #flower #bright #closeup #summer #floral #bouquet #petal #beautiful #season #blooming #gr...
where I go to work
My new office is in an old high school building built in 1926 and graduated its last class in 1952. The hallway is nice and wide (a...
Union Station, Los Angeles
This is what America looks like. I'm glad I got to spend this weekend in Los Angeles, a city that I left more than 20 years...
pollarded in oakland
#night #monday #november #nightscape #pollarded #london-plane-tree #platanus-acerfolia
#406
Day 406
the Approach
#papaver-somniferum #busy-bee
World Civilization
"World Civilization" by Viola Frey. It's a shame really, that the businessman in the suit reminds me of a certain businessman who c...
back home and back to work
Labor Day: and also my last day before I start a new job. It will be exciting, but also a challenge after almost a year of...
late season tomatoes
#fall #food #apple #night #monday #leaf #fruit #ingredients #basket #diet #healthy #delicious #still-life #grow #vegetable #nutri...
car on train
#friday #afternoon #november #commuter-train #west-oakland-bart
Undercover!
Ah, no wonder it continues to sell out (per the liquor store owner). The beer is 9.7% alc content -- and it's got an investigative name th...
#392
Day 392
inside a car wash
being attacked by rubber spatulas
#393
Day 393
two fish or a pair of eyes
what utilities are these, I wondered... on my way to an ophthalmologist appointment
#401
Day 401
eyes on the right-side
#petralesole #fish-mugs
I hope he has all the letters
It just looked like he was missing some letters to spell out Stevenson... #morning #thursday #outdoors #house #road #str...
taxi ride
"So, what school did you go to?" he asks, and I tell him PS 117 in Queens, NY. That sets him off on a rant about San Francisco naming its sc...
sacred tobacco mural
#october #afternoon #saturday #old #color #graffiti #design #art #wall #mural #ancient #painting #image #culture #illustration #r...
Saturday in San Francisco
I walked out into the San Francisco streets this morning dazed after wandering the galleries of SFMOMA at the Walker Evans r...
#400
Day 400
'Pink Champagne' is in full smoke
#Cotinus-coggygria-Pink-Champagne
#408
Day 408
pummeled by plums
the plums have all conspired to ripen at the same time!