Tidepools + low tide + sunset = magic

Took Rosa to the beach near Bolinas and explored the amazing marine life on Duxbury Reef. Go at low tide!

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America’s Cup winner from 2010 at Oracle HQ

America’s Cup winner from 2010 is on display at my workplace, Oracle headquarters in Redwood City, CA

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Gorgeous sunset at Waddell Creek Beach

Sunset on the California coast at Waddell Creek Beach, the northernmost bit of Santa Cruz County. With Rosa

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Cement ship SS Palo Alto in Aptos, CA

The SS Palo Alto, aka “the cement ship” was permanently docked in 1930 at the end of a pier in Aptos, CA (where I grew up), and served as a resort gambling and dance destination for a year before storm damage made it usable for nothing more than a fishing spot.

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Golden Gate Bridge, August 2007

San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge at dusk, August 2007.

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I love California!

What a lovely view along highway 1 at Pomponio State Beach. With Rosa

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Take the long way home

To avoid rush hour traffic leaving San Francisco I decided to go home the long way via Marin County. So glad to live in a place with world famous sites like the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Santa Cruz wharf evening

Had a lovely sunset dinner at Gilda’s and shopping on the Santa Cruz wharf last night with Rosa

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San Francisco Bay at dusk, November 2008

An airplane flying overhead and a pelican skimming the water below.

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Sunset from Alameda

Sunset last night over San Francisco, seen from Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach on Alameda, with Rosa.

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Swedish meatballs at Sunset

Sharing a romantic sunset dinner of Swedish meatballs with Rosa at IKEA in Emeryville, CA. Can you spot the Golden Gate Bridge?

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Visiting the tide pools at Pescadero

A lovely sunny day in January with Rosa on the California coast

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2017-12-29 Point Reyes

A visit to Point Reyes National Seashore with Rosa, including a tour of the lighthouse, on December 29, 2017

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Crescent moon sunset over the Bay

Sunset from Emeryville, CA looking across the Bay toward San Francisco and the Golden Gate.

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Santa Cruz Wharf sunset

Sunset from the Municipal Wharf in Santa Cruz, California, last Saturday night.

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Cement ship, Aptos, California

Cement ship USS Palo Alto, in its final testing place off the beach in Aptos, California.

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Seal Rocks

Point Lobos (between Ocean Beach and the Sutro Baths), San Francisco.

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Ward Photo Archive

A collection of my photography from the early 2000s, organized by theme: animals, landscapes, water, and scenes of civilization.

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