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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Butterfly in the Cal Academy rainforest

Butterfly at the rain forest dome, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. With Rosa at the SF Sketchfest night.

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Mission High School Tower

Tower atop Mission High School in San Francisco, across the street from Dolores Park.

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Christmas cactus blooming on cue

Christmas cactus in my bathroom is starting to bloom just in time for the holidays for once!

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We finally got some rain last night!

Finally washing the smoke out of the air and giving the succulents on the porch a shower.

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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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My Indigenous People’s Day Cactus is in full bloom

My Indigenous People’s Day Cactus is in full bloom.

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Oakland neighborhood blooms

At a friend’s house in Oakland with Rosa for brunch … The neighborhood has many lovely flowers in the front yards!

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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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Tea tree in bloom

Tea tree in the front yard of the house I grew up in, Aptos, California. You can’t go home again.

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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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California live oak, Gilroy

Lovely California live oak tree at the Chitactac-Adams County Park near Gilroy, CA.

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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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