Ubaldo Jimenez

Shuts out the SF Giants on 5/31/2010.

Flagomania

Smaller flags for sale at a floral shop in Oakland, CA for Memorial Day

Lest We Forget...

Amidst all the sales and the sporting events and other diversions this extended weekend represents, that this Memorial Day is about honoring our fellow citizens who gave the "last full measure of devotion" that we should have the luxury and the privilege of the freedoms we enjoy at the expense of their blood, their unfulfilled dreams and expectations, in order for us to pursue ours.

Afternoon Hike

At the Lafayette Reservoir, West Rim Trail... our first lovely day after some unseasonably cool, windy, and wet weather. A view of Mt Diablo.

Northern Exposure

East bound, lower deck of the Bay Bridge...fun with longer exposures & unsafe driving practices.

Chinatown, San Francisco

Waverly Place at night.

Old Oakland

Victorians....

Box of assorted lost sea shells

found at Black Swan books in Oakland, CA!

B String Tuning Peg

On a CRI Musical Instruments "Velvet Touch" Strat

The Twelfth Fret

Mother of Pearl dots on a Strat...

What's not to like?

Floor detail from the National Archives

While standing in line waiting to view the original Constitution, Declaration of Independence and our Bill of Rights, you pass over an elaborate engraved brass floor plate, worn smooth by the shoes of thousands and thousands of visitors. Kind of a metaphor for the nation today...

Breakfast at L'Enfant

A crepe with a raspberry sauce. Yum!

The Red Fence

Resplendent with poppies & geraniums. I've passed it many times but every time I had my camera hoping to shoot them, the poppies had decided to call it a day and were all closed up. Not today, May 18.

The Seduction of Color & Chardonnay

A blue LED is reflected in a wine glass whose outer surface  is covered with condensation...cheers!

San Francisco Blues

And grays and clouds...Bay to Breakers was today, Marika was in it. I slept in. Next year, maybe.

BAARC's 26th Annual Bash

what I covered yesterday

Sliced, not diced...

and soaking for a dish called, "Fusilli Ai Porri E Saliccia" or "Fusilli with Sausage & Leeks" a very quick and easy and delightful meal.

EEK! Leeks!

But so good for you... been away from the blogger desk for a few days so this will b a make-up session...

Pistile Opulence

or orgiastic orchids...

Bubble Wrap Abstract

Inspired by current events with BP...

Clearing cold front clouds...

Maybe the last gasp of winter? Rain & wind today. And then, clearing.

Lest you think this is mundane, Alfred Stieglitz photographed clouds, too.

"I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all"

Joni Mitchell

Mother's Day Homage

Me 'n Mag before her slow decline. One of the last photos taken at the family homestead of 47 years.

Interior, Street Car

Rush hour along the Embarcadero on an F line street car loaded with tourists headed towards Market Street from Fisherman's Wharf.

San Francisco Sacred Cow

Wall art near Moscone Center on Clementina St.

San Francisco Icon

Missed posting this yesterday...too many meetings and one tight deadline.

The California Street cable car waiting to take on passengers near Drumm St.

Chotchkies, Mementos

Sometimes we collect stuff we don't  remember how we came into possession of, but somewhere, somehow, it has or had significance to someone we knew and loved or know and love and it winds up in a place that becomes part of the background of the everyday routine. Until the morning light hits it just right, and for a brief moment, it glows, and asks, "Remember me?"

French Roast

It's the beans, baby.... No, it's the roast....no, it's the beans.....no, the roast....beans....roast... IT'S BOTH!


"Bring me a bowl of coffee before I turn into a goat!"

Johann Sebastian Bach

Perfect for a Monday morning.

Las Trampas Regional Wilderness

A lovely day for a hike somewhere I'd never been before-these are oaks on a hillside of spring wild grasses. Will be back, to be sure.

The Lindsay Wildlife Museum

A place you must visit in Walnut Creek if you're ever in the vicinity. A great natural garden, too, with species to attract all the good bugs and flying critters...