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Posts tagged with "California"

Message from Deep Purgatory

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Although my life is currently in an excruciating place in Limbo, the surroundings are scenic (I believe this premise has been used in comedy sketches in the past).

I am currently staying in the Inner Sunset District of San Francisco, two blocks & around the corner from the offices of Craigslist



People in San Francisco are very environmentally-conscious, and insist upon placing their garbage somewhere in the vicinity of designated trash receptacles.



Today was the first Tuesday of the month, which meant it was free day at the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. Free, that is, except for the featured exhibit, in this case glasswork by some artist named Chihuly (who I've never heard of. so I'm a Philistine...). In this case, I was on the viewing platform on the top of the tower, when a woman realized she had an urgent appointment and was unable to use her ticket to the featured exhibit, so she gave it to me (pictures are on the way).

Here is a picture of the new De Young Museum:



Apparently the tower was designed to suggest a Mayan pyramid. Careful what time you head up to the tower: I understand they arbitrarily select a visiter from the crowd for Human Sacrifice. Probably just people without tickets-- I was probably safe after I got the ticket.

I also have another new album that I'm working on, which is comprised of photos from various places around San Francisco. Keep tuning in-- I'll be adding more as I go.




...and the sun turned red as blood...

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different focal point - changed the exposure entirely:



Don't Miss the Fabulous California Fire Season!

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(should last well into October...)

And, while you're here...

enjoy the sunlight, sparkling in the fountains!



AND... check out photos of last year's fire season, in National Geographic. We're gonna beat last years record for charred acreage by mid-July, at this rate...

Wallpaper!

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I just resized a few of my favorite photos for use as wallpaper. Feel free to pillage! There are two sizes for each photo: photos in the left column are sized 1320 x 990 pixels, for those of you with really BIG screens, and on the right, photos are sized 1200 x 900 for those of us with normal screens. p:

Just one example of the FINE ARTISTRY you'll find on this page:



I'll be adding more as I get around to resizing things. Stay tuned for more adventures!

Working on a new photo album

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On Sonoma Pond (still in progress) I recommend you use the zoom button on these photos...



Sonoma Christmas

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This Christmas exhibition was created by a father to deal with the grief at the death of their daughter Andee to a drunk driver. When I walk home from the bus stop at night, it is there to light my way home.

Sonoma_Christmas.swf

I've been working on several projects...

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That's why I haven't been blogging much except for silly little frivolous items. Putting some of the final touches on a website for a friend of mine in Glen Ellen, for her Showcase Gallery



where she feature such notables as Linus Maurer (inspiration for the character "Linus" in the late Charles Schultz's widely-celebrated Peanuts cartoon. And she is currently showing an original work by Stanley Mouse, who all you 60's era afficianados will know from numerous psychedelic posters and album covers.

There'll be more, but I gots to gets to bed...

Rough day...

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I got a late start on things, and got practically nothing accomplished. When I got off the bus down the hill from where I live, I spotted my new friend Jeannie hard at work in the













through the front window










and went in to chat. I took a look at some of the new artwork, took a few pictures, and then I was forced to eat tempura shrimp, fresh garden vegetables and rice!

Ah, the Humanity!!!





Finally, they tried to break down my resistance with fine California wine™, but a man's got to draw the LINE...

Welcome to beautiful suburb-o-politan Santa Rosa

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New picture album, featuring the town of Santa Rosa, self-proclaimed home of the late Charles Schultz, creator of the famous Peanuts cartoon series (Charlie Brown, for those unfortunate souls who live in countries far far away, without access to our fine American™ Cultural Traditions)

(self-proclaimed, anyway, by the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce. Schultz himself lived in Sebastopol, located one town over. And EVERYONE knows that Snoopy drinks ROOT BEER.)

...red wine, indeed...

:rolleyes:

Welcome to the Scenic, Exclusive California Wine Country !

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Well, I made my move to Glen Ellen, bought myself a cheap digital camera, and... images are coming in NOW...
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