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| Oliver's Fruit Basket Cake (Windsor) - Sonoma County 2026 |
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| Machado Burgers Burger (Windsor) - Sonoma County 2026 |
After arriving on the train we disembarked and walked around the town of Windsor. We hadn't been here in a while, so most of what we saw was new to us. Highlights: Oliver's, a fancy grocery store, and Machado Burgers where we got burgers with a combo fries and onion rings.
Then the return trip home.
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| Northbound SMART Train - Marin County 2026 |
SMART: Sonoma-Marin Area Rapid Transit. We'd been meaning to take a ride on it for a while, finally entering a date into the Google Calendar. Senior Citizens ride free! Whoa!
We took the train up to Windsor in Sonoma County (the end of the current line). Some fun views on the way up.
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| Wetlands, Oaks - Marin County 2026 |
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| Spotted Towhee (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
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| Spotted Towhee (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2026 |
Very vocal! Lots of them this season.
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| Marin Open Studios Exhibit (San Rafael) - Marin County 2026 |
In May I participated in the Marin Open Studios weekends. I had a goodly amount of space for my setup: frames, bins and notecards. Two weekends in May (four days). Sold a few things, but nothing major.
In June I returned to set up my booth in the Fairfax Festival. Only one weekend, but sales were considerably higher! (Live music and beer probably helped.)
My booth:
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| Booth (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
Note two framed photos in the image above: one the left a large framed photo of Convict Lake, and in the back a large framed photo of Owens Valley. Both were sold! Wow!
BTW, my current booth is way more sophisticated than my first Fairfax Festival appearance in 2008:
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| Mike, Fairfax Festival - Marin County 2008 |
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| 2026 Toyota RAV4 (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
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| 2026 Toyota RAV4 (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
A new 2026 RAV4 recently appeared in our neighborhood. Nice looking! Although my 2025 model is also nice.
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| 2025 Toyota RAV4 - Mariposa County 2026 |
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| Grass, Hills, Clouds (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
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| Grass, Hill, Clouds (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
Morning walk iPhone pix. Bottom one used the wide-angle option.
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| Ferns (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
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| Moon, Redwoods (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
Ferns seen just below a local foot bridge in the back - iPhone.
Redwoods and moon seen on a morning walk - Sony RX100.
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| Oak Branches - Marin County 2026 |
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| Rainbow - Marin County 2026 |
Top photo taken in January, using a Sony RX100. Bottom one in March, using an iPhone.
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| Mt. Diablo from Sky Oaks Road, Sunrise - Marin County 2026 |
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| Mt. Diablo from Sky Oaks Road - Marin County 2026 |
Both photos taken on the same day in January, the top one while driving in for my hike around Lake Lagunitas, the bottom one while driving out.
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| Wood Ducks - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
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| Wood Duck - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
I've been seeing them on a pretty regular basis recently.
Both photos taken with a Nikon Z7II, 24-200 zoom lens. Substantially cropped.
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| Sunrise, Mt. Tamalpais - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
Taken last January . . . an iPhone photo. The iPhone software has a tendency towards HDR-like dramatic photos . . . although I can't remember now how realistic this rendition is.
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| Flags (Allentown) - Pennsylvania 2018 |
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| Flags (Asbury Park) - New Jersey 2018 |
Once again, as in past holidays, I found some older flag-themed pix on my external hard drive.
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| Hotel (Elko) - Nevada 1987 |
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| Hills, Clouds - Nevada 1987 |
Last of the 1987 scans . . . for now.
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| Piano - South Dakota 1987 |
We were in South Dakota to visit my grandparents in Aberdeen, staying at a motel in the vicinity. By that time they had moved out of their house to a smaller senior apartment.
So this photo had to have been taken in a relative's house. Alas, I don't have the slightest memory of the place. Oh well . . . although I don't think I ever made a print of the negative, the photo is actually kind of cool.
