Berkeley Sightems

Trucks, Clouds - Berkeley 2026

Elegant Kingdom - Berkeley  2026

Photos taken while April fabric shopping in Berkeley.

Windsor

Oliver's Fruit Basket Cake (Windsor) - Sonoma County  2026

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.

SMART Train Excursion

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.

Wetlands, Oaks - Marin County  2026

Monday Spotted Towhee Blogging

Spotted Towhee (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Spotted Towhee (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County  2026

Very vocal! Lots of them this season.

Selling Photographs

 

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:

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:

Mike, Fairfax Festival - Marin County  2008

Toyota RAV4

2026 Toyota RAV4 (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

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.

2025 Toyota RAV4 - Mariposa County  2026

Grass, Hills, Clouds

Grass, Hills, Clouds (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Grass, Hill, Clouds (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Morning walk iPhone pix. Bottom one used the wide-angle option.

Ferns / Moon

Ferns (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

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.

Oak Branches / Rainbow

Oak Branches - Marin County  2026

Rainbow - Marin County  2026

Top photo taken in January, using a Sony RX100. Bottom one in March, using an iPhone.

Mt. Diablo - January

Mt. Diablo from Sky Oaks Road, Sunrise - Marin County  2026

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.

Monday Wood Duck Blogging

Wood Ducks - Lake Lagunitas  2026

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.

Sunrise - Mt. Tamalpais

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. 

Flags - Allentown / Asbury Park

Flags (Allentown) - Pennsylvania  2018

Flags (Asbury Park) - New Jersey  2018

Once again, as in past holidays, I found some older flag-themed pix on my external hard drive.

Nevada Sightems (1987)

Hotel (Elko) - Nevada  1987

Hills, Clouds - Nevada  1987

Last of the 1987 scans . . . for now.