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| Margaret's Preliminary Bathroom Remodel Sketch - Eugene 2021 |
Very preliminary. I don't know if anything from the sketch has made it into the final plan.
I saw it laying on our breakfast table in the Eugene AirBnB. Anyway . . . what interests me is that I find the iPhone photo of the sketch to have a certain trompe l'oeil quality. ("Trompe l'oeil is a style of painting that's so realistic that it appears to be three-dimensional.")
By the way, trompe l'oeil is pronounced "trump loy."
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| Golf Course - Alameda County 2021 |
From the air, after passing by the Bay Bridge and the town of Alameda. Taken with a Canon G5XII.
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| Bombardier - San Francisco 2021 |
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| Cockpit - San Francisco 2021 |
Getting ready for trip to Eugene leaving from SFO. Our first flight in quite a while . . . takeoff was as exciting as always!
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| Shed, Self Portrait - Point Reyes 2021 |
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| Queen Anne's Lace, Dry Grass - Point Reyes 2021 |
Creepy photo on top taken with an iPhone 7. Bottom photo, on the Earthquake Trail, taken with a Nikon Z5.
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| Artichokes - Point Reyes 2021 |
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| Vines, Grass, Tree Branches - Point Reyes 2021 |
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| Chickadee (Sun) - Point Reyes 2021 |
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| Chickadee (Shade) - Point Reyes 2021 |
A Chestnut-Backed Chickadee, to be exact. Seen on the Earthquake Trail near the Visitor Center.
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| Sunset (Summer Solstice) - Eugene 2021 |
End of the longest day, looking west from the Eugene Masonic Cemetery.
8:48 PM, according to the photo's file data. I used a Canon G5XII for the shot.
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| Baby Seymour - Eugene 1984 |
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| Baby Seymour - Eugene 2009 |
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| Baby Seymour - Eugene 2021 |
In 1984 Mike was wandering around an old cemetery in Eugene with tripod and twin-lens reflex when he spotted Baby Seymour’s tombstone almost covered with ivy. After developing the negative and printing it, he noticed the spider lurking in the lower right.
Returning in 2009 he found that the ivy had been removed and Baby Seymour's tombstone had been somewhat refreshed.
Last month, 37 years after the first photograph, there was still no trace of ivy, but alas, the inscription has started to become somewhat illegible.
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| Scrooge McDuck, Jesus - Eugene 2021 |
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| Toy Ceiling - Eugene 2021 |
There are many curious and droll tableaux to be seen throughout judit's house. Found object art? Conceptual art?
You be the judge.
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| Spring Rolls - Eugene 2021 |
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| Tam's Place - Eugene 2021 |
Excellent Vietnamese cuisine takeout . . . the spring rolls in particular were visually striking. While others waited in line during some warmish weather, Mike scurried over to a nearby grocery store to pick up some Ninkasi IPAs.
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| Tam's Place Ordering - Eugene 20221 |
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| Prius, Self-Portrait - Eugene 2021 |
We hadn't asked specifically for a Prius, so we were a bit surprised when we got one. This was Mike's first hybrid experience. Instead of a gear shift lever, the car had a front-mounted knob, the operation of which Mike finally figured out. Almost.
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| Bakery Door - Eugene 2021 |
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| Hideaway Bakery Products - Eugene 2021 |
It was too crowded on our first visit Sunday morning. Much better early Monday. Quite tasty!
iPhone photos.
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| Cat - Eugene 2021 |
Usually the small Canon doesn't exhibit any depth of field issues. But here, we see that the leaves are in focus and the cat is interestingly blurred.
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| Toothbrush Art - Eugene 1998 |
Toothbrushes carefully placed just so in judit's backyard in 1998. Found Object Art? Conceptual Art? You be the judge.
Below, toothbrushes seen last month in her backyard. One speculates that they are the same objects that were seen in 1998. Maybe.
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| Bluebird Art, Toothbrushes - Eugene 2021 |
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| Plastic Sunflowers - Eugene 2021 |
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| Love Pillow - Eugene 2021 |
Hali and Mike's second Airbnb experience . . . the first one was in Yokohama.
The interesting thing is that it was kind of expensive. But that was because they were having the Olympic track and field trials that week in Eugene (which we hadn't known about in advance).
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| Go Ducks - Eugene 2021 |
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| Car Rental, Baggage Pickup Areas (Eugene Airport) - Eugene 2021 |
Quite a contrast between EUG and SFO. Nerve-shattering bedlam vs quite mellow vacant spaces.
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| Fern Ridge Lake - Oregon 2021 |
Taken during the approach to Eugene's airport. Pastoral views . . . I think that's Fern Ridge Lake, based on my eyeballing the Google map.
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| Bay Bridge - San Francisco 2021 |
Last month we (myself, Hali and Margaret) took a quick weekend visit to Eugene, Oregon to visit their sister judit. I had an aisle seat during the flight up, but was able to lean over for this shot of the Bay Bridge, the cranes in the Port of Oakland and the encroaching marine layer.
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| Goats on Hill - Marin County 2021 |
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| Goats - Marin County 2021 |
Return of the goats, busy eating the dry grass that grew during the winter. Below, goats with their guard dog.
BTW, last year I was wondering about possible erosion after the goats had passed through, but since there was hardly any rain, erosion didn't come to pass.
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| Goats, Dog - Marin County 2021 |
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| Bay Tree - Marin County 2021 |
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| Houses, Clouds - Marin County 2021 |
Two photos taken while walking on the trail that loops around the school up the street.
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| Plants at Kaiser - San Rafael 2021 |
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| Kaiser Emergency - San Rafael 2021 |
Late night iPhone pix from last April.
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| Yellow Flowers (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County 2021 |
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| Fenceposts, Redwoods, Clouds (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County 2021 |
Nikon Z5 pix. Nice blur in the top photo.
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| Thistles (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County 2021 |
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| Oaks (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County 2021 |
More sightems on the Roy's Redwoods trail. I only walked the first part of the loop, so no redwoods.
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| Trail, Grass, Clouds (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County 2021 |
A quick hike on the Roy's Redwoods loop trail last month. The day started out cloudless, but luckily some clouds arrived just as I turned back.
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| Oak Branches - Marin County 2021 |
Large tree growing in the creek area in back of our house. Taken with a Nikon Z5 . . . this time I kept the "widescreen" aspect ratio without cropping.
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| Dog - Marin County 2021 |
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| Dog - Marin County 2021 |
Same dog seen on the blog last February. Happy to see Mike!
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| Nolan, Flag (Cavallo Point) - Marin County 2017 |
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| Mural, Flag (Ely) - Nevada 2016 |
Searched for these on the Seagate external hard drive.
