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| Construction Yard, Self-Portrait - Marin County 2024 |
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| Truth Be Told, Self-Portrait - Marin County 2024 |
I don't know if including one's feet in a photo counts as a self-portrait (as in the enigmatic photo above). You be the judge.
Both photos taken during a very hot day last September, while taking a car repair walk.
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| Sycamore Leaves - Marin County 2024 |
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| Sycamore Leaves - Marin County 2024 |
Sycamore? Or Plane tree? I've never bothered to figure out the differences. Both photos taken with an Olympus E-M1II camera.
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| Maple Trees - Marin County 2024 |
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| Redwood Trees - Marin County 2024 |
This area reminds me of the forest moon of Endor.
A remote moon in the Endor system of the Outer Rim Territories, Endor was covered in dense woodlands, tall mountains, and savannas, and home to the sentient Ewok, Dulok, and Yuzzum species.
No Ewoks to be seen though.
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| Ferns - Marin County 2024 |
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| Maple Leaves - Marin County 2024 |
I took these photos with a truly lightweight combo: an Olympus E-M10 camera / Panasonic Lumix 12-60mm lens. I just looked it up - I bought the Olympus in February, 2015. Almost 10 years old now! Still works just fine, although some of the words on the buttons ("Menu" etc.) are getting worn off.
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| Lagunitas Creek - Marin County 2024 |
Taken from a bridge in SP Taylor State Park. As seen yesterday, salmon are migrating up the creek!
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| Salmon, Lagunitas Creek - Marin County 2024 |
Neat! Seen during a walk that I took with Hali, Hanna and Nolan in late November.
More detailed info found at an earlier 2022 post.
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| Maz, Hanna - San Francisco 2016 |
Wow! Taken with an iPhone 6s. I've been using Masa instead of Maz (both are OK) because it's easier to form the possessive using Masa.
Actually, his birthday is tomorrow, but tomorrow is Monday Blogging day.
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| Condo Building, Tree, Shadows (Fairfax) - Marin County 2024 |
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| Motorcycle (Fairfax) - Marin County 2024 |
Seen on our regular morning walk. I used two Olympus cameras: an E-M10 / 12-60mm zoom Panasonic (Lumix) lens for the top photo, and an E-M1II / 14-150mm zoom lens for the bottom one.
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| Hanna Pushing Lawnmower Toy, Mike - Marin County 2014 |
Somehow this is a top and bottom two-photo merge. Don't know what prompted that.
Taken with an Olympus E-M1 / 14-150mm combo.
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| Autumn Tree (Fairfax) - Marin County 2024 |
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| Autumn Tree (Fairfax) - Marin County 2024 |
Taken during our morning walks. Top photo with slight overcast, bottom one with sunlight coming in from the east.
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| Dead Branch, Sky - Marin County 2024 |
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| Bay Trunks - Marin County 2024 |
Photos taken on my early morning walks.
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| Squirrel (Fairfax) - Marin County 2024 |
We saw the creature scampering along the top of the chain link fence. Quite agile!
Fortunately I was carrying my Olympus E-M1II / 14-150mm lens combo.
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| Mt. Diablo from Sky Oaks Road (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2024 |
Every time I drive up to Lake Lagunitas I pause for a moment at this spot to see if I can spot Mt. Diablo. Usually I can't, but this time I could! Rolled down the window and took this photo using a Nikon Z7II.
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| Leaves, Ripples (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2024 |
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| Cloud Reflections (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2024 |
Top photo: an iPhone photo from last September. Bottom, a November Nikon shot.
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| Ferns (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2024 |
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| Oaks (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2024 |
Top photo from last October - Olympus camera and lens.
Bottom one from November - Nikon camera and lens.
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| Maple Leaves (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2024 |
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| Leaves, Backlit (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2024 |
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| Ferns, Pilot Knob (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2024 |
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| Pilot Knob (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2024 |
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| Atomic Cafe - Los Angeles 1974 |
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| Atomic Cafe - Los Angeles 1974 |
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| Atomic Cafe, Self-Portrait - Los Angeles 1974 |
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| Golden Retriever - Marin County 2024 |
Going after the tennis ball (of course). Walking around Stinson Beach in Marin County while Hanna was having a surfing lesson.
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| Moon, Trees - Marin County 2024 |
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| Clouds, Hills - Marin County 2024 |
Photos taken last August using my new Sony RX100.
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| Civic Center Interior - Marin County 2024 |
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| Civic Center Exterior - Marin County 2024 |
So . . . jury duty! And it turns out that even if you're elderly you can't be excused!
So . . . I (and others) showed up, waited around for about half a day, went down to the courtroom, then we were notified that the case had been settled. Thanks for your service!
Later in the month Hali and I visited a "Senior Fair" being held at the civic center auditorium. The main building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; he didn't do the auditorium but it was done in his style.
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| Civic Center Auditorium - Marin County 2024 |
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| Girl, Mailboxes - San Francisco 2024 |
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| People Waiting - San Francisco 2024 |
Two more iPhone photos in the Mission District from last August.
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| Turkeys (Fairfax) - Marin County 2022 |
Turkeys cleverly constructed by Hanna and Nolan a few years ago. Materials and, quite possibly, the idea, supplied by Hali.
Note the use of horse chestnuts from the California Buckeye tree up the street.
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| Seminary Exterior (San Anselmo) - Marin County 1984 |
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| Seminary Exterior, Clouds (San Anselmo) - Marin County 1984 |
Most likely taken with a Mamiya twin-lens reflex camera, using 120 roll film.
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| SF Theological Seminary, Mt Tamalpais - Marin County 1984 |
We moved to Marin County in 1981, so this was taken a few years later. Although I don't remember taking this photo, I assume that I was at the same viewpoint that I discussed in 2009.
(Side note: the photos in my earlier blog posts won't enlarge when clicked upon . . . annoying.)
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| Cloudy - Berkeley 2014 |
We were over in Berkeley so that Margaret and Jim could check out my new Sony RX100VII. When we arrived we were gratified to see that Cloudy was hanging around their front yard. Then it transpired that Cloudy was being let into their house! Wow!
I took a photo of Cloudy on the living room carpet, but with not enough space above the creature's head in the photo. So I added some extra carpet using Photoshop. (Original shot below.)
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| Cloudy - Berkeley 2024 |
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| Poison Oak - Marin County 2024 |
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| Poison Oak, Bay Trees - Marin County 2024 |
Two photos from last August. Poison Oak leaves are probably much more colorful now.
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| Wells Fargo Bank Interior (A. Adams Images) - San Anselmo 2024 |
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| Ansel Adams Image ("Pasture, Sonoma County") - San Anselmo 2024 |
I was recently in the Wells Fargo Bank in San Anselmo and noticed these large Ansel Adams images handing on the wall. I should probably do some investigative reporting and get back to you with the details of how they came to be there.
The Ansel Adams Gallery has the pasture photo for sale as a "framed reproduction."
