Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Islands

Farallons

7 comments:

Generik said...

Very interesting!

This isn't another shot of the inside of your coffee cup, is it? ;-)

ahab said...

Beautiful. Great colors.

You guys are good at this. ;)

Tom Hilton said...

Thanks! Yeah, that's the coffee cup after I left some coffee in it for a week. ;-)

This is a small monument on Sweeney Ridge, dedicated to a guy who helped to publicize the historical significance of the site (the Portola Expedition 'discovered' San Francisco Bay from Sweeney Ridge in 1827). The monument is a vertical granite cylinder; etched all the way around it are stylized images of the landmarks you would see looking in that direction (on a clear day, of course). These are the Farallon Islands, some 20 miles or so off the coast.

Generik said...

Wow. That's cool. I've never even heard of that monument before!

Donna said...

I have a low fire glaze that looks just like this. Really! Man, what nature does with ease I have to work my ass off to coax out of the kiln!

Tom Hilton said...

Generik, it isn't big or impressive--maybe 5' tall--but it is kind of cool. You should definitely do the Sweeney Ridge hike sometime; just 4 miles round-trip, and great views. Take Sneath west to the end of the road, and that's the trailhead.

Donna, I'm always amazed at the textures I see in nature when I look closely. And of course I love lichens.

Donna said...

hey, what's not to love about lichens? (that's the name of the glaze, of course)