Ring Around the Grebe

He's cuter from a little distance away. Large here.

Sit Down and Hush

Street art (by local artist Hush) outside one of three close and cutting edge galleries, along with an abandoned chair. This is my neighborhood.

Neon Heat

The American Way

Horned Grebe

This little guy stopped off at my lake last week on his way from the Atlantic coast to western Canada. I'd never seen one before and, based on his lack of fear of me, I'd say I may have been his first up-close sighting of a human being. His plainer and more common cousin, the Pied-billed Grebe, would never have tolerated me being so close. This Horned Grebe is in mid-molt. He'll end up looking like this for the breeding season.

Once You Say "I Do," Anything Goes

Another one from the Brides of March that I like.

Dutch Mountain Homestead

Here's to the winter that never was. It's going to hit 80 degrees here tomorrow.

Cig and a Beer

Some good Irish lads in the St. Patrick's Day parade last Saturday.

Awed at the High Rises

Captured at Union Square during the annual Brides of March parade/pub crawl/fest/whatever. One of my favorite SF events.

Strike Up the Band

At Columbus & Broadway.

Just Over Your Shoulder

Streamlined for Speed

Bombay Beach, Salton Sea.

Crows on a Red-Tailed Hawk

Better large.

Leaving Portland

Another one from Oregon.

Free Max

Riding the MAX late night in Portland, Oregon.

Every Day Is a Long Climb Up to Midnight

I Hate Tammy!

You're Never Alone as Long as You Have Bacon

Bodies, Rest & Motion

From last night's Ale & Quail Club shindig in West Portal.

Holiday Coin Laundromat

Springfield, Oregon. Taken last November.

Repetition

Faces of Chinatown

After Tom and Bill and I met up a couple weeks ago at the Gold Dust Lounge, we walked from Union Square up to North Beach, through Chinatown. While walking through that very heavily traveled and always crowded neighborhood, I practiced a little shooting from the hip. Here is one result; there are more below the fold.

More...

Mountain Spring III

'Nother one of these.

Waterland

Along the Bay Trail north of Alviso.

Mid-Century Modern Market

Tools of the Trade

Rush Hour Along the Danube

I know, I know... yet another long exposure from Europe. Call me a sucker for this kind of shot. I totally am.