Sofa by the Side of the Road

I get very excited whenever I see an abandoned couch; I just have to stop and take a few minutes to shoot it. When I was in SoCal last week, I got my good friend Mike so well-trained that he would immediately stop (or even make a U-turn if necessary) whenever he saw one on the side of the road so I could capture it. This shot in particular, taken in Desert Hot Springs after a long day Jeeping through Joshua Tree, is immensely appealing to me.

Time Began in a Garden

Grave marker in Cottage Grove Cemetery, Weldon, CA.

Through a Glass Darkly

Hey, I was on vacation all last week. Guess what I did. This was taken a few drinks into my high school reunion.

Cattle Cow Skull

Sculpture/assemblage at the Redwood Motel in Bridgeport, CA.

Martini Monday

Workin' It

Bee on a Coneflower. Alternate take here.

Coneflower

Martini Monday

Secondary Shadow

Tree shadow cast by early morning sunlight reflected off another building; 2 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco.

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Walk Right In

Neon sign at (can you guess?)... Pine & Jones Streets.

Travel Thursday: Pescadero

Less than an hour's drive down Highway 1 from San Francisco, Pescadero is a sleepy little farm town with some beautiful gardens, old homes and interesting artwork. Duarte's Tavern is over 100 years old, and serves the best cream of artichoke and cream of green chile soups anywhere; plus olallieberry pie to die for. The nearby state beach was recently in the news because PETA offered to pay to keep it open despite the current California budget cuts that will close down many state parks -- if only it would change its name to Sea Kitten State Park.

I am not making that up.

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Globe

At an entrance to the U.S. Customs building, Battery & Jackson.

UFO

A hofbrau with a great neon sign just a block over from my place. The reflected Budweiser sign looks like it's about to attack.

Photo Op

At Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park.

Stakes

A few days after I shot this, my friend Karen had to pull out all her tomatoes because of a blight of some kind. It's a small but very real tragedy in my life.

In My Neighborhood

This spot on Post Street sees more than its fair share of abandoned chairs and couches.

Shadow Shot Sunday

One of many murals to be found in San Francisco, on a late sunny afternoon. Must be Shadow Shot Sunday!

To see some of last week's SSS entries, go here.

Turning Double Happiness on its Head

The character means double happiness, but it's glued on upside-down. Seen on an art car in Marin over the weekend. For more shots of the car and its many decorations, go here.

Travel Thursday: Berlin

This is the bombed-out (and preserved that way) Kaiser Wilhelm Church at twilight. We only had 24 hours in Berlin, so we tried to make the most of it. What we really need to do is go back and spend a week or more.

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Abstract with Rivets