The dogs and I were out recently, a pleasantly foggy dawn, enjoying the new day. When we got out to the misty campground, looking over to the boat ramp, the sky looked like this:
Archive for the ‘walking’ Category
Fog and the Flock
Posted in animals, birding, dogs, nature, photography, walking on November 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Scorched Flora & Snatched Fauna
Posted in animals, dogs, gardening, life, pets, photography, walking on November 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I seem to have developed a thing for trying to save scrawny trees. When I had such a notion last spring, near where I work at SF’s Civic Center, it met an ignoble end.
Sometime earlier this summer there was a fire in the old campground out on the former naval air station, where I walk the pups. The kids sometimes party [...]
Drifting Loose
Posted in animals, dogs, photography, walking on October 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The boat first appeared in late spring. With the battered economy, perhaps its owner had abandoned it, and it had drifted into the boat ramp harbor, and there it sat, mired in the mud. I thought the angle was kind of arresting, so I took a few pictures of it.
Where Have All the Pelicans Gone?
Posted in animals, birding, nature, walking on September 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Two years ago I used to see large squadrons of pelicans flying along the south shore of Alameda (and thus south along the eastern shore of SF Bay) most morning I went out there. The pelicans congregate starting in late July through September, and I often saw waves of dozens and dozens of them, easily totaling 50 [...]
A hike up a hill
Posted in animals, birding, dogs, nature, pets, travel, walking on June 16, 2009 | 10 Comments »
A few years ago, a friend and coworker of mine told us of a nice place to go for a walk up near Sonora, called Table mountain. Table mountain is a mesa, and just below the ridgeline there is a nice trail, through a pasture.
A different pace
Posted in animals, books, dogs, e-scrapbook, entertainment, photography, top of the world, travel, walking on June 14, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Off to the Foothills
Posted in animals, dogs, nature, pets, travel, walking on May 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The wife, the pups, and I are heading for the Sierra foothills in a few hours. Mostly, when I get my to-do list to-done.
Battle of the High School Marching Bands
Posted in entertainment, music, photography, walking on May 30, 2009 | 9 Comments »
We live on a very wide street; counting the parking lanes, it’s seven lanes wide. It’s so wide that, each May, it’s used for a high school marching band competition.
Breakfast Ker-plunk
Posted in animals, birding, dogs, nature, walking on April 4, 2009 | 8 Comments »
We walked out along the bay shore this morning, enjoying the slanting dawn light rising over the east bay hills, casting long tree shadows across the open fields. I heard a splash to my right, and saw a small least tern rise from the rippling water, then noticed another and another.
A nourishing notion, but now it’s gone
Posted in commute, gardening, nature, walking on April 2, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Earlier this week I passed by three small, slender trees struggling to survive on Golden Gate avenue and, with the oncoming summer dry season in mind, I thought, maybe a few times this summer I’ll put a water jug in my pack and come out here to try and keep these poor guys going.
Meta
-
Recent Comments
Category Cloud
a
-
Top Posts
Archives
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
Pages
-
Blog Stats
- 38,500 hits
