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Photo 'Zines
Visiting Venice Beach, California
A Tour of UC Berkeley
• Part 1: views of the campus
• Part 2: art and architecture
Photos on Fotothing
My Life and Times
My home, garden, and studio work
Some things I like:
• I think that corner shops look especially interesting
• Filters: experimenting with PhotoShop
• Food and drink
• Holidays
• Mail art: made by me, sent to me, postage and art stamps
• More fun!
• Nature and the natural world
• Pretty things and still
lifes
• Very small gardens
Colorful world: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, silver, white, and multicolorful!
Signs, signs, everywhere signs: including neon signs, hanging signs and banners, sidewalk signs, park and trail signs, window signs, and shop signs
I love to window shop, and I've taken lots of photos during my walks of shop window displays, including clothes, shoes, jewelry, handbags and other accessories, cosmetics and personal care supplies, florists, bookstores, arts and crafts, ceramics and pottery, glassware, home decor, toys and games, and antique and vintage objects.
Public Art
Jesse Reichek retrospective (2005-6).
Collections and series:
• Art cars
• CLOSED signs
• Number art, including house number plaques
• Street art and messages, including stencils and interesting utility covers
Alameda County and the East Bay Region
Big Daddy's Rejuvenating Community Garden
College Avenue: from Broadway in Oakland to the University of California, Berkeley
Hayward Japanese Garden (autumn 2009)
The Huckleberry Self-Guided Nature Path:
• Walking the complete trail on Sunday, June 8, 2008
• Winter visit (January 2009)
• Douglas iris gallery (April 2008)
Lake Chabot in the East Bay Regional Park District
Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve in the East Bay Regional Park District
Serpentine Prairie in the East Bay Regional Park District
The Albany Bulb
The Albany Bulb used to be an industrial waste dumping area along the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay. The dumping was stopped in the mid 1980s, and the vegetation started taking over. The wildlife has made a comeback, too — I've seen rabbits, squirrels, lizards, and lots of birds. The local artists turned The Bulb into an outdoor art gallery. I visit there regularly, and here are some photos from my walks.
• Spring 2005 • August 2008
Berkeley, California
City of Berkeley: views and public art
University of California: views and public art
Oakland, California
Views and public art
Chinatown album: daily life and culture
Garden Center at Lakeside Park:
• A photo album from several visits
• A delightful day in August 2008
Grand Avenue: an amazing rock garden!
Kaiser Center roof garden (October 12, 2005)
Lake Merritt:
• Variety pack: the occasional photo from the occasional visit
• A walk around the Lake on January 1, 2007
• A walk around the Lake on July 1, 2007
• A springtime visit (April 2008)
• The first visit of the new year (January 2009)
• Watching the sailboats (March 2009)
• Visiting the lake on my birthday, January 30, 2010
A walk around Lake Temescal (Sunday, July 8, 2007)
Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline (November 8, 2009)
Morcom Amphitheater of Roses in Oakland, California:
• June 2005 • June 2007 • May 2008 • May 2009
Mountain View Cemetery: including photos from the tulip festivals
Old Oakland, Oakland's "Old Town"
The Piedmont Avenue neighborhood, where I live
Port of Oakland and the nearby shoreline parks
San Diego, California
Public art in San Diego:
• Urban Trees 3 • Urban Trees 4 • Urban Trees 5
Balboa Park:
• January 30, 2007
• March 11, 2007
• Celebrating Andrew's birthday on March 23, 2009, including a trip to the Zoo
Coronado ferry ride and walking tour (Saturday, October 13, 2007)
Downtown, Horton Plaza, the Gaslamp District, and the Airport
The Harbor and Seaport Village
Old Town (January 29, 2007)
San Francisco, California
Views and public art
Conservatory of Flowers:
• Celebrating Andrew's birthday on March 23, 2007
• A special winter exhibition in January 2009
Golden Gate Park: including the rose garden, the Shakespeare Garden, and Stow Lake
The Waterfront, including The Embarcadero, Pier 39, and Fisherman's Wharf
• A holiday treat: December 16, 2007
• Celebrating my birthday on January 30, 2009
Yerba Buena Gardens: Summer 2007
Washington, D.C.
We celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary with a special trip on October 12-14, 2008
• monuments and memorials
• Georgetown and the Potomac River
• architecture and government buildings
• public art, including the Hirschhorn Sculpture Garden
• public gardens and parks, including the U.S. National Garden
• the conservatory
• the DC Cool Globes exhibition
Other Places
Albany and Albany County, New York
Benicia, California (Sunday, August 2, 2009)
Chico, California (September 11-12, 2009)
Day trips in California:
• Contra Costa County
• Marin County
• Sonoma County
• Mendocino County
Armstrong Redwoods in Sonoma Country, California
Tour of the Fetzer Winery garden in Hopland, California (September 18, 2005)
Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Rodeo Beach, Marin County, California
We spent a day visiting Laguna Beach, California (Friday, October 13, 2006)
Visiting New York City: staying at the Chelsea Hotel and seeing a lot of art (September 25-27, 2009)
Reno, Nevada (April 2006)
Shell Beach in Sonoma County, California: May 2008 and October 2008
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