Fort McHenry was the last line of defense intended to stop the British from invading Baltimore during the war of 1812. The soldiers at the fort held off the British for 25 hours, the extended canon fire through the night…
read moreSorry for the lack of posts. Work/Life balance problems. I realized the other day that i hadn’t seen my car for about 2 weeks and it’s been raining (hard) every day. Hope the sun roof doesn’t leak like the old…
read moreJust a little shorty for you today. Sorry I haven’t posted lately I’ve been rather tied up. (I was thinking through this recently) there have been about 25 weekends this year, and I have had to work over 20 or…
read moreI made a little venture out to Yerba Buena Island this morning. I think YBI (as the kids call it) has a mysterious air about – but it’s mostly concocted in my head. Yerba Buena island used to be solely…
read moreFort Ross was an interesting place. Russian settlers, Native Alaskans and Californians called this place home, all at the same time. It has been called a relationship “chiefly of cooperation,” and is perhaps one of the few examples of different…
read moreThis weekend we ventured to the moon (that’s the earth-rise you see Jason pointing at). He neglected to bring his space-suit so could only stay outside of the ship for about as long as he could hold his breath, and…
read moreIt’s unclear why they have these little life-guard huts out there as there wasn’t a life-guard in sight, and it was a sunny Saturday. The Santa Cruz Boardwalk is a strange place. It’s like a little bit of New Jersey,…
read moreSometimes i set out to photograph the things that i see every day thinking that i can make them look really cool. Instead they turn out looking exactly the way they look every day, which isn’t spectacular but isn’t bad,…
read moreLeanne decided to lay down on the trail to take pictures of a California Dandelion. We have some of these California Dandelions near the front of our house and they’re at least 4 times the size of any dandelion i’ve…
read moreBeautiful Tilden State Park, just about 500 yards from Inspiration Point I don’t know what the deal is with inspiration point. It’s great and all don’t get me wrong, there are rolling meadows as far as the eye can see,…
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