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Fort McHenry National Monument
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 inspired what eventually became the Star Spangled Banner.
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So Sorry Victor
Sorry 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 one did. Anyway… A while ago i let my brother borrow/have one of my cameras,…
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Port of Oakland
Just 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 21 of them, I’m a little worn out, er thin, but not actually thin) These…
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Yerba Buena Island Looking Towards San Francisco
I 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 military housing, the enlisted men and their families live on Treasure Island. Treasure Island is…
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Fort Ross
Fort 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 cultures coming together without immediately killing one another. I was there for about 45 minutes…
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Neil Armstrong Olson
This 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 due to the lack of air-pressure he’s ballooned up bigger than Britney Spears. The doctors…
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Santa Cruz Beach
It’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, but on the California coast. And I’m not talking about the funnel-cake. It must be…
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Along the Embarcadero: Palm Trees
Sometimes 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, it just… is. is that bad? good i can’t tell? I’ve been experimenting with these…
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Above Berkeley CA: Tilden State Park 2
Leanne 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 ever seen That road down there is the “trail” that runs through Tilden State Park’s…
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Above Berkeley CA: Tilden State Park
Beautiful 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, and even cows – but there’s not really any room to take it in. You…