Everybody knows that San Diego is one of the nicest places to live. At least that’s what people say. It turns out that we’re not the only species that likes it here. Take this bird, for example. This is one representative of a “sustainable colony” of parrots that has taken up residence in Ocean Beach. [...]
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Rainbow and I are happy with later sunsets. Share on Facebook
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OK, it’s not dawn – it’s another magnificent sunset at the beach. Sorry. But it is the start of a new month, and that’s probably a very good thing. For no extra charge, here’s another of the fine flowers that bloom in winter in glorious Carmel Valley. Not everything about this neighborhood is oppressive suburbia! [...]
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Like going swimming, taking the dog for a walk (or vice versa) always is a good idea. Who knows – maybe there will be some good flowers to look at and photograph! Share on Facebook
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Monday, February 16, 2009
A big winter storm is covering all of California. That’s the way I like it. When it is cold and wet the flowers aren’t showing off very much, but there’s plenty of beauty around if you know where to look. Like most of the plants I’ve photographed in recent days, these flowers are tiny. Share [...]
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Sunday, February 15, 2009
Going to the movies is not my favorite activity. Growing up in Hollywood and hanging out on movie lots left me more than a little unimpressed with the picture business…but I do enjoy a good movie, and “Frost Nixon” qualifies. I figure Tricky Dick would like this movie, because he is portrayed by one of [...]
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Saturday, February 7, 2009
Alexis and I went to the local elementary school to check out the science fair exhibits. One kid wanted to figure out which of his two dogs was smarter. Another compared the number of un-popped kernels of popcorn from various brands. A lot of the exhibits were interesting. Elana’s project compared the sugar content of [...]
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
Why do software and gadgets behave arbitrarily? Why do they engage in various small mutinies against civilized order? Why would a publishing program choose fonts and font sizes that disagree with the ones I’ve instructed it to use? Why would a nice bullet list end up with extra random black dots around it, ones that [...]
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Once again, you’ve got to look at the sun’s placement in the sky to know what season it is. Winter was back for a few days, but now we’re enjoying highs in the high 70′s. You can see that the sun is setting quite a distance south from where it will be next July. San [...]
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Well, I guess it couldn’t last forever. Winter has returned to Scenic San Diego. It’s a pity, but this month already had more consecutive warm days than July 2008. Tonight the temperature might drop below fifty degrees. It’s nice to notice that there are a lot of beautiful, tiny, delicate flowers around here, even in [...]
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January 18 was a special, extra-edition of Palm Sunday. It’s easy to feel closer to a state of cosmic consciousness when you’ve got a nice view of a large body of water. If you look closely, just above the horizon and between a couple of the palm trees, you’ll see one of the many UFO’s [...]
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It’s easy to make fun of suburban southern California, but a couple of days ago I was involved with an on-line seminar with people from all over the country. Aside from me and a participant in Hawaii, everybody else was struggling to stay alive, freezing and miserable. Plastic suburbia can wreak havoc on your consciousness, [...]
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