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Blog of the Morning

Oakland Reflection Seat...
Morning Up Indian Rock Path...
Sunrise Streaks...
Morning Framing of Scenic...
Edible Under Fog...
Lit Little Library...
Predawn Berkeley City Lights...
Sunday Morning Sky Lines...
Chinatown Blue Dragon...
Cathedral Building Front Down Broadway...
Brutalist Remains...
Chimney at Dawn...
Captain's House in the Morning...
Berkeley Normandy in the Morning...
Quiet Port Morning...
Morning Puddle Reflection...
Tip of Campanile at Dawn...
Peeking Through to Port of Richmond...
Blue Sky Courthouse...
Dawn at the End of Indian Rock Path...
Sago on Campus...
Sunrise Up Manor Way...
Holy Hill Morning - West Steps to PSR...
Fence Watcher...
Lake Merritt Bright Morning...

Water Street Morning View...
Manor Path Dawn...
The Clouds Above the Bridge...
Pastel Reflections...
Homeless Amendment?...
Rose Before the Thorn....
Peppers at the Market...
Fog Wrapped Roses...
Mid Path Little Library...
Dawn after a shaker morning...
Plug Surfs to Little Library...
Eye in Oakland Wall Art...
Behind the Market...
Heading Home at Codornices...
Peak And Boo from the 17th Tee...
Top of Indian Rock Path...
Dry Sunrise...
Cover at Dawn...
Solano Stroll Setup...
Lake Merritt Under the Trees...
Entry to Holy Hill...
Hertz Hall - New Season...
Early Morning Ohlone...

Pre-Dawn from Indian Rock...
Sunday Bay Through Backyards...
Slashing the Green Wave...
Jack London Gray Morning...
Marin at the End of Rose...
Orange on Black...
Sunday Morning Acme...
Early for Checkup - Hanging in Courtyard...
Through the Library Window - Doe...
Gate in the Wall...
Front Yard Eyeball...
Escaping Tomatoes...
Shell Ginger on Oxford...
Peralta Garden Gate...
Holy Hill Under the Eaves...
Tall Neighbors...
Rancho Codornices History Post...
Morning Chimney - Classic View...
"The World is Nuts..."
Great Gnome Available, Familiar Included...
Sather Head in the Morning...
Summer Morning in the Hills...
Berkeley Pier in the Morning...
Sunny Morning!?! - Yellow...
Les Blanc's Mailbox...
Welcome to the Bowl (West)
Prayer Station on Sonoma...
Blob and Friend...
Mt Tam at the End of Vine...
West Alley on a Summer Morning...
Breakfast at the Market...
Bright Approach...
Peak at Neighbor's Pet...
Summer Bay Morning from Vine...
Keyboard Garage...
Lilies to the Gate...
Another Cal Line...
Classic Impala Berkeley...
Daisies at the Gate...
Holy Hill - PSR Framing...
Curtis St Totems...
Mariposa Saturday Morning...
The City through The Port...
Sculling Aquatic Park...
Emeryville Keeping Score...
Public Path #3...
Kensington, CA
Fourth of July Hangover...
Happy 4th from the Berkeley Monkey...
Tropical Berkeley...
Rustic Berkeley - Codornices Creek through redwoods...
Bowl's Blueberry Hill...
Sunday Morning Morning Circle...
Poetry Walk...

 Streetside Seats...



Morning Setup at Monterey Fish...
Bright Bay Summer Morning...
Classic Caddy in B/W...
[Just seemed more appropriate in monochrome]
Old Friends on Campus...
Gray Morning Struggle...
Framed Fixes on Holy Hill...
Flower Border on the Alameda...
Codornices through the Rose Garden...
Gray Rock and Bay...
Ahh, Berkeley Summer Morning...
Hard Working Urban Bee...
Old Flora and Beyond...
Antifapasta...
Berkeley Pelican Squad...
The Other Side of Fourth St...
Yellow Behind Life Sciences...
Dawn Indian Rock...
Berkeley Neighborhood Watch...
Between to the Gray Bay...
Senecio on Ventura...
Gray through the Stacks...
Little Library Expansion...
Sidewalk Rhododendron...
Dawn Palms...
Tree Poppy in the Neighborhood...
White Wisteria Alley...
Side Cove...
Postcard Morning...
Li'l Library with a View...
Back... Up to Holey Hill...
Yakitori Picnic in the Park...
Koinibori on Tokyo Tower Leg...
Ekibens from Hakodate on the way to Tokyo...
Scallop Butter Pringles... Love Hokkaido
Goryokaku Manhole Cover...
Ekiben on the way to Hakodate...
On the (Rail) Road to Otaru...
A reminder that even mid-range Japanese sushi is as good as most high-and sushi in the US [first round was eaten before we thought of tanning a picture]
Expo Memorial Manhole Cover...
Fire Hydrant Cover in Kobe...
Joining the crowds at Miyajima 

Nagasu Yatai Park - Riverside Dinner...
Heading out from a restful couple of days in the home village. Next stop, Fukuoka...
First morning in Japan starts with a Nikko Hotel buffet - ahhh...
Neighborly Octopod...
Sliver at Dawn...
Growing Friends Next to Bay Trail...
MLK Jr. Backyard Art...
Berkeley Morning Sky...
Dawn from Indian Rock Park...
New Variation...
Sculls Framed... 
Trail Through Branches...
Pink Marine Layer...
North Bay through a Backyard...
Clouds Over Saturday Lake Merritt...
Sunrise through the Bathroom Window...
Little Library on the Bench...
Ahhh Foggy Morning...
Giving (love) Tree near Strawberry Creek...
Eight Arm DJ on a Street Box...
SF Bay View
Quiet Campus Morning...
+ History of the Trunk
Sunday Gray Bay...
Morning Moon over Berkeley Palm...
Ohlone Trail Under BART...
Blue Growth...
Morning Around Aquatic Park...
Between Storms From Indian Rock...
Predawn Shattuck North Berkeley...
MLK Middle Sunday Morning...
Morning Wisps...
Bay Sunrise...
Wilder Life Morning Encounter...
Sunrise up Manor Path...
Brutalist On Campus...
Oakland Estuary Morning...
Sunset over South Berkeley Farmers Market...
Hills' Premium...
Another Pastel Morning...
New Year's Morning above the Rose Garden...
New Years Eve Morning Indian Rock in Pastel.. 
Yellow Frames Yellow Frames...
Christmas at Hermosa Beach...
SF Beach Weather in Manhattan Beach...
Last Stairs to Holy Hill...
Dragon Bath Day...
Straight Up Spear...
Holy on Holy Hill...
Golden Fall in the Morning...
Above China Beach...
West Oakland Street Box Art...
Cloud in the Wires...
Empty Launch Structure...
SF from MLK Middle School
Happy Thanksgiving! 
Dewy Red Momiji [紅葉]...
Pre-storm Dawn...
Sunrise Berkeley Palms...
Brilliant Default Morning View...

 Berkeley 5K Morning...





Bright Market Morning...
Dawn Amongst the Rocks...
Dawn Sky Over LA (Ave)...
Golden Fluff in the Morning...
Campanile Bright Morning...
Up in the morning...
Yerba Buena Lane Reflections...
Pastel Morning...
From Cesar Chavez Park...
Oakland Remembrance Wall...
Predawn Shining City...
Morning City from Holy Hill...
Mosaic Tiny Library...
Berkeley Public Library Old Lobby...
Oakland Second Street Morning...
Mr. Mopps Mural in Progress...

Green Porch...
MLK Back Stairs...
Contrasts on 12th...
14th Street to Downtown
...
Predawn West St...
Home-n-seek on Oxford...
Sunday Back Redwood Terrace...
Holy Hill Exit...
Sunrise Reflection...
Sunday Spire and Clouds...
Oakland BART Clouds Intersection...
Sunrise Up Virginia...
Waiting Throne on West...
Pastel Morning over Vine...

 Noon Jazz at Hertz Hall...

"Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny..." - F. Zappa


Tiena Elias/Julius Zimmerman Duo

7 piece ensemble with Monk and more... 


Rustic Berkeley - Stone Wall
Bright Trunk in the Morning...
Tomato Patch on Delaware...

 38 Years and Still Going...



Celebrated at the girl and the fig in Sonoma, one of our favorites












stone fruit galette with vanilla bean ice cream
[profiteroles with chocolate sauce in the background]






Wavy Gravy Still Shining...
Lonely Fern...
First Hertz Hall Noon Concert in a while...
Scenic Fog...
Oakland Treasure...
Mmmm Fog...
Berkeley penguin with trainer...
{For Dee}
From PSR Backyard...
Hmmm...
The Bay down Rose...
Peek through a portal...
Foggy morning up Indian Rock...
Ringing the bear princess bell...
Paths through PSR...
Driveway to the Bay...
Holding up little full moon...
Morning lines over Beverly...
Indian Rock up close...
Through a yard to the Bay...
Waiting for a pick up...
Garber to Monkey Island...
Front yard chalkboard...
Dreamcatcher...
Berkeley shoreline morning...
Vincente Trail rails...
Neighborhood Fuchsia...

 Halting Monocle...



 Never tire of this view...



Mom over Berkeley palm...
Summer Marine Layer Sunday Morning...
BUSD Corner...
Sunrise over Edible Schoolyard...
The City behind the Chimney...
Empty Campus...
Sidewalk art on Ordway...
Succulent Sagga...
Jurassic alternative...
Bloomrise...
California 4th Reflection...
Morning Rock Meditation...
Berkeley Palm Sunrise...

Psych-Eye on Scenic...


 

Marin at the end of Sonoma...
Normandy in Berkeley...
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End of Vine...
Waiting horn...
Chickens on West Street...
Thank You Rose Street...
SF Bay Summer Morning....
Berkeley Bug ???
Peak Indian Rock...
Sonoma Prayer Wheels in the Morning Sun...
Front yard chase on Shattuck...
Bright umbrellas still in Old Oakland...
Hills to the Bay on a postcard Sunday...

Living room of our little Airbnb "Castle" - includes a huge bedroom and funky bathroom...


 

Through the Tyrolean Alps...
Rose Queen on her throne...
First morning out since the trip - loving local walls...
Camp Winnarainbow in Full Bloom...
New variation...
White Wisteria morning...
Low hanging wisteria...
Lurking on Arch...
Final - impactful - exhibit Pier24 Photography
Escaping Roses...
Big Sur View on Beverly...
Free Stuff on Terrace Path...
Ready for incoming...
Rustic Berkeley - lower Strawberry Creek...
Through the Tyrolean Alps...
Rose Queen on her throne...
First morning out since the trip - loving local walls...
Camp Winnarainbow in Full Bloom...
New variation...
White Wisteria morning...
桜 [Sakura] on Campus...
Eunice to the Bay...
Morning Ghoul Bus...
Umbrellas of Old Oakland...
Dimensional Elephant breakout on San Miguel...
もみじ Momiji in the Morning...
Delaware to the Bay...
Diablo Swept Bay from the Rose Garden...
Low hanging wisteria...
Lurking on Arch...
Final - impactful - exhibit Pier24 Photography
Escaping Roses...
Big Sur View on Beverly...
Free Stuff on Terrace Path...
Ready for incoming...
Rustic Berkeley - lower Strawberry Creek...
Alone on Peralta...
In Cordonices...