Category Archives: My travels

Detours: A California adventure… part 1; Goodbye San Francisco…

Posted on January 3, 2018 by pouringmyartout

I left my mom’s house on New Year’s Eve, after the Christmas madness, the house full of too many people, family drama, people getting sick, the double Christmas dinner, the exhaustion and post-Christmas letdown… and I stopped on Treasure Island … Continue reading →

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Because, really, who ever gets tired of Bay Area sunsets???

Posted on December 29, 2017 by pouringmyartout

So yeah, my two daughters and I, along with a couple of my brothers and a nephew and niece, all went down to that dog park overlooking San Francisco Bay. If I look happy, it is because I was just … Continue reading →

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A vase that looks like a sunset, a heart trapped in glass… and a real sunset… that looks like a vase… maybe?

Posted on December 29, 2017 by pouringmyartout

My mom loved the vase I made for her in my glass blowing classes. It now resides on top of her old player piano. My wife loved the little vase I made for her in colors that match our remodeled … Continue reading →

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Christmas, space ships… and a monkey…

Posted on December 26, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Christmas at my mom’s house in the Bay Area. Did I even do a post yesterday? I was so busy, I can’t remember. A huge, fancy dinner for 18 people… which we will do again tonight… with all the same … Continue reading →

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Well, you knew we would end up in San Francisco during our Christmas trip, right?… part 2…

Posted on December 24, 2017 by pouringmyartout

No, that isn’t a really long cable car. That is three cable cars in a row. But you can’t have a post about San Francisco without cable cars. Right now, we are getting ready to eat dinner. It’s Pizza. Because … Continue reading →

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Well, you knew we would end up in San Francisco during our Christmas trip, right?… part 1…

Posted on December 24, 2017 by pouringmyartout

I had to go up in a very tall, scary, glass elevator for that photo. It’s Christmas eve, and we did our annual pilgrimage to the city. Bong, James Bong. That’s not even a real dog. We always head across … Continue reading →

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Cows, cars, and Christmas…

Posted on December 23, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Well, we are back at my mom’s house in the Bay Area. The Christmas madness is going to begin. There will be 16 or more people living here for the next few days, and more coming in and out. And … Continue reading →

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A puppy in a tutu, a setting sun, a setting moon, and a rising sun… (the end of my latest journey to the Bay Area)…

Posted on October 7, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Okay, it isn’t really a tutu, it’s a… well, I don’t know what it was… or what it was for… but it was fake fur wrapped around an elastic band forming a circle… and it looked pretty funny on the … Continue reading →

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A three bridge adventure… the final chapter… (full circle)…

Posted on October 7, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Okay, I skipped ahead just a little. I took that photo back on Treasure Island in the middle of San Francisco Bay. But I do like to have a good photo show up on the topic pages. Technically speaking, I … Continue reading →

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A three bridge adventure… part 6… (and yes, that really is a Civil War-era fort tucked under the bridge)…

Posted on October 6, 2017 by pouringmyartout

I know, it seems crazy that they built a fort underneath the Golden Gate Bridge. That’s because that is crazy. They built the fort, Fort Point, way back during the American Civil War, during the 1860’s, to protect the mouth … Continue reading →

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