That was a really long drive in a motor home just to see some birds and flowers…

Wait, what?

That is just plain rude!

Simmer down, I was just kidding. I get to see my mom and another of my brothers, and the Bay Area, and maybe some old friends… but I did have to drive through Los Angeles in a big motor home.

To get back to my city by the bay.

And I love birds.

Look how cute that little Tit Mouse is!

And I got to type the word ‘tit’ on this post in a completely legitimate way, so I can now tag it as free porn, to lure unsuspecting visitors to the blog!

And who doesn’t love dew-covered roses in the garden they grew up playing in?

A Nuthatch!

A Towhee… awwww… he has a hurt foot…

Birds are cool.

And I haven’t even gone out and had any Bay Area adventures yet. I haven’t made it farther than the backyard.

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My mom’s garden: Dew-kissed roses in the morning… part 2…

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Brief moments in the lives of birds; in my mom’s garden… part 3…

Hey, you’re that blog guy. Wait, don’t take my picture by the stupid bird feeder.

Wait, hold on, I’m not ready yet.

How’s that? I’m trying to look thoughtful.

Fierce and determined, that is a good look for me, right?

This is my ‘blue steel’ look.

Alright, I am going to go eat some seeds now. Put the camera down.

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Brief moments in the lives of birds; in my mom’s garden… part 2…

Hey, if you are going to put pictures of me on your blog, tell people I am a Golden Crown Sparrow.

Look, can you see my golden crown? Get a good picture of that.

I think this is my best side.

If I get lower, down on the ground, you might be able to see my crown better.

Okay, I am going to go eat seeds now.

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Brief moments in the lives of birds; in my mom’s garden… part 1…

Oh yeah! I got a big seed!

Oh man, I dropped my seed.

I got a tiny seed!

I love seeds.

I dropped my seed.

Stupid seeds!

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My mom’s garden: Dew-kissed roses in the morning…

No, that dew isn’t fake dew from my spray mister-bottle! I took these in my mom’s backyard, in the Bay Area, where I am staying for a week…

Okay, I am not staying in the backyard, exactly. I am actually sleeping in a motorhome out in front of my mom’s house. Because of the pandemic, and the fact that my mom is 97-years-old.

We are socially distancing, so we sit in the backyard and watch birds and look at flowers.

Considering the time of year, the flowers… and the birds… are doing quite well.

She doesn’t get out much, so she wants me to drive her car around, which means Bay Area adventures and lots of photos.

This was a good way to start my first day.

Okay, fine, Mother Nature makes better dew than my fake stuff.

But it isn’t as reliable.

So yeah…

Get ready for lots of pictures of sunsets, birds, flowers, maybe dogs, and the Bay Area.

Because that is what you are going to get.

See ya!

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Mirror mirror off the wall… the very last one… you know, unless I do some fun digital effects on some of the photos I did the mirror effects on…

We are back where we started, on a picture of a bridge. Not just any bridge, but my favorite bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge, which, ironically, is where I started also, because I was born in San Francisco, and grew up across the bay.

Also, I am leaving tomorrow to visit my 97-year-old mother, who still lives in the house I grew up in.

I guess what I am saying is to prepare yourself for a lot of Bay Area photos, some of which will undoubtedly be of this bridge.

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Mirror mirror off the wall… part 35…

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Mirror mirror off the wall… part 34…

I swear I am almost done with these…

Sort of…

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Mirror mirror off the wall… part 33…

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