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A bunch of artsy photographs of San Francisco… because I’m artsy… and I was in San Francisco… part 2…

A bridge too far… Spot, the cat… The fifth column… Amusement… Wired in… Sit and Stay… Looming… Shadow chains… Flutterby… Chilly… Reach for the sky… Air shark… Lines… Crossed out… Fishercat’s Wharf… wait… is that even a fish? I thought … Continue reading

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And now, a bunch of artsy photographs of San Francisco… because I’m artsy… and I was in San Francisco…

A tall building. A window. The inside of a tall building. A few tall buildings. Creepy figures… on a building. A cluster of tall buildings. A tall tree. Some flowers. Reflections on the inside of a car window. Parts of … Continue reading

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Random pictures… without those annoying words I always add… of Neuschwanstein castle, the town below it… and that other, smaller, yellow castle on the hill nearby, which I really should remember something about, but I don’t…

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Munich… part 2… sums and parts and fancy clocks and chicken-dragons…

The thing… and this is a thing about a Glockenspiel, so how cool is that?… about the Glockenspiel… (see, I told you)… is that it is really just a big, fancy clock. But the thing… and this is a thing about … Continue reading

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The real England… part 4… (or); Well, it ain’t exactly Downton Abbey, but…

After our trip to the cemetery to visit a bunch of our no-longer-amongst-the-living relatives, our cousin took us to what they call in England a ‘stately home’. This term generally refers to huge estates and mansions, but it also includes historic places … Continue reading

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The Tower… the final chapter…

I think nothing sums up the history of the Tower of London like the new buildings that are popping up in the city around it… It is the juxtaposition of the ancient stone battlements and the ultramodern skyscrapers that is … Continue reading

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Willie is growing up too fast…

Okay, he might not be as tall as Big Johnny, his dad… but he did turn two-years-old. Which means we had to drive back over the bridge again… And through the streets of San Francisco, with its trademark architecture… I … Continue reading

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Oh, Willie…

Look at my little buddy. He has his bib on. He is ready to go out for some lunch. And that is exactly what we did. But first we stopped by a little farmer’s market. And I had to take … Continue reading

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Arizona movin’… Part 5…

If you like statues of horses, or sculptures of horses, or any kind of horse-related art, Scottsdale Arizona is your kind of town… We were only there for three days… And we were pretty busy helping Jessica and Jason get … Continue reading

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I think I grew up in the Shire… Part 2…

Who wouldn’t like to live in a nice, warm, dry home under a big mound of grass-covered earth? But since most of us didn’t, I am going back to sharing my pictures of Hobbity looking things in the town I … Continue reading

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