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The ZOOm chronicles… part 4…

Birds… The San Diego zoo has quite a lot of them. There are two huge walk-through aviaries, and numerous ponds and enclosures. And birds are pretty awesome… descendants of ancient reptiles that traded in their scales for feathers. And those … Continue reading

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The ZOOm chronicles… part 2…

Whenever I go to the zoo, I take a bunch of pictures, and then have to figure out what order to post them in. I try to save the most exciting animals for last… which, I guess, means that I … Continue reading

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The ZOOm chronicles… part 1…

Guess where I took Olivia today? What? No… I didn’t feed her to a freekin’ snow leopard… what is wrong with you? Would I do that to this kid? No, I would not. I did, however, take her to the … Continue reading

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Some ducks…

I was at a park this evening for a… non-duck-related reason, and I took these pictures. That guy walked right up to me and nuzzled my knee when I crouched down. So yeah… some ducks.  

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Saying goodbye to my mom… no… she isn’t dead… we just left her in the Bay Area…

There she is, that feisty ninety-something-year-old… playing our antique player piano… the cardiovascular workout of the early 1900’s… with one of the tikis I carved for her looking on, bedecked in its Christmas finery! We spent our last night in … Continue reading

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For the birds… which is a polite way of saying I am less than thrilled about the rest of the decade being run by a racist, sexist orangutan…

How is that for a title of a post that is really just a bunch of pictures of birds I took in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco while I waited for my wife, daughter and her boyfriend to finish up … Continue reading

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The bridge… now with less words and more me!!!

Selfie time! Gratuitous artsy bridge shot! Stop photobombing my selfies! The city! Seriously… you are getting on my nerves… I’m just trying to find the bridge… (bonus score if you know what band wrote the song those lyrics are in)… … Continue reading

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It’s beginning to look a lot like recycled Christmas… part 1…

Because why let all these pictures and posts go to waste? Think of them as ghosts of Christmas post… uh… I mean past…

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What? We are almost at the end of the exciting stories and pictures of your latest adventure to the Bay Area? Tell me it ain’t so, cousin Arthur!

Yes, little cousin Campbell, I am afraid that is absolutely true. Oh, I still have a few posts to do, but we are nearing the end of the journey. I sure had fun hanging out with you, little guy. And … Continue reading

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Yeah… I did that…

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