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Detours: A California adventure… part 3; The not-so-Pacific Ocean…

Posted on January 4, 2018 by pouringmyartout

The definition of ‘pacific’ is; ‘peaceful in character or intent’. This is patently untrue of the Pacific Ocean… particularly in Northern California. We are continuing our driving adventure down Highway One, heading South on the California coast, between San Francisco … Continue reading →

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Detours: A California adventure… part 2; The wild edge of America…

Posted on January 3, 2018 by pouringmyartout

So where are we going, exactly, on this epic, three-day, detour-packed adventure down the coast of California, I hear you wondering? Do not be in such a hurry, fellow traveler! Like all good adventures, this one will unfold before us … Continue reading →

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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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Can a San Francisco Bay Area sunset be improved upon with digital artistic filters???… part 2…

Posted on December 31, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Still no… but the emboss filter did come out kind of cool… Here is the original photo I took the other night. Nothing I did digitally comes close to that level of beauty. That being said, if these were bigger, … Continue reading →

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Can a San Francisco Bay Area sunset be improved upon with digital artistic filters???… part 1…

Posted on December 30, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Obviously, the answer is a resounding no. But that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be fun to try it with a few of the photos I took the other night. And we might get some good art out of this experiment. … 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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That crazy Christmas dinner… that we do twice… part 2…

Posted on December 28, 2017 by pouringmyartout

The flaming plum pudding, a staple of our fancy English Christmas double-dinners. I won’t tell you about plum pudding again. I do every year. Search back for it, or Google it. But it is hard to take a picture of … Continue reading →

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That crazy Christmas dinner… that we do twice… part 1…

Posted on December 27, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Christmas dinner at my mom’s house in the San Francisco Bay Area has evolved into a complicated, two-headed beast. We do a full, traditional English Christmas dinner on Christmas day… and then we do it again the following day. It … Continue reading →

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Christmas monkey!!!

Posted on December 26, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Hey, don’t judge us… we have weird Christmas traditions. Okay, technically, giving cheap rubber masks as gifts isn’t really a tradition… yet… It might be, starting next year. My 94-year-old mother. She makes a good koala. Ummm…. We do have … Continue reading →

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