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Roses are red… I mean, except when they aren’t…

I see a little red on that one, right at the tips of some of the petals. Okay, I admit it, that one is red. And those are certainly red. That is red… fading to pink. Red with yellow highlights. … Continue reading

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Lit-up clouds, crows in an oak tree, an invisible city, and some roses…

Back in the Bay Area, a cool sunset from my mom’s deck last night. The sunset wasn’t much, but there were some clouds that were lit from below and seemed to glow. These photos don’t really capture the opalescent quality … Continue reading

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A special birthday, a long drive, and a new adventure that isn’t going to be all new…

I am back at my mom’s house in the San Francisco Bay Area, so that means pictures of flowers and dogs and sunsets and lots of other stuff. I drove 500 miles, from San Diego to the place I was … Continue reading

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A rose garden, a sunset, and a city by a bay… the final chapter…

This is it! The last of the photos from the Berkeley Rose Garden and of the sunset from Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. Rare roses that might exist in only one or two other places in the world. A … Continue reading

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A rose garden, a sunset, and a city by a bay… part 5…

Okay, I swear, we are almost done with these. Just one more post to go… after this one… Wait… those aren’t roses… I think that is a honeysuckle… why is that in the Berkeley Rose Garden? Or it might be … Continue reading

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A rose garden, a sunset, and a city by a bay… part 3…

What is this all about? What do these things have in common? Is that the Golden Gate Bridge way over there? How do these things tie together? How did you get photos of San Francisco from this angle? Why are … Continue reading

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A rose garden, a sunset, and a city by a bay… part 2…

Yeah, it was that kind of sunset, and I almost missed it. If you don’t know why roses are popping up in here, you didn’t read the first post in the series. There I was, last night, stuck in traffic … Continue reading

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Roses and sunsets… guess where I am…

Yup, I am back in the Bay Area, visiting my mom. So get ready for lots of photos… Yes, there will be pictures of flowers and sunsets… But I will try to throw in some other stuff too. I mean, … Continue reading

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No words… just flowers…

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The rare roses of Berkeley… the final chapter…

So now you know all about the rare roses of Berkeley… or you do if you read the earlier posts in this series. I promised you a story, and here it is: Many years ago… back in a strange time … Continue reading

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