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A three bridge adventure… part 5… (oh look, it’s another bridge)…

I suppose this is almost the halfway point of my three bridge adventure… or at least it will be once I drive halfway over that bridge right there. But I sent myself on another little detour first, getting off the … Continue reading

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A three bridge adventure… part 4… (in which I make an unexpected detour)…

Back to the adventure. I was on the return leg of my circuitous driving adventure around the Bay Area. I had been up the coast North of San Francisco, and was heading back to the city. Highway One was closed … Continue reading

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A three bridge adventure… part 3… (on birds, water,and water birds)…

That, I believe, is a turkey vulture. I am back in San Diego now. I left my mom’s house in the Bay Area very early this morning. But I am not done sharing the pictures of my little driving adventure … Continue reading

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A three bridge adventure… part 1…

Well, I am all caught up, but three days behind… by which I mean we finally finished all those pesky rose and sunset and San Francisco posts, and I can start telling you about my big driving adventure around the … 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 4…

I should have used that photo for a caption contest post: “Stella!” But I can see how you might be confused about how raccoons fit into this series of posts. I was confused too. The last thing I expected to … 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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A rose garden, a sunset, and a city by a bay… part 1…

Another thing I like to do when visiting my  mom in the Bay Area is drive up to the Berkeley Rose Garden. It is part of the University of California, Berkeley, and rose breeders from all over the world send … Continue reading

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