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Well, I’m sorry if you spent all morning digging your car out of a snowbank, but this is what San Diego looks like right now…

I am also sorry about the quality of these photos, I took them with my phone. That is Mission Bay. That is Mission Beach. Bay side… Beach side… Bay… Beach… with lifeguards still on duty… Nobody had to dig their … 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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And now, more photos of my new friend, some boats, some water, a city, and all without having to look at any more pictures of my size fifteen feet…

My new little buddy Splash. How adorable is she? And, once again, downtown San Diego, California. Boats, from the age of sail to a nuclear warship. How does all of this tie together? Maybe you should have read my last … Continue reading

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A small dog, some big feet, some boats, some water, and a city…

I made a new friend today. That is Splash. She is a dog. A puppy, to be more precise. And those are my size-fifteen feet. Splash is very thoughtful, pondering the workings of nature and so on… I mean, well, … Continue reading

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Oh yeah, a live stage musical comedy, Mr. Eric Idle, and some yellow flowers…

We saw Spamalot last night, after some Mexican food and margaritas! A superb evening of silliness. We saw it at a quaint little theater in Old Town in San Diego. I saw some nice yellow flowers between dinner and the … Continue reading

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Sky stuff… sunsets and hot air balloons…

Just another evening at my new job in San Diego.

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Another nice San Diego sunset…

I have started to take double photos with my phone when the light is fading. I take one where I touch the screen to focus the camera, and one where I don’t do that… I am not sure which is … Continue reading

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I heard this loud ‘whooshing’ sound…

I was sitting in the gate guard house at my new job as a private security officer for a luxury gated community. I suddenly heard this loud whooshing sound outside. I knew I had heard the sound before, but it … Continue reading

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We ended up back at this place…

You might recognize it. It was a big part of a movie called: Some Like It Hot, with Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, and Tony Curtis. My wife and I stayed here once for her birthday weekend. I did posts about … Continue reading

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Detours: A California adventure… the final chapter; Almost home…

Back in Southern California… sun-drenched… palm trees swaying in the gentle sea breeze… I mean, yeah, a lot of those palm trees now look like burnt matchsticks… And, days after I took these photos, on my three-day adventure through California, … Continue reading

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