Managed to catch the partial solar eclipse yesterday—no fog! But no safe viewing glasses so we improvised.
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A friend of a friend of a friend recommended I step in to help create the artwork for the Academy’s upcoming exhibit, which features the…
Here’s an opportunity to gather together images by season. As those who know me already know, I am obsessed by the seasonal manifestations of our…
Driving around in this variable weather gave me the opportunity to analyze how clouds really look. A lightbulb went off in my head as I…
When I tell people that I do graphic recording, most don’t know what it is. Here are a few snapshots of some of the 8-foot+…
Here is some lichen and old man’s beard I found on a plein air excursion down the peninsula. Lichen is the result of a nice…
When I first came to California, I didn’t recognize a lot of the plants, because so many would never thrive on the East Coast. I…
Last week I took a trip to the Sacramento Valley, where almond blossoms were beginning to come out, and the bee hives had been trucked…
Every year at this time, the berries of the Pyracantha and Cottoneaster get ripe—really ripe as in fermented—and the birds go nuts. It sounds like…
I love making all sorts of pastry, especially when there’s construction involved. I have made a bûche almost every year. Here’s the one for Jan…
On Christmas Day, my friend Nancy took me to the Dolphin Club in San Francisco. I am fascinated at the ability of people to be…
In July I visited Corsica, which is a province of France, though I don’t think the inhabitants are too keen about that. (Witness the crossed…