hard to climb but once you get to the top the view is beautiful.

~ Daniel Monroe

It is baby time again! We visited one of our favorite local parks. What a pleasant surprise to see bunches of baby ducklings and goslings waddling around following mum. We spotted this little guy all by himself. He was chirping quite loudly and walking around looking for mum. Fortunately, park staff was on hand to make sure he found his way home, safe and sound. It was a lovely day.

Pier 7 reaches into San Francisco Bay adjacent to the San Francisco Belle and the Bay Bridge.

View from Lick Observatory, Mt Hamilton.

The rugged landscape of Kirby Cove along the Marin Headlands coast, California.

An old staircase leads from the beach near the Sutro Baths ruins at San Francisco’s Lands End.

A boat dragged ashore at China Camp Village in China Camp State Park near San Rafael, California.

It's time to decoration again for the holidays..

Two male brown pelicans gliding over the water on their way to the Golden Gate Bridge

Waves crash onto the rocky shoreline along San Francisco’s Lands End.

This moonrise image was taken from Moore Rd Pier, Sausalito in Northern California.

About the Alcatraz in different languages:

/《Alcatraz Island》 / 《惡魔島》 / 《アルカトラズ島》/

/ 《L'île d'Alcatraz》 / 《La isla de Alcatraz》 / 《Alcatraz》 /

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Earlier each day.

A snowy egret flying by me

This butterfly was very busy moving around before it sat for a couple of seconds to let me take its picture. This was taken just before the swallowtail flew in.

While I'm stuck at home, I expect to be posting more views shot from the end of my building's hallway. Take care, everyone....🙏

Paddling around the back side of Brooks Island, you come across another, smaller island - just a big rock, really - owned by pelicans, gulls, and cormorants. As this flock flew over, it seemed like their hive mind was conflicted about whether to land or to keep going.

On a road trip with my son to the Miata Reunion in Sonoma, we stopped near the bridge for some photos.

A panoramic view of San Francisco’s Financial District and Telegraph Hill on a cloudy day, as seen from Pier 7 along the Embarcadero.

SF Oakland Bay Bridge and and overview from the Berkeley heights.

I love this point and lone tree at Point San Pablo, guarding the harbor

mission bay - san francisco, california

Pigeon Point Light Station, Pescadero, California

© 2008

A flock of shorebirds rises above local fishermen at the abandoned warehouse near Ferry Point

Was doing my usual run and caught this surprise red sky on the way back as it was gloomy and rainy the whole afternoon. This is also for anyone who moved away from Bay Area and still misses it a little. :-)

The cable car comes up Hyde Street in San Francisco against the backdrop of Alcatraz.

San Francisco Bay Area.

Keep your distance!

It’s very common in Bay Area wild places in summer!

highway 580 - laurel, oakland, california

Smell of autumn after rain in local neighborhood, some heart warming acoustics, fall sweaters, internal gratitudes with all that life has offered so far. And some sweet homemade apple pies.

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Taking the Sigma Art 24mm f/1.4 for a test drive in the Berkeley Hills. Nice lens. Some small back-focusing challenges out of the box, corrected with the Sigma USB dock. Certainly not ideal, but outside of that the lens shines, and at a more tolerable price, relative to the competition. [Canon 6d / Sigma Art 24mm f/1.4]