Berkeley
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Very small, actually tiny, but quite colorful bell-shaped flowers. The photo was taken in the late afternoon, and the flower was in a location with deep shade.
Peregrine Falcon, hunting to feed its three fledgling offspring.
Old OSH Water Tower, Berkeley, California
Three blended images.
San Francisco and the Bay Bridge, from Berkeley, California
Eighteen stacked images, aligned and averaged.
“It is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken possession of their habitat, breeding and multiplying, and clearly lacking any strong hand to keep them down.”
― Agatha Christie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zrqM85B5ik
My son shares my love of books, so when we were walking in downtown Berkeley, the first place we stopped at, after brunch, was the bookstore :))
I also learned that Berkeley has no chain stores at all
Not even a Mickey D's!
He has been there for 4 years and its a fact I did not know :))
I was utterly impressed!!
Only mom&pop stores, all so quaint and beautiful
One reason why he does not eat fast food when home ;)
This bookstore was full of mostly used books
We spent an hour there, and I could have spent an entire day without knowing where the time went.
Bought a book he wanted me to read
The feel of a used book is unlike another
There is so much love within the pages
I much prefer pages to the Nook I own, and that I've probably used to read only one book :/
I like the touch and feel of paper, as my eyes skim the words
It is such beautiful pleasure :))
LOL...
Now that's rambling for ya :))))
Have a beautiful day, my dear friends
Your support means the world to me
Thank you for always making the time for my images
xxxx
An allée of London Plane trees, just like Paris!
One of the formal entries to the University of California at Berkeley campus. (and part of my normal morning walking trail)
I read recently that many of the formal parks in Paris favor London Plane trees in their allées.
Otherwise known as Sather Tower.
Sather Tower, completed in 1915 and opened to the public in 1916, is a bell tower with clocks on its four faces on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. It is more commonly known as The Campanile for its resemblance to the Campanile di San Marco in Venice. It is a recognizable symbol of the university.
Given by Jane K. Sather in memory of her husband, banker Peder Sather, it is the third-tallest bell-and-clock-tower in the world. Its current 61-bell carillon, built around a nucleus of 12 bells also given by Jane Sather, can be heard for many miles and supports an extensive program of education in campanology.
Domestic fences in Berkeley generally favor a style that is vaguely Asian, filtered through the Craftsman period, c. 1915. Here is a rather common one, new, in front of a simple two-story house. “Simple” does not mean cheap! Nothing is cheap in Berkeley, especially not houses and the outdoor “furnishings “that go with them.
HFF!