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A panoramic view of the sun setting from a rooftop on Grove Street. Photo by Mike LaHood/SF Public Press.
Over the rooftops
and over the city
I'm calling your name.
With no one to turn to
it's easier to stay in a state
of dreaming.
Into the forest
and down to the harbor
I wander alone.
My pockets are empty,
but my heart is filled
with something close to divine.
All through my days
I've been making up stories
about you and me
as long as we're together
there's no way I could think
of anything else.
Over the hours
and into the dark night
my mind is at peace.
I know in time
everything I wonder
will show.
I'm not longing for something out of reach.
I'm not waiting for you to be someone else.
But I'd just like to be with you tonight
without any worries on what's to come tomorrow.
Animal ornaments commonly decorate the corners of roofs. The more animals the more important the building. On the far right is a dragon and on the left an immortal rides a phoenix.
Only the Hal of Supreme Harmony has 10 animals.
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I pulled out my old Nikon F100 last weekend, thinking there was still some film in it that I should finish shooting. I hadn't touched the camera in while and unfortunately, I had not removed its 4 (regular) AA batteries. While removing the batteries and attempting to clean the corrosion off the contacts, I inadvertently snapped off a part of the plastic battery casing. For a camera that was expensive at the time, the battery casing was ridiculously flimsy. The replacement part is no longer being made, so the few that are available for sale on eBay are very expensive. I'm going to try to glue the broken pieces together, hoping they will hold long enough to get the long-expired film out. I remember being pleased when I bought the camera that it took regular AA batteries, but that small cost-saving feature has seemingly cost me the whole camera. (As a side note, the 4 lithium AA batteries that I found in the camera's separate flash unit had not corroded. I'm not sure if they were newer or if the lithium ones are less likely to corrode.)
Meanwhile, I took another look at my even older Nikon N6006 with a renewed admiration for its simple and sturdy single 6V lithium battery compartment. I bought a new battery for it, and now need to find some film.
I don't remember which of the two cameras took this shot, but I do know it was from another long-expired roll of film.