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The tripod is your friend…
…and of course we all know this. Nevertheless, I was reminded of it twice recently, besides the comment by the pro photographer at Mono Lake who quoted Ansel Adams that any tripod that can be carried...
View ArticleLivermore Art Walk 2007…
…was today. The rain clouds parted and gave us a beautiful fall day for the occasion! Th Livermore Art Walk, presented by the Tri-Valley Art Guild and produced with help from the City of Livermore and...
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Got Lucky…
Some of each kind… I went to pick up an photo ID today, and unfortunately they were using a Windows® program to create the badge. The Program was running on Windows 2000®, which I have used and is...
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I started the day with good intentions…
I really did…and you know what “the road to hell is paved with….” Today was going to be a “run the reports, square away the accounting, put up the Christmas tree, and send out some business letters”...
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Snow on the hilltops
One of the occasional treats (that’s right, in California, snow is a treat ) that I experience in the winter is a glimpse of snow on the hilltops south of Livermore, in the Ohlone Wilderness. The...
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Preserving Wonderland: Brushy Peak Regional Preserve
Lately, I have been feeling like an “unintentional archivist.” Local development of lands both north and south of Livermore means that some areas that I have photographed in recent years will never...
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Springtime in California
Springtime in California can take you by surprise sometimes. A week ago, at my daughter’s wedding, I noticed the pink color of the stems and new leaves starting to unfold from a tree in a courtyard...
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Ride through the vineyards
Today, it was 60 degrees F at 3 PM, and I decided that I was overdue for a motorcycle ride through the vineyards. Firstly, I needed a ride. Those of you who ride motorcycles know how difficult it is...
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Brushy Peak Regional Preserve: a warm visit
Today, I hiked into the Brushy Peak Regional Preserve, north of Livermore, about which I blogged earlier. I will not rehash the earlier blog entry, which describes the history, flora, and fauna of...
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Ravenswood, Livermore CA
Ravenswood was built by Christopher A. Buckley, Sr. (1845-1922; known as the “Blind Boss” of San Francisco in the 1870s and 1880s) as a summer home for the Buckley family from 1885-1920. At that...
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Livermore Valley Harvest Wine Celebration 2008
Life is a celebration! Sometimes it is easy to forget that. We can easily become numbed by life’s struggles, unemployment at the state and national level, inflation, politics, short-sightedness,...
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Pigeon Pass and Vallecitos Road
Today I had lunch with a long-time friend and former coworker. In doing so, I followed a route that I had taken quite frequently to Silicon Valley, but the road has changed. I had taken the changed...
View ArticleA Different View
Tonight, I had the extreme pleasure of attending the reception and awards ceremony for “A Different View: Taking a New Look at Our East Bay Regional Parks,” an exhibit at The Bankhead Theater in...
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ArtWalk 2008
Today, we visited ArtWalk 2008 in downtown Livermore. As the Web site states, ” Artwalk Livermore isn’t another booth-upon-booth arts festival.” The streets of downtown Livermore were left open and...
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Cold, lights, and Deacon Dave’s
“News and weather” folks in California are amazingly parochial (definition 3). Perhaps it is because California has a pretty-good-sized ocean to the west, and mountains and deserts to the east, natural...
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AMGEN® Tour of California 2009
Leg 1 of the AMGEN® Tour of California cycling race (the most significant cycling race outside of Europe, dare we say, Le Tour de France? is underway today, from Davis (home of the University of...
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“The time has come…
…,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things:…” - Lewis Carroll, “The Walrus and The Carpenter” from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1871 Right now, the time has come to talk...
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Livermore Wine Country Festival 2009
It’s that time again! The Livermore Wine Country Festival is this weekend, May 2 and 3. Hours are 10AM-6PM on Saturday and 10AM-5PM on Sunday. Almost everything that you could possibly want to know...
View ArticleUS Bank Show in Livermore, CA
Over 90 pieces of art are on display at LAA‘s US Bank Show at 2125 Second St., Livermore, from now through July 7. Paintings, photography, and 3D art objects are on display! A reception and awards...
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