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New Year’s Eve in Downtown Sacramento

2009-01-03T12:30:00.000-08:00

We spent New Year’s Eve in Downtown Sacramento for Sacramento’s first ball drop. I took this photo from the balcony of our hotel room at the Hyatt. I love the way the lights interact with the fog; it...

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Scenic Fence Version 2

2008-11-15T09:42:00.000-08:00

In a previous post I posted this same photo, pretty much strait out of the camera. In this version I leveled the horizon and used Adobe Lightroom to digitally "develop" the photo. It's similar to...

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Skyline Blvd

2008-10-30T23:14:00.000-07:00

Skyline Blvd overlooking the San Francisco Bay Area. The vineyard in the foreground is Thomas Fogarty.

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Death Among Friends

2008-10-29T00:53:00.000-07:00

On the south shore of Lake Tahoe I came across this dead tree surrounded by live trees. It felt as if the live trees stood by their friend on his deathbed, and now mourn the passing of their friend.

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CalSTRS' New HQ

2008-10-26T13:04:00.000-07:00

I took this picture of the new CalSTRS building back in March but didn’t get around to doing anything with it till now. The picture was taken from the bank of the Sacramento River in Old Sacramento.

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Scenic Fence

2008-07-27T01:33:00.000-07:00

We took the scenic route from Santa Cruz to Sacramento and captured this lovely view on Stage Road between Pescadero and San Gregorio.

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Lake Tahoe Picture

2008-07-08T22:54:00.000-07:00

Here's another picture from the nature walk we took at Taylor Creek. The south shore of Lake Tahoe is visible on the right.

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From the Ashes

2008-07-06T21:03:00.000-07:00

While we were on a nature walk at Taylor Creek we took a small detour down a forest service road. We came upon the charred remains of some trees in a clearing. As I was contemplating the best angle...

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Smokey City

2008-06-27T22:29:00.000-07:00

The smokey skies of Downtown Sacramento looking west from 801 K Street. The smoke is due to wild fires in the area.

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Pink Door

2008-05-14T22:22:00.000-07:00

A small, pink door on Bourbon Street, French Quarter, New Orleans, LA.

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New Reflections

2008-05-01T20:28:00.000-07:00

The U.S. Bank Tower at 621 Capitol Mall reflected in the glass of the building at 555 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA.

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Bird of Paradise

2008-04-28T06:53:00.000-07:00

Stolen strait from Wikipedia: Strelitzia reginae is a monocotyledonous flowering plant indigenous to South Africa. Common names include Strelitzia, Crane Flower or Bird of Paradise, though these...

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Learning to Fly

2008-04-18T21:11:00.000-07:00

The birds in the nest outside my bedroom window hatched. This is one of the babies learning to fly.

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First Day of Spring

2008-03-20T19:53:00.000-07:00

A bird's nest outside my bedroom window. I don't know what kind of bird it is. It looks like the same one that was there last spring.

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Moon Construction

2008-03-13T18:08:00.000-07:00

The Moon over West Sacramento, CA. The photo was shot from the east bank of the Sacramento River in Sacramento, CA

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Contrail Shadow

2008-02-08T18:32:00.000-08:00

The shadow of a contrail in the sky over Sacramento, CA.

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Setting The Sun

2008-02-07T22:18:00.000-08:00

Even construction equipment can be beautiful with the right background. Designed by architect Ed Kado, the Bank of the West Tower is being built by Tskakopoulos Investments. When completed it will be...

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K Street at Night

2007-12-22T08:20:00.000-08:00

K Street Mall Sacramento, CA, taken from the Downtown Plaza Mall. St Rose of Lima park, with it's ice skating rink, is on the left. St Rose of Lima Station (light rail) is in the center. The tall...

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Christmas at the Capitol

2007-12-12T07:31:00.000-08:00

The California State Capitol building with the Christmas tree and menorah. This shot is a perfect example of why I need a tripod.

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Orange Flower

2007-10-12T06:54:00.000-07:00

An orange flower I saw the other day.

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Capture the Clouds, Part 2

2007-10-06T19:14:00.000-07:00

The building that dominates the left side of the picture is the U.S. Bank Tower, a 25-story office tower developer David Taylor is building at 621 Capitol Mall Sacramento, CA. The new and the old...

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How do I get to ... ?

2007-10-01T21:14:00.000-07:00

One of the nice things about Downtown Sacramento is the signing. There are signs everywhere telling how to get to the capitol, Old Sac, the freeways, etc. This might be going a little too far though.

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Department of …

2007-09-19T06:26:00.000-07:00

I've been wondering what this place is and why they are so cryptic about the name of the department. If they wanted to be discrete they should get rid of the “Department of”. It peaked my curiosity...

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Don't be stupid

2007-08-09T06:14:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we went to Ozzfest in Mountain View, CA. I’ve been going to Ozzy concerts since the ‘80s. Ozzy was great. Zakk Wylde was awesome. It was definitely worth the $20 parking. Smuggle your...

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Fannette Island

2007-08-08T18:33:00.000-07:00

Fannette is part of Emerald Bay State (California) Park and the only island in Lake Tahoe. The structure that looks like a castle is the “Tea House” built by Mrs. Lora Josephine Knight. To learn more...

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