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» Photos prior to July 2003 are mostly taken with a Mamiya 500DTL; most photos after that are taken with a digital Toshiba PDR-3300.

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Projects/elsewhere

Photoblogs.org . Enchanted Ceiling . Photo Friday . Mirror Project . Leap Day in the Life . Photojunkie Christmas . Small Spiral Notebook (bio)

See also:

PHO! Dailyish . flora (updated 040209) . Big Sky (updated 040221) . Mirrors (updated 040209) . Moon . I like . Faces

Oakland and beyond

040301, 040303 Oakland: Lafayette Square, Piedmont neighborhood
040227 Oakland: storm and after
040223 Oakland: mostly Radio
040222 SF with Aynne and one in Oakland
040220 Oakland: Crepes, Chinatown with Aynne and a sunset
040215 Oakland: Lake Merritt
040208 Treasure Island
040130 Oakland: Downtown: MLK, Telegraph, Chinatown
040125 San Francisco Presidio: Two cemeteries and one bridge
031216 Our Christmas tree
031130 Cafe du Nord: Fannypack!
031020-23 Central Coast: Chad's birthday (Cambria to Monterey)
030917 San Francisco, bay, Oakland: D'arby's 13th Birthday
030913 Alameda: The 13th Annual D'arbycue
030824 Oakland: Radio
030823-22 Alameda: Park Street by day and by night
030823 San Gregorio State Beach
030822 Oakland: More nighttime: E. 14 and the Port
030820 Oakland: Downtown at night
030819 Oakland: Grand and Lakeshore Avenues and Lake Merritt and Fairyland and the bandshell and Lake Merritt and downtown and One sunset
030817 Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
030813 Mental girls
030812 Oakland: 11th & Jefferson
030811 Alameda: China House
030810 BBQ with Jen & Scott
030809 Vallejo: The 17th Annual Reggae BBQ
030809 Vallejo: Wayne and Mark's house
030809 Carquinez Bridge span addition
030808 Oakland: Pacific Coast with Mo & Co.
030807 Oakland: Lunch at We Love Sushi!
030807, 030805 Oakland: Chinatown and downtown
030805 Alameda: A summer evening at the beach
030802 Oakland: Jhames' 29th birthday
030729 Oakland: Old Oakland
030728 The Pound SF: Oslo
030619-29 Pacific Northwest: Our Summer Vacation

Mini-galleries!

Courtesy of uigui.org, though I ended up taking out the MT tags because it was easier for me that way. I did, however, make an MT category archives template (if you'd like a copy, download for mac or for pc, but don't ask me anything about it because I don't know.)

2003 Miscellaneous scenery 1 and 2
0305 Dress-up days (1930s, 1950s, 1980s)
030524 The Delta 1 and 2
021102 Día de los Muertos 1 and 2
0210 Children of the corn
0206 Gold Country

021031 Halloween
020917 Birthday 12
020914 D'arbycue 12
020720 Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls
020517 Page 33
020925 Three of Chad's baby pictures

Memorial Day Weekend 2002

Chad and Doug at the air show in Salinas or Gilroy or somewhere. [by Chad. good job, honey.]
Chad, all grainy and cropped because of a big ugly light leak.

Lake Berryessa
1. The cove where we picnicked and tried to swim but it was still a bit early in the season and all nipply in the water. notable in that the colors are just about right in this one. in the photos, most of them are, but the scanner leaves a bit to be desired, and i photoshopped the heck out of this one to correct. the others are a bit murky and dark, because i have no patience.
2. My gumby, who is the best-natured boy ever.
3. also the cove.
4. and more cove.
5. from the north end of the lake before heading home.
6. grasses at north end.
7. shot as orchestrated and arranged by Chad, who is all too willing to drive down the middle of the road, but not allowed to handle the camera at the same time.

Trip to Gold Country [Tuolomne, Calaveras, and Amador counties]

22-23 June 2002

Jamestown
1. smiley face on the hill.
2. Jamestown, gateway to the motherlode.
3. our lovely accommodations, the Royal Hotel, on the left, next to double-decker antique-y shop. our car, second from left.
4. I look vaguely constipated, but I'm really just trying to focus. really.
5. our Chad, sitting on the downright comfiest bed i've ever had the pleasure of sleeping on, through our lovely back door.
6. our lovely porch swing, next to our lovely door.
7. our lovely garden, just outside our lovely door.
8. Jamestown hotel.
9. Smoke St.
10. Mother Lode Coffee Shop.
11. old west justice.
12. the cute little church, the cute little moon at twilight.
13. boop in the window.
14. moon over the Jamestown train station. We missed the sunset dinner run.
15. Dr. Tequila's roadhouse.
16. lamps in the Royal Hotel's lobby.
17. apparently, judging by all the plaques and town names [there's even a Twain Harte], Mark Twain and Brett Harte lived everywhere you can imagine within a hundred-mile radius of here.
18. lamp at the haunted Willows Steakhouse, which is quite charming, although the food is so-so.
19. photo-op miniature buildings sheerly for tourism purposes but cute nonetheless. they had these in most of the towns we stopped in.
20. Chad, busted, bailed out with luuuuuv.
21. outhouse for sale. was surprised by how small it was.
22. inquire within.
23. Margaret's Saloon, or Tavern, or Bar, or what have you. it doesn't specify, and didn't seem to be open any of the time we were there, but it might just be the sort of place people enter at first call and don't leave 'til last.

Sonora
1. first home of Wells Fargo in Sonora, the town in which we had the encounter with the bitter visitors' center volunteer ['where you heading?' 'Jackson' 'whatever'. 'where you from?' 'Oakland' 'i'm lived in San Lorenzo, never could stand driving in Oakland'.]

Columbia State Park
1. Chad panning. $3/pan, unless you want them to toss in some gold flakes so you don't feel like a total loser. then it's $5. we just took one unfettered pan, and i grabbed a second when someone left. ha ha! take that! found a bunch of teeny tiny garnets [they even come in blue. i had no idea.] and a couple flakes of gold. think the size of the dust that's floating around in front of you. that big.
2. Douglass Saloon, for wuggie, even if they spelled it wrong.
3. since it's a state park, a restored gold rush town, it's all educational and touristy. they've got carriage rides [$6 a pop] and the streets in the main part of town are closed off to cars.

misc.

1. Casey in the beanie cabana. April 2002.
2. cast party at Zoe's. 19 May 2002.
3. Jonathan at radio with his fancy japanese matches mum brought back. May or June 2002.
4. D'arby, pitch girl of the millenium. Angel Island, 10 June 2002.
5. carving on bench at Mt. Diablo summit, for some of my girls. 16 May 2002.
6. envelope Gen sent, which I want to make into a t-shirt. someone remind me to do this. June 2002.

recent sections

1. general new stuff. [selections will appear in thumbnails section up there.]
2. esther's visit. May 2002. [selections will appear in thumbnails section up there.]
3. Jonathan on the roof. April 2002. [will appear in this frame.]
4. i just love this picture of Chad. [will appear in this frame.]