Although I still have quite a lot of photos of the Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden to share, I thought today I would take a break and offer up something different. Just the other day Google Photos reminded me that in mid August 2019 I took a stroll through Portsmouth Square in San Francisco’s Chinatown. My opening image is one of […]
Going deeper into the Botanical Garden, I took the North Trail which led me through the Woodland Forest and closer to the fuchsia garden.
More mid-morning images from the Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden in late October 2023.
If you’re into history (like me) and if you love trees (again, like me) this episode is the perfect fit! Although this episode originally aired over 20 years ago on October 10, 2003, both trees still survive — more or less. You may not see the historic Vizcaino-Serra oak tree standing tall in its original location, but if you are […]
Even though I’m eager to share my most recent shots from San Francisco, I also realized that there are loads of earlier photos still waiting to be seen; and I’m so disorganized that I already forgot about them! So this week I’m going back a few months to our trip to Mendocino in October 2023. One of my favorite spots […]
If I had planned ahead better, I may have booked a tour of the inside of Grace Cathedral. This Gothic beauty sits atop Nob Hill in San Francisco. Despite its elaborate style, this church building is relatively modern; the earlier cathedral, built a bit lower down on the slopes of Nob Hill in 1862, was destroyed by fire in 1906. […]
I have heard the story of San Francisco’s great earthquake and fire in 1906 countless times, but walking around certain parts of the city can still bring the history back to life in unexpected ways. Visiting the California Academy of Sciences in 2016, I entered the earthquake simulator and experienced first the shaking of the Loma Prieta quake in 1989 […]