The New Bridge

“What need the bridge much broader than the flood?”
William Shakespeare 1564-1616

Because of damage done in the 1989 earthquake, what the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge needed was a good seismic retrofit. It turned out that was more efficient to build a new bridge than to retrofit the old one. This is a photo taken two years ago when the new span of the Bay Bridge was being built. The bridge is closed this week-end and will reopen using the new span on Tuesday.

Not So Little

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back
and realize they were the big things."
Robert Brault

Late in the day on Monterey Bay

Abstact Post

“If you make pictures you are bound to be an abstract painter on some level.”
George Green

A photograph of the top of a wood post. Reality on some level.

No Peeking

“Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.”
Richard Roeper

Man + light of day.

What's Behind

"Surfing's one of the few sports that you look ahead to see what's behind"
Laird Hamilton

Done for the day...

Much Warmer

“A daughter is a day brightener and a heart warmer.”
Author unknown

Shannon and Anaïs… daughter and granddaughter

Variety

“Variety is the spice of life”
American proverb

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, is it a poodle?

...And Sorrow

“He who has not looked on sorrow will never see joy.”
Kahlil Gibran

Saturday was full of happiness but two days later was full of sorrow. On Monday, we attended the burial of our good friend, Lynn Murrin. She had plenty of sorrow in her life but she always responded with joy. And that is how I will remember her.

The picture of the roses was taken on Sunday. They were supposed to be given to the parents of the bride and groom during the wedding ceremony on Saturday. That didn’t happen because one of the guests passed out during the ceremony. The guest recovered but it took a while so we removed the rose exchange part of the ceremony to save time. It was a day full of surprises.

Joy...

“When others know joy, your life will be filled with happiness.”
Arthur Dobrin 

John sees the wedding surprise that Shannon snuck in... a New Orleans style brass band!

Aerobics

“The word 'aerobics' came about when the gym instructors got together and said: If we're going to charge $10 an hour, we can't call it ‘jumping up and down’.”
Rita Rudner

These two lovebirds are jumping for joy because today, July 20th, they will be married.
I’m jumping myself because I am the father of the bride. Smiles all around.

A Mighty Harmonist

“The ocean is a mighty harmonist.”
William Wordsworth

Along the Big Sur coast.

Down Low

“Don't hang your hat higher than you can reach”
Belize-an Proverb

A sunhat on a table… very reachable.

You can see this in color over here at the Red Umbrella.

By the Sea

“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.”
George Bernard Shaw

I spy a tiny sailboat.

A Budding Sartorialist

“Ev'ry heart beats true
'neath the Red, White and Blue,”
George M. Cohan

A day at the beach (Laguna Beach that is).
Happy Birthday America!

Crocker Grove

“The groves were God's first temples.”
William Cullen Bryant from "A Forest Hymn"

This is part of Crocker Grove on the Monterey Peninsula where some of the Monterey cypress trees are nearly 300 years old.

Above the Crowd

“A good photograph is knowing where to stand.”
Ansel Adams 1902-1984

Photographer Thomas Hawk is always seeking a better view. This was taken during the San Francisco photo walk that he and Trey Ratcliff organized last month.

Fatigue

“Fatigue is the best pillow.”
Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790

He had a busy day.

Negative Space

“Without negative space how would we appreciate the positive
in our art and in our lives?”
Dyan Law

Don't Walk

"We all need time to sit and rest, a place to relax and take a breath."
Michael Albrechtsen

This was my first paying job as a photographer many moons ago. I was taking pictures of a parade for a local community organization when I saw this guy taking advantage of a temporary truck stop.

Lights Out

“Rest: the sweet sauce of labor”
Plutarch 46-120AD

I didn’t know they made mini-burqas for men.