Wordless Wednesday: Skyline and Surfers

On Today’s Date in the Past: Holiday Cards are Done Look Who Didn’t Make It to Midnight Ready for Midnight 2012:  A Year in Review

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One Thing, Three Ways: Alcatraz

Home to the oldest lighthouse on the West Coast and an abandoned prison, Alcatraz Island is now managed by the National Park Service. Each year, more than 1.3 million people visit “The Rock”, the federal penitentiary that once housed America’s most notorious criminals. Here are three shots of Alcatraz from my August trip to San […]

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One Thing, Three Ways: Sundial in the Shakespeare Garden

A Shakespeare Garden is a themed garden made up of the plants mentioned by the author in his works.  There are several Shakespeare Gardens across the country and around the world.  Here are three photos of the sundial in the Shakespeare Garden in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. What do you think?  Do you […]

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One Thing, Three Ways: Pagoda in Golden Gate Park

The Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park was originally built as part of the the 1894 World’s Fair.  At the end of the fair, Makoto Hagiwara, a Japanese immigrant and gardener, worked to convert the temporary exhibit into a permanent part of the Park.  He added cherry trees, native plants and birds, […]

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