East tower of the Oakland Bay Bridge, with the next tower misty in the background. Taken in August.

The Bay Bridge in Black and White, back in August.

Another Berkeley B&B flower.

From August - an elderly bloom from the back yard of our B&B in Berkeley.

Dead tree leans dangerously over the brackish water, dreaming of hurricane winds and a glorious finish.

Wildflowers at San Elijo Bird Reserve - ahh, that great late afternoon light...

Backlit flowers,they look like some kind of poppy...

The mystery of the enormous pelican revealed.

As I took this, I was saying "Is it just me, or is that an enormous pelican?"

Cactus Apples! On a prickly pear cactus

Mali the pup with Jane at the San Elijo Bird Reserve

The gentle murk of San Elijo Lagoon