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Weekly Photo Challenge: Selfie

My phone/camera hates me. Every time I try to take a selfie it focuses on half my face or my ear and I end up with an out of focus blur. (Should I worry that “selfie” shows up as needing … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Object

I’m drawn to simple images. This week I was challenged to post an image with an object as the focal point. The center of interest, however, may be an object or it may be a graphic element. In this photo … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition

A soft breeze carries you to me Behind the wall you’ve built between us Your beauty drives me on Calling to me, whispering my name Sweetly scented, you need me as I need you Nature makes us partners in the … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Window

The beauty of a window It’s there but you cannot see Don’t touch Let yourself believe The beauty of love It’s there but you cannot see Don’t touch Let your heart believe

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Poking Along at Year End

Updated data on November 2013 residential real estate prices in the SF Bay Area here https://graphicrealestate.wordpress.com/sf-bay-area-housing-trends/ and November 2013 SF Bay Area employment trends here https://graphicrealestate.wordpress.com/bay-area-employment-trends/ for the data starved. It’s the year-end craziness so I’m a little outta focus. … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: One

E Pluribus Unum: from many, One. A well-known phrase to Americans, E pluribus unum is found on the Great Seal of the United States. Whether you see it as meaning from many states we formed a single nation or from … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Community

Is Community like a common unity? People who live in the same area? People who share a common interest? Perhaps community is a group of people who share a unified body of thought? I will leave that up to the … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Grand

California is a land of vistas. Many grand vistas. Mountains along the coast. A broad, flat central valley. Mountains along the eastern side of the state. No shortage of places to go up and look down. The highway between Palm … Continue reading

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Flattery

The old saying goes, “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” I could not find a source for this well-known quote but, as the saying goes, “that’s baseball.” After a recent dental visit I was trying to soothe the pain … Continue reading

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Great Divide

San Francisquito Creek (Little San Francisco according to one source). It is the dividing line between San Mateo County (left side of picture) and Santa Clara County (right side). The City of East Palo Alto is part of San Mateo … Continue reading

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