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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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Tagged CA 74, California, D7000, Image, images, Nikon, Photography, Postaday, State Route 74, vista, Weekly Photo Challenge
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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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Tagged "Edward Weston", Black & White, Black and White, D7000, Image, images, Nikon, Photography
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Let There Be Light!
Sometimes an image is the best way to say welcome to the Holiday Season! Candles set the scene for me. It is a season of lights. May your season be bright!
What Gives?
Between January of 2011 and January of 2013 the Bay Area population increased by 1.9%. So, let’s say population growth is around 1% per year. You would, by inference, expect the labor force to grow by a similar percentage. Over … Continue reading
Fall Sunset
While the setting sun painted the Pacific sky into a lovely picture last week the housing prices in the Bay Area were not as rosy. Median home prices squeaked out a small gain in October but sales volume remains low. … Continue reading
Posted in SF Bay Area Housing Trends
Tagged Bay Area Housing, California, economic trends, Economics, Housing Prices, images, Pacifica, Photography, real-estate, sunset
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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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Tagged California, D7000, East Palo Alto, Image, images, median household income, median income, Nikon, Palo Alto, panaroma, Photography, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Tamron
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Fall: Brief Light and Long Shadows
The autumn afternoon vanishes in long shadows quickly and without a sound. I emerge from my office and ask no one in particular, “When did it get dark?” The clock on the mantle ticks relentlessly and without remorse. Taking the … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, California, D7000, Fall, Image, Nikon, Photography, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, Shadow, Shadows
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Eerie
Dim lights in the distance. It’s still a long walk along the sand within feet of the boiling surf and the rocky cliffs, dark and ominous, above. Does it mean an end to the journey or is it just the … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Eerie, Image, images, Photography, Postaday, San Mateo County, Weekly Photo Challenge
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon
We held hands for a moment in time, but we’ll never know if we had a chance. I thought us worthy but, in time, we learned we each swayed to a different rhythm in life’s dance. I walked away without … Continue reading
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Tagged D7000, Horizon, Image, images, Nikon, Photography, Postaday, Weekly Photo Challenge
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Without Conviction
Securities brokers like to say price movement without much sales volume is a market moving “without conviction.” We seem to be in that mode in the Bay Area home market right now. Sales volume dropped in September and prices are … Continue reading
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