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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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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
Where Were You?
5:04 p.m., 10/17/1989, 24 years ago today, where were you? I was at my desk writing an appraisal report. It was a warm October day. Door was closed and all my windows were open. I was sitting in a sixth-floor … Continue reading
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Tagged earthquake, Image, images, Loma Prieta Earthquake, Ocean Beach, Photography, San Andreas Fault, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area
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Little Egret
Some days architecture does not stir my creative spirit. I look to landscapes and nature to sharpen my camera’s eye. Living in the SF Bay Area you do not have to travel too far to find enticing vistas or wildlife … Continue reading
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Tagged Burlingame, California, D7000, Egret, Image, images, Little Egret, Nikon, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco Bay Area, Tamron
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Saturated: A Weekly Photo Challenge
On a slow business week: government shutdown, no employment statistics, stock market sliding; I thought an image of the recently departed summer might help. I miss summer and it’s only been gone a week or so. We didn’t really have … Continue reading
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Tagged Image, images, Landscape, Photography, Postaday, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, saturated, The Castro
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Bloom Off the Rose???
The housing market is cyclical. It is not consistent from area to area. Prices go up and sometimes, as we know all too well, they go down. The Bay Area median home price (all homes and condos) dropped in August … Continue reading
Pizza Alley
Berkeley, California is a unique community in a unique region. My travels are limited to the U.S. and a good chunk of Europe many years ago but I’ve seen more than a few burghs up close. When you strip the … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkeley, California, images, Photography, San Francisco Bay Area, travel
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Obsolescence
This ranch is still working, but many farms and ranches on the San Mateo County Coastside compete with high-end homes as possible uses. It’s no wonder. As I was driving along Highway 84 between San Gregorio and Woodside last Sunday … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Coastside, farm, images, Photography, ranch, San Francisco Bay Area, San Gregorio, San Mateo County, travel
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Like So Much Blue Sky
What’s up with the Golden State? Employers have been talking about hiring but for the second month in a row the employment figure for the Bay Area has dipped below the trendline (see July 2013 data in Bay Area Employment … Continue reading
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