greetings from the left coast

The critters in my yard (photos). A story about camouflage.

Photos & more from Monday night's Red Sox-SF Giants game.

On Monday in San Francisco, I took a few pictures.

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, on Wordpress.

I know you're probably all sick to pieces of hearing the saga of Richard Parker the peacock, but I took some photos of him today that I really love, and I don't generally really love any of the photos I take.

They're here. 2 peacock photos, one ridiculous outlier, and a completely unrelated Fargo quote. (Look, ma, an Oxford comma.)

Six favorite photos of mine detailing life on, off, and near central California's coast.

1, 4, & 6 - Pismo Beach, 2 & 3 - San Simeon, 5 - Port San Luis.

I posted a pretty sunset photo at Wordpress.

( Me and Will Turner, a match made in cat heaven )

I call that my Clementine Kruczynski impersonation, not that I look anything like Kate Winslet, that's just how I dress. You can't really see Will Turner so very well, but that's him, being all kinds of affectionate. Or else he just wants to steal my latte and he's buttering me up before he swipes it.

Also, everyone looks better in soft focus.

One of these days, I'll write up a whole thing on how Clementine=Ramona Flowers or vice versa, but it won't be today.

So I was fucking around with my camera the other day and felt obligated to practice self-portraiture. Honestly, how can I expect anyone else to feel at ease in front of the lens if I can't do it myself? I was tired and un-made-up, but I did it anyway just to get the feel for it. I took a couple pictures, then played with effects and textures and whatnot to see what I could come up with.

( behind the cut to save your bandwidth )

A long time ago, woodwind asked me for a photograph of an outfit, because she had no idea what my style was.

( Here's today's. )

( And for those complaining of hot weather, here's my view today. )

Voila. Off to do errands, I'll be back ASAP, my lovelies. Hope y'all are having an incredibly snow-free day.

skygiants asked me for a photo of a squirrel. You'd think those guys would be everywhere around my yard, but they're oddly elusive at this time of year. So when one decided to do rodent aerobics at my bird feeder, I snapped him for her.

( over here )

It's just a standard Western Gray Squirrel. We also typically have Douglas squirrels (or pine squirrels) and California ground squirrels, but none of them wanted to come out and play for you, Becca. I was glad this one obliged.