Cherry tree in bloom on Harper Street, January 30, 2012

Another shot of the cherry tree featured in my post of January 24th — it’s blossomed so quickly!!

cell phones on a gate, 1/29/12

The gate beyond which cell phones may not pass, that is! Below is a close-up of the sign on the gate:

No cell phones beyond this point!

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View from Tank Hill Park, January 28, 2012

It was a gorgeous, clear day in San Francisco today! Arcadia and I walked up to Tank Hill Park and enjoyed this breath-taking view. Can you see the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge there in the distant center of the photo?! (See Snapshot Alley to the right or click on “more photos” at the bottom of Snapshot Alley to see a shot of the view east.)

Then we rambled on and, partly with the aid of the GPS system in my phone (woo-hoo!), found a pretty path through the “Interior Green Belt,” which led from the corner of Johnstone and Behr Streets all the way down to Stanyan Street, which was near where we were parked — nifty! You can see the path–it’s the one that starts out being “Fairy Gates Trail” and ends up being “Historic Trail” on the map below (click on it to make it bigger).

Tank Hill Park and Interior Greenbelt

Volunteer narcissi, January 27, 2012

Volunteer narcissi who are also sturdy and thriving! These on Harper Street, captured on instagram with the “Heffe” filter.

mmmm! (dinner, January 26, 2012)

One of our errands a few errand days ago involved acquiring a pair of Le Crueset “au gratin” dishes for the express purpose of making wonderful Belgian-style macaroni and cheese (that’s with gruyere — mmm!!), and tonight Leslie made it (using a Martha Stewart recipe), and as the photographic evidence suggests, it was dee-lishus!!

Tesla on Shattuck Avenue, January 25, 2012

. . . Leslie saw it first–the sleek lines and the cooool ice blue–then I made out the letters on the back (“I see an L and an A . . . could it be a Tesla?) and, finally, the logo-proof on the hood . . . of course we’d also seen one last summer in a show room window in Monaco, this shot taken from our passing bus!

Tesla showroom in Monaco, June 2011

New cherry blossom and buds at dusk, 5:10 PM, January 24, 2012

“New cherry blossom and buds at dusk” — with the aid of a whole suite of iPhoto “enhancements”!

Urban light hardware with pigeons, 5:00 PM January 23, 2012

The pigeons who rest up on the “branches” of these street lights always arrange themselves at such a uniform distance from each other!

Breakfast at Nabolom's, January 22, 2012

A delicious variation on the “errand day” theme: loading a heap of rugs and comforters into a large capacity washer at the spiffy yet retro (picture a checkerboard of red and white linoleum!) Elmwood Laundry and then going across the street to Nabolom Bakery for coffee and pastries (e.g. an apple-pecan scone or an apricot hamantaschen ) to wait for the washing to finish — deluxe!

One of Kitty’s favorite places is this bit of roof right outside the bedroom window (and the vantage point of yesterday’s photo). From here, by way of a series of short leaps, she can also make it all the way out into the wild world! Of course the only problem with that is that she wants to get back into the house, she can’t make it back up to the window but has to wait for someone to open the door . . . she also has a good strategy for calling a person to the door though!

Also of note today: if you write the date European style (21 January 12), it’s a palindrome date — 21112!!