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Christmas Lights in Danville

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Women at the Scottish Highland Gathering & Games

The California Bay Area hosts a slice of Scotland every Labor Day Weekend called the Scottish Highland Gathering & Games. The heavy events of the games, involve a number of different tasks that c…

Danville Concours d’Elegance

The town of Danville at the foot of Mount Diablo in California is not usually known for interesting events. An exception is the Danville Concours d’Elegance on Sept 17 2017 (http://www.danville-deleg…

Hawk waiting for songbirds

One of the problems with feeding birds is that every once in a while a bird of prey will come for a visit. They are wonderful to watch, but they do scare away all of the songbirds!

Urban Turkeys

It is sad that in so many urban and suburban areas of California there are people who fight against turkeys. Some people say that they leave a mess with their feathers and droppings. If they were rar…

Charlie Chaplin in Niles, California

The town of Niles in the San Francisco Bay Area (with palm trees that go with the Egyptian theme) is a town associated with silent films. It was even briefly competition for Hollywood. During the ear…

Dark Carnival: One Less Bookstore!

Dark Carnival is a fantasy and science fiction bookstore that has been in Berkeley for 41 years. It is now in the Claremont neighborhood, and there is an associated comic store that is just next door…

Sunol California: Roman Style Temple

The structure was built between 1906-1910. It is known as the Sunol Water Temple. It sits above the spot where three local water sources converge. At one time it provided about half the water to San…

After a California Rain: Some Photographs

With the current heatwave it seems so long ago!