There and Back Again!
Yosemite Autumn, photo by Harold Davis. I'm just back from a week trip to the mountains and the desert. Phyllis is a saint and took care of the three kids…
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October 11, 2005
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Aerial Autumn Leaf
Aerial Autumn Leaf, photo by Harold Davis. This is a very close view of a maple leaf. It reminds me of a map, or aerial view. The capillaries you can…
October 3, 2005
Calligraphic Sky
Kanji Sky, photo by Harold Davis. I love the way sunset across the Bay catches different layers of clouds. You can see the sky shimmering through the layers. The tree…
October 2, 2005
Bud ‘n Bloom
Bloom, photo by Harold Davis. My garden doesn't know yet that it is supposed to be autumn. If ever there really is an autumn in this Pacific micro climate. Our…
October 1, 2005
Slide Ranch
Goat Eye, photo by Harold Davis. I went along with Julian's second grade class yesterday as a parent driver and volunteer on a field trip to Slide Ranch. We milked…
September 30, 2005
Mount Diablo Sunrise
Mount Diablo Sunrise, photo by Harold Davis. The drive between Nicky's pre-school drop-off and Julian's second grade drop-off goes along the crest of the coastal range. (In this metropolitan area,…
September 28, 2005
Fisheye-Lens Dog
Fisheye-Lens Dog, photo by Harold Davis. I'm trying out my new toy, an AF-Fisheye Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8 G ED lens for my D70. This is one of the first pictures…
September 27, 2005
Glad to Be a Gladiola
Gladiola, photo by Harold Davis. I have been photographing gladioluses today. A gladiola, or gladiolus, is a glad thing. This member of the Iris family is so colorful and always…
September 26, 2005
Staged
Staged 1, photo by Harold Davis. I like looking at houses for sale - open houses - and imagining the past and the future. This house, around the corner on…
September 25, 2005
San Francisco Sunset
San Francisco, photo by Harold Davis. Last night Gary had us to dinner. It takes a brave man to invite my horde of three boys (ages from one to eight)…
September 25, 2005
Oh Cecil, We Hardly Knew Ye!
Cecil Bruner Rose, photo by Harold Davis. This is a Cecil Bruner rose from my planting of about five or six years ago. What turns out is that Cecil Bruners…
September 24, 2005
Clouds @ Sunset
Clouds @ Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. Yesterday as we were finishing dinner I looked up and saw a really neat cloud pattern. I grabbed my camera and headed for…
September 23, 2005
Mount Diablo
Mount Diablo, photo by Harold Davis. I drove to Inspiration Point in Tilden Park this morning after dropping Nicky off at pre-school. Here's a photo from Inspiration Point of Mount…
September 23, 2005
A Fire Burns within Each Flower
A Fire Burns within Each Flower, photo by Harold Davis. This succulent flower had a glorious red color when I got up close to it. Triumphant! It seems that my…
September 21, 2005
Leaf Map
Leaf Map, photo by Harold Davis. I took Nicky and Julian out yesterday evening for a walk before bed. It's always fun to be out with them because they see…
September 20, 2005
Heart of an Artichoke
Artichoke Flower 3, photo by Harold Davis. This is an extreme close-up of an artichoke flower. The artichoke plant grows in our vegitable garden, and is a perennial. There is…
September 18, 2005
Caught in the Act
Caught in the Act, photo by Harold Davis. Imagine my surprise when I went to put out a bag of trash finding this cute guy in our can! We didn't…
September 16, 2005
Heart of a Flower
Heart of a Zinnia, photo by Harold Davis. More in the "how close can you go" series in my garden. This photo was taken with my Nikon D70 SLR with…
September 16, 2005