Playing with my boys on Point Reyes
On the Friday of the Thanksgiving weekend I drove out with my boys---Julian, Nicky and Mathew---to Point Reyes. Nicky's friend Tamen came along too. It was a balmy, almost summer-like…
Encapsulation
When you have four kids like I do, shopping for food occurs frequently. The one thing you want to do when you take the kids into the supermarket is to…
Flowering Quince on My “Bucket List”
Most photographers have bucket lists of things they'd like to photograph before they die. Flowering quince---because of the lushness of the blossoms contrasted with the sparseness of the stems--has long…
Blanket DNA
Picking compulsively at his beloved blanket, Mathew leaves these microscopic skeins of fabric everywhere. He and Nicky have dubbed them "blanket DNA."
Camellia japonica
Camellia japonica, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I shot this Camellia japonica "Nuccio's Cameo" yesterday outdoors at Berkeley Horticulture---in what seems to have become something of a…
Seaweed Salad
Seaweed Salad, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On a trip up the California coast to Mendocino, Nicky and I stopped to photograph a beach near Point Arena.…
Passiflora
Passiflora, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. A Passiflora vine twines around the No Parking sign in front of our house here in Berkeley, California. Nicky pointed out…
Sea Palm Forest
Sea Palm Forest, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Along the rugged northern California coast, on BLM land near the Point Arena Lighthouse, I stopped to photograph a…