Fun with my Digital Camera!
Fucus is an edible seaweed. It was commonly eaten on the East Coast
by Indians and Settlers. It is crunchy, provides a bit of energy for extra
long surf sessions and is high in minerals! (especially iodine) Black Turban Snails in lower pic.
I can't believe my camera broke! How terrible, that forces me to go buy a new waterproof camera that I can play around with in the water. Resulting in shots like this little beachcombing collage.
Midsummer Wildflowers, this was my favorite shot of the day. And a great excuse to stop on my jog
Some deadly shooting with that digital, two bunnies at once!
That is a couple of cool dudes feeling pretty good after paddling monster guns into monster waves! LOL, My new friend Lyle, good taste in surfboards, dontcha think?
How do you like Zoey's view of the City?
That's my son, Jared in "Ax Men" country. We just finished his graduation (BS Biology). Then we took a cruise on the local logging roads. I'm calling this the "tuning fork" tree. No crowds (no people at all, no buildings; just barely a dirt road, trees and deer tracks) on a beautiful rare, warm sunny day.
Since the "Deadliest Catch" TV Show, I have been asked about my experience as a Commercial Fisherman. I like that show. It's a good representation of what we did. Yes, been there, done that; No, not going back.
OK, I get off on tangents every now and then. I spent a day shooting pictures of spring wildflowers. Then I spent another day on the "net" trying to ID them.
Blue eyed grass
Common Mallow. The leaf are edible, young and tender, they are spicy in salads, cooked they go with any vegetable dish. I usually just eat the young leaves raw while hiking the open coast trails to surf spots.
Wild mustard, edible and spicy. I didn't know that. You learn something new every day. Now I need to go back and get some for lunch:)
Got that Macro figured out! This is a really small flower, and I can't ID it. Does anybody know what this is?
Pictures of beautiful beaches routinely include some great surf if it's Hawaii, right?
It's not often that you get a beautiful day like this at San Francisco's Ocean Beach. Great surfing and lot's of happy beach goers. That's Marin in the backround.
I have always found the erosion patterns of California coastal arroyos to be very interesting
A nice sunrise view of the mist in the East Bay ridges, early morning
That's a pretty heavy looking crew, don't you think? Left to Right; Howard Nonaka, Greg Noll, Rik Cederstrom, Buffalo Kaulana. Greg was once given credit for (trying to) ride the biggest wave ever. Buffalo was one of the few witnesses. No pictures. Not so many cameras (and helicopters, etc.) in the old days of surfing. Why did I put this picture in? Greg made my second surfboard. Amazingly, one of my friends took a picture (1967). It is now on the Greg Noll Vintage Surfboards website (about fifth picture down)
www.vintagegregnollsurf.com/dacats.html
For laughs, compare that to my shot on the home page (2006).
The Vintage Surfboard Auction, Honolulu 2005.
A bike ride on a crystal chill winter California day. I discovered crows eating ripe persimmons right off the tree. Think I've got one in the fridge. Maybe I'll go eat it now!
Lake Chabot, looking south. Here is a well earned view. Taking my skinny tired tour bike down the nice paved trail, that promptly turned to dirt about 1 mile in on a 5 mile trail, then up to the top of the ridge on the other side (I walked the bike up). And there I took this shot. Deer tracks and bunny rabbits! I think that qualifies for my aerobic exercise for today.