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Category: Photography

Stormy sunset

February 16, 2019 by Bill Ward

Sunset through storm clouds, Pescadero, CA yesterday with Rosa

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #beach #california #ocean #pescadero #sunset #weather
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Gorgeous sunset at Waddell Creek Beach

January 21, 2019 by Bill Ward

Sunset on the California coast at Waddell Creek Beach, the northernmost bit of Santa Cruz County. With Rosa

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #beach #ocean #pacific #sunset
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Butterfly in the Cal Academy rainforest

January 18, 2019 by Bill Ward

Butterfly at the rain forest dome, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. With Rosa at the SF Sketchfest night.

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Categories Photography | Nature Tags #butterfly #california academy of sciences #rainforest
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Mission High School Tower

December 28, 2018 by Bill Ward

Tower atop Mission High School in San Francisco, across the street from Dolores Park.

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Categories Photography | City Tags #san francisco #the mission
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Christmas cactus blooming on cue

December 12, 2018 by Bill Ward

Christmas cactus in my bathroom is starting to bloom just in time for the holidays for once!

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Categories Photography | Plants Tags #bloom #cactus #christmas cactus #houseplants #succulent
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We finally got some rain last night!

November 21, 2018 by Bill Ward

Finally washing the smoke out of the air and giving the succulents on the porch a shower.

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Categories Photography | Plants Tags #air quality #houseplants #succulent #weather
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My succulent bloom is really taking off!

October 14, 2018 by Bill Ward

Update! My succulent bloom is really taking off now. Courtesy Rosa

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Categories Photography | Plants Tags #houseplants #succulent
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Cement ship SS Palo Alto in Aptos, CA

October 12, 2018 by Bill Ward

The SS Palo Alto, aka “the cement ship” was permanently docked in 1930 at the end of a pier in Aptos, CA (where I grew up), and served as a resort gambling and dance destination for a year before storm damage made it usable for nothing more than a fishing spot.

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #aptos #artificial reef #beach #cement ship #seacliff #ss palo alto #sunset
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My Indigenous People’s Day Cactus is in full bloom

October 8, 2018 by Bill Ward

My Indigenous People’s Day Cactus is in full bloom.

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Categories Photography | Plants Tags #bloom #cactus #christmas cactus #houseplants #succulent
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Blooming pagoda succulents

September 28, 2018 by Bill Ward

Lovely pagoda succulents at my house courtesy of Rosa are blooming!

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Categories Photography | Plants Tags #houseplants #succulent
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Naked Ladies in Freedom, CA

August 20, 2018 by Bill Ward

The Naked Ladies are in full bloom in Freedom, CA.

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Categories Photography | Nature Tags #bloom #bulbs #flowers #naked ladies
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The Circle Fountain

August 4, 2018 by Bill Ward

Fountain at The Circle in Berkeley, CA.

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Categories Photography | City Tags #berkeley #fountain #rotary #roundabout #traffic circle
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Oakland neighborhood blooms

July 29, 2018 by Bill Ward

At a friend’s house in Oakland with Rosa for brunch … The neighborhood has many lovely flowers in the front yards!

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Categories Photography | Nature Tags #flowers #oakland #poppies #roses
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Lovely succulents at my house thanks to [Rosa|@yarnivore]!

July 28, 2018 by Bill Ward

Lovely succulents at my house thanks to Rosa …

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Categories Photography | Plants Tags #houseplants #succulent
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Hakone Gardens Koi, 2003

July 22, 2018 by Bill Ward

Koi fish at Hakone Gardens, Saratoga, CA. Feb 2003.

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Categories Photography | Nature Tags #california #hakone gardens #japanese garden #koi #saratoga
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Golden Gate Bridge, August 2007

April 25, 2026July 10, 2018 by Bill Ward

San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge at dusk, August 2007.

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Categories Photography | Coast Infrastructure Tags #bridge #california #dusk #golden gate bridge #san francisco #sfbay #sunset #twilight
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I love California!

June 6, 2018 by Bill Ward

What a lovely view along highway 1 at Pomponio State Beach. With Rosa

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #beach #california
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Tea tree in bloom

June 4, 2018 by Bill Ward

Tea tree in the front yard of the house I grew up in, Aptos, California. You can’t go home again.

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Categories Photography | Plants Tags #aptos #bloom #california #flowers #tea tree
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Take the long way home

April 25, 2026May 29, 2018 by Bill Ward

To avoid rush hour traffic leaving San Francisco I decided to go home the long way via Marin County. So glad to live in a place with world famous sites like the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Categories Photography | Coast Infrastructure Tags #california #golden gate bridge #marin #san francisco #sfbay
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El Cerrito Poppies

May 22, 2018 by Bill Ward

Poppies and other flowers near my house in El Cerrito CA

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Categories Photography | Plants Tags #flowers #poppies #wildflowers
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Aptos beach view

May 11, 2018 by Bill Ward

Beach view looking south from Rio del Mar, Aptos, CA this morning.

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #aptos #beach #california #rio del mar #santa cruz
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California live oak, Gilroy

May 6, 2018 by Bill Ward

Lovely California live oak tree at the Chitactac-Adams County Park near Gilroy, CA.

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Categories Photography | Nature Tags #california #gilroy #oak #oak tree #park #tree
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Santa Cruz wharf evening

April 29, 2018 by Bill Ward

Had a lovely sunset dinner at Gilda’s and shopping on the Santa Cruz wharf last night with Rosa

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Categories Photography | Coast Food | Restaurant Tags #santa cruz #sunset #wharf
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Aeonium in glorious bloom, Aptos, CA

April 27, 2018 by Bill Ward

Aeonium in glorious bloom, Aptos, CA.

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Categories Photography | Plants Tags #aptos #bloom #houseplants #succulent
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