the Cliff House....

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....from the not so distant past.....

depending on your sense of time...

for time, really, is relative...

waiting for the sun to set....

distant past,

may just be a term,

which to someone,

 may mean, 

not

so long ago...

at any rate...

in 1906

to be precise,

the big one hit San Francisco....

and we all know the damage

that consequently happened...

One of the structures

Cliff House at the edge of the cliff...

that survived though,

minimally, damaged, was

the Cliff House.

Today it is run by 

the National Park Service.

from 

Lands End Look out area

tourists just love to have a Van Gogh experience....
ahem...that's my easel, mind you...

down to the Cliff House

and to the beach has been a

bon fire is a great idea when the wind is 15mph ... 

the beach chalet on the Great Highway
offers great view of the sunset while dining or
just enjoying a glass of wine...

favorite stroll avenue

for tourists and locals,

particularly, in time

to watch the

setting sun.

that's all folks!

SIGNS OF LIFE....

....the loony and cantankerous weather in the bay area....

has been driving half of those i know including myself

on the brink of psychosis...

hikers on the Great Highway with Cliff house
in the backrgound

San Francisco
is beginning to look

like Seattle...

Apartments/Condos in the Ocean Beach area

the drizzle, light and heavy rains

with strong wind gusts characterized the

The windmill in Golden Gate park

everyday mood of nature in the
previous weeks...

bikers on the Great Highway

sure it solved the drought issue

but along NorCal's perimeter of
concerns came 

mudslides, flooding and

dangers of dam failures...

one is reminded of scenes from

the disaster

movies in the 70s...

late Friday night

with my artistic mood loused up...

i had to frantically
send distress signals to a few friends

who were quick to come to the rescue...

One of them I'm afraid i may have

intruded into her observation of
shabat but was sweet 

and quick to recognize the SOS

to make an exception
and be one of the First Responders...

...with a great sense of humor

she claims it was her thoughts and not

the weather that throws me off course...

With my musician/composer friend she'd cast her

magic over the weather without hesitation...

but only if she had the power...

a Florence Nightingale
from Chicago
cheers me up and makes sure
i've had my coffee and brunch
before I'd make excuses... 

....

Beach hikers

the resilient ones calmly

went to the ocean beach area

for therapy....

during the first wave of storms 

I had a chance to stroll and jog

over at Lands End

Lands End/Sutro ruins

...my

Polish friend reassuringly says,

"no bad weather can overrule the desire

to go for fun"...

so she went out for a
late Sunday afternoon bike ride...

a biker at the Conservatory of Flowers

Thursday and Friday offered a respite
to an otherwise new norm
in the weather...

we don't know when

the weather will normalize
the way we've known it...

A bagpiper at Union Square

I'm sure a return to normalcy
would kick the blues away
...it would be a welcome

idea to San Franciscans and

tourists alike...

c'est la vie...

A bientôt j'espère

jt

when summer is gone

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Summer went by like the breeze

caressing the wheat fields 

in the harvest season....

the excitement did run high...

nonetheless, enough to sustain

our expectations 

Stern Grove music concert

the free concerts in the city 

perked up to a higher pitch

the city folks mood for enjoyment

and fun.

Aubrey at the range

Aubrey went to the US Open qualifying

try out.... we practiced putting together

before the event

tourists at Fort Point

art chat in the Legion of Honor museum

attended an art opening reception

at the Studio Gallery on Pacific St.

Heather, a fellow artist posing for me at Studio 13...

Stacy, a tourist from Toronto found time to pose
as an artist

Art wise, i sketched charcoal  

Marissa sat for this portraiture

and painted portraits

just for fun ...click the image then
click your forward arrow to see
the animated progress of the painting

and I'm glad to be part of a music/video project
for  SF musicians documenting their observations
in music form of the art and artists life in the city.
Summer seems to be the season that brings to fullness
life that for a while went dormant in winter,
Joggers and hikers take the 2 to 4 miles hike in Pacifica
on a nice and mild  or even warmer sunny day

be forewarned fella !

joggers uphill and downhill

just an exercise

howdy !

hikers this many can scare a lion...?!!!

it's just another mile....

another sign means the park rangers are serious....

It really doesn't scare me a bit...

when i was a kid ...I had a face to face

intimidation with a lion ....I'd say 

a foot or a foot and a half away

was a reasonable estimation of our distance

...he growled....

so I growled back...

then he double growled...

guess what?

nothing happened ...he went his way

... before i could triple growl...

 as the security guard pulled my shirt 

collar to stay away

from the 3 inch tempered glass

that separated me from the 

disappointed beast...

view of Pacific ocean from the hills

Anyway I started my way back

before a highly defined growl

may spoil the joy of the hike... 

to have a glimpse of these flowers

that are quickly disappearing as fall

is already around the corner...

and enjoy memories of new acquaintances...

in the summer gone by...

that's all folks !

Bonne nuit !

Gute Nacht !

Hasta la vista !

Mata Ne!

jt