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Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Side Trip to Monte Rio

Robert Louis Stevenson Tree

Yes those are all beetle turds
Lunch at the golf course. Yes those are beetle turds. Science tells us there are more beetles than anything else.
Those are not really beetle turds. Just poppy seeds. From the coleslaw.
We had such a good time on this trip. “What is the name of this game?”

CHRIST THE LORD DECLARES THIS AREA IS A BIRD SANCT
CHRIST THE LORD DECLARES THIS AREA IS A BIRD SANCT
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Under the Bridge

Monte Rio Pines
View from Under the Bridge
View from Under the Bridge. Russian River. May 1, 2003
Arise, ye pris’ners of starvation,
Arise, ye wretched of the earth.
View Across the River 2


Poodle Springs Trip

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Ladybug comes standard on the Mazda 3

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Lunch at Gott's

Gott’s Drive-In, St. Helena

Cottonwood Flurries at Gott’s


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Poodle Springs


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Dinner Monday


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1932 Facade

Breakfast Tuesday


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Pedicure


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Buster’s Southern Barbecue


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Attitudes (not involving any snap whatsoever)


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Decorative Pod Suite


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Under the evening palms


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Look who followed us here!


Tuesday, April 30, 2013

air Spa

air Spa 1

Calistoga

This Sucks

This Sucks

First page of new pink book, where I discovered that the pages are coated and resist watercolors.

Spa Apparat

Spa Apparat

At Poodle Springs

The Inverted Flag of Truth

The Inverted Flag of Truth

1111 Market St 94103

Monday, April 29, 2013

New Hat for RQH

New Hat for RQH

Trust me, it will look much better on her.

Rolled

Rolled

Skinhead Pinocchio Mechanism

Crown

Crown out

 


 

Skinhead Pinocchio Mechanism

 

A synthesis of Monday morning

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Strassen von Oakland (oder Eichenland if You Prefer) am Samstag

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Black hooded night heron.  Jackson St near post office.

 

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Bad bowl.  14th St near Franklin

 

Mandala

Mandala (Motherland Colors) Broadway at 24th

 

Also went to see the Silence show at BAM with Tim, then saw Silver Linings Playbook at the Parkway with Mary. Kind of a busman’s ‘oliday, that.

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Bought a new square sketchbook, at the Ink Stone in Berkeley. I’m so happy.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Jot’s Memorial

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Lucinda, Richard, Gayle and a bunch of people whose names elude me.  Fine folks all, though.

 

Skull

See Jot:

http://brucine.blogspot.com/2008/03/team.html

http://brucine.blogspot.com/2013/04/rip-jot.html

Sunday, April 21, 2013

C 4 ☭

C4 Commie

PACIFIC BELL

Mission between 9th & 10th, 94103

Orange ➔

Orange Arrow
Arrow
Construction site, 8th St near Mission, 94103

Update! May, 2013:

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They’ve made it green.

 

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Detail. You can see a little of the old orange paint there. And what’s with that frothy bit?  I love process.

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From large MIKE GYER tag.

 

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Detail

 

Alice at 14th St, 94612. 

 

Mike Gyer Obliterated, Good Job!

UPDATE 5/19/2013: Mike Gyer Obliterated, Good Job!

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Tail Maintenance

 

Red Eye, Blue Eye

Red eye, Blue eye

Fred.

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