The Beast at The Bulb gazes west … #sculptures #albanybulb #photography

Winter rake, Japanese Maple 🍂 … #autumn #stillife #photography

Woodcut naturalist Tom Killion at work in his Inverness studio at Point Reyes Open Studios, last November ... #woodcut #studios #openstudios #photography

Hunt for the golden egg, with Albert and Karen … #peopleofearth #easter #inthewoods #photography

An abundance of Ginko leaves, last Fall in Berkeley … #yellows #ginko #autumnleaves #berkeley #photography

I recently came across a photocopied travel diary in a box in the garage - something I had written in 1993 about a trip I'd taken to Cuba to participate in their International Film Festival. Very few people have ever seen it. Finally online! archive.birdhouse.org/words/scot/c...

Foreman’s HQ at the fuel depot, where Millie found requisition forms from the 70s. … #urbex #kayakadventures #interiors #photography

Concertina and chain link protect fuel pipes at the old depot … #urbex #kayaking #photography #oceanlife

Flickr search url params support undocumented query terms for focal length, exposure length, aperture, etc. Someone built a cool URL builder for it: khladky.github.io/flickr-exif-...

Sundown paddle, kayaking near Point Molate … #kayaking #photography #goldenhourglow #bayarea

jesus christ NO! NO!!! FUCK

Constantly amazed by people asking questions like "Can I put dog poop in the compost?" and "Does El Cerrito recycling take plastic bags?" This site lets you type any item and your zip code and tells you exactly what YOUR community recycling does with it. resource.stopwaste.org

Crumbling shack at the old fuel depot … #urbex #kayakadventures #shacks #bayarea #photography

Valve wheels on a catwalk at the abandoned fuel depot … #catwalk #urbex #photography #industrialdecay

Interesting - Kolari is the company that alters camera bodies to be dedicated infared shooters. Here they do a detailed breakdown of the process of opening up a Fujifilm X-E5. kolarivision.com/fujifilm-x-e... #photography

Abandoned fuel dock framed by gum trees, looking out into the San Francisco Bay … #bayarea #urbex #kayaking #photography

Holy moly! "Cloudflare powers Internet requests for millions of websites and serves 55 million HTTP requests per second on average."

Fuel pump gauge at abandoned depot … #urbex #fuel #gauges #beautifuldecay #photography

Why do we even have the 25th Amendment if we’re not going to use it?

Had an amazing urbex adventure with Millie recently - kayak-only access to decaying fuel depot infrastructure hidden in a secluded corner of the Bay Area. … #urbex #kayaking #adventures #photography

Under wraps … #vintagecars #mysteries #monochrome #photography

Moment of calm in a Tidepool at McClure’s, between the chaotic rush of incoming waves … #tidepools #vitaminsea #marinelife #photography

Earthbound Exploring bluffs at McNears Beach, Point Reyes … #pointreyes #beautifulcalifornia #shorelines #photography

Wave action at McClure’s Beach, Point Reyes - tide rolling up fast … #pointreyes #longexposure #waveaction #photography

Ward, exploring bluffs at McClure’s Beach … #mcclures #beachcomber #beautifulcalifornia #photography

Winter fungus at Hillside (possibly toxic Amanitas) … #fungus #mushrooms #hiking #lookdown #photography

Islands in Lake Merritt From a drone photography workshop I attended a few weekends ago. … #aerials #oakland #oaklandish #photography

A last selection of images from our weekend backpacking to Pine Valley in the Ventana Wilderness a few weeks ago. Sandstone formations from a distance, cave tafoni patterns, lupine macro, forest for the trees. ... #backpacking #ventana #wilderness #photography

Three views of the Carmel River. We slept on its banks, hiked alongside, and enjoyed its its presence throughout the trip. ... #creeks #backpacking #ventana #photography

Thistle cluster in the wilderness ... #backpacking #thistles #wilderness #photography

Looking down from our perch on sandstone bluffs above camp, appreciating how these boulders had tumbled downhill at some point in the last three million years and taken up residence among the trees. … #backpacking #photography #ventana #wilderness

OK, last one - Factory roofs above old Berkeley (VII) … #aerialphoto #photography #beautifuldecay #eastbay

It’s the end of May, and I’m amazed to realize it’s already been a full year since my bout of chemo-radiation for throat cancer ended and we gathered on the Albany Bulb with a gong to celebrate. Recap and gratitude here: blog.birdhouse.org/2026/05/29/o...

Wreckage after a warehouse fire - Factory roofs above old Berkeley (VI) … #aerialphoto #photography #beautifuldecay #eastbay

Factory roofs above old Berkeley (V) … #aerialphoto #photography #beautifuldecay #eastbay

Factory roofs above old Berkeley (IV) … #aerialphoto #photography #beautifuldecay #eastbay

Factory roofs above old Berkeley (III) … #aerialphoto #beautifuldecay #eastbay #photography

Factory roofs above old Berkeley (II) … #aerialphoto #roofs #beautifuldecay #eastbay

For the longest time, I’ve been enchanted by the array of old warehouses and factories along a frontage road in Berkeley. Graffiti artists long ago got to decorating the mesh of ducting pipes that cross-cross the roofs. … #warehouses #factories #aerial #beautifuldecay #photography

Loved the endless variations - Sandstone formations in the Ventana … #wilderness #ventana #sandstone #photography

Meadow scenes, in and around our camp site in the Ventana Wilderness. #wilderness #backpacking #ventana

A few more macro details from the hike up from the "hidden" waterfall - the wilderness in its abundance of tiny aspects. #macro #wilderness #ventana #photography

Reaching pine bough in the Ventana … #backpacking #ventana #wilderness #photography

There’s no greater bliss than a free dog in nature. Heading up the trail to the hidden cabin, found ourselves face-to-face with this happy but shy pup who bounded away as we approached. A few minutes later, its human appeared, mystery solved. … #backpacking #doggos #trails

Excellent! Glass now supports in-line photo replacement like Flickr. Welcome update.

Meanwhile, on the Python/Django side of life… Over the past few evenings I’ve made numerous updates and bug fixes to my reusable, pluggable, multi-user/multi-group task assignment system for Django. Live on the demo site and installable now. Hope it’s useful! django-todo.org #python #django

Our intrepid leader in the Ventana, Ward - first engaged in an act of Mutually Assured Photography with me, then on a ledge in a sandstone cave against tafoni backdrop. We found Essalen Indian grinding pits in the rock shelf on either side of him there. #backpacking #ventanawilderness

Lacepods and lupens along the trail near our camp in the Ventana … #backpacking #flowers #wildflowers #macrophotography

A row of wild succulents grows from a crack at the top of the sandstone bluffs near our camp. I had to lay down and plant my elbows into on a steep slope to get this, and kept sliding backwards while trying to shoot! Must’ve looked hilarious. … #succulents #sandstone #photography