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Golden Gate Park was once nothing more than a bunch of sand dunes and native scrub. But in 1870, the City ousted some squatters and set aside a 3 mile by 1/2 mile swath for the City’s largest park. In 1902 and 1905, two Dutch windmills were erected at the Ocean end of the park to provide irrigation for the park.

This is a picture I took during one of bike rides through the park. This is the first of the two windmills to be refurbished. It towers above the surrounding trees.

I grabbed a couple of shots this morning just as the sun broke through the clouds and the sky lit up. This is the morning view to the southeast from our living room. I snapped these, went back to the bedroom to finish getting ready for work, and not five minutes later, the sky was dull and gray again. This is why I try and carry a camera with me at all times. You just never know what you will see in the course of a day.

Our project for the weekend (really two weekends…hopefully) was to prep the master bedroom for painting. This is not a big room, but it took quite some time just to sand down the over-textured walls. Plus, our home was built in the 30’s and some of the walls really show what 70+ years of settling can do to plaster.

But it did give us the excuse to buy a shop vac! So, hopefully, we’ll have some AFTER pictures to post by next weekend.

On Saturday, my photo photo class convened at our instructor’s home in Sacramento. Our evening menu was a scrumptuous homemade chili and a very nice sushi platter from a local restaurant. A few glasses of red wine to bring the flavors together–including the competing chili powder and wasabi spices. The meal (and company) made the 90-mile drive worthwhile.

After dinner, we all showed images from our latest assignment, which was to take five photographs that were totally unrelated. It may sound easy, but its a challenge when you train yourself to look for themes in your work. Anyhow, my classmates (as always) impressed me with their creativity.

Here are my five.

I just love this painting. It really does capture that feeling of the “business travel fog”. Below are a couple of my “classic” business travel images that I’ve had in some shows.