Been a little scarce on the ole blog...a busy few days with Harley and life in general. Plus my fooking DSL provider went toes up.
Big storm looming over the bay this afternoon...God is waiting for the Raiders to kick some ass before he kicks ours. The Goodyear blimp careens across the view ever so often. What is it about blimps? I love winter storm colors...the way the bay changes from deep, crisp Pacific blue to the pale muddy green of the Delta.
The top shot is from the Oakland hills looking south over downtown Oakland, Lake merrit and the Alameda Estuary, across the Bay to the SF Peninsula and SFO. Click for a large image. You will better see an aircraft on approach and the gorgeous colors of the sky over the pacific beginning to pick up the peach hues of late afternoon heading into sunset.
I love this shot towards Mt. Tam...looking all the world like Mt. Doom with a swarm of clouds. Angel Island sits mid bay. Sausalito to the left and Tiburon/San Quentin to the right. Another one of life's weird juxpositions...the most exclusive housing area on the Marin Headlands shares a craggy point of land with one of the state's most notorious prisons. The Berkeley Marina and the old fishing pier are in the foreground. Click for a larger image of this vista.
When I look out on the bay I can never quite decide which is my favorite time of the year or time of the day. It's all good.
What a different world.
I do miss being near the water. Our creeks are pleasant but don't give the sense of vast serenity that comes from great bodies of it.
More pictures, please.