☞ A homeless gentleman, wearing a giants baseball hat, sat alone on a 4th Street sidewalk and asked passersby for donations of money or food. Despite lacking pride, he sat with dignity. View all▼

☞ A combination of shade from park trees and a freeway created a somber mood on a street past Dogpatch in San Francisco. A compact car crossed the intersection, and much further away a bus approached. To the left, power lines marched nearer, and on the left, street lights were not illuminated during daylight. ☞ While on a bicycle ride one afternoon, we crested a hill and found this unusual view of the underneath of a freeway. View all▼

☞ Almost bare branches in late December just before sunset. They were found on trees growing next to the Willamette River. ☞ Just beyond the almost bare trees, a motor vehical bridge spanned the Willamette River. Below the bridge, on the other side of the river, was a park. On this side, a paved path ran alongside the river. ☞ Almost bare branches on a nearby tree were the only thing clear on that foggy, cold dawn. ☞ Fallen branches fell into the river to form a tangle near the shore. The ground alongside the river was covered in a translucent frost. The frost had formed because of freezing temperatures. View all▼

☞ A hand icon pointed left to indicate the presence of a "Saloon." The place at which it pointed, however, was a wine bar named "The Hidden Vine." View all▼

☞ A pineapple was found discarded on Mission Street under the overpass at 13th Street. Evicted from its home, and doomed to wander the alleys of the city alone and partly deflated. ☞ Two pineapples had been sliced in half and sold for €1,42, or four pineapples had bad a bad half removed and sold at a discount. ☞ A pineapple had been freshly sliced and set out on a plate to be served with dinner at Capps Campground. View all▼

☞ The mural was painted on the side of the Tank 18 Restaurant that faced Dore Alley. ☞ A roll-up garage door was painted in an identical style, except that it was rendered in black and white. ☞ A horned creature was clearly asleep and dreaming the entire wall. ☞ A bird said, "Be Kind," and a cloud wept happy raindrops. ☞ The wall behind a parked car was covered with a copious collection of fun objects. ☞ The mural continued around the front of the building, but in black and white on a gray background. ☞ Notice all the black lines around all the objects. Those lines created the feeling of movement, or of light radiating, or of water falling. View all▼

☞ A Pacific National Bank ATM at night on Kearny Street in San Francisco. This ATM doubled as a cash drop. This is an old ATM, shown before chips in cards, and before many of the fraud prevention features of modern ATMs. View all▼

☞ Hot charcoals layered in a metal barbecue ready to cook food outdoors for an Easter meal. Food would later be placed on the grill, a shadow of which crossed the charcoals on the diagonal. An even bed of heat like this was only possible due to the skill of the chef. View all▼

☞ A plush ladybug toy lay on the carpet next to a roll of tape. A child in a blue dress was trapped by legs. The entire seen was photographed through a party balloon. View all▼

☞ An arch formed one end of a pictuesque alley in Warsaw, Poland. Despite barricades to prevent automobile travel, cars were parked alongside the alley. Notice old, weathered graffiti on the nearby walls. View all▼

☞ A bin of candy containers was found inside the Candy Heaven Store of Old Sacramento. Shaped like artificial persons, the containers, when emptied, could become push puppet toys. Like a bobble head, pushing the bottom upward caused the head to bobble. View all▼

☞ The two arms of the Centaur hung by its side. The were created from bare metal, in contrast to the painted torso. ☞ The back view of the haunch and tail of the Centaur sculpture, attached to a round metal plate, attached to a raised wooden platform. ☞ The centaur's front legs were raised as if about to kick. Those legs were attached to a brightly painted torso. ☞ The rump of the Centaur as its front body rose off the ground. ☞ The face of the Centaur was made of bare metal. Hair, ears, nose, mouth and chin were all created from strips of bent and welded metal. ☞ A closer view of the body showing its individual welds of strips of painted or rusted metal. View all▼

☞ A tuft of wild grass grew in rocky soil just above the high tide line of a beach in Florence, Oregon. A piece of driftwood was caught caught there after a big storm. Together the grass and driftwood formed an attractive pair. View all▼

☞ The entry to a downtown garage led up a ramp to a deep, dark second floor. The ramp was concrete, the walls brick, and the paint a dark, gunmetal blue. A pad on the floor sounded an alarm as an exiting automobile crossed it. A thin orange extension chord looped carelessly down the side. And just what was that tiny orange glow at the very top? View all▼