☞ A slice through a river revealed many fish. ☞ Two American kestral birds stood on the rocky hill and gazed at each other. ☞ The blue/green of the river reflected sunlight to highlight the rocks of the hill. ☞ An American kestral nest was on a rocky hill overlooking a slice of river. ☞ A cloudy sky lay over the rocky hill, alternating between sunlight and shadow. View all▼

☞ Painted on a freeway support under the freeway was an underwater scene. ☞ A family on a relaxed day on shore. The man gazed down into the water. One of the children fished with a pole. A dog swam on the surface of the river. ☞ Beams of sunlight broke the surface of the river. That and people on shore suggest this was a warm day. ☞ An otter dove deep in search of shellfish. Instead it found a sunken skateboard. View all▼

☞ Stairs ended inside the shapes. A bare i-beam appeared as an unfinished shape element. ☞ Ducks hid in tall grass to the right of a spiral staircase. ☞ A spiral staircase lacked a safety rail. The stairs ran up from grassland and into a floating building. ☞ The building was created from abstract shapes. A flowering vine grew up through the building's shapes. ☞ An abstract building floated over grassland next to a typical northwestern forest. ☞ Two Canada Geese and one kildeer stood in a grass field next to a spiral staircase. View all▼

☞ The bottom of the mural showed a sea lion swimming under the arched path of a school of fish. ☞ The middle of the mural showed birds hovering over a crashing surf. ☞ The fifth mural was an image of the sea. It lay just beyond the edge of the skatepark, and was partly obscured by the parks concrete forms. ☞ The top of the mural illustrated two ice arches under a stormy sky. ☞ A wide shot, edge on, of the mural. View all▼

☞ The bird was perched on the inverted axial of a skateboard. The wheels were missing. ☞ The body of the bird was filled with gears, all interlocked and turning. ☞ The tree stump had steps embedded in its side, or mushrooms growing on its side. ☞ The fourth mural illustrated a large bird perched on top of a tree stump. ☞ The face of the bird looked malevolent and was backed by the rising sun. View all▼

☞ The third mural illustrated a grand and glorious mythical phoenix bird. It flew in spectacular flames. ☞ The bottom of the mural resembled a train on six tracks speeding out from the wall. Sadly, it was covered in graffiti. ☞ A burning skeleton was drawn below the phoenix bird, and appeared to be the source of its flames. ☞ The flames of the phoenix bird just before its mythical demise into ash. View all▼

☞ The folks marching with Conjunto Folklórico Panamá América wore decorative costumes, each topped with an artistic hat. ☞ Hats were a significant part of the Carnival San Francisco Parade. ☞ Samba Queen on a float, wore a sombrero fringed with silver foil. ☞ One of those marching with Club Puertorriqueño de San Francisco wore a mask as a hat. ☞ Two senior folk riding with Ruth's Table wore hats decorated with colorful tissue flowers. ☞ The dancers with Conjunto Folklórico Panamá América wore traditional straw hats. View all▼

☞ The second of the eight murals illustrated two birds of prey diving down from high in a fictional sky. ☞ The bottom of the two birds, the larger of the two, dove with beak open and tongue out. It's talons were about to seize graffiti. ☞ The smaller and topmost (or perhaps more distant) bird dove with talons extended across the very face of the sun. View all▼

☞ Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc. Serving Children Youth Families and Seniors Since 1954 decorated a float to resemble a plaza in Mexico. ☞ The La Cumbiamba Colombiana featured a lively band with singers and dancers. ☞ The Sherman Elementary float featured colorful slices of fruits and vegetables. ☞ The float for The Church of 8 Wheels (Roller Disco) was in the form of a huge roller skate. ☞ Instead of a marching band, Mixtiso Latino Indo-Afro-Mexican staged a sitting band on the front of their float. ☞ Naturally, the Recology float would be an antique red garbage truck. View all▼

☞ At the top of the mural, two birds hovered over the nest. ☞ Murals were painted on both sides of four freeway supports that surrounded the Washington Jefferson Skatepark. ☞ The nest was created from a collection of straw and skateboard parts. ☞ The first of eight murals illustrated a stylized bird's nest in a tree. ☞ The signature for the eight murals was covered in two stickers. It might have been "Maitag W" or "Maltag N" or any of a dozen names. Searching for the obvious variations, yielded no success. ☞ The bottom of the tree was a face. Sadly the bottom of the mural was covered in graffiti. View all▼

☞ Dancers with Mas Madera Massive performed while wearing colorful hoop dresses. ☞ Dancers with Loco Bloco performed while wearing full yellow/orange dresses. ☞ Dancers with Tradición Peruana Cultural Center performed in front of the "One $ Store." The dancers wore pure white dresses with bright red waist sashes. ☞ Performers with La Cumbiamba Colombiana dressed in colorful traditional Columbian costumes. The women swirled, while the men marched in a line. ☞ One of the dancers, with Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc. (Serving Children Youth Families and Seniors Since 1954), performed with a full yellow skirt. View all▼

☞ One of the woman marching with Caravana de la Alegria posed to show off her colorful costume. ☞ Two people walked past the camera and posed, one with surprise, the other with a smile. ☞ A woman walking with Loco Bloco posed while carrying a parasol. ☞ Two people with Gente De Cidlade paused to take a selfie. The result was for them to both unknowingly pose for the camera. ☞ A woman with Mission Neighborhood Centers paused to pose for the camera. She posed with three children. ☞ One of the dancers with Aquarela Brazilian Dance Ensemble paused to show off her feathers and jewels. View all▼

☞ A man wearing a white grass skirt carried the Samoan flag for the Samoan Community Development Center. ☞ A man wrapped in a small Puerto Rican flag carried one edge of a much larger Puerto Rican flag. ☞ One of the women marching with Thurgood Marshall Academic High School carried a Bolivian flag. ☞ The women of SF Day Labor Program & Women's Collective lifted and lowered a huge flag made up of many country flags. This illustrated how the labor movement was international in scope. ☞ Two members of the group Esplendor Azteca Xipe Totec each carried a differently sized Mexican flag. View all▼

☞ The banner for Tradición Peruana Cultural Center was small relative to other banners. ☞ The Paixão banner was understated and elegant. ☞ The Comparsa Orichá Oya Nike banner was carried by men in black, thus creating an ominous feeling. ☞ The banner for United Rhythms was carried by two fellows riding Lime rental scooters. ☞ The Loco Bloco comparsa (contingent) was actually a combined effort by three groups. ☞ The Mission Neighborhood Centers banner had been dropped and not yet picked up. Had it been properly held, it might have read: "Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc. Serving Children Youth Families and Seniors Since 1954." View all▼