This is Don Herron, doing his Dashiell Hammett tour of San Francisco.

The top of Vallejo street, at Kearny, the morning after a storm.

Later that night...view of the Bay bridge from Union & Montgomery, Telegraph Hill.

Part of Filbert Street steps

I went to Monterey Aquarium.

Who says a convertable two seater car isn't practical for trips to Home Depot to buy construction materials?

Kitty under the covers...

Kitty at the Muddy Kitty Cocktail Lounge (wish I'd thought of that name, but I didn't). This is the bathroom sink, which doubles as a kitty watering hole. They go in the garden, make sure their paws are all muddy, and then come to the Muddy Kitty to drink. `

Sunrise from my backyard.

I ate some papaya. This was part of an exercise in committing to doing four unknown tasks each day. This day's task was to eat something new. I'd never eaten papaya before & I don't like it.

It's Burning Santa!

This is early Sunday morning in Chinatown. The markets are open. The streets are already crowded.

From an Amtrak train window, just below the start of the Sierras.

That's sunset on Mt. Olympus, behind the tree.

Getting ready for dinner...

View from the deck...

More snow...

Somewhere in Nevada during my almost 24 hour journey on Amtrak. The train was over 6 hours late! There was a broken rail, frozen switches that wouldn't move, passing freight trains to avoid & a medical emergency in one of the sleeper cars. And a bunch of other, little stuff that made for a LONG journey.

The microwave stuff on top of Bernal Hill.

I went on meditation retreat.