Category: San Francisco
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Right place, right time, right person
[Part 1/3] THE RIGHT PLACE To see the Parakeet Auklet, we had to locate the Hermit Rock. We have taken countless walks along Lands End but never knew a rock named Hermit. We went along the coastal trail in search of the Hermit Rock (I like to see it as the home of a giant…
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Strawberry Hill Forever
I smiled as I pulled out my Strawberry Hill Birders T-shirt from the package, delighted that my illustration has made a plain white T-shirt come to life with a happy memory. I put it on immediately. I can’t remember when I fell in love with rowing a boat on Stow Lake – not only do I feel…
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A humpback whale sighting of a different kind
“A 37-foot-long humpback whale washes up at San Francisco’s Baker Beach” – we first heard this a month ago. There was talk of a burial, but with the ongoing shelter-in-place order, the city has other pending problems to address. Before we know it, San Francisco has started to reopen and several sightings of the dead female…