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Today we walked from the Warming Hut at Crissy Field out to Fort Point, which was closed for some reason (I guess it's only open on the weekends until summer).

There is a fence next to the fort now, since 9/11, that prevents people from walking behind the fort and being right under the bridge. Today someone had put carnations all over that fence.

I just got an email telling me this book is coming out in July with some of my Moleskine pages in it  like this one from last summer - yay! I don't remember which ones she chose, so it will be a surprise for me too. :)

I stopped doing them earlier this year, but I really should start up again.  I still have a calendar like that and doodle in all the time, but I have not been coloring or painting in it or adding collage items for a while.

We had lunch with Rachel in Pacific Heights, and met some of her co-workers at the church, so that was fun.

Now we are cleaning up and getting everything ready to leave in the morning for points north, as in, places that look like the picture above.

We'll do some inland excursions too, if we stick to the plan, which is to come back down through Ashland (spending a couple nights there before zipping down the I-5 back home).

After that we might go to Yosemite or Lake Tahoe for a couple days... not sure.

Ok, back to cleaning and packing I must go...

Steampunk has hit the big time...
which means it's on its way out, right?

carengoodrich has her Blurb book listed on Etsy - which is a great idea!

 I must make a listing for my San Miguel photo book on Etsy when I get back.   People can buy it through the Blurb site of course, but I think Etsy gets more traffic. 

I might remove it from public sale on Blurb, come to think of it, because it takes too long to get paid by them.   On Etsy, if someone bought one, I'd get the money immediately and then just have the book sent to them by Blurb - that would work better for me.

I also keep planning to do one on the Mendocino Coast - and I will start working on that when I get back as well.  It's just that I must have literally thousands of images to sort through for that and it seems daunting.  But I will do it.

I am mainly posting this to remind myself not to forget all about it when I get back!

I made another necklace last night after Dancing With the Stars...


The crystal drop is more reflective than this picture shows - it was hard to photograph, but some of the images on Etsy are from different angles and different light.  I should upload a different one to Flickr I suppose.  Anyway it is in my Etsy shop now.

Here's a cool way to wire wrap sea glass...

I have to start using some of my huge stash from Glass Beach when I get back from the road trip.  'Course I plan to go to Glass Beach again while we are in Westport this weekend and add to the stash.  One can never have too  much glass from Glass Beach!

Frida at SFMOMA this summer...

I already ordered three sets of tickets so we can go on three different days during the summer.   We are members but even members need appointments for this one, apparently.   There are some members only days as well, but those might not be good times for Joe to go with me (they are usually weekdays or at night).

At least as members we won't have to pay $17.50 per person to get in each time, or whatever the charge is going to be for the general public.  It promises to be a zoo  all summer.  I am happy about all the great art coming this year though! :) 

When we come back from our little road trip, I am thinking we might rest a day or so and then maybe go up to Yosemite for a couple of days. Have not been up there in three years.

May is a great time there - the waterfalls are going like gangbusters, and the summer hoards are not there yet. Finding somewhere to stay there will still be hard on short notice though, so I don't know if this is possible.

Another bit of Chihuly. We will go see the whole shebang at both museums after we get back from the road trip.

Yesterday all we did was shop in Marin for a few things that Joe needed. I did not take any pictures. The outdoor malls were nice - it was sunny and warm and there were gobs of flowers everywhere.

Now Joe just has to make it through three more days of work and we can GET AWAY. :)

Big Chihuly show coming to the Legion and the DeYoung.

and check www.thinker.org for more info as well.

After a short trip to The Legion of Honor, then grocery shopping and doing the laundry, we went for a walk on the beach at Crissy Field around six pm yesterday. It was perfect. :)

Today, not sure... we might go to the mall in Marin because Joe has a Macy's gift card, and it's faster to go to the one in Marin than to go downtown. Plus I would rather be outside in the sun in Marin with fewer people around than downtown with the hoards of tourists in Union Square.

 

Ooooh, this one is so pretty.

Very inspiring. I don't think I can make much jewelry until after we go away and come back though... but I must start making little drawings of things I am thinking about making anyway!

I don't know what this flower is called, but I like the macro I managed to get of it!

I was supposed to have lunch with Rachel today but she is too swamped with work, so I think I will go tomorrow perhaps.

I went for a walk on Lake Street instead for a bit, and it was so nice and sunny, and there are so many flowers everywhere. They bloom all year round here, but are especially good right now.

Whenever we are up the coast, we stop in Elk to eat at Queenie's and stroll in the gardens at the Greenwood Pier Inn. For years I have been thinking it was too expensive for us to stay there, but suddenly I realize it isn't! :)

I've already made reservation for the house in Westport though, and after that, we will head further north... but next time we go up, I think we will stay at the Greenwood Inn for a few days. That would be very very nice indeed.

PS to   dead_terrapin

!  The Greenwood Inn would be a great place for your anniversary, yes? :)

 

Now I am leaning towards three nights in this house in Westport, then up to Arcata for a few days in the redwoods, then either up the Oregon Coast a ways, or maybe over to Ashland for a couple days... not sure after Westport. Wish we could just BUY that little house!

The house in Westport has no phone or web connection and is in a very quiet little hamlet north of Fort Bragg - so it would be like a short retreat, which would be great.  

May 8th cannot come soon enough though, that is one thing I am very sure about.

EDIT... YAY, we got the little house for May 9, 10 and 11.  The owner sounds very  nice - they bought the house in 1972 from an 80 year old man who was born in that house, in the kitchen, in 1892.   I can only imagine how remote Wesport must have been in 1892.   It's still so small, it's almost not there.

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