For Auntie K. ;-)

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   posted by Sal Towse at  5:45 PM|| |

 


Our Zeppelin has arrived!

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   posted by Sal Towse at  11:11 PM|| |

 

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   posted by Sal Towse at  9:39 AM|| |

Tom Perkins is out in Maltese Falcon, cruising around.

That's a BIG yacht.

* "Both Sides Now" - Joni Mitchell

[Sour Grapes posted a beautiful cloud picture over at his place.]

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   posted by Sal Towse at  12:31 PM|| |

Lovely clouds. With luck we'll have more rain. With luck the weather cleared up and stayed sunny in bucolic Kern County, CA, for first-cousin-once-removed Davy's wedding this afternoon.


[view of the N bay from Pacific Heights]


* "Both Sides Now" - Joni Mitchell

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   posted by Sal Towse at  5:29 PM|| |

 

Left this morning.

This is the time of year when the cruise ships move south for the winter, from Alaska routes to Mexican routes. Our ville is a stop off point and has been having heavy cruise ship activity (sometimes three berths in use) for the last month or so.

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   posted by Sal Towse at  11:52 AM|| |

We live where we can see the water because his nibs wanted to see boats, boats, boats!

And we do.

The Festival of Sail kicks off at noon today with a parade of ships sailing in through the Golden Gate.

I'll be downtown for lunch with his nibs and will miss the ship parade, but I've been enjoying some of the runup this morning.

 

 


 



Shown:

[1] The fire boats serving San Francisco Fire Department from the Bay spray a welcome for an incoming military ship.

[2] Some masts over by the Ferry Building. And a ferry, and a docked dinner cruise ship. The Delta Queen, the largest of the dinner cruise ships on this side of the Bay, has been docked elsewhere to free up some room for the wooden ships to dock. The ships will open for tours starting tomorrow. We've been enjoying views of a two masted ship, docked at Pier 19 since we got back.

[3] Another smaller boat.

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   posted by Sal Towse at  10:22 AM|| |

 
Spotted last evening before sunset.

Note UCBerkeley campanille in the east bay hills behind Treasure Island at about 10 o'clock.




*Geoffrey Marks, 1880.

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   posted by Sal Towse at  12:07 PM|| |