Max Pictures’ Blather

…over Central Valley. Don’t know what types of clouds these were (from yesterday), but they reminded Miss T and I of the clouds in Partly Cloudy (the animated short that ran before Up). A few more cloud photos at 5 Partly Cloudy photos at maxpixpix on Picasa.

…from Monterey Bay. 15 More Monterey Bay photos on Picasa from our recent Central Coast trip. Marvel at pictures of the meals we ate and the Clement Monterey. It’s nice being on vacation.

…no people. The Saturday morning Davis Farmers Market takes place all year ’round, but from May to October it really comes alive. With the sunny, mild, morning weather, attendance triples and the population of multi-child strollers increases eight-fold. Yet, despite the hundreds of market-goers, somehow all my photos end up peopleless. You can see for [...]

…and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Miss T and I took a jaunt out to Monterey earlier this month—we spent the majority of our time at and around Cannery Row, including, of course, the Monterey Bay Aquarium. If you haven’t been to Monterey, Cannery Row, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium, you can see what it looks [...]

…of the train. Last week two events coincided: three weeks of Northern California rain ceased; and, the clocks shifted for seize the daylight time (carpe diem tempus temporis… or something). The result? For the first time in many months, my train trip home was during daylight hours. Traveling through the impenetrable, nighttime, tinted-train window void, [...]

…of the last of the 2008 pics. It’s a week into the new year, but I’ve only now finished sorting through the trailing edge of last year’s crop of digital photos, namely a slew of December pix from San Diego. I’ve finally posted the complete, edited set (is that an oxymoron?) online at 150 San [...]

…& Space (& Star Trek) Museum. Miss T and I routinely visit Southern California (we have family there, after all) and are well acquainted with the weather, and the beaches, and the Mexican food. One thing that we don’t associate with SoCal, though, is Star Trek. Being set primarily in space, I can’t think of [...]

…on a low-70s winter day. I like the beach. Even better, I like it when there’s no one there. If you don’t mind near-total darkness, the hours between 2:30 and 5:30 a.m. are good candidates for having the beach to yourself. If you like sunlight with your surf and sand, however, pre-dawn is not such [...]

…Christmas Fair. It’s become a Max Pictures winter holiday tradition to visit The Great Dickens Christmas Fair in San Francisco. So, this year, like so many years before, Miss T and I met up with Programmer Girl (our friend and Dickens Fair denizen) at the Cow Palace for a day of Dickensian fun. From the [...]

…ramento (for you non-Central Valley types). I’ve lived around Sacramento for at least ten years and visited Old Sacramento maybe three or four times. There’s probably a lot of history there, but all I’ve ever noticed are bars, restaurants, and candy shops—an inordinately high number of candy shops. Undaunted by the threat of history and [...]