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Photographer, wine lover, retired software quality engineering manager at Adobe. All thoughts and musings are my own.

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Moon over Santa Cruz

Moon over Santa Cruz

#photography #landscape #moon #bluehour

03.03.2026 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Natural Bridges State Beach Santa Cruz, California

Natural Bridges State Beach Santa Cruz, California

Did an early morning photo excursion at Natural Bridges State Beach followed by corned beef hash at Zachary’s in Santa Cruz.

03.03.2026 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Laura
An Otto Preminger Film

28.02.2026 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was this years old when I learned that Brigadoon was not shot in Technicolor but in Ansco Color, which was a similar, competitive color process. They just don’t make movies that look like that any more.

26.02.2026 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was thinking The Changeling. But this is inside baseball.

26.02.2026 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a job for James Kirk.

26.02.2026 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The state of the Minyan is 10

25.02.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

El Mencho sounds like what you call a nice Jewish boy in Spanish.

23.02.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jack in the Box Tacos

22.02.2026 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Girl Scout cookie inflation is real.

14.02.2026 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In a Lonely Place (1950) on Make a GIF _premium

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14.02.2026 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My new favorite thing.

13.02.2026 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a collection of that sort of diner mugs. I’ll have to get my hands on one of those.

08.02.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel pretty good about myself when I know who both the host and the musical guest are on SNL

02.02.2026 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ooh, what to do in a tiny canoe

31.01.2026 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Greg Bovino most certainly shops from the Roger De Bris collection.

27.01.2026 03:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think he meant β€œbored of peace”.

23.01.2026 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mr Roddenberry would like to have a word.

14.01.2026 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Whale breaches off Kaanapali

Whale breaches off Kaanapali

Humpback whale breaching off the Kaanapali coast. #photography #goldenhour

12.01.2026 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Little, Big

10.01.2026 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic actor. His performance in Man Who Fell to Earth is mind blowing.

10.01.2026 05:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Once a Kia tastes blood…

07.01.2026 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just finished The Mill of the Gods by Tim Powers a great outing from a favorite author. Midnight in Paris for the weird fiction aficionado.

07.01.2026 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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31.12.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pigeon Point lighthouse. #photography #landscape #nocal

31.12.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t claim I saw them but someone told me they were there.

30.12.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There was the time that I attended the LA Gay Men’s Chorus anniversary performance at the Disney in LA to hear Mr. Wallace’s oratorio and George and Brad Takei were at the opposite side of the theater.

30.12.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a Get Smart gag that this calls for, but times have changed.

30.12.2025 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is where my mind went.

27.12.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Glenn Close has grown up to be Cloris Leachman. Don’t get me wrong. This is a very good thing.

26.12.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0