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During my travels to historic landmarks, I usually devise a master plan of plaques to hunt down, armed with a AAA map of California, printouts of landmarks by county and a far stack of Google Maps covered with pushpins. The goal is to make a loop from Fresno to points distant and back, minimizing driving time and maximizing plaque site visitation. ( Read more... )

Still alive, just not writing.

Taking pictures, though, and posting on Flickr.

Still taking a self-portrait every day: Watch my hair grow!

I love taking road trips, but I realized I'd been neglecting a proper exploration of Fresno. As a starting ground, I was inspired by Historic Fresno to visit all the National Historic Places & Buildings in ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've had anything to say. I've been taking pictures, though, and I've been using Flickr instead of here. I like the tagging and mapping I can't do on my own. I've tweaked this page to show the last 5 pictures I've uploaded, plus 5 random pictures. I like using sets and collections, so have fun poking around. I admit I'm ( Read more... )

For Christmas, I bought myself a new camera: A Canon SD800 IS. It came highly recommended from my camera geek friend, and I have nothing but praise for this new electronic device. One its virtues is a gigantic LCD screen on the back, and I obviously don't want to scratch it. On the other hand, I still want to fit the camera in my pocket, so a ( Read more... )

I watched a Belgian horror movie titled Calvaire. It wasn't very good, though I'd be interested in what the director does next.

It receives points for trying to make the bad guys sympathetic, nice cinematography and... Hm... That's about it, actually. There's one other thing, but I'll get to that. The movie loses points for having a "hero" that's ( Read more... )

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Pictures from Florida:

Nov 4 - The Driftwood Inn

This was our home for the week. The first few days very windy, uncharacteristically so, but the temperature was still 80F and the skies were blue, which was a welcome change from our current cold, gray skies in Fresno. Also, that's my niece in there.

Nov 5 - McKee Botanical Garden

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Pictures from last weekend:

The Charles M. Schulz Museum
What is there to say? Do you like "Peanuts?" You'll like the museum.

Goat Beach & Point Reyes Lighthouse
The stairs down to the lighthouse are the equivalent of climbing up a 30-story building. That last picture was taken only halfway up the stairs. Mrs. Phancy is taking a break.

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