A minimalist archive, moments in time.
Zoo day in San Francisco. The zoo sits way out on the city's west side, a hundred acres almost at the Pacific, and the sky stayed clear the whole time we were…
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Took the pink tutu down to San Francisco for the afternoon — leotard, tulle skirt with silk flowers at the waistband, and the headband with the big pink pouf,…
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Second birthday, and we kept it at home in the living room rather than doing anything bigger. She wore a pink paper crown all evening — construction paper,…
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Drove into the city for the Fleet Week air show and ended up on the grass at the Marina with what felt like half the Bay Area. The place was packed — lawn…
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Up early enough to catch the fog still sitting on the lake. It hung low over the water in a band, so the far shore showed above it and its own reflection…
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Over in San Francisco this afternoon and the lantana had a monarch working it the whole time I stood there. Late September and they're still passing through —…
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A double-header today: trains in the morning, kites in the afternoon. The little one rode the miniature railway through the redwoods, first squeezed in next…
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Labor Day with the whole crowd, and the annual attempt at a group photo on the lawn. Fourteen adults, five babies, and no version where everyone is looking the…
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End-of-day walk around the garden, late August light coming in low across the lawn — the one week of the year the hostas earn their keep twice. All the flower…
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Over the bridge and into the city for a full day with the little one. The petting zoo was the first stop that mattered — a cup of feed, and the goats did the…
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