An historic streetcar turning into the special track area that runs down the middle of on Embarcadero at the San Francisco Ferry Building. The one in the picture, number 1063, is painted in the colours of the Baltimore Transit Company (yellow & grey).
Close up of part of one of the hearts that appeared in the Embarcadero Plaza, San Francisco yesterday sometime. There are more shots of the hearts in my Flickr stream.
Some of the other things written on this heart include:
And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make.
If you’re skating on thin ice you might as well dance.
And a list of recently received spam email subject lines.
Close up of a fresh Fuji apple from my kitchen. One of two food items I took photos of tonight, the other is up on Flickr along with another shot of the Marmite jar.
I’ve added a bluedonkey.org tag to all the photos in my Flickr account that have appeared on the blog (and I will tag any that appear in future the same way). Then, using the Mosaic Maker from fd’s Flickr Toys I created the square mosaic with the latest 36 photos with that tag on them.
Inside the grounds of Dover Castle, high up atop the famous white cliffs, there is a picnic area. Alongside one of the tables is an old mobile gun, designed to be towed around behind a jeep or similar vehicle. This is the hub of one of its wheels, close up.
Taken a while back, on my walk around Marina Village in Alameda, this is a much closer shot of a single cherry blossom. I suspect that the heavy storms of the last week have probably stripped the trees of any remaining blossoms (there were reports of winds gusting up to 100mph in the bay area – it would take a tough cherry blossom to survive that!).
On a column outside the Longs Drugs store in Marina Village, Alameda was this very unusual graffiti. At least, I assume that it is graffiti. Looks like it was sprayed on through a template. Didn’t see any more like it (and I’ve not noticed them anywhere else before). All in all, very strange.
More on Flickr.
Another photo from my walk around Marina Village in Alameda on Sunday afternoon. There were a few dandelions in this state, but I did not see any more complete ones.
More on Flickr.
Yellow, very yellow. A flower I walked past today on my after lunch walk around the Marina Village area of Alameda. I hadn’t been there for a while, so it was good to get some more photos. More on Flickr.
In the last few weeks I have received two requests from people who would like permission to use one of my photographs for a project that they are working on.
The first was for a shot of some meerkats at Oakland Zoo, to be used in an educational program at the Boston Museum of Science. The second was the shot of California’s Capitol building shown to the right, being used on a web page for a student lobbying day event. Thank you both for asking first.
In general, I have no problem with people using my photos for non-commercial reasons as long as they ask first. I am less impressed by the increasing number of people using my photos on their pages at myspace, xanga, livejournal and other similar sites without asking or even adding a credit. Beyond my limit though is usage by sites like Fark.com on pages that require a paid subscription; that is unauthorised commercial usage.