Cute apricot fruitlets have been sighted, about three weeks after the peak of blossoming. The additional foliage has caused an increase in approval ratings from neighborhood birds, including the resident Chestnut-backed Chickadees and Scrub-jays. 😀 There are a few more apricot images in the plant album.
Category Archives: Places
Apricot blossoms!
Monday, 12 March 2007
One of the biggest attractions of our garden is the old apricot tree in the backyard. Our neighborhood used to be part of one the (formerly) many apricot orchards in the Santa Clara Valley. This thirty-plus (forty-plus?) year old tree is one the few sad, beautiful reminders of that era.
WonderCon 2007
Wednesday, 7 March 2007
It has been five years since I last attended a comic book convention. Last Sunday I broke that spell of inactivity, and attended WonderCon in San Francisco with Kathleen.
Early-ish travel photos
Saturday, 24 February 2007
I had uploaded these travel pictures some time ago, but only now remembered to “announce” them. The trip to the Philippines in early 1997 marked my first overseas venture. I used my then-falling apart, now-defunct Ricoh SLR camera. I originally digitized the pictures with a flatbed scanner (thanks, Jed!), but I’d like to redo it […]
Farewell: Restaurants closed in 2006
Monday, 22 January 2007
Last year witnessed the closure of some wonderful restaurants. From this group, Brigitte’s will be sorely missed. 🙁 Brigitte’s: French Mediterranean, Gourmet and Healthy Cuisine. Santa Clara, CA. This became our favorite French restaurant in the Bay Area. Fresh ingredients, often locally produced or organic. Innovative menu which changed daily to fit the seasons and […]
Photos of the garden pond
Wednesday, 17 January 2007
Finally uploaded photographs documenting the pond Simon installed in the backyard. The process started in early 2003, and took well over a year for plants to become established. We need to replace some of the plants (the Japanese maple couldn’t tolerate the heat), but we now have lovely gold fines gravel for the bench area […]
Macworld Expo 2007 coming soon
Wednesday, 3 January 2007
The annual MacWorld Expo San Francisco will take place next week. Unfortunately, I think my Perusal-Research List is pretty much the same as last year’s. It’s unfortunate because I have yet to find these items: Car stereo integration for the iPod at a reasonable cost. I’ve never liked FM transmitters, and the tape player is […]
The Ultimate Slide
Tuesday, 10 October 2006
Photos from Carsten Höller’s slide installation at the Tate Modern. Wish I could play on that!
Macworld Expo 2006 coming soon
Sunday, 8 January 2006
MacWorld 2006 in SF will be this week. What to check out? iPod stuff: earphones, Etymotic’s booth bands/clips (esp. during physical activity), silicone wrappings, etc. car stereo integration iListen booth new keyboards new mice/trackballs nifty carrying bags sync stuff (Treo) any progress for OpenOffice on OS X? am I dreaming? 😉 tablets, touchscreens and other […]
Dreadful eateries which are closed, thankfully
Monday, 4 September 2000
Here is an old list of restaurants, now closed, where my tastebuds were abused. Yes, rather negative, but I wish to include this entry (from my old 1.0 site) for historical accuracy. (On the plus side, it is a really short list!) It would be rather amusing if the people who ran these places opened […]