(Friday, Sept. 1, 2006)
No pictures for TB today. I saw a man riding his bike while using a portable oxygen tank but didn’t take a picture because the O2 tank was stowed in his backpack, and I didn’t think the nasal tube would show in a photo. Now that’s a dedicated cyclist! If TB needed to be on oxygen, he’d still find a way to ride his bike, too. Maybe put the O2 in his CamelBak, maybe fit it in a water bottle holder.
Today’s proof shot:
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Today I trekked to the Berkeley Rose Garden. I saw lots of big, copper-colored dragonflies. I took probably 8 pictures, and captured a dragonfly in only 1. I got lucky — those suckers fly quickly, in a zig-zag pattern. I also got pictures of some damselflies; much easier, they like to spend a lot of time on the ground. This pair flew & landed on the path in front of me many times and never separated. I don’t know if they were mating, riding a little damselfly tandem bike, or had separation anxiety. Also, a third damselfly kept following them; I don’t know what that was about.
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Today’s non-rose garden flora:
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I was surprised that some of the leaves are changing color already. It’s still summer!
Architecture:
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Miscellany:
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I ate dinner at Cha-Ya, a 100% vegan Japanese restaurant:
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When I left my room at about 9:00 this morning to do laundry and get coffee, the weather was sunny & warm. In the afternoon, it got downright hot. Around dinner time, the fog began to roll in and it turned cold. I’m surprised how chilly the air gets when the fog hangs so high over the city.
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Correction to yesterday’s entry: The cool car I saw was a neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV), not a Smart Car. That’s what TB told me, and he’d know better than I would.