Marine Layer coming in...

I liked this picture because of the contrasts. The close focus of the bird and the guy looking out onto the beach versus the shrouding of the Cliff House and "Bird Poop Rock" by the fog (aka Marine Layer).

Isn't it ironic? No, it's just a coincidence...

Remember the Alanis Morrisette song? Remember how everyone got so upset that she kept calling stuff ironic when it was just coincidental? I always thought that it was ironic that she made MILLIONS of dollars on that song, in spite of the folks who complained.

Well, here's my example:

The picture above is from a lottery ticket bought for tonight's MegaMillions drawing -- the largest lottery jackpot in US history. Note the top of the ticket -- hundreds of millions of tickets purchased during "National Problem Gambling Awareness Week".

Ha ha ha ...

Shadows...

Getting late, driving home, nothing superior to show. Then I rounded a corner and got to a stoplight. That's when I saw this study in light and dark.

Dessert

Didn't get much chance to take pictures today.

Here is dessert -- Trader Joe's Peach Strudel and a dollop of Double Rainbow French Vanilla ice cream. Those are dried cranberries on top

I Thought Mastadons Were Extinct...

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Pulling out of the parking lot of the local grocery store, I ended up behind these people. I had to grab my camera and snap a picture cause, well, frankly, I was struck by HOLY CRAP -- THAT'S A BIG DOG!!.

I mean, seriously, this dog has to duck when the car goes through underpasses. He has to affect their mileage. On the bright side, if they do run out of gas, they can ride him home -- better yet, he can pull the car to the nearest station!

Ok, enough really big dog jokes.

There is one more pic on the Flickr page of this guy.

Golden Gate Fuzzy Bridge

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As I think I mentioned before, you will be seeing a number of Big Orange Bridge pictures as the year progresses. This particular one is taken during Yappy Hour at our wonderful Dog Sitter's place. I had to put the tripod up on a table, and I couldn't reach the viewer, so the focus isn't great.

Luckily, the bridge looks good even fuzzy!

Spider Web

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Went to work REALLY early this morning (3:00am) and came home and went back to bed at lunchtime. As a result, I didn't get much time to snap pictures.

So, I decided to play with focus, macro settings, etc, and found this spider web on my poor broken grill (which, by the way, won't be broken after this weekend, cause I got the replacement parts in while writing this!).