Well, we survived camping, meaning we all came back alive.
Actually the camping part was very nice; it was the complaining teenagers and the energy-that-they-should-bottle 6-year-old that made it a bit taxing at times.
The picture you see is of a big tree. I have many pictures of big trees. The name of the campground is Calaveras Big Trees State Park. When I get settled around here, i.e. finish getting the dirt out of everything, I will post more and tell more.
I took a couple of photos just to practice my newfound and very slowly developing photoshop skills. I have been at a Technology for Teachers class all week learning how to build web pages and use photoshop. In the above picture, that boat used to be red and there used to be a pole in the foreground. With the flower,, I just messed with some filters and colors.
I took my 14-year-old with me today and it turned out he knew more than the instructors. Of course.
Here is another picture that my wife and I took when we were trying to be artistic in San Francisco.
Depending on what I find in my daily travels, this may be an on-going series. I have two more in the hopper, so stay tuned!
Amazingly, this looks worse in person--think pumpkin or yams, except this isn't a seasonal decoration. They just did this a few weeks ago--on purpose!
Now to be fair, there is a culture somewhere that appreciates colors like this; it's just not here.
Next time: How do you think bright yellow and kelly green would look next to natural stone?
I can't remember whether this was a deck I was walking on, the side of a building, or the side of a boat. I guess I should have made a note of it.
I took a lot of pictures of these unique art deco (?) public restrooms along the shore in the Marina District.
Here is a picture that I don't think I actually took; I believe I was standing next to my wife when she took it. Either way I was somehow responsible for at least some part of the fact that this picture exists. 
And here is another...
