Um… Avenue of the Giants. Jus’ sayin’.
WOW. I practically cried! SO breathtaking!! Some of them are 2000 years old—the oldest living plants on Earth.
And after seeing these pics, I’ve also realized I’ve started looking like Richard Attenborough in Jurassic Park. <sigh>
EARTHQUAKE (pretty light swaying but for ten seconds where I am)
Anyone in my area of the fediverse using #bridgy to connect with interesting #bluesky accounts? Any recommendations? Especially, but definitely not only, interested in #california #norcal #housing #climate #urbanism #bikes #transit #democracy #punk #Postpunk #newwave #experimentalmusic
Ft Bragg Sunset
Ft. Bragg is a wonderful Northern California seaside town that has been through many changes over the last century.
Lumber and fishing have been the main industry in this small town for many years. The lumber industry mostly died by the mid 1900's and the Salmon fishing has dropped off due to the fish population. It still has a small town charm and worth a visit.
https://pixels.com/featured/ft-bragg-sunset-bill-gallagher.html
#FtBraggSunset #BillGallagherPhotography #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Sunset #FtBragg #NorCal
As someone who has largely taken train journeys rather than roadtrips, I don’t have any nostalgic memories of roadtrips in cars (simply because I’ve never lived somewhere where that was a thing. Driving 20 min meant leaving the country)
However, this giant artichoke in Castroville makes me want to go on a road trip to see it. First, I gotta learn how to drive a car
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/ca-castroville-farm-town-artichoke-center-world-19553868.php
@SocraticEthics Cases locally here in #Ukiah #NORCAL seem to be rising. Cuation: incomplete data
The best thing about pelagic birding: sometimes, there are whales.
(Gulf of the Farallones, near San Francisco. Nikon D810, 200-500mm)
The number of power outages in the NorCal region is very high. Up where I'm at, it's not as bad as it was last year where we had multiple multi-day outages, but there are some places that went down hard.
Wow, almost the entire Monterey peninsula and almost all of the city of Monterey has been without power for a good six hours now. I don't think I've ever seen that before. A lot of this is open space so the severity in terms of people isn't as bad as it appears, but it's still remarkable that we have multiple cities that are almost entirely without power.
My area was largely spared. It was probably because we got hit so hard last year that anything that was in danger of blowing over in high winds had already blown over.
We're now recovering up in NorCal. Southern California is still getting mauled and will continue to get mauled for another two days. That's where the most serious danger is.
In the 1980s, the firm that had the contract for upholstery of BART seats paid people to slash the seats. People slashed in specific patterns so the company would know who to pay.
What a wild story
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-seat-slasher-Hurwitz-Service-Systems-Inc-14544785.php
I've run thousands of miles in Sonoma County and around NorCal. If anyone is curious about conditions, good hidden gems, the steep and the flat, hit me up with your questions!
I've visited a lot of waterfalls in my time as a photographer, and while my technique has evolved with experience and time, this image from 2007 has remained one of my favorites. I've gone back to this location multiple times to photograph this exact image, but this one always wins out.
Getting to this position in the creek is not for the faint of heart-- I usually put my camera strap in my teeth to hold it above the water as my feet slip over mossy, slick rocks until I get to a boulder further downstream. When I'm done taking exposures I am typically soaked head to toe.
Worth it. Every single time.
Water cascading over rocks in #brandycreek at #whiskeytown in #northerncalifornia.
Prints can be found here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-build-in-brandy-creek-andrea-borden.html
Hello, this is my post-rehearsal happy / tired face.
I’m happy because I’m rehearsing for our Good to Me concert debut in Sacramento at The Sofia — WHICH WAS JUST MOVED FROM FRI 4/21 to SATURDAY 4/22 — and I’m soooo excited about this show and it’s so fun getting ready for it.
I’m tired because rehearsal is hard! 
Get tickets now! https://bstreettheatre.org/music/shannon-curtis/
The blessing of all this rain that we so desperatley need comes with consequences. Please root for us! #CAwx #NorCal #SoCal #Flooding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyJmdYi84ng
Poor babies.
The Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services put in a request through the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services to utilize helicopters from CAL FIRE and the US Coast Guard to airdrop hay to cattle. #CAwx #NorCal
https://www.kron4.com/news/california/helicopter-airdrops-hay-to-snowed-in-norcal-cows/
Please be safe!! #CAwx #CA #NorCal #CenCal
Some California residents are urged to prepare 2 weeks of essentials ahead of expected flooding.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/08/weather/california-atmospheric-river-flood-wednesday/index.html
allow me to write a long-delayed #introduction…
i’m a #FilipinoAmerican 
#economist; #Vallejo born, #NorCal raised, and #California Master Plan educated: @ucsc BA in #sociology (CompEng dropout); SFSU MA and UC Berkeley PhD in #economics. i’m also a #USMC #veteran, serving in #Iraq 
in 2008. currently research-ing at your friendly neighborhood consumer finance regulator, the #CFPB.
all toots are my own random thoughts, not the CFPB’s nor the gov’t. boosts & faves ≠ endorsement.
