Cliff House San Francisco

I wish Cliff House still looked this amazing.That being said I still love going there and looking at all the historical pictures inside.

Based on truth (and lies).

The "original" Victorian-style Cliff House, built by Adolph Sutro and opened in January 1896 (and destroyed by fire in 1907) was actually the third structure built on the site. The second of these was partially destroyed by an explosion of dyanamite on a ship drifting below. In 1909 the second "new" Cliff House was opened, having been built by Adolph Sutro’s daughter. Various remodels in the 1940s and 1950s reflected the styles of those decades, and the present-day Cliff House was reconstructed in 2003 to resemble the 1909 neo-classical version.

circa 1900

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Hitchcocks birds

Swallow (nearly) :) they are too Fast

Shades & textures

Cheshire cat

I want to go here

Very awe-inspiring and thought provoking.I hope to see them for myself one of these days.

Travels with the Blonde Coyote

On my travels in the Southwest, I’ve seen quite a few petroglyphs: illustrations chipped or carved into the surface of the rock. Two days ago in Sego Canyon, I saw some of my first pictographs: rock art painted onto the wall using natural pigments. These paintings, known as Barrier Canyon Style, were created 8,000 years ago (!) by little-known nomads called the Archaic People.

Barrier Canyon Style is identified by larger than life anthropomorphic forms, usually with hollowed or missing eyes, an absence of arms and legs, and horns, antennae, earrings, and snakes. The ghostly red images are thought to represent shamanistic art associated with ritual activities of the Archaic people.

I was unprepared for how spooky the images are! I worry I might meet them again in my nightmares. Sego Canyon is a beautiful place. You have to wonder what these ancient people saw there to inspire such beautifully hideous…

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THE Squat & Gobble fruity nutella crepe.

Worth a trip to San Francisco for! Yum!

Sark

Getting a bit of inspiration from one of Sarks colorful books.

More Hong Kong flowers

I was trying to take a pic of a bird but the flowers were easier 🙂

Bananas

Wonder if they’ll ever ripen? They’ve been the same colour for the past month.