365 project – Page 6

SS Palo Alto

I took some photos today, but didn’t feel like uploading them. Instead I’m posting one I took yesterday on a trip to my hometown Santa Cruz. This is a concrete boat that everyone calls “the cement ship” but its real name is the SS Palo Alto. It has been sitting on the ocean floor since before my time. When I was a kid we could walk out onto the ship, but now the end of the pier is fenced off and the only way to access it is from the water.

The ship was once a floating entertainment center, but these days it is mostly inhabited by sea lions, pelicans and cormorants.

More Palo Alto photos: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=14614085@N03&q=palo%20alto

Surfin’ Bird

A surf scoter riding the swells

I am your Father Christmas

Gummies

Temptation in the checkout line. I could not resist their squishy, technicolor charm… even though at least one of those colors tastes like soap.

Frozen

I typically never have to worry about this sort of thing where I live, but the last week we’ve had a hard freeze nearly every day. The forecast says two more days of this and then a warm up.

Holidaze

Fun with Christmas ornaments and the TinyPlanet app.

Festivities

Glamming up the joint for the holidays.

Decorating the Tree

Goodbye Old Friend

There isn’t really anything special about this photo except that it documents an event. The tree in the photo is one of the few Modesto ash trees still standing on a street that used to be lined with them, and it is the biggest one. Unfortunately this tree has been more dead than alive for a long time. It was probably planted in the 1940s, so it has reached the end of its lifespan, plus it’s full of mistletoe, a parasite that plagues most Modesto ash trees in the area. Every winter I worry that a heavy limb is going to come crashing down during a storm and destroy something or someone. Today the process of removing the tree began, and while I’m relieved that I won’t have to worry about it crashing through my roof any longer I’m also a little sad to see the big guy go.

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