Towers
A bit of my photographic style. I try to frame the photos so that I don’t have to crop them later. Photoshop? Not much fun for me (though I will be using the channel filters to convert color photos to...
View ArticleWhy I Love Berkeley
I love the Berkeley Albany YMCA in Downtown Berkeley, and go 3 or 4 times a week. The people are friendly, the place is clean and tidy, and I come home relaxed. I couldn’t help but smile when I saw...
View ArticleA Lunar Eclipse Coming To Berkeley!
There’s a lunar eclipse coming soon… though it was rainy today! I took this beautiful copper red moon eclipse when I lived in a beautiful home on Buena Vista Way in the Berkeley Hills. The eclipse was...
View ArticleHow come there aren't many homes on the market in Berkeley right now?
Carol recently wrote: We’ve been in business since the 80s and at this time of year, it’s always pretty much the same….. slow with short brokers’ tours for us on Thursdays because there isn’t much...
View ArticleThe San Francisco Garden Show at the Cow Palace
Casa Serkes Front Garden… a year agoPoudini is standing guard, just above the step Carol loves to garden. She was born in Newcastle-On-Tyne and I think it’s in her British blood. And though she’s now a...
View ArticleWhat a gorgeous day and night in Berkeley!
Yesterday afternoon’s view from my deck chair at Casa Serkes. The dogwood flowers are practically day-glow in intensity. It was quite a week – put the superb home at 532 Vincente on the market, wrote...
View ArticleImagine if our children only had 2 legs?
Baby T (Baby Terrorist) in a regal pose Dini (Poudini) indulging her dad’s photo habit Ira the shameless
View ArticleA rare photo of Ira & Carol
We went to Yoshi’s in Oakland’s Jack London Square with friends Linda & Dick, and Linda took this photo of us. Linda and I met at UMass Amherst in 1971, where we were both in Graduate School. We’ve...
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