Fiji:: Days 2-3-4, all pics

 

Not too much to report that is of signific difference from last year. Food not quite as good, service a bit slower at times, warmer air and water temps. Snorkeling still excellent, Pinnacles was unbelievable for massive quantity of fish (we are going again on day 5). Stars one night, drizzled a few times. Most coral has died or in process of dying. 

Sunset Day 2

Sunrise Day 3, not far from the same angle on the horizon as sunset...hmmmmm

how warm is the water? 10 months ago THB wore this jacket almost everyday when snorkeling. This time: it has stayed in the closet and THB is now wearing a short sleeved sunblock tee

pre-Fiji Pics and a short update from the LikuLiku Resort

 

Solar Conduit is in place: front connection to the meter

from panels to ground connection

from a huge 24 hours of wind (Seaside)

front the new West Oakland Sunday farmers market, 1/2 mile from loft

Kowbird: just large deep fried chicken sandwiches, no kow

Mural  across street from Kowbird

front of the new gallery in the new Emery development

future residents or future parking? hmmmm....THB ain't sure

the future has arrived: crosswalk and curb paint applied

Spring has finally arrived and almost all the community garden boxes have been planted

this graffiti artist needs more experience; back to jr high school

remember when THB had a root canal?

Now the crown is in place, note the gap in the lower right area. THB will decide in a few months whether to go ahead with an implant...thoughts? 

Book Review: Desolation Island (book 5 in Aubrey/Maturin series), Patrick O’Brian (novel, read by Simon Vance, pub’d 1978): combo of sea chase, sea battle, and political machinations among Americans and the Brits. Both Vance and Tull narrated the entire series, and they are so hard to tell apart that THB researched if they were one person with two names. Nope, two guys. Note: THB and DB have been to this island twice, it is in Antarctica

Fiji Day 1: same-same as last year!

THB brings his breakfast, causes a TSA agent to look in his bag

SFO Terminal 1 art 

approaching NAN airport 

snowy plover pic from beach...not sure why this was still on my camera

Los Angeles Sunday Day3, AMOCA tour continues

 Day 3: Claremont to Riverside to E-ville

Pics from walking to coffee 

No Maga  or Biden signs

There is a show in the Claremont Museum set in and old train station

Maloof chair

Mark Posey

Michael O'Malley: end table

Wall design, attached to wall behind

better if it were freestanding so you can see assemblage on back

good taste in literature, one of THB's all-time faves

floating sticks that conform to sitter's shapee

Doug McClellan: Imperfect Biographer (chair tells your life history)

Lauren Verdugo, if you look closely you'll see THB's image in mirror at top of stairs

Ryan Taber

Not in show, would fit in perfectly: Goro Suzuki chair in situ in E-ville

All works donated by Cheech Marin

Tio's Tacos: faamous spot in Riverside just a few blocks from the Cheech Museum. Took a long time for our lunches to come and we got a late start back to E-ville, stuck in Sunday LA traffic

Lots of outside "folk" art

back patio

A hybrid: old style tortilla and refried beans with a new version of filling:  a chile relleno