What to do...? Enjoy where we are & explore.

We have continued our walks, revisiting areas & touring new areas; like going into streets that said “NO OUTLET.” Whatever happened to “DEAD END?” We didn’t know that the King Mountain Loop was walking distance from our home.

Nomi was observing so many unusual mailboxes & address numbers at interesting home entrances & I continued to spot motor vehicles.

Most of the photos taken with the FujiFilm X 30 camera. It’s now “in hospital” for repairs so photos at the end are with the iPhone 10s.

Sir Francis Drake Blvd. on a week day mid morning. The bleakness of the scene is reminiscent of the film "On the Beach."

San Rafael to the SF Bay.

Beyond the gate it looked like many a botanic garden we've wandered through.

Three Twins ice cream closed their shops & liquidated all their assets the other week. We stocked up. Their chocolate malt was so good!

Catching up on music.

Distanced mountain biking.

Atop the dam at Lake Lagunitas.

I can't wait to make these pop & fly with Luca & Eloïse. I got good at that playing right field in my younger days.

Wind shifted the plane to a different angle.

Downtown Larkspur, CA.

Ascent to King Mountain Loop Trail.

Ross Valley emptying into the SF Bay as seen from King Mountain.

At Emporio Rulli. A bit past their time.

“It was a condensed explanation, but I came to understand him to mean you could stop it, not at all, but most of the moments of your life, stop for one heartbeat and, no matter what the state of your head or heart, say ’this is happiness’ because of the simple truth that you were alive to say it.”

THIS IS HAPPINESS-A Novel by Niall Williams

Old Spokes - Tiburon Loop

They finally reopened for take out. Time for a mid-ride affogato with Kalua Dutch almond gelato.

Paradise Cay, Tiburon.

Just a tiny bit pretentious.

Rancho Shazam School of Art and Technical Stuff, designed by ex New Yorker, from Queens, Lee Greenberg

Bricks power washed & scraped.

Caffeine, sugar & paint.

Et voila!

Think "Dirty Harry" where Clint Eastwood jumped onto a schoolbus.

Returning home.

Marelli Borthers since 1921; now in 3rd generation of family. Graffeo was founded in 1935 in San Francisco's Italian culinary capital, North Beach. It's still owned by the founding family.

West End Nursery. In the same family since 1909. We've been shopping there since 1981.

Our cul de sac is a magnet for neighborhood folks.

Our state flower, a weed amongst weeds.

King Mountain Loop Trail entailed...

...more uphill than we were led to believe.

Chicken mole for pre Cinco de Mayo celebration.

Sean Penn & Robin Wright's former home.

A redwood tree that's "outgrown its britches." (a phrase attibuted to Davey Crockett.)

Zooming through the backroads of Ross. I've done this on the VESPA, albeit a lot slower than this fella was going.

What a view of Mt. Tamalpais & Ross Valley they have from up there!

Neat funicular up to the home on stilts.

Imagine keeping your cars on that deck.

A two beamer household.

Airing out.

A wonderful bike repairman in Marin. Just sayin'.

And a few days later I discovered that Rich really does work.

Sad view of College of Marin at this time.

We needed to "Get outta Dodge" & headed to Annie's Annuals in Richmond for some tomatoes. The line was too long.

Slated for removal: 72" carob tree (certonia siliqua) & replace sidewalk uplifted by roots @ Magnolia & Ward.

We thought that the big building up the drive might be a church. But, it is a single family home that contains 3,432 sq ft. & was built in 1987. About $4+ mil.

Okay. Will do.

This camper probably toured Europe before being shipped to the USA.

And on top, a broom to keep the stairs clean of debris. Not a scene one would see in Brooklyn.

Nice planning.

That MINI seems to match the building.

Corte Madera is at the ready.

I hope he finds that gas main soon. I had asked him what he was doing.

Great, but who's going anywhere?

Things coming back as our bathrooms remodeling recommences.

Two water bottles needed for the next morning's ride to Alpine Dam as it was forcast to be in the mid 80's. But first, dinner accompanied with beer home brewed by Wils.

Fairfax' Gestalt Haus reopened for take out beer & brats. Drinking beer through a straw? Vise, the owner in mask, can't get employees to return as they're making too much $ with unemployment.

The lure of the open road in a vintage Triumph.

Sure hope this is over soon.

Roses are blooming everywhere...

...with oleander soon to follow.

Happy Mother's Day.