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Monday 27 October 2025
Sutro Heights Park, San Francisco, California
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A closer view of one of the benches alongside the garden in Sutro Heights Park. The Pacific Ocean lay beyond a fence at the eastern edge of Sutro Heights Park. A pair of concrete lions rested either side of the pedestrian access. The Great Highway and the beach were visible below Sutro Heights Park. Cars parked and people walking on the beach were all visible from Sutro heights Park. The park rules were posted just inside the entry to Sutro Heights Park. Purple flowers bloomed alongside the path into Sutro Heights Park. A garden and benches were inside Sutro Heights Park. They provided rest for the weary visitor.
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Sunday 26 October 2025
Lucky Penny Coffee Shop, Artist: Unknown, Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, California
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Part of the mural, on the lucky Penny Coffee Shop, featured a star chart with the work, "Cuckoo." A city, a bird, and a mushroom farm, all under glass, were also painted on the wall of the Lucky Penny Coffee Shop. Another work of art on the Public Storage building was a BART train breaking through the wall. The Lucky Penny Coffee Shop used to exist as one of those rare 24 hour restaurants in San Francisco. One work of art on the Public Storage building was, "MDW 25, Old World, New Dawn, CA RO." It featured a tall bird with words around it. Words were also painted next to the parking lot of the Lucky Penny Coffee Shop. They read, "Cloud Cuckoo Land."
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Saturday 24 October 2025
2025 Chickens Mural, Artist: Nogel Sussman, 16th and South Van Ness, San Francisco, California
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I took a step back and photographed the entire mural. A mural, around the theme of Chickens, was painted on the wall of a building. A closer view of the middle of the mural. A closer view of the left end of the mural. A closer view of the right end of the mural. The mural was signed by the artist as, "Nigel Sussman 2025."
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Friday 23 October 2025
2025 Eugene, Oregon, Party Invitation Images, Eugene, Oregon
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Pumpkins were set on a porch chair, surrounded by spiders on a black web, next to a string of skulls. One of our neighbors had suspended a spooky cloth next to their front walkway. One of our neighbors had decorated their porch with skulls, and other spooky items. An evil witch was set on a neighbor's front yard bush. A ghost concrete dog stood behind a chain fence supported by a skull posts. A skeleton hugged a tombstone that read, "Ima Goner."
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Thursday 22 October 2025
2025 Amtrak, Trip North, A U.S. Railroad, Southern Oregon
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Shortly thereafter, we entered a part of the forest that was thickly grown with evergreen trees. There among the clouds, our Amtrak train passed a clearing next to the tracks. Power lines paralleled the tracks of the Amtrak train. Trees were reflected in water as the sun rose behind them. Only four lights were lit on and in a distant warehouse. The sun was almost fully up on that morning outside the Amtrak train. Overhead, the clouds were back-lit by the dawn sun. There among the evergreen trees, we passed a low tree that had its branches covered in golden colored leaves. A large letter K was set near the top of a hill. This K meant were passing Klamath Falls, Oregon.
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Wednesday 22 October 2025
2025 Amtrak, Trip South, A U.S. Railroad, Oregon and California
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Storm clouds covered a small town beside the Amtrak route south. After hundred of miles traveled, San Francisco finally came into view. At long last, San Francisco Bay came into view off to the right of the railroad tracks. A rusted vent atop a warehouse next to the Amtrak route south. Support cables for the Bay Bridge were in the foreground, and Treasure Island lay beyond in the middle of San Francisco Bay. Two windmills generated power in the distance from the Amtrak route south. Nearing the end of the trip, the Ferry Building came into view. Wet lands paralleled the Amtrak route south through California. The Amtrak trip south paralleled a ranch in northern California.
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Tuesday 21 October 2025
Charlie Brown Art, Santa Rosa, California
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The plane, from the bird's dream, was painted flying over low green hills. Woodstock, from the Charlie Brown comic strip, sat in a blue nest and dreamed of flying a plane. Charlie Brown wore a conductor hat and held out his pocket watch. Charlie Brown, in this view, faced the camera. Two of the characters from the Charlie Brown comic strip, Charlie Brown and Snoopy, were turned into brass statues and displayed in Santa Rosa, California. Charlie Brown, from the comic strip, was turned into a statue and displayed in Santa Rosa, California. Two of the characters from the Charlie Brown comic strip were turned into statues and displayed in Santa Rosa, California.
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Monday 20 October 2025
San Jose Plastic Sheets As Art, A California City, At The Bottom of San Francisco Bay, San Jose, California
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A ghost appeared to be hovering behind the nearest plastic sheet. A dead star trouper appeared to lay behind one of the plastic sheets. Creases in the stretched plastic sheet, appeared to resemble a spider's web. A "Tickets" sign and a "We Are Open" sign were still painted on the front glass of the entry door. The front of a closed store was masked in plastic to protect the interior during remodeling. An upside down U was reflected in the glass behind the plastic.
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Sunday 19 October 2025
Mermaid, Coralee, As Found Art, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, California
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A closer view of the Mermaid's, Coralee's, foot as it spreads like the roots of a tree. The mermaid Coralee stared across the road and away from the bay. A closer view of the Mermaid's tail showing all the detail in it. A closer view of the Mermaid's, Coralee's, tail. Clearly revealing the several materials used to construct it. A smaller sign was affixed to the Coralee mermaid sculpture. It read: "Caution Do Not Climb The Sculpture No Trepar La Escultura" [the same warning in Chinese]
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Saturday 18 October 2025
The City Fish, A Restaurant's Art, San Jose, California
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A closer view of the drummer art. More art on the wall showed three hockey players skating out of a shark's mouth. A fish singer flanked by two female aquatic backup singers. And a drummer with a lobster below him or her. The sign inside the restaurant read, "The City Fish." Also on the wall next to the sign was a sculpture of a school of fish. Art on the wall of the restaurant depicted an oyster with a full head of hair singing into a microphone. Next to that art was another work of art depicting two female fish listening to the signer. A closer view of a female dancer skating on ice below a palm tree.
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Friday 17 October 2025
Booths At The, Hardley Strictly Bluegrass Festival, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
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One of the food booths, at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, featured food from El Porteño Empanadas. Four flavors were for sale: "Chicken;" "Beef;" "Ham;" and "Mushroom." One of the food booths, at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, featured food from Gearad's Paella. Only one flavor was for sale, which was, "Chicken and Sausage Paella." One of the food booths, at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, featured food from Sandy's Muffuletta Sandwiches. Two foods were featured, "Hush Puppy," and "Corn Dogs." One of the booths, at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, was the General Store. It sold souvenir clothing and other items.
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Thursday 16 October 2025
Naga, A Sea Serpent Statue, Rainbow Falls, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
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The body of the Naga sea serpent was reflected in the pond forming a letter O. The head of the Naga sea serpent stared out of the pond at passersby. While walking up JFK Promenade the Naga sea serpent came into view in the distance. The tail of the Naga sea serpent appeared ready to swat the falls. A closer view of the head of the Naga sea serpent showed its vertical eye pupil. Apparently, when this sea serpent was at Burning Man, it blew bubbles. Rainbow falls fell behind the Naga sea serpent
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Wednesday 15 October 2025
2025 Signs, San Francisco, California
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A sign in a store window read, "Garcia And Joplin. In Dolby Surround." A sign erected in Union Square read, "Office of Economic Development. Mayor Daniel Lurie. Union Square Alliance. LeMonde Studio."
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Tuesday 14 October 2025
2025 Halloween, Party Invitation Images, San Francisco, California
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A woman, with a heavily tattooed face, watched the crowd pass by outside her store window. A witch doll also stood on red clouds in a front window. A fake spider waited for a trick-or-treater to walk up the steps. A bunch of mannequin witches were on display in a window of a Stewart Street store. A zombie boy stood on red clouds in front of shutters in a front window. Dim Halloween pumpkins were set on the steps leading up to a front porch. Two spiders were suspended one over the other in front of a window. A woman, with glowing coal-like eyes, was bent over impossibly backwards. A dimly lit witch was hung on the wall of a front porch for Halloween.
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Monday 13 October 2025
The Lily Pad Pond, Beside The de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
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The back of the flute player, the back of the pond, the front of two tourists, palm trees, and the distant bandstand were all visible from the lily pad pond. A closer view of one of the lily pad flowers, which was about to bloom. The surface of the water was covered in many lily pads. A statue, in the center of the lily pad pond, was that of a young native American who played a flute. Two statues of large cats sat in the center of the pond and listened to the flute player.
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Sunday 12 October 2025
Brick Wall Art, Santa Rosa, California
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A work of art was hung in a brick alcove in downtown Santa Rosa, California. This art depicted a person floating a crescent moon, with that person's lunges exposed. A work of art was hung in a brick alcove in downtown Santa Rosa, California. This art depicted a bird frame around a woman's face. A work of art was hung in a brick alcove in downtown Santa Rosa, California. This art depicted an abstract person holding a bird. A few works of art were hung in brick alcoves in downtown Santa Rosa, California. This alcove, on the other hand, displayed a blue door.
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Saturday 11 October 2025
2025 Santa Rosa Halloween, Party Invitation Images, Santa Rosa, California
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These doll's costumes were found in another store's window. These two spooky dolls were photographed in another store's window. A front porch was decorated for Halloween early in the month of October. This display of Halloween items was found inside a store's window.
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Friday 10 October 2025
2025 San Francisco Halloween, Party Invitation Images, San Francisco, California
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A woman, with glowing coal-like eyes, was bent over impossibly backwards. A creepy hooded skeleton was hung by a rope on a front porch during Halloween. A bunch of mannequin witches were on display in a window of a Stewart Street store. A woman, with a heavily tattooed face, watched the crowd pass by outside her store window. Dim Halloween pumpkins were set on the steps leading up to a front porch. Two spiders were suspended one over the other in front of a window. A dimly lit witch was hung on the wall of a front porch for Halloween. An oversized skeleton was displayed atop an awning, above a "Valley" sign. A witch doll also stood on red clouds in a front window.
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Thursday 9 October 2025
Last Clifornia Poppies, North American Flowers, As A Collection Of Plants, Eugene, Oregon
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Our last two California poppies bloomed in our patch of poppy plants. Our new poppy patch is to the right of the path leading to the porch. The first poppys to bloom were a few California poppys.
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Wednesday 8 October 2025
Blue Boy Phylox, North American Flowers, As A Collection Of Plants, Eugene, Oregon
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A violet phylox plant bloomed next to our front path with spent daisys beyond..
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Tuesday 7 October 2025
By Patio Refilled Pond, In The Back Garden, As A Collection Of Plants, Eugene, Oregon
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Our first back yard pond was refilled with water after we made certain it no longer leaked.
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