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Tuesday 3 February 2026
Spring Starts, In A Garden, Eugene, Oregon
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We ground up wood to create mulch which we spread over our vegetable raised garden beds. Another day lily, this one growing in the back yard Snake raised garden bed, also showed some spring leaves. Some of our day lilies have stated growing spring leaves. Our blue berry bushes showed no signs of spring, and were still bare. Our black galdiola leaves still remained after winter. Another day lily plant next to the other one had also started growing spring leaves. Moss grew on the blocks separating our raspberry from the gravel.
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Monday 2 February 2026
2026 Garden In Winter, Eugene, Oregon
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The empty boxes and gray plants of winter in our vegetable raised garden bed. A boulder between our blackberries and the path in the winter. The beast raised garden bed in winter. A bell hung off one of our vegetable raised garden beds in the back yard in winter. The front yard Monster raised garden bed in the winter. The area in the back yard were next summer we will dig our second pond. The bench by the back corner raised garden bed in winter. The Snake raised garden bed in the winter.
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Sunday 1 February 2026
2009 Eleanor, A Named Person, Bay Point, California
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Eleanor sat in her home in Bay Point, Clifornia and looked to one side.
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Saturday 31 January 2026
2009 Benny Green (fromerly Katy Welte), A Named Person, Otis Orchards, Washington
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Benny waved at the camera in their home in Otis Orchards, Washington. Benny smiled at the camera in their home in Otis Orchards, Washington. Benny stared into the camra lens in their home in Otis Orchards, Washington. Benny gazed in a serious manner at the camera in there home in Otis Orchards, Washington.
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Friday 30 January 2026
2008 Benny Green (fromerly Katy Welte), A Named Person, Bay Point, Callifornia and San Francisco Bay
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Katy sat, all dressed up, on the Christmas Cruise of San Francisco Bay. Katy stood and posed with her two aunts. Katy visited her grandmother in Bay Point, California. Katy took a photograph of her photograph being taken in Bay Point, California.
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Thursday 29 January 2026
Ferry Woman Statue, San Francisco, Callifornia
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A closer view of the woman's feet, stood on a round platform. A much closer view of one of the woman's feet. The view of the back of the woman statue. People crossing at the signal hinted at how tall the statue stood. It rained that morning so there were fewer booths set up to sell merchandise. The woman statue was created from open metal work. The woman statue was taller than the surrounding palm trees. A large statue of a woman stood between the Ferry Building and the foot of Market Steet. The woman wore a pink brest-cancer ribbon on her left brest.
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Wednesday 28 January 2026
2025 Signs, San Francisco, Callifornia
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A "Black Lives Matter" sign was in a closed store window in San Francisco. Bellow the "Black Lives Matter" was "For Black's Econimic Development." 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 27 January 2026
BART San Jose Extension, New Santa Clara Station, Santa Clara, Callifornia
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Signs marked the location of the new Santa Clara station for BART as part of its San Jose extension. A tube is being dug beneath San Jose to extend the system to Santa Clara from Oakland.
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Monday 26 January 2026
Heart By Cable Car, At Foot Of California Street, Artist Unknown, San Francisco, Callifornia
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A heart, with the letters S and F, was set up at the foot of California Street at the Cable Car turn around. That heart was available for tourists to take photos of eachother.
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Sunday 25 January 2026
The Crossing, Designs On Glass, Artist: Kate Tova, San Francisco, Callifornia
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Kate Tova's signature was shown here in context with a design on glass. A dripping heart was painted on glass in the South Of Market park in San Francisco. Circles were painted on a different pane of glass in the park South of Market, in San Francisco. The artist's signature (Kate Tova) was painted in the bottom corner of a design on glass in South of Market Street in San Francisco. A wine, green and orange design was painted on a different pane of glass in the park South of Market, in San Francisco. Another design was painted on a different pane of glass in the park South of Market, in San Francisco.
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Saturday 24 January 2026
Tree Trunks, As Plants Found In Nature, San Francisco, Callifornia
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A tree trunk grew from among bushes with flowers lining the sidewalk. Two tree trunks floated in the lake of Honeyman Campground. A Depth meter nearby was used to record the depth of the water as the seasons passed. A burned out tree trunk stood beside the Willamette River. The nature of the burn caused the suggestion of a small creature to appear just inside.
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Friday 23 January 2026
Purple Spike Flowers, Liatris Spicata, Eugene, Oregon
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Flowers that were purlple spikes (aka Liatris Spicata) grew next to our Monster raised garden in the front yard of Eugene, Oregon.
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Thursday 22 January 2026
U.S. Walls, As Found Structure, Mission District, San Francisco, California
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Reflection off a nearby window lit the center of the shadow masking this section of painted wall. The effect was an interplay of three different warm colors. Wall of an old home just outside downtown Tomales. The wall's paint had dried and cracked, creating an oddly appealing surface worthy of being framed. Another painted wall on the outskirts of Tomales had paint so old and cracked that it had fallen off the wood leaving unfinished wood behind. This house had probably once have been a deep red and bluish gray. A metal roll-up door on the street face of Pier 38 had been welded closed. One time graffiti had been washed off but unsuccessfully so.
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Wednesday 21 January 2026
2025 Monster, New Plants, In A Raised Garden, As A Collection Of Plants, Eugene, Oregon
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A few new plants grew in our Monster raised garden bed in the front yard.
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Tuesday 20 January 2026
Flag In Window, As A Mythical Symbol, San Francisco, California
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A rainbow flag was hung as a curtain in a San Francisco window. The rainbow flag is the symbol of the LBGT+ movement.
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Monday 19 January 2026
2026 United States, No Parking Signs, San Francisco, California
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Three hand-made signs were posted on a fence. One read, "Private No Trespassing." Another read, "No Parking Any Time." And the third read, "No Parking, Will Tow."
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Sunday 18 January 2026
Flotsam, As Floatin Litter, Guadalupe River, San Jose, California
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A cup, and a few glass bottles, floated in the Guadalupe River in downton San Jose, California. An old water bottle filled with sand and tossed into mud appeared opaque.
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Saturday 17 January 2026
A Stream, JFK Promenade, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
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A stump looked over, water washed quickly by in a stream beside JFK Promenade in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
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Friday 16 January 2026
2025 Boulders, As A form Of Decor, San Francisco, California
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Boulders were laid out in a circle near the foot of Market Street, in San Francisco.
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Thrusday 15 January 2026
2025 Exit, From Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
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The exit, from Hardly Strictly Bluegrass concerts, was clearly marked and hard to miss.
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Wednesday 14 January 2026
2025 Dramatic Tree, As a Form Of Plant, San Francisco, California
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A dramatic tree grew near the beach road. The setting sun illuminated its trunk.
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