![The sun sets over chunky rocks, with the sea behind. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/31410d826-759a86/x0tAtXZObrbm/Bwo7i8PZW73zzDZT0u0dnjMM0hedDCv2TsK49XhO.jpg)
Little coastey sunsets.
The lovely tiled stairs around 16th Avenue in San Francisco. With did the Crosstown Trail (full path with pictures here: https://pikaspath.com/JuniperMonkeys/banh-mi-backpacking) and these might have been the highlight...
![A view looking up a large flight of stairs. Tiles on the stairs' faces show fish and other natural scenes. [iPhone 15 Pro]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/31410d826-759a86/9oUAOsHkgCqB/sUFZ6bkySojWW4wJJ87k6PackabCz0TP87DLFsbg.jpg)
Bodega boopin'-around. My wife has been having a hard time recovering from an illness so the chances to get out together have been all the more appreciated.
![With the sea on the left of frame, green-clad cliffs are to the right. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/31410d826-759a86/pUSppDLogOFm/TBYZ2mRWf0YSH6kP9oaqnpxxyxIvTTx6CkiQzzK3.jpg)
A Little DewDrop Update
Just as an FYI to folks who have been trying (hopefully getting a kick out of) DewDrop, I've just released a new version that incorporates automatic update-checking ā obviating the kind of post you are now reading. Of course, by the time I got around to doing that I'd also had time to incorporate all the features I'd actually wanted, meaning updates will probably be far more sparse. Listen, this is A Stupid Year for everyone.
Butterflies doing their thing. We've not (yet?) had the rain we should, but at least there are some benefits.
Boppin' around Golden Gate Park :)
![A bridge stretches across a bay behind a sign which reads "parks for all forever". [Ricoh GR III]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/31410d826-759a86/ag5jORAa9Uv9/pd74gUHSzA1Mhs6NHlyliu3qDfKUtCu7Ave0rOE2.jpg)
A pond at Malakoff Diggins. This place was mined hydraulically beginning in the 1850s, a process so "pleasant" it led to the first environmental legislation of any impact in California. The blasted hills continue to drop sediment, as is evident.
![A yellow-orange pond lies in front of trees and nude hillside. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/a1431798c-70628a/qJy721mGqMCs/CqY2Yi2BYgbaEaj4V0uwZjIQjM0vKaztuYggOC63.jpg)
Book Rated: Children of Time, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
> SCANNING: Children of Time> AUTHOR_SIG: Adrian Tchaikovsky> SENTIMENT_Q: 60.0% POSITIVE> THEMATIC_VECTORS: SPECIES_UPLIFT, ENTOMOLOGY, WORLD-BUILDING> LEXICAL_DENSITY: 50.47> MEMETIC_HAZARD: LOW
Sunset by Duncan's Point. I hadn't noticed the far-off cloudbank; the next day, the winds that had pulverized us were gone.
![The sun creeps down behind rocks on the seashore. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/a1431798c-70628a/ZBMPMk1eUd8l/VAJp2MZ5wiOIcvcuvo44R24WObDMHyidpheaeYFj.jpg)
Nevada City, Nevada County, California, 95959, United States
Van's off to the woods