This little escargot (French for snail) was crawling along the forest floor on a hike I was on near Chamonix, France. Collect enough of these and you would have a meal. Now what was that recipe for escargot with butter and garlic? :’)

Grabbed a shot of the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge the other day on my commute home. I always try to carry my Canon G3 in my backpack so that I can grab a photo if something inspires me. This time it was the colors of the bridge from the sun setting and…

While heading to dinner the other night I spotted this new fountain on the corner of Lombard and Divisadero. But wait, what’s a fountain doing there? Oh, I see, it’s not a fountain. A car has parked itself up on the sidewalk and decapitated a fire hydrant. Oops, looks like the car has also added…

This is one of the many little shops in the old section of Bilbao, Spain. What a beautiful shop with all your quick gourmet needs. Fresh fruit, vegetables, cheese, a small meat counter in back, dry goods, sauces, and on and on and on. I stopped in and picked up a small hunk of Manchego…

Really nice metal spider outside of the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Spain. Oh, and if you look carefully, there is an obvious giveaway that this is two photos stitched together.

Nice art piece along the walkway to the Guggenheim Bilbao museum in Bilbao, Spain. [ click image to zoom ]

There are some really great old oak trees around here. The twists and turns of the branches form interesting patterns. It’s as if the oak’s roots had decided to grow up rather than down. A great mass of roots, twisting about, but reaching for the open air rather than water and food. This photo is…

While on a morning dog walk I stopped under one of the high tension power lines that cross the park. The buzzing of the lines caught my attention. I looked up and liked the geometric patterns I saw. So I took several shots as I experimented with alignments and zooms. This is one of the…