As you may know, Lastech works the night shift. His commute home takes him by Sierra Point in time for sunrise. When it’s not foggy, he stops for cloud pictures. There have plenty of clouds lately.
Clouds by Lastech
A Windmill and a Sunset: Part 2
The other day, I posted Windmills and a Sunset: Part 1. Today I’m posting part 2. We enjoyed the sunset so much that we went back the next day. I managed to take a few more photos of the newly restored Murphy windmill.
From there, we drove about a block West to Ocean Beach to watch the sunset.
Once the sun dropped below the horizon, the colors went from golden orange to a stunning pink and purple.
Windmills and a Sunset: Part 1
In a previous post, I had discussed the newly restored Murphy windmill at Golden Gate Park. The other day, while we were out, we went to Sutro Heights. I wanted to get a photo showing the Dutch Windmill and the Murphy Windmill in the same photo.
With that accomplished we walked over toward the parapet to look out over the Pacific Ocean. That is when we realized that the sunset might be a good one. We headed down to Ocean Beach to watch. It was beautiful.
Golden Gate Park and the Murphy Windmill
When I moved here back in 2002, I knew about the Dutch windmill. I didn’t know about the Murphy windmill. The Dutch windmill, also known as the North windmill is very popular with tourists and has a wonderful tulip garden.
Not having been raised here, I was unaware of the Murphy windmill. Also known as the South Windmill, it had fallen into disrepair. It was designated landmark 210 and efforts were made to save it.
The Murphy and Dutch windmills pumped the water that fed Golden Gate Park. After electric pumps were installed in 1913, they were neglected. By 1993, the Murphy had lost its sails, fan tail and deck. When I moved here, this was all that was left as the rest had been sent to Holland for repairs.
This last year, the restored parts came back to San Francisco and the Murphy windmill was restored to its original glory. It was a sight to behold.
Be sure to visit both windmills should you ever come to our lovely city.
Fall Colors
Living in San Francisco, we don’t have the extreme weather changes that other places get. However, we do have a few trees that are changing color and the rains have started.
The other day, we were at Golden Gate Park killing time waiting for the SFSPCA to open so that we could go adopt Miss Nightshade Jenny. We went to go check out one of our favorite spots. I’m glad we did.
Shoreline Park and Rengstorff House in Mountain View
Previously, I posted some of our sunrise photos from Shoreline Park in Mountain View. Part one is here and part two can be found here. This time around, I’m sharing photos from elsewhere in the park: Rengstorff House and the beautiful and historic area around it .
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Autumn in San Francisco
Twin Peaks is a great place for the tourists to look out over the city. It’s just as nice for those of us who live here. Lastech and I play “tourist” fairly often. Living in San Francisco, we tend to avoid the tourist destinations and the crowds. By doing so, we miss out on what makes this place so beautiful.
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Wednesday Walk in the Rain
Winter is coming soon and with it will come the rains. I love the rain. That might be because I grew up in the desert, but no matter. Hubby and I are just as happy to walk in the rain as we are walking in the sun. Actually we prefer the rain
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Waddell Beach: The Other Side of Fairy Land
Waddell Beach is on the bottom and West side of Big Basin Redwoods. We like to think of Big Basin Redwoods as Fairy Land as we halfway expect to see fairies flitting amongst the massive redwoods. From Big Basin, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, one can hike all the way down to Waddell Beach.
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Trees and Fog
San Francisco is famous for its fog. Although it makes summertime a bit on the cold side, we enjoy the fog and the smell of wet trees and grass. Here are three photos by Lastech that I’m rather fond of. He took them one morning when we were out at Land’s End.
For the record, this was late, thanks to PG&E. Just as I was about to post, the power went off. It just came back on.
