Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Strolling Oakland: Mild Thriller on Manila
















A sedate walk with the RAY man
your onliest Berkeley Flaneur





Start with top-shelf java at
my favorite shop since 1984






It where the real coffee dogs all go
no the terminally trendy joint
that opened across the street


But there are enough hounds
apparently to go around
my joint is expanding





Under the BART/highway bridge
there are hundreds of tiles
made by people displaced
by the enormous Hills Fire



Kids remembers his beloved school


Traumatic flames


House with deck
burning


Smoke overtakes
the homestead



Lawton street
where I happen to have spend most
of the day of the fire
My old friend's old pad there


Intriguing glass
a notable house


The base festooned


An enormous palm

A beauty and a wonder

The sheltering palm
really defines a space
indoors outdoors

In all its glory


Here comes these flowers
a hugely vital Spring
appears this year



Onward oddly transported
via an urban jungle


The look of California's
ecclesiastical architecture


Another way of the cross
Lent brings in the Spring





Rockridge library
on a rainy day
in winter







Insides
the inspirational windows






Manila street
a weathered eagle


Quiet spiritual display
Buddha in a tree





This sturdy tree
shoulders its responsibilities


Sidewalk gardens
burgeon

Love these pink oddities
wonder what they're called

I dreamed that I was back in grade school
succulents plants and lizards
from Science text books
had overtaken my old desk

Love this floral bush



Speaking of pink
some cats just got
too many flamingos
like wild turkeys round here



Life and death


the same questionable taste






Deer depicted with human
facial characteristics









Garageland
reverts to its primitive beliefs









Wholesome and diverse
 neighborhood


Somewhat magical,
elf-haunted






As my friend here will attest





February-March 2017

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