All together now: What are we doin'?

Block party!

National Night Out, August 3, 2010. Met some lovely folks and even had an old friend and former colleague of mine who lives with her husband up the road come down for a spell. Nice evening! ("Damn balloons" notwithstanding.)

Millsmont ascent

A quick trip up the ridge behind us. Our slice of Oakland is called Millsmont.



I'm lookin' scruffy.

Name that tree, cont'd

First stab at tree research with this site didn't help.

Whatever it is, it's quite common around here. They're all over this neighborhood:



I'm not sure why I need to know the genus and species, but somehow I do.