120/365: New Friends

120/365: New Friends, a photo by doglington on Flickr.

You meet the nicest people hiking in the South Bay hills. This is Suzi and her horse who join me for part of my hike along Long Ridge above Cupertino.

119/365: Encore Martini!

119/365: Encore Martini!, a photo by doglington on Flickr.

I need to be careful. This exercise is turning into A Year of Martinis. But I couldn't resist a picture of this one as they served it in such a great glass. The mix: Bombay Saphire, a touch of Vermouth, shaken with olives.

118/365: Anchors Aweigh

118/365: Anchors Aweigh, a photo by doglington on Flickr.

It's sailing season on the Bay, when temps are warm and before the blowing gales of midsummer. And Boadicea is ready to go.

117/365: A Padre's Bathroom

117/365: A Padre's Bathroom, a photo by doglington on Flickr.

We're finally starting to build our home in Sonoma after years of just having agricultural buildings and outbuildings. I wanted this bathroom to look as if it would be in context in an old Mission. That is if the old Padres had had indoor plumbing and Kohler fittings. But otherwise authentic.

116/365: Top of the World, Ma!

116/365: Top of the World, Ma!, a photo by doglington on Flickr.

If there is anything I'm taking more pictures of than Martinis, it's the top part of the hikes I'm going on. I'm still new enough to hiking that when I clamber to the top of a ridge, I feel it's important enough to commemorate. This is the top of a hike on Long Ridge Open Space Preserve off Skyline Boulevard in Palo Alto looking toward the Santa Cruz Mountains and the coast.

115/365: San Jose Rose Garden

115/365: San Jose Rose Garden, a photo by doglington on Flickr.

This is my second photographic trip to the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden. It's a fantastic place with hundreds of varieties, colors and sizes of rose. Many are in bloom now, but I'm told one of the beauties of this garden is the length of time the roses bloom. So we should see roses in peak bloom well into fall.

114/365: Brown Hills

114/365: Brown Hills, a photo by doglington on Flickr.

Santa Teresa County Park isn't a very exciting destination. The views are all of the IBM facility, power lines or Silicon Valley. But it's one of my go-to places to get the dogs a long walk that doesn't involve a long car trip. In this view, the hills are already turning brown at this early date. Which may mean we are in for an early fire season.