midendian

midendian , 5 hours ago to random

rather cold and wet for running up the mountain lately but beautiful this afternoon. impressive amount of snow on Mt Hamilton! made for enough contrast to see the observatory, it’s usually much too hazy. #SanFrancisco

Lumpy southern San Francisco and Bernal in front of a giant estuary and distant snowy mountains
Distant snowy mountains behind an enormous estuary
Distant island mountains at the horizon. Green hills with houses in the foreground

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midendian , 25 days ago to random

another day. #SanFrancisco

An enormous radio tower peeks above a grassy hillside with a dirt path.
A city blankets a lumpy landscape at sunset
A famous bridge sits at the start of increasingly large mountains toward the hazy horizon

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midendian , 1 month ago to random

nearly didn’t run up a mountain today because the air quality was crap but then I did and it was great so I ran up another one. #SanFrancisco

Some floofy trees open up to a distant view of islands at the horizon.
Green hill with humans in front of an enormous radio tower in partly cloudy skies
Two red cranes above a strait with various headlands poking into it toward the horizon

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midendian , 4 months ago to random

spent the day walking around west of Bishop on a trail I’ve been visiting for over two decades now somehow. summer already long passed at 10000 ft / 3000m.

A narrow lake winds between islands of trees and boulders. A large peak on the right is narrow like a flounder.
Stones cross a shallow but wide stream. Treeless rocky mountains in the distance.
A small dark figure walks down a rocky alley lined by autumnal aspens.

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midendian , 5 months ago to random

a sunset? at this time of day? in this part of the country?

Our sun sets behind one leg of an enormous radio tower on a wooded hilltop. A lens flare enters the chute.
Orange sky in iPhone Color behind some rocks, a blanket of housing, the Parnassus Cranes, and a famous bridge.
San Francisco skyline lit in pink at sunset.

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midendian , 5 months ago to random

weekend meandering led me to sleeping in Livermore last night so of course had to do my morning run up the old Altamont road for a bit.

Sunrise behind an early 20th century railroad bridge crossing a two lane asphalt roadway. Rolling brown hills go to the horizon.
Modern concrete railroad sleepers with polished rails wind into the distance on a black bed lit by the sunrise. Golden hills to the horizon.
A large mountain in the distance with golden grass in the foreground.

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midendian , 7 months ago to random

#SilentSunday

Dirt trail through green shrubs winding to the horizon in dense fog
Dirt trail running through ferns and poison oak and eucalyptus trees
Northern flicker (large bird with light and dark body with spots and stripes, long nose with an orange head) on dirt in some grasses

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midendian , 8 months ago to random

some birbs yesterday. #pointreyes #birds

Small beige-brown bird perched on a bare branch, seeming to stare at a flying insect.
Black bird holding a mangled insect in its mouth, standing astride some large grass in a marsh.
Small brown/white/black bird in a green bush staring at the camera. A large bee flies by holding a red berry.

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midendian , 1 year ago to random

some cuties at Lands End today. #sanfrancisco #birds

small brown bird (Bewick's Wren) with longish tail and longish beak, butt facing the camera
small black and brown bird (Black-eyed junco) in the underbrush looking at the camera
Large sparrow on mossy branches with a defocussed bridge in the background

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midendian , 1 year ago to random

When I was maybe seven years old I made it my mission to figure out how computers work. After many decades it seems unlikely I will ever recover from finding out.