our splendid Golden Gate Park

 Dancing Jen took the top two excellent photos and I snapped the not so great one of my wonderful friend in the bottom picture. It is just so pretty there in the Japanese Tea Garden, one forgets. And we had such glorious weather.  Then we walked down on 9th Avenue to the book shop (that is our mutual heritage) and on to lunch at a Burmese spot on Irving Street. All very, very lovely. Feeling gratitude, as per usual.

BBC on Prime

 Well, who does not love British detective dramas? GONE is very good ~ six episodes, four of which you can watch now. Cat and mouse with a murder and lots of fun family stuff. Thanks to the Blogmaid for recommending this one!

back to the Blue Plate

It was warm enough to dine outside last night at the Blue Plate. Well, coats and sweaters were needed, but still, such a lovely setting. Rob, Heidi, Doug, Barb and your blogger ~ still celebrating Rob's birthday. An added bonus ~ we could all walk to/fro our homes. A really special evening for sure. 
 

new art on the Great Highway

Heidi and I admired this on Saturday and here are some relevant details:

 "Unsafe to Swim" is a shark-fin-shaped public art installation by artist Oleg Lobykin located at the Southwest Lincoln Entrance of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, near Ocean Beach. The surface of the fin is embedded with recycled aluminum cans to highlight the dangers of ocean pollution. 

Artwork Details

Artist: Oleg Lobykin
Location: Southwest Lincoln Entrance (Great Highway & Lincoln Way), Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
Unveiling Date: July 22, 2026
Partners: Big Art Loop, San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, and Building 180 

and now you can see us!

 Over there, on the left, outer rim of circle. I'm in the pink cap and Heidi is wearing the faded purple. Ice is Evil. That flag is huge and needs a whole bunch of people to lift and spin it slowly. Human Banner reports that there were 708 of us and that the next event will probably be for a future No Kings protest. No date as yet. Don't Look Away.

Sunday on the Embarcadero

 Mr. and Ms. Blogmaid kindly included me in their adventure to the Ferry Building yesterday. SF was a bit messy thanks to the Marathon, but we made it in time for lunch at Gott's and then to Book Passage for an author event, a friend and neighbor of the Blogmaid Family. Callisto Lodwick and her first novel. The top photo is a brand new and very cool mermaid next door to the Ferry Building. It was adorned and appreciated by the Blogmaid yesterday. A very nice SF day. 

a banner Saturday

 I wore my protest tee shirt and Ice Out button yesterday when Heidi and I joined the folks down at Ocean Beach for our first Human Banner. It was all very well organized and fun and we had sunshine (!) and sang protest songs. This Land is Your/My Land, etc. We gathered at 11:30 and we were home by 1:30 ~ that's how well they do this now. A drone captured the scene and I will show you how it all turned out when those images are available.