i'm back....

some of you may have noticed that i've been quiet lately. well, that's because i've been away on vacation somewhere in the beautiful pacific northwest. i decided that the fog and the city life were starting to wear me down like an old bald tire, and decided to spend a week swimming in this river:


and foraging on berries:


and enjoying many beautiful flowers:



and the best part of it all is that i've returned in time to enjoy what i hope is the beginning of our true san francisco summer. no roiling vats of fog pouring over twin peaks in a diabolical onslaught. no roaring winds. no jackets. no knit caps. only the sweet stench of the sewers whispering their summer lullabyes.