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Thursday Doors 50/52

December 15, 2016December 15, 2016Posted in Architecture, Doors, Green Doors, Nikon, Photography, Thursday DoorsTagged Architecture, Doors, Green Doors, Nikon, Photography, San Francisco CA, San Jose West, Thursday Doors, Walk-about29 Comments

Green Doors- gleaned from walk abouts in San Jose West, and San Francisco, CA.

Colorful Doors

Green Door

N°2020 Green Door

Nikon Df| Nikkor 28-105mm| Delkin Digital Film| PS CC 2017

This post is part of Norm 2.0’s Thursday Doors. If you love doors and would like to see the doors others are posting, or post doors you’ve photographed and join other door lovers from around the world click here.

At the end of Norm’s latest Thursday Door post is a little Blue Link-up/View button click it to be taken to a page with all the links to view all the posts, and add your own if you’re a door enthusiast too.

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Sunset Blues

December 14, 2016December 13, 2016Posted in Landscapes, Nikon, Photography, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, SunsetsTagged Clouds, Pond, Reeds, Reflections, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, Sunset, Thistle31 Comments

After a day of birding my friends and I closed the day watching the sun dip behind the mountains from the far side of a pond. It was lovely.

Sunset Blues

Nikon Df| Nikkor 17-35mm @35mm| Delkin Digital Film| Tripod| PS CC 2017 & LR CC

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Belted Kingfisher-Female

December 12, 2016December 13, 2016Posted in Bird Photography, birding, Birds in the Wild, Nikon, Pacific Flyway, PhotographyTagged Belted Kingfisher, Bird Photography, Birding, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, California Pacific Flyway;, Nikon56 Comments

After several years of trying to get a decent image of a Belted Kingfisher I finally got one yesterday while out birding with Gordon and other friends in the Pacific Flyway. I was birding in the refuge rich area north of Sacramento, CA. They asked me to show them around the place and I was eager and happy to do it.

I’m sure Gordon will share many of his images too.

Belted Kingfisher

It was an amazing day of birding. We saw so many great birds. Most notable were the Belted Kingfisher, a Bald Eagle, American Bittern, Ring-necked Pheasants, Hawks, Falcon, Ibis, thousands of Snow Geese, some White Fronted Geese, northern pintails, shovelers, Egrets, Blue Herons, Night Herons, Sparrows, Wrens, Goldfinches, Hummingbirds, Warblers, maybe a Thrush of some sort. Need to work on getting an ID on it.

There were quite a few more types of birds seen. We even saw some other wildlife; skunk, deer, and hares, but for me getting this image means no more agonizing over all the butt shots, missed shots, blurry in flight shots, and how very skittish they are! 🙂 I finally got the shot!! 🙂

This one was quite content to sit on this branch looking at the pond below her while keeping an eye on us too. It was a gift!

Can you see me doing my “happy dance”? Yeah, I’m still dancing. 🙂 We had a GREAT day of birding.

Nikon D700| Nikkor 200-500mm| Lexar Professional Digital Film| PS CC 2017

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Walnut Butterball Cookies

December 11, 2016December 10, 2016Posted in Christmas Cookies, Cookies, Nikon, PhotographyTagged Christmas Decorations, Close up Photography, Dessert, Drop Cookies, Food Photography, Holiday Baking, Nikon31 Comments

Linda over at fabulousfaresisters posted the recipe for these cookies earlier in the week, and I love this type of cookie so thought I’d try them.

Linda credited her Mom for the recipe found here, but I’m giving Linda the credit for nudging me to try them and for the recipe. I changed the recipe just a little by adding Confectioners sugar to the dough too.

I love that there are very few ingredients, and the cookies are not too sweet even with the extra sugar in the dough.

Walnut Butterball Cookies

1 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup confectioners sugar

1 tsp. Vanilla

2 cups flour

1 cup walnuts, finely chopped

Extra Confectioner’s sugar for dusting the cookies after baking

Preheat the oven to 375°F. In a large bowl, using a spoon, cream the butter and 3/4 cup of confectioners sugar. Then add the vanilla, flour, and walnuts to the buttercream mixture. Stir until well combined. It will be crumbly. That’s fine!

Next, shape into small balls. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. ( I lined mine with parchment paper.)

Bake 12 minutes or until bottoms are golden. Roll in confectioner’s sugar while still warm.

(I let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes then rolled them in confectioner’s sugar then finished cooling them on a cooling rack)

Store in an airtight container for a week, or freeze.

FWIW: I used a wooden spoon to mix the dough. I always do. When I was young and learning to bake I heard it keeps the dough from getting tough. Is it true? I don’t know. I’ve used my electric mixer to make other cookie dough, and its paddle is metal and the dough hasn’t been tough. However, I don’t over work the dough…so that’s probably the key. 🙂 Knowing when to stop mixing. That’s the key!

I’m giving most of this batch away to neighbors and friends. I think they’ll make a lovely little gift for Christmas.

I’ve eaten two already. They’re delicious!

Thank you Linda! ♥

Nikon Df| Nikkor 105mm| Delkin Digital Film| Tripod| PS CC 2017

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Moon Set over San Francisco

December 10, 2016Posted in After Dark, Historic Buildings, Low Light Photography, Moonset, National Historic Landmarks, Nikon, Nikon DF, Photography, San Francisco CATagged After Dark Photography, coit tower, Crescent Moon, Historic Buildings, Moon Set, National Historic Places, Nikon, Photography, San Francisco CA, Starbursts28 Comments

and I whispered…”Good-night Moon, and San Francisco sleep tight.”

Moon Set over San Francisco

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After Dark…

December 7, 2016December 7, 2016Posted in Night Photography, Nikon, Photography, San Francisco CA, SkyscrapersTagged After Dark Photography, Bridges, Cable Bridges, Night Photography, Nikon, Reflections, San Francisco, Skyscrapers23 Comments

I went out with one of my photography groups to do a little night photography Saturday evening.

After the sun went down Middle Harbor Shoreline’s park security drove by announcing the park was closed it was time to leave so, several of us headed to another park that stayed opened a few hours longer. This is one image I made while waiting for the Crescent Moon to sink lower into the city skyline.

Bay Bridge East Span Pedestrian Bicycle Path

What you’re looking at is the Oakland/San Francisco Bay Bridge East Span Pedestrian-Bicycle path in front, mid ground are the tops of the Bay Bridge, and behind that are the two new high rises in the process of being built. The tallest is the new Salesforce Tower. It will be the tallest building in San Francisco, and will be the second tallest building west of the Mississippi when complete. At its completion it will stand 1,070 ft (326 m) tall and be the center piece of the Transbay Transit Center in downtown San Francisco.

The Wilshire Grand Center building located in Los Angeles is the tallest skyscraper in California.

The other skyscraper you see with cranes is going to be the new Transbay Tower…I think.

Someone let me know if I’m wrong please.

Over on the right by itself is the Trans America Building; a shining beacon in the night.

Nikon Df| Nikkor 80-200mm| Delkin Digital Film| PS CC2017

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Thursday Doors 48/52

December 1, 2016November 29, 2016Posted in Architecture, Nikon, Photography, San Francisco, Thursday's DoorsTagged Architecture, Bogainvillea Plant, Garage Door, Nikon, Photography, San Francisco, Thursday Doors39 Comments

This is the most elegant and prettiest garage door I think I’ve ever seen. I loved the arched windows above it, and the bougainvillea vine growing around it.

N°2538

Image made while on a walk-about in San Francisco.

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