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This December View is where the tide comes into and goes out of the marshes at Crissy Field in The Presidio. Taken a few days ago.

Today, I had jury duty and had to go down there in person and sit in the big room with dozens of other people for three hours until they let us all go.

It was 80 degrees in the room and very crowded. Ugh. But at least it was civil court and much easier to get to than criminal court, and it's a new building so the room is nicer as well.

Plus I got to leave after three hours and did not have to go through any questioning by lawyers. When that happens, they always pass on me - I think because I spent too much time in my life reading law books.

Anyway, now I am back home and have a headache. It's such a perfect day out there though, I will go back out in a while for a walk in the 'hood at least.

Hope so anyway.

A December View - from our walk today around the marshes at Crissy Field.

It was so warm out there today, absolutely balmy, no wind, no coats needed.  Very still water, great light.

There were lots of people out there walking and biking, but as per my special talent, none of them appear in most of the pictures I took today. :)



 

It's still December. I will be so glad when it's 2009! And January 20 will be like every holiday there is, all in one day.

Anyway we had a lovely Christmas dinner with just ourselves and Rachel in attendance. Lots of yummy food, lots of laughs, no drama.

We watched a silly old fave DVD (Once Upon A Time in Mexico), then some freaky ballroom dancing on Public TV, and then a re-run of CSI we had not seen before that was very funny. Maybe not your traditional Xmas viewing, but hey, it worked for us!

Today it's all sunny out there, yay! We have to do a ton of laundry at the laundromat, but other than that, whatever we feel like doing, including nothing.

Later... well, we should have done nothing, but while I was at the laundromat, Joe tried to fix a problem with our bathroom sink and now it's worse.  Looks like something we can't fix ourselves.  Called the landlord, no answer.  Left message.  He has not called back yet and for all we know, is gone for the weekend.  So in the meantime, no bathroom sink (no, we don't have two or more bathrooms).

Hope we hear from him tomorrow.  Circa 1922 plumbing is so quaint.



 

 

We did make it out to Crissy Field when Joe was done painting, just in time for the sun to be setting behind us to the west as we were looking east at The City.

It was a bit cold but not windy, and the light was just right. I guess this can be considered another December View. It is December and it is indeed a view.

After walking for a while, we went into the Warming Hut to warm up. It was almost closing time but still packed with people buying things - it's a cafe and book / gift shop that supports the GGNRA. I am glad business still appears to be so good in some places.

A December View - taken 12/09/07. Mt Tam as seen from SF.

Today's weather report...

Local Forecast - San Francisco

Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday High: 51 °F Low: 46 °F More High: 50 °F Low: 45 °F More High: 49 °F Low: 43 °F More High: 50 °F Low: 40 °F More High: 48 °F Low: 40 °F More

It is so crystal clear here this morning - but they say it will a rain a little tonight and then more on Sunday. We need rain very much!

No snow in The City, I assume, but maybe some on Mt Tam in Marin, which is about 2000 feet, I think.

Once in a very great long while we will get a smidgen of snow in The City - and I mean like once every 10 to 20 years, and then just a tiny smidgen. We do not have ice storms, period, thank heavens.

Colder than usual this morning, but I love it like this, cold and clear. Rain and/or fog make it warmer here - which is fine too, as The City stays a lot warmer all winter than the outlying areas do.  Meaning much smaller heating bills (and cooler in the summer means no AC bills).

Anyway, I have a clock with a thermometer next to bed, and when I woke up it was 59 degrees in the bedroom - woohoo, I love that! I had left the window a crack open, not as open as usual. I wonder how cold it would have gotten if I'd left it open 3 or 4 inches?

A December View -
taken 12/2/08 just before we had to get in the car
and drive back to SF from Mendocino last week.

Today is sunny and clear and gorgeous. 

I think colder weather and rain is coming soon though.

Which is fine too.

I like the way the seasons are here.

We do have seasons -
they just work differently than the way people
in a lot of the rest of the US think about seasons.

And I love love love the way they work here. :)





 

A December View - taken last year on Christmas Eve. It can be very balmy here in the winter. Today they say it's going to be 64 in The City. We shall see. :)

Later... it is a gorgeous day out there, just that blue and clear.  Not 64, more like 58, but I didn't wear a jacket or sweater and I was fine walking to the PO and back.

I am so tired though!  It took ALL my energy just to walk about 8 blocks total.  I feel like I am coming down with a cold (sore throaty and all that) but am trying to fight it off.   Anyway I managed to carry a box there to mail to Joe's brother, and am glad I got that over with.  There was a line of course, but at least it wasn't out the door.

 

A December View. The sun was on one side of town and there was some fog on the other side. I love it when that happens.

We stopped at Handley Cellars in Anderson Valley (Highway 128) on the way home from Mendocino, as we often do.  This is a December View.