Photos on Fotothing
My Life and Times
My home, garden, and studio work
Some things I like:
I think that corner shops look especially interesting
Filters: experimenting with PhotoShop
Food and drink
Holidays
Mail art: made by me, sent to me, postage and art stamps
More fun!
Nature and the natural world
Pretty things and still
lifes
Very small gardens
Colorful world: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, silver, white, and multicolorful!
Signs, signs, everywhere signs: including neon signs, hanging signs and banners, sidewalk signs, park and trail signs, window signs, and shop signs
I love to window shop, and I've taken lots of photos during my walks of shop window displays, including clothes, shoes, jewelry, handbags and other accessories, cosmetics and personal care supplies, florists, bookstores, arts and crafts, ceramics and pottery, glassware, home decor, toys and games, and antique and vintage objects.
Public Art
Jesse Reichek retrospective (2005-6)
Ruth Asawa's sculptures, walls, and fountains
Collections and series:
Art cars
CLOSED signs
Number art, including house number plaques
Street art and messages, including stencils and interesting utility covers
The San Francisco Bay Area
An album of views of the Greater Bay Area, including the waterways and the hills
Day trips:
Contra Costa County
Marin County
Marin County: Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Rodeo Beach
San Mateo County: Pebble Beach (March 23, 2010)
Sonoma County
Sonoma County: Armstrong Redwoods
Sonoma County: Shell Beach (May 2008 and October 2008)
San Francisco, California
Views and public art
Conservatory of Flowers:
Celebrating Andrew's birthday on March 23, 2007
A special winter exhibition in January 2009
Another special winter exhibition in February 2010
Golden Gate Park: including the rose garden, the Shakespeare Garden, and Stow Lake
Union Square: including the public art that is on view
The Waterfront, including The Embarcadero, Pier 39, and Fisherman's Wharf
A holiday walk: December 16, 2007
Celebrating my birthday on January 30, 2009
Celebrating our wedding anniversary on October 13, 2010
Waterfront walks in 2011
Waterfront walks in 2012
Yerba Buena Gardens: Summer 2007
Oakland, California
Views and public art
Chinatown album: daily life and culture
Garden Center at Lakeside Park:
A photo album from several visits
A delightful day in August 2008
Grand Avenue: an amazing rock garden!
Lake Merritt:
Variety pack: the occasional photo from the occasional visit
A walk around the Lake on January 1, 2007
A walk around the Lake on July 1, 2007
A springtime visit (April 2008)
The first visit of the new year (January 2009)
Watching the sailboats (March 2009)
Visiting the lake on my birthday, January 30, 2010
A springtime visit on April 22, 2013
A walk around Lake Temescal (Sunday, July 8, 2007)
Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline (November 8, 2009)
Morcom Amphitheater of Roses in Oakland, California:
June 2005 June 2007 May 2008 May 2009
Mountain View Cemetery: including photos from the tulip festivals
Oakland Museum of California
A visitor's album
The Members' Preview (April 29, 2010)
The Marvelous Museum (January 30, 2011)
Old Oakland, Oakland's "Old Town"
The Piedmont Avenue neighborhood, where I live
Port of Oakland and the nearby shoreline parks
West Oakland and the Mandela Parkway
Other Places in the East Bay Region
The Albany Bulb used to be an industrial waste dumping area along the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay. The dumping was stopped in the mid 1980s, and the vegetation started taking over. The wildlife has made a comeback, too — I've seen rabbits, squirrels, lizards, and lots of birds. The local artists turned The Bulb into an outdoor art gallery.
Spring 2005 | August 2008 | October 2011 | April 2013
Benicia, California (Sunday, August 2, 2009)
Berkeley, California
City of Berkeley: views and public art
University of California: views, public art, and botanical garden
Big Daddy's Rejuvenating Community Garden
College Avenue: from Broadway in Oakland to the University of California, Berkeley
Hayward Japanese Garden (autumn 2009)
The Huckleberry Self-Guided Nature Path:
Walking the complete trail on Sunday, June 8, 2008
Winter visit (January 2009) and Summer visit (September 2011)
Douglas iris gallery (April 2008)
Joaquin Miller Park, including the Woodminster theater and the beautiful bay views
Lake Chabot in the East Bay Regional Park District
Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve in the East Bay Regional Park District
Serpentine Prairie in the East Bay Regional Park District
California: Other Places
Chico, California (September 11-12, 2009)
We spent a day visiting Laguna Beach, California (Friday, October 13, 2006)
Mendocino County
Tour of the Fetzer Winery garden in Hopland, California (September 18, 2005)
San Diego, California
Public art in San Diego:
Urban Trees 3 | Urban Trees 4 | Urban Trees 5
Balboa Park:
January 30, 2007
March 11, 2007
Celebrating Andrew's birthday on March 23, 2009, including a trip to the Zoo
Coronado ferry ride and walking tour (Saturday, October 13, 2007)
Downtown, Horton Plaza, the Gaslamp District, and the Airport
The Harbor and Seaport Village
Old Town (January 29, 2007)
Colorado
Downtown Denver (November 2010)
Relaxing in Glenwood Springs
Nevada
Reno, Nevada (April 2006)
New York
Albany and Albany County, New York
Autumn in New York (October 2010)
We took a trip east so that Andrew could attend the about.com annual meeting in New York City. After a couple of days in the city, we took the train to visit Andrew's parents near Albany. We also took a day trip to Cazenovia, a beautiful town where one of my ancestors was born two hundred years ago.
Visiting New York City:
Staying at the Chelsea Hotel
Seeing a lot of art
September 2009 NYC album
October 2011 NYC album
Pacific Northwest
Summer in the Pacific Northwest: July 2010
Featuring photos of Seattle, the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Eugene, the Oregon Coast, Arcata, and the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens in Fort Bragg, California.
Washington, D.C.
We celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary with a special trip on October 12-14, 2008
monuments and memorials
Georgetown and the Potomac River
architecture and government buildings
public art, including the Hirschhorn Sculpture Garden
public gardens and parks, including the U.S. National Garden
the conservatory
the DC Cool Globes exhibition
Contact me
Fleur Helsingor
"zines" at "chez-fleur" dot com