We went on the Marine Science Institute‘s cruise today, which was in part to celebrate World Oceans Day 2010. Part of the cruise involved sampling the bay floor and a short trawl with a net. (All animals caught are returned to the bay later in the day.) Ben got to hold a juvenile leopard shark.

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This morning, the pipe segments began to arrive for the section of Bay Division Pipeline No. 5 nearest us. The pipes are a distinct dark blue-green, with the ends capped with paper.

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They assembled this machine this week, but haven’t fired it up. The pipeline runs right behind our property, so I expect we’ll hear the crunching of treads and a large motor (or more than one) fire up early in the morning soon. When you’re digging a miles-long trench, there’s a clear axis of work. And [...]

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I’ve started uploading a subset of my photos to Flickr.  Here are four from 2009 I’m reasonably happy with, with some commentary. We took a short trip north to the coast in the spring, camping a few nights at the Bodega Dunes site in Sonoma Coast SP. This bird was interested in our activities, although [...]

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We went up to San Francisco to see the Peter Pan show at Ferry Park today. The kids were very excited by the human-powered ticking crocodile. There’s a large concession tent for use before the show and at intermission; this shot is of one of its peaks.

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There are a couple of major construction projects in Redwood City. On El Camino Real, the block between Broadway and Brewster is being updated, as part of the multi-county Grand Boulevard project. This excavator was standing sentry on the Broadway end. Closer to our house, a new high-pressure water line–part of the Hetch Hetchy system [...]

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