Our Walking Year: Part One-San Francisco

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“Home is everything you can walk to.”
~Rebecca Solnit

 

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Lockdown

 

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Isolation Reflection

 

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Lost in Thought

 

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Contemplation

 

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Surfing Escape

 

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Bees Keep Working

 

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The Mighty

 

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The Wretched Earth

 

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The Walk and Talk

 

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Springtime Hope

 

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The Grove

 

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Hello Friend

 

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Alcatraz Quiet

 

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Isolation Stroll

 

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Clouds

 

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Pandemic Walkers

 

We covered 1,199 miles over the past year on our daily pandemic walks.

Part One: San Francisco. 

 

 

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  2. LisaDay
    April 11, 2021 • 10:26 am

    That’s a lot of walking. These are wonderful. They bring me peace. I hope you continue to be safe.

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  4. Island Traveler
    April 3, 2021 • 2:13 pm

    Great walk in a great city captured beautifully.

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  5. Jet Eliot
    April 3, 2021 • 8:10 am

    A spectacular and unique look at San Francisco, Jane, and it was a complete joy to share in these SF vistas. As a 30-year resident/visitor to SF, I am delighted to see these unusual perspectives. While I soaked up and appreciated each photo, here are my favorites: Isolation Reflection (absolutely stunning), Lost in Thought, Bees Keep Working (wow), Hello Friend, and Alcatraz Quiet. Stunning photos, and an eloquent representation of this magnificent city.

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    • Jane Lurie
      April 6, 2021 • 12:00 pm

      Hi Jet, Thank you so much! Coming from your local eyes, I am thrilled that you enjoyed these images. A pandemic love letter to beautiful SF. Pleased those images in particular spoke to you–much appreciated. She is an easy city to find special moments. 🙂

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  6. Andrew Seal
    April 2, 2021 • 7:54 pm

    So moving and full of hope Jane. Thank you.You have captured how we all have felt over the past year. The Grove is wonderful and could be the Pacific Spirit Park, which has been our sanctuary over the past year as you know. 💕

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  7. denisebushphoto
    April 2, 2021 • 3:39 pm

    WOW! Your walks sure look different from mine! People often say I’m lucky in where I live and I am … but I don’t have the variety an urban environment brings. It was moreso when I lived Back East. You have done such a wonderful job seeing, shooting and displaying these images. I love that so many of your titles hit home on the theme.It seems the first three are some that had the most impact for me. ‘Lockdown’ of course … the textures and style of lock are so interesting! ‘Isolation & Reflection’ … love the feeling of isolation, the straight-on composition and of course the reflection is the icing on the cake! ‘Lost In Thought’ is a poignant statement that works so well in B&W. And last but not least, I like the last … I am assuming that’s you and your husband.

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    • Jane Lurie
      April 6, 2021 • 11:55 am

      Hi Denise, I really enjoyed reading your response and which images stood out for you. It was interesting framing this strange past year by our walks and SF is a wonderful mix of urban nature. Thank you so much and yes, that’s a rare, yet not very daring reveal of the happy wanderers. 😎😷 Keep on shooting those beautiful landscapes!

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  9. Gunta
    March 30, 2021 • 8:24 pm

    Was “Hello Friend” taken at the Presidio? The buildings in the distance look fairly familiar.
    Doing my best to try to catch up here, it’s been a struggle. As if the pandemic wasn’t enough, not to mention politics, but then my ailing 13 year old pup/constant companion since my late husband died.
    Thanks for the memories of a dearly loved city from way back times.

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    • Jane Lurie
      March 31, 2021 • 10:42 am

      Hi Gunta, Yes, my Great Blue Heron friend was often found on Crissy Field in the Presidio.
      I am so sorry to hear about your pup- what a difficult time you must be having. I hope you are finding some support and solace. 💙

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  10. ghallam444
    March 30, 2021 • 6:28 pm

    I also love photography!! I just started, could you check me out?

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  11. equinoxio21
    March 30, 2021 • 4:49 pm

    Love it. Once saw a seal swimming lazily by that “Alcatraz quiet” beach.

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  13. Tofino Photography
    March 30, 2021 • 12:52 pm

    1200 miles! Thats a lot of walking! Great shots showing life around SF!

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  14. belindagroverphotography
    March 30, 2021 • 10:28 am

    Very nice, Jane! The heron in the foreground of the bridge made me smile 😊

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  15. Patty Gordon
    March 30, 2021 • 7:47 am

    I used to work in the city but I don’t get over there much anymore. It’s a nice reminder of what I’m missing and a push for me to get over there. Hubby works there often for his job but he hates traffic so we usually stick near home on the weekends. Maybe this summer I’ll get back over there.

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  17. Dewi pasilia
    March 26, 2021 • 7:07 pm

    Beautiful images and interesting 😊😊

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  19. Bee me
    March 26, 2021 • 6:18 am

    Love the images 💗

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  20. Bee me
    March 26, 2021 • 6:17 am

    Nice pictures 🖼️🖼️👍👍

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  23. sunshineinwinter00
    March 25, 2021 • 6:56 am

    It’s amazing !!! I really liked the photography !!! Lovelove 💜💜

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  25. Akriti Jain
    March 24, 2021 • 3:23 am

    The pictures are amazing Jane…..took me to so many places virtually while I’m scrolling in my bed 😄

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  26. Alison and Don
    March 23, 2021 • 8:37 pm

    That’s a lot of miles. And some wonderful photos of your backyard. How lucky (and us too) to be able to get out for walks. I think I’d have gone bonkers without that. I think we’ve walked about 1300 miles. It’s kept us sane.
    Alison

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  27. adminwealthy
    March 23, 2021 • 1:09 pm

    The pandemic year was a long one

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  30. Vaishnavi Kadari
    March 23, 2021 • 5:58 am

    Wow really beautiful and I love travel😊

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  32. Steve Gingold
    March 23, 2021 • 1:33 am

    This is a great idea, Jane, documenting your walks through the pandemic year. As always, filled with observations of the little and not so little things most would pass by without notice. “Hello, Friend” reminds me a bit of the humor in this image by Elliott Erwitt. I love the architecture in “the Walk and Talk”

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    • Jane Lurie
      March 28, 2021 • 12:08 pm

      Oh, Steve, that Erwitt image is wonderful! Thank you for your kind analogy. Happy you enjoyed what I found on my walks. The Palace of Fine Arts always provides some great architectural moments (the best with people in them). Hope all is well and improving in your part of the world.

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  33. Lotus Elegance
    March 22, 2021 • 6:16 pm

    Great post! I love to see how the picture’s speak 😊👏🏻

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  34. withvillywho
    March 22, 2021 • 3:48 pm

    The photos are all great but I fell in love with the black and white, with the surfers. Amazing!!! ❤❤

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  35. bluebrightly
    March 22, 2021 • 10:38 am

    What a good idea, documenting all those walks – good thing you had a pedometer! Did we talk about Solnit before? I’m reading ‘A Field Guide to Getting Lost’…enjoying it. So much variety – the opening image is great for a starter, then you pulled back for an overview. I like the 3 figures and all the activity in Surfing Escape. It was smart to include “that guy” in the tree photo for scale. 🙂 Like Adrian, I love the abandoned book with its apocalyptic title – fantastic. Love the walk & talk and the cherry blossoms – both are very hopeful. That heron is very comical! It all adds up to an odd mix of hope and sadness, I think, which is appropriate. And the last photo is a great gift for the reader. 🙂 Have a good week, Jane! Looking forward to the next installment.

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  37. digitaldiariesdaily
    March 22, 2021 • 7:05 am

    ‘A picture is worth a thousand words ‘

    Nice pics….very meaningful….

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  38. Adrian Lewis
    March 22, 2021 • 12:57 am

    Good pictures, Jane! The stand out for me is The Wretched Earth, what a catch, but The Grove is very beautiful. Stay safe! 🙂

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  39. plaidcamper
    March 21, 2021 • 7:45 pm

    Your walking year has provided you (and your readers) with many fine photographs. I can easily fall into thinking the past 12 months have been terrible, but the reality is it hasn’t been all bad by quite a margin – as your photographs show! What a year, though, and I wonder how much time will have to pass before we get to grips with it all? I think it’ll be quite a few more walking miles, but perhaps it already feels a little less difficult with each step forward?
    Thanks, Jane!

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    • Jane Lurie
      March 23, 2021 • 4:36 pm

      Hi Adam, Silver linings, right? You found many along the way, too. Happy you enjoyed my look back on some nicer moments in our year. I am feeling much more hopeful that we are on the road to better days ahead. Take care! 🙂

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  40. Terri Webster Schrandt
    March 21, 2021 • 5:03 pm

    Amazing photos, Jane, chronicling a bizarre year for sure! SF really got slammed in the shutdown and I don’t think it will ever recover. thanks for the gorgeous tour, I’m tired 😉

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    • Jane Lurie
      March 23, 2021 • 4:15 pm

      Thanks. Terri. And SF was doing great in the beginning with sheltering in place. Then everyone left. Hopefully, it will bounce back and be better than ever. Happy you enjoyed my look back on the year of walking, our only escape. Hope you are enjoying settling into your new home. 🙂

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  41. Becca Westbrook
    March 21, 2021 • 2:40 pm

    Wow! Gorgeous photographs. They tell a wonderfully uplifting story, which is refreshing in these uncertain times. 🙂

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  42. mdhoffmannphoto
    March 21, 2021 • 2:36 pm

    Absolutely Beautiful and Inspiring!

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  43. kristaiswriting
    March 21, 2021 • 1:02 pm

    Thanks for sharing I love seeing all the pics ❤️

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  45. Linda Wyatt
    March 21, 2021 • 9:51 am

    Love the positive context in which you took your pandemic walks! Great variety

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  46. harrienijland
    March 21, 2021 • 6:40 am

    Fine series, Jane! Keep walking and stay save! 🙂

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  47. Toonsarah
    March 21, 2021 • 6:39 am

    Wonderful photos to sum up the past year. You covered a lot of ground!

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  48. Graham Stephen
    March 21, 2021 • 5:50 am

    Splendid selection!
    That’s a lot of miles when aggregated over a year.

    ✨🐉🌻🌱🌿🌳💚🙏🕉☯🕊

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  49. waarloopjijwarmvoor
    March 21, 2021 • 2:53 am

    every disadvantage has an advantage, because of COVID 19 you walk more and your fitness improves

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  50. picpholio
    March 21, 2021 • 1:33 am

    Impressive distance and great photography !

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  51. Forestwood
    March 20, 2021 • 10:01 pm

    Lovely sentiment and another meaning for home. Comfortable walking distance. I do hope you are free of the virus and lockdown soon, Jane. Then you are free to roam further.

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    • Jane Lurie
      March 21, 2021 • 2:49 pm

      Thank you, Amanda. That quote really hit home for this year. We are getting there and feeling more hopeful about being able to have more freedom soon. I know you are in good shape in your country! 🙂

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      • Forestwood
        March 21, 2021 • 3:26 pm

        I am grateful for living in Australia every day. And for once, being so far away on an island continent way down near Antarctica has some advantages!
        We are ever hopeful that things continue turning better for the rest of the world.

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        • Jane Lurie
          March 22, 2021 • 7:36 am

          And you are fortunate to have had good leadership last year in the pandemic.
          On another note, I am reading about the rain and flooding in Australia. Hope you are safe.

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          • Forestwood
            March 22, 2021 • 2:00 pm

            Thank you for your concern, Jane. I am safe where we live and the rainfall is very welcome. Further south, they are in a bit of trouble. This is Australia’s climate. For several years we have extreme drought and water is rationed, the next bushfire will decimate the countryside, then sooner or later we will face flooding on a Noah’s Arc scale! There are streets in my former area which go under during a summer storm, and areas that are close to rivers that are extremely vulnerable. In the country, the land is very flat and a floodplain for a river can be several kilometres wide. So there will be problems. Emergency services are busy and more rain is forecast. But we are safe.

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          • Jane Lurie
            March 22, 2021 • 2:12 pm

            I’m glad you’re safe. The cycles you describe are similar to what we experience in California, but now minus the torrential rain. We cannot fool with Mother Nature.

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          • Forestwood
            March 22, 2021 • 2:55 pm

            Thanks Jane. You are correct. Mother Earth and natural forces will be around long after we are gone, and will react accordingly to our disturbances.

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  52. www.corneliaweber-photography.com
    March 20, 2021 • 9:42 pm

    Jane, i don’t know which one of your images I like the most, they are all so amazing.

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  54. underswansea
    March 20, 2021 • 7:38 pm

    I didn’t know you could surf below the Golden Gate Bridge!

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  55. sustainabilitea
    March 20, 2021 • 7:34 pm

    If I couldn’t walk, the pandemic would have been horrible. I didn’t have the same fantastic views as you did, but getting out is the main thing. Although I liked all the photos as usual, I especially liked the trees in bud/bloom because they’re so evocative of spring, at least of spring in most of the country. The citrus trees are blooming and smell wonderful. I like the first shot of the lock (lockdown 🙂 and the one with the bee. Happy spring!

    janet

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    • Jane Lurie
      March 21, 2021 • 2:43 pm

      Hi Janet, Agree, we were thankful to be able to get out each day. I’m glad you like the trees which always feel hopeful. Happy you enjoyed this mix of life on our feet- thank you. Happy Spring and I hope you are doing well. 🙂

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  56. ceceliaebee
    March 20, 2021 • 7:23 pm

    Beautiful and thought provoking images. An avid walker myself, I enjoy the sights and sounds in your images. Great work!!!

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  57. Dave Ply
    March 20, 2021 • 7:23 pm

    I imagine getting out for a good walk is just the thing for fighting COVID – at least the mental part. It looks like is great for the creative part as well; this is another great set.

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  58. AndysWorldJourneys
    March 20, 2021 • 6:12 pm

    wonderful pictures. The different perspectives on the bridge are stunning, and I was particularly taken by the first one with the reflection, it’s all so still, which you dont get with most pictures you see of the bridge. and the stunning blue sky of course!

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  59. Frank @ Beach Walk Reflections
    March 20, 2021 • 6:12 pm

    I’m not sure what to say as I feel a bit speechless. Yes, wonderful pictures – but for me, your story created many emotions – so I will conclude with a Thank You!

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  60. Eliza Waters
    March 20, 2021 • 5:11 pm

    Impressive mileage! One of our toughest years ever, but you found a way to show it in a beautiful light, Jane. Nature’s consistency has been a balm during all the uncertainty.

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  61. mvschulze
    March 20, 2021 • 4:41 pm

    Love your photos, Jane. They inspire me to be a better photographer. M 🙂

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  62. Karmuhil Vannan
    March 20, 2021 • 2:49 pm

    Nice pics…Over 1000 miles is great stuff!!!! 👌👌🦾

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  63. Manja Mexi Mexcessive
    March 20, 2021 • 2:28 pm

    Wonderful! I love the most Walk and a Talk. I’ve captured a similar lock recently, but my caption was Spring unlocked. 😉 To the great unlocking!

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  64. Steve Schwartzman
    March 20, 2021 • 2:16 pm

    I like the way your first picture symbolizes its title.

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  65. Peter Klopp
    March 20, 2021 • 2:09 pm

    Your outstanding photos show that you made the best of the pandemic by focusing on the positive with your camera, Jane.

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  66. Birder's Journey
    March 20, 2021 • 1:45 pm

    Stunning images, Jane! Thank you so much for taking us along on some of your walks.

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  67. Camille
    March 20, 2021 • 1:33 pm

    Bittersweet memories- wish you were here to walk now 😢but certainly enjoyed ur perspective of SF from ur many walks. That’s a lot of miles!!!

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  68. paula graham
    March 20, 2021 • 1:27 pm

    Gorgeous, every one of all your photo at all times!! Even the ones you ditch would probably be someone else’s stars!!

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  69. michaeldthomasphotography
    March 20, 2021 • 12:38 pm

    Beautiful thought provoking pictures as usual! I would love to see a list of your favorite places and locations to shoot in San Francisco. Also I promised you a link to photos I shot at the last Rose Parade,
    I will send you an email.

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  70. restlessjo
    March 20, 2021 • 12:20 pm

    I enjoy the walking but the mask wearing not so much. Here we expect to have to continue to wear them till July in public places. Lovely photos Jane 🤗💕

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  71. Heyjude
    March 20, 2021 • 11:53 am

    What a year! You seem to have captured some great images during your walks. Cities are good for diversity, it’s all very much the same close to home in the countryside except for the seasonal changes.

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  72. peggy
    March 20, 2021 • 11:10 am

    As usual your photographs are stunning. I love the San Francisco area. Such a great distance traveled in a year of walking.

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  73. petergreyphotography
    March 20, 2021 • 10:50 am

    Ha! Wonderful Jane! Walking in that great enviroment. Apart from the joy of movement (I’m a keen walker myself), there always is a lot to see. I especially like the ‘walking and talking’ pic (beautiful light), the ‘the mighty’ picture, wich I find sweet 🙂 and the last image, ‘pandemic walkers.’ What strikes me the most of that picture are the face masks, the blue-white ones, that in these pandemic times seems to make us all over the world one.

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    • Jane Lurie
      March 20, 2021 • 2:42 pm

      Hi Peter, Thanks very much for your thoughtful response. Rather poignant for me to look back on the year in this way… what we didn’t know then and what we know now. Glad you liked the images especially those in particular. You got me thinking about the universality of masks. We’re certainly all in it together. 😷

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  74. David
    March 20, 2021 • 10:47 am

    The Presidio views, very nice. The flowering trees too. I wonder if the ghosts of Alcatraz have noticed the lack of visitors. Who are those masked walkers? (LOL) 🙂

    Hope all is well in your corner of the world.

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  75. Jane Iwan
    March 20, 2021 • 10:47 am

    Great post, Jane. I’m entranced with the white-on-white beauty of Springtime Hope.

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  76. Poetpas
    March 20, 2021 • 10:43 am

    Some great pics! Yours are cool too by the way 😁

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  77. YellowCable
    March 20, 2021 • 10:40 am

    A very nice year long walk!!!

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  78. SensiSpirit
    March 20, 2021 • 10:27 am

    Very beautiful photography that speaks your story. 🙏🌹

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  79. 100 Country Trek
    March 20, 2021 • 10:22 am

    Beautiful images..I have never seen such a humungous tree like that.!!

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