287 - My Favorite Drink (Mi bebida favorita)

Here is my drink of choice (on the right)- water. I indulge with Patrón amid close friends once in a while.

Mi bebida favorita (a la derecha) - agua. Aunque una de mis indulgencias es la tequila Patrón compartiendola con mis mejores amigos.

288 - In Search of Wild Blackberries (Bucando Zarzas)

After the Euro cup I went looking for wild blacberries. I had been scoping them for the past few weeks and there were several patches of juicy berries all around. It should be like this for several weeks as other places still had green berries all over. As you can tell from the pictures above there's tons of blackberries all over. By the way Spain beat Germany 1-0.

Después de la copa europea salí en busca de zarzamoras que crecen por dondequiera. Hoy encontré un montón y muchas fueron muy ricas y sabrosas. Oh, sí españa le ganó a los alemanes 1-0. Tiempo para celebrar.




During my search I came across these 2 ducks on the second picture you can see they've built a floatable nest with an egg in it.

Aquí encontre dos patos. En la segúnda foto se puede ver un nido con un huevo en medio.


A red wing blackbird or something like that.


I have to watch where I hike, poison oak seems to be everywhere, in some cases it's quite obvious.

Tengo que tener cuidado cúando ando en camino en los campos. Me parece que hay bastante zumaque venenoso en muchos lados. A veces se pueder ver muy claro, como en ésta foto.

289 - Das Kapitol (Sacramento, la capital)

Checking out the Capitol with Sunrise.
En la capital con Sunrise


On the way over to the capitol a wedding was underway.
Rumbo a la capital había una boda muy linda.


then a sweet 15.
despúes una quinceañera.


We found it.
La encontramos.


Columbus.
Cristóbal Colón.


The honorable Jerry Brown.
El gobernador Jerry Brown.

290 - Dave Russell Band

The Dave Russell Band

El grupo Dave Russell


A mom and son (and another son and a daughter) dancing to the band.

Una mamá y su hijo (y otro hijo e hija) bailando.

291 - The Little Engine That Could (Sí se puede)

This picture is not very artistic or anything but it sums up what was in the back of my mind for most of the day.

Didn't get to do much today besides work. As I tried to make my way back to work after lunch my car wouldn't start. I had a feeling it was the battery but since I don't know much about cars I had to call David for some help. He wasn't around so Brendon and I (actually mostly Brendon) took the battery out and took it to Auto Zone to see if we could get it charged. It turns out the battery had lived its life and would not be able to hold a charge. Ended up buying a new battery and after installing it the car started right up. - Thanks Brendon.

No hize mucho hoy sólo trabajé. Después del almuerzo estaba listo para regresar a trabajar pero mi coche no empezó. Al principio no sabía porque no empezaba el coche. No se mucho de carros pero pensé que era la batería. Así que mi hijo Brendon me ayudó a sacar la pila del carro y la llevamos a la tienda Auto Zone para ver si nos podian cargar la batería. La batería ya ho serbía así que tuvimos que comprar una nueva, bueno. - Gracías mijo.

292 - Weeds - (Flores de Punk)

Someone told me this is a weed but I think it's a flower. If it's a flower and it has no name I henceforth will call it punkulus floris or punk flower.

¿Alguién sabe si es una flor o una hierba?

293 - Apocalypse Now (Apocalipsis)

This morning was still smokey from the wild fires. The day had an eerie feeling about it. Here's the sun, hours after Sunrise, as seen from my front lawn just before 8 this morning. The sun almost looks like a meteor coming towards earth. I think like that before my first cup of coffee.

California sigue quemando. Aquí unas fotos del sol, a mi me parece ser un meteoro que viene hacia la tierra. A veces pienso así si no tomo mi cafesito al amanecer.



This is a closeup without adjusting the camera taken less than a minute after the picture above.

Tome ésta un minuto después de la foto anterior. Esta vez más cerca.



This is an altered photo from a picture taken at about the same time as the ones above. I've had a recurring dream that's my version of apocalypse. I dream that I go home to my mom's old house and after finding that my family does not live there anymore I go out the back door and as I look up I see the sun, the moon, and several other planets (in particular Saturn), and the sunlight is like it was today; the sky looks mostly red.

During an afternoon walk with my fellow employees we made comments about the sun. Someone said that the day had an apocalyptic view and feel to it. My mind right away flashed through scenes of the movie Apocalypse Now. I thought over and over about the line uttered by Marlon Brando towards the end of the movie... "the horror, the horror". Below is the youtube version of the horror.

Tomé un camino con mis compañeros de trabajo y alguién dijo que el día tenía un sentido apocalipto. Rápidamente mi mente pensó en la película Apocalypse Now. Abajo la parte a cuál pense dónde Marlon Brando dice "el horror, el horror".

294 - California on Fire (Humo en el agua)

There were several hundred (yes hundred) wild fires around California today. I tried to get a picture of the purple haze but none of the pictures showed that (I did play the Hendrix tune just to make me feel better). So this bird came by to do a quick pose.
The sunset showed a little bit of the haze. I felt the smoke from the fires on my lungs and tried to stay indoors.

Hoy parecía que california se estaba quemando. Quize tomar una foto del humo pero no apereció en los retratos. Este pájaro paró para que le tomara una foto. El humo parece un poco más claro en la foto del sol.



This picture is not from today but I wanted to post it just because. I took it Friday the 20th. I did not post it because I could not get the craters of the moon to show but the tree branches in front (that I did not see at the time I took the pictures) came out pretty good.

Tomé ésta foto de la luna el viernes. No lo puse en este blog porque no salió ningun cráter pero las ramas de un árbol salieron mejor que la luna.

295 - Farmer's Market (Mercado al Aire Abierto)

I went to check out the Farmer's Market up in El Dorado Hills. There's a man made mini lake. Here's a couple of ducks, one of which has some lettuce on its tail. A guy wanted to show his son how ducks can eat green. The kid didn't care but the guy threw some greens he bought at the Farmer's Market. The ducks were fooled and went for the greens but did not consume.

Fuí a un mercardo al aire abierto en la ciudad de El Dorado Hills. habia unos lagunitas dónde vi a estos patitos. Parece que no les gusta la lechuga.





There were about a dozen vendors at the Town Center farmer's market. I did not buy anything. At one point the El Dorado Sheriffs showed up to settle a theft case.

No habian muchos vendedores que se unen cada domingo y desde el primero de junio empezaron a vender otros días durante la semana.

296 - Saturday

Went to a parade this morning at Southside Park. Here are some pictures.

Fotos de un desfile hoy. Aquí unas fotos que ojalá no ofendan a muchos.

297 - Another Friday Another Concert (Conciertos)

I got out of work an hour before the usual time was able to make it to Cesar Chavez Park in time for the first act which was Aoarah. Talented bunch of players.

I did not get a chance to take pictures of Prieta since we were getting some chow.

Bella Música




Hot Pistol seemed to have a wider range of music.

Hot Pistol pareciá tener más stilo con sus canciones.





Helper Monkeys wrapped up the show.

Los Helper Monkeys fueron mis favoritos.

298 - The Sunrise Inn (Salida del Sol)

Picture of a house in downtown Sacramento. Lovely from the outside beautiful on the inside. Taken a couple of hours before sunset and staying to enjoy Sunrise.

299 - My Garage

So I'm driving home from work today and as I try to go up my driveway I see two frickin Volkswagens where I wanted to park since it is my house. The black one (a Corado) has been there for over 2 years. The owner should owe (if we, let's say charge $90 per month for storage) about $2200. Now the owner of the 2nd vehicle (the red rabbit, and same owner as the one in the garage) thinks he can just park his broken piece of rabbit where my little car belongs. Like what the ...? Hope he gets both out soon but that's like expecting a miracle. I do however, being the religious person that I am, believe in miracles.


Somewhere in there is the beast and thousands upon thousands of car parts and oil, transmission, brake, and who knows what other kinds liquid stains cover my garage floor. If you were to go out the door on the left then you would see bumpers, wheels, and who knows what other Volkswagen parts. Two of his brothers have Volkswagens as well so hopefully they can use some of those parts. One day, hopefully in the near future (10-15 years), I will be able to walk from one end of the garage to the other without walking into someone else's car or car parts that are scattered all over the floor.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Pinche volkswagens~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~