OH BOY! Baseball Season is Here! -- March 24, 2025

Seattle Star, 20-March-1925

I sure am looking forward to the new season. The Seattle Star offered to help kids acquire the tools of the trade, a bat, a glove and a ball, in return for taking subscription orders.

Pacifica Pier -- March 23, 2025

On 14-March-2025, I went for a walk by the Pacifica Pier. The waves were moderate. Wednesday, we had thunderstorms and violent rain. I was surprised that the power stayed on.

SMART at Rohnert Park -- March 22, 2025

On 08-March-2025 we drove to Rohnert Park to visit my mother-in-law. I ran over to the train station to see the 12:39 northbound SMART train go by. The DMUs look nice and don't smell bad. Note the gauntlet tracks. The outer pair allows freight trains to pass the platform. SMART runs on the tracks of my favorite railroad, the Northwestern Pacific.

Swastikar -- March 21, 2025

I took this photo of a Swastikar in the parking lot at Pedro Point on 02-March-2025. When Tesla first started, I thought it would be wonderful to see a new American auto manufacturer be born and thrive. But then it turned out that the primary owner of the company had fascist sympathies and actively participated in destroying our government. I find the concept revolting, but I like the color.

Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 35 -- March 20, 2025

Detroit Free Press, 30-March-1950

After World War Two, 35mm cameras became popular in America. Zeiss-Ikon, a subsidiary of Carl Zeiss AG, a German company, made the Ikonta series of cameras.

Sweeping Reductions on All Kodaks -- March 19, 2025

Brownsville Herald, 22-March-1925

Holm's Camera Art Shop offered "Sweeping Reductions on All Kodaks." I see Vest Pocket Box Cameras were reduced from $1.00 to $0.68.

Transit Driver Appreciation Day, 2025 -- March 18, 2025

I am grateful to the men and women who bravely face San Francisco traffic and San Francisco people every day. Thank you all.

I am grateful to transit drivers/motormen/gripmen/engineers/conductors and all the people who keep the vehicles clean and running and the wires and tracks in good shape all over the world. Thank you all.