En route to Pride, Berkeley, CA.
We walked as a family to our nearest BART subway station: the girlie, the boychild, the beloved, her brother, and his two kids.  Came back with our across-the-street lesbo family chums, about six hours,  several hot city miles, 5 ounces of sun screen, a half-dozen friends (both expected and unexpected), [...]

Ghost, Berkeley, CA.

At the playground, Berkeley, CA.
We pick up the older cousins weekly at their nearby elementary school (probably the A#1 benefit of co-housing with the in-laws: the childcare swaps ROCK).  This day, after picking up the girl cousin we went up to play at the big kids’ playground.  It was quiet and toddler-friendly. I even managed [...]

Rainbow flag en route to San Francisco City Hall Day of Decision rally, May 26, 2009, following the California State Supreme Court’s upholding of Proposition 8 and the ban on same-sex marriage.
Normally I do these weekend photos in black & white. This one seemed worthy of exception, particularly since so much of the story this [...]

Little Farm boy, Tilden Park, Berkeley, CA.
When the going gets tough — or even when an afternoon sneaks up and makes itself available — the tough grab a bunch of celery (to feed the animals) and hie themselves to Little Farm, nestled up over the hills a scant 12 minutes’ drive from our front door. [...]

At sunset, Berkeley, CA.

Son and mother, Berkeley, CA.
And a nod to the mother of Mother’s Day, Julia Ward Howe  (Anna Jarvis’ latecomer’s trademarks notwithstanding):
Julia Ward Howe’s Mother’s Day Proclamation - 1870

Arise then…women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts!
Whether your baptism be of water or of tears!
Say firmly:
“We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies,
Our husbands will [...]

El catrachito, Berkeley, CA.