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Friday, December 05, 2025

Friday Photo


Pelicans
Elkhorn Slough
October, 2025
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Thursday, December 04, 2025

Belated Museum Mondays


Emma Hall (1878-1949)
Detail of a Double Wedding Ring Quilt

Routed West at BAMPFA
November, 2025


 

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