A.P.S.

OT from cottage renovations

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the day started overcast and stayed that way, which kept things cool -- good weather for moving things about and doing runs to the dump. 

the sun finally managed to burn through the coastal fog layer in the late afternoon, so after we were finished for the day there was a chance to set out for a walk in the sweetlight. 

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Alameda Padre Serra

... has a pretty Spanish name, inconsistent with yanqui haste so locals abreviate it down to A.P.S.  it runs along the a hillside at enough of a slope that in some spots its lanes are divided and vertically separated in order to fit within the right of way. 

Opunta

this Nopal (prickly pear) cactus was glowing with late afternoon translucence. 

bouganvillea

the same light was streaming through these bouganvillea, showing up the sort of detail one would normally think it would take some sort of X-ray imaging setup to see. 

over its edges and down the slope where most users can't see the detail, the road often features retaining walls with beautiful stonework dating back to the 1920s. 

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alma mater, sort of

[OT from cottage renovations]
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Alameda Padre Serra

former Jefferson School - detail

the last time I had set foot in this building was in 1964 when I finished 6^th grade.  no longer an elementary school, the building now houses part of the Brooks Institute.