Day 329

Feb 13, 2021. Sunset 5:47 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Heaven help us! 10:45:51 hr:min:sec today
Day 329 sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

See you soon!

Feb 12, 2021. Sunset 5:45 PM. Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA.

“Ding ding ring ring. Hope to see you tomorrow or Monday.”
- Elisabeth Beaird and Richard Marriott

Day 328 - HAPPY NEW YEAR OF THE OX!!!

Feb 12, 2021. Sunset 5:45 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Out with the old- In with the new.
HAPPY NEW YEAR OF THE OX!!!
10:43:38 hr:min:sec.
Day 328 sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 327

Feb 11, 2021. Sunset 5:44 PM. San Francisco, CA.

10:41:25 hr:min:sec +2:11 more daylight today (Rainy grey light still counts as light)
Day 327 sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 326

Feb 10, 2021. Sunset 5:41 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Taking turns. 10:39:14 hr:sec:min
Day 326 sheltering in place with each other.

Day 325

Feb 9, 2021. Sunset 5:42 PM. San Francisco, CA.

10:37:04 hr:min:sec daylight. Zipping along.
Day 325 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 324

Feb 8, 2021. Sunset 5:41 PM. San Francisco, CA.

10:34:55 hr:min:sec daylight-- leaps and bounds 2+ minutes per day now ooooo
Day 324 sheltering in place with each other.

That'll Work!

February 8th, 2021. 7:04am. Sunrise in Santa Cruz, CA.

“I don't have any bells to ring but my house keys did the trick!”
- Alex Wand

Day 323

February 7, 2021. Sunset 5:40 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Sunset 5:40 PM. San Francisco, CA. Norman practicing his telekinesis skills.
10:32:47 hr:min:sec of daylight today Big jump! +2 minutes today
Day 323 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Bells in the Sky

February 7, 2021. Sunset 5:40 PM. Bernal Heights, San Francisco

“The bells of St. Anthony of Padua near Bernal with strange triangular cloud near the tree line”.
- Elisabeth Beaird and Richard Marriott

Day 322

February 6, 2021. Sunset 5:39 PM. San Francisco, CA.

10:30:40 hr:min:sec of daylight today. Approaching 6:00!!
Day 322 sheltering in place with Friends and Neighbors (Matt was standing in the street- new haircut)

Sunset on Ocean Beach

February 6, 2021. Sunset 5:39 PM. Ocean Beach, SF, CA.

And just around the corner…
“Ocean Beach sunset peep show”.
- Elisabeth Beaird and Richard Marriott

Day 321

February 5, 2021. Sunset 5:38 PM. San Francisco, CA.

10:28:35 hr:min:sec of daylight today
Day 321 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Sunset on Mare Island

February 5, 2021. Sunset Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.

“Only foghorns today, no honking geese…”
-Elisabeth Beaird and Richard Marriott

Day 320

February 4, 2021. Sunset 5:37 PM. San Francisco, CA.

10:26:31 hr:min:sec of daylight today
Day 320 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 319

February 3, 2021. Sunset 5:35 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Gifs are easy on the back (no bending)
10:24:28 hr:min:sec of daylight today
Day 319 Sheltering in place with one another.

Sunset Behind Mt. Tam

February 3, 2021. Sunset 5:34 PM. Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.

“Sunset behind a cloud and Mt Tam. The Canadian geese are starting to sort out their mating rituals—very noisy with lots of honking!”
-Elisabeth Beaird and Richard Marriott

Day 318

February 2, 2021. Sunset 5:34 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Happy Groundhog Day! Poor old Punxsutawney Phil couldn’t see his shadow for the snow in his eyes today…
Day 318 Sheltering in place with Phil.

Day 317

February 1, 2021. Sunset 5:33 PM. San Francisco, CA.

10:20:27 hr:min:sec daylight today.
Ready. Set. Go.
Day 317 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 316

January 31, 2021. Sunset 5:32 PM. San Francisco, CA.

10:18:29 hr:min:sec
Day 316 Sheltering in place, watching the grass grow.

Day 315

January 30, 2021. Sunset 5:31 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Paul's turn. 10:16:33 hr:min:sec - + 2 more minutes of daylight today!
Day 314 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 314

January 29, 2021. Sunset 5:30 PM. San Francisco, CA.

And---at the same moment from around the corner— (without the view)
10:14:38 hr:min:sec -daylight today
Day 314 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Another lovely sunset on Mare Island

January 29, 2021. Sunset 5:30 PM. Ocean Beach. San Francisco, CA.

"Sun reflection was like a little volcano of hot lava just above the ocean's surface."
- Elisabeth Beaird and Richard Marriott

Day 313

January 28, 2021. Sunset 5:29 PM. San Francisco, CA.

And one minute later on the other side of the Bay…
10:12:45 hr:min:sec -daylight today
Day 313 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Sun Rays in San Pablo Bay

January 28, 2021. Sunset 5:27 PM. Mare Island, CA

“Mare Island view of San Pablo Bay with Mount Tam behind a cloud bank”
- Elisabeth Beaird and Richard Marriott

Day 312

January 27, 2021. Sunset 5:28 PM. San Francisco, CA.

10:10:54 hr:min:sec.
Is there such a thing as water resistant chalk? I don’t suppose there’s much demand for it…
Day 312 sheltering in place with some of the usual suspects.

Day 311

January 26, 2021. Sunset 5:27 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Getting ready. We crossed the plus 2-minute light line today, though you can’t really tell with the rain.
10:09:04 hr:min:sec
Day 311 Sheltering in place.

Day 310

January 25, 2012. Sunset 5:25 PM. San Francisco, CA.

The view from the corner caught by Elisabeth and Richard on their way to our sidewalk venue. We don’t have much of a view from here—thanks for that glimpse and the gongs. Day 310 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.
10:07:17 hr:min:sec daylight

Day 309

January 24, 2021. Sunset 5:24 PM. San Francisco, CA.

10:05:31 hr:min:sec of daylight. Closing in on 2 more minutes of daylight per day. Wooo…
After just over 300 days of trying for a little daily variation of what is a pretty static little sidewalk scene, we've decided to try for the same stage and set up each day for a while. The rain washed away most of our chalk marks today...
Day 309 Sheltering in place.

Sunset in the Florida Keys

January 23, 2021. Sunset 6:05 PM. Florida Keys.

Yo Bren!. My daughter Ella sent this and says, “sunset in the keys...get jealous."
Truth!
- Joe P

Sun going down in Ocean Beach

January 23, 2021. Sunset 5:23 PM. Ocean Beach, San Francisco.

Sun disappeared in the marine layer a minute early.
- Elisabeth Beaird

Day 308

January 23, 2021. Sunset 5:23 PM. San Francisco, CA.

10:03:48 hr:min:sec of daylight. Same occasion. Same place.
Day 308 Sheltering in place.

Day 307

January 22, 2021. Sunset 5:21 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Elisabeth swung by on her way home from the grocery store.
10:02:07 Plus another minute and a half!
Day 307 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 306

January 21, 2021. Sunset 5:21 PM. San Francisco, CA.

A few seconds into double digits of daylight today. 10:00:28!
Day 306 Sheltering in place.

Day 305

January 20, 2021. Sunset 5:20 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Celebrating the transition in Washington. Plus 9:58:51 hr:min:sec of daylight today is another minute and a half more than yesterday.
Day 305 Sheltering in place.

Ocean Beach by Elisabeth

January 19, 2021. Sunset 5:19 pm. Ocean Beach, San Francisco

We were ringing just around the corner and up the street at this same moment captured by Elisabeth Beaird.

Day 304

January 19, 2021. Sunset 5:19 PM. San Francisco, CA.

9:57:16- daylight today – plus another minute and a half!
We are crossing the sunset observance with the mail lady’s scheduled delivery to our house. Pretty soon she will be gone before we even roll out the bell.
Day 304 sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 303

January 18, 2021. Sunset 5:18 PM. San Francisco, CA.

9:55:44 – daylight today
This warm, still evening brought out the band and an audience. The dove joined us and waited on the wire until we began to play and then she flew across the street. A better place to appreciate the noisy celebration of one more minute and a half of daylight.
Day 303 sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 302

January 17, 2021. Sunset 5:17 PM. San Francisco, CA.

9:54:15 - daylight today
Day 302 sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Sunset on the river in Virginia Beach

January 17, 2021. Sunset 5:20 PM. Virginia Beach, VA.

From my niece, Ginger.