buildings and mountains

Today was a strange and wonderful day in the Green Tee hometown of San Diego. Wonderful in that in a volunteer effort for another organization I’m affiliated with, some friends and I went to research and photograph some urban, mixed-use projects reflective of “smart growth principles“. In a region that doesn’t seem to take a breather from growing, we should attempt to do so intelligently, yes? Anyway, the road took us to places none of us had been before, areas that were mixed (ethnically) and used (every square inch) and ever so vibrant. It was a great adventure.

The strange was the amount of wait lists, people, traffic, accidents, sirens and just about everything else going on on that aforementioned road. Mountains of everything (see where I’m going with this?). We knew about the Red Bull Air Show going on, and the much buzzed about opening of the new Children’s Museum. Then there was the much unanticipated pipe bomb explosion in the San Diego Federal Building (an itsy-bitsy bomb(!) that went off in the middle of the night - causing no injuries but an understandable traffic glitch still at 11:00am). Did I mention the (street closing) stick ball tournament? A hectic pace at best. Getting through it all was a little like (you guessed it) climbing a mountain. I’ve come home now, and battened down the hatches.

Hope you enjoy this Sunday song by Republic Tigers. Have a wonderful, peaceful week, and may all of your missions be truly accomplished.

A revisit to the old faithful You Tube today…

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