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I made this photo of a box for Louis XIII de Rémy Martin Cognac Grande Champagne during Melody's and my visit to a warehouse store on the San Francisco peninsula in mid January 2025.
Mixed from over 1200 eaux-de-vie originating from the Grande Champagne region, and aged for up to 100 years in century-old tierçon barrels, Louis XIII is the spirit is of the world's rarest beverages. Four generations of cellar masters have managed to complement each other to produce a cognac with incomparable aromatic richness and achieve a palate of the most complex ever achieved. Because they are rare, and because they are aged for a very long time. The Louis XIII de Rémy Martin is so expensive because it is a blend of brandies which are between 40 and 100 years old. The 20000$ bottle is especially rare:
What I found amusing was that this expensive cognac had a 5 cent CRV deposit for the bottle. (CRV stands for Cash Redemption Value). After you empty the bottle of this expensive beverage you can turn the bottle in for a nickle.

I made this photo of a bee on a white flower while visiting the Dahlia Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park in the fall of 2017. The dahlia garden always draws lots of bees to its lovely space. Although I often need to use a long focal length when shooting insects and flowers in this location, I shot this using a relatively wide setting on my Canon Powershot SX50.

I made this photo of a young woman posing for a photographer in the Potted Plants Room at the Conservatory of Flowers as I was on my way to see the most recent Amorphophallus titanum - Corpse Flower - that was starting to bloom - a once in 7 to 10 year event for these types of plants. I had seen these two woman and an assistant in other parts of the COF Victorian Greenhouse as I walked the three gallery building to the right. I generally walk either always to the right or always to the left when visiting. I suggest that to new visitors so they don't get turned around and get disoriented. I am not sure what kind of shot the photographer got of her model but I like this one OK. Of course, chooting other people taking photos is one of my pleasures; always easy because I don't have to set up the shot. I made this image using my Canon EOS 80D.

I made this photo of a bee near red flowers in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park after we had finished our visit to the Conservatory of Flowers. There are several well tended and updated flower beds in this portion of the 1,100 acre park. I like photographing bees doing their magic around flowers. Rather than trying to chase chase bees from flower to flower, I usually anticipate a likely place a bee will go and focus there and wait for the bee to enter the frame. Using my fast Canon EOD 80D certainly helped to catch this bee in flight.

I made this photo of a bee near Foxglove flowers in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park after we had finished our visit to the Conservatory of Flowers. There are several well tended and updated flower beds in this portion of the 1,100 acre park. I like photographing bees doing their magic around flowers. Rather than trying to chase chase bees from flower to flower, I usually anticipate a likely place a bee will go and focus there and wait for the bee to enter the frame. Using my fast Canon EOD 80D certainly helped to catch this bee in flight.

I made this photo of a Foxglove flowers displaying various different colors growing in beds in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. I composed this photo to show another large bed of flowers in the background. I used my Canon EOS 80D to capture this image.

I made this photo of this woman as she was posing for her daughter after I had suggested she move much closer to the camera than where she had first posed at the base of the flower bed in the background of this photo. When the pleasant woman was posing at the back of the grass, she created what I call the Eiffel Tower effect, where the subject poses at the bottom of the tower while the photographer stands hundreds of feet away. At my suggestion the woman away from the background, creating better perspective between her and her surroundings. I used the opportunity to also take her portrait using my Canon EOS 80D as I stood near the woman's daughter who was using her cell phone camera to take a similar photo.

I made this photo of three family members as the father was looking at some of the cell phone photos his daughter had taken of her parents. When the mother saw me taking their photo, she smiled and waved to me. You can see a portrait of this same woman in the two following photos. I shot this in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park using my Canon EOS 80D.

I made this photo of the word Sanctuary written in very large letters on a yellow retaining wall supporting homes located on Lawton Street, high on a hill in San Francisco's Inner Sunset District. This word is reminding all that San Francisco is a Sanctuary City - protecting our undocumented. I shot this from the intersection of Kirkham Street and 17th Avenue using my Canon EOS 80D.

I made this and the following photo of eyes painted on a bench outside a store window in the Inner Sunset District of San Francisco. The art on the bench is part of the Public Bench Project. I am also featured in this first photo. See my reflection in the window as I point my Canon EOS 80D at the bench, lifting it high enough to also see me.

I made this photo of Eyes on a Bench after making the previous photo that included my reflection in the window. The eyes on the bench caught my attention as I drove by and I had to circle a few blocks to get back to the location. This decorated bench is part of the Public Bench Project. You can see the inscription on one of the bench slats on the right of the photo. I shot this using my Canon EOS 80D.

I made this photo of Buddhas on either corner of a fire escape after taking some photos across the street. When I returned to my car, I saw these Buddha ceramics on the fire escape above where I had parked. Buddhas watch over our San Francisco home. Being Chinese, Melody grew up under Buddha safeguard. Hope these guys do their job as well. I shot this from the sidewalk below using my Canon EOS 80D.

This is a photo of Melinda's Diamonds Quilt, a project started decades ago when Melinda hand pieced what are now vintage fabrics as a first step in making a quilt for her mother. Upon Melinda's request, Melody agreed to finish the quilt for Melinda to give to her mom. Melody searched the Internet to find the backing and incorporated the same material into the border. I shot this in our San Francisco home using my Canon EOS 80D.

This is one of two photos I made of close ups of the hand pieced diamonds of a quilt Melody finished for her niece Melinda. Decades ago, Melinda hand pieced these diamonds to make the front of the quilt - now finished in 2018. I shot this using my Canon EOS 80D.

This is one of two photos I made of close ups of the hand pieced diamonds of a quilt Melody finished for her niece Melinda. Decades ago, Melinda hand pieced these diamonds to make the front of the quilt - now finished in 2018. I shot this using my Canon EOS 80D.

This is the first of three photos I made of a quilt that Melody finished for her niece Melinda. Melinda had started this quilt decades ago, hand piecing diamonds of mostly clothing. She never finished the project and asked Melody if she could finish it for her. When opened the box upon getting the project, we were pleasantly surprised how beautiful the unfinished quilt front was. Since Melody worked in a premier San Francisco fabric store for 35 years, she wanted wanted the right fabric for the border and back of this already pretty quilt. Melody added batting, borders, and backing before doing the machine quilting. I shot this in the living room of our San Francisco home using my Canon EOS 80D. We draped it on the sofa because the quilt was too heavy for Melody to hold it up for the photo shoot.

This photo I made of Melody sitting next to her finished quilt - showing both the back and the front, is the last of a series three photos I made of a quilt that Melody finished for her niece Melinda. Melinda had started this quilt decades ago, hand piecing diamonds of mostly clothing. She never finished the project and asked Melody if she could finish it for her. When we opened the box upon getting the project, we were pleasantly surprised how beautiful the unfinished quilt front was. Since Melody worked in a premier San Francisco fabric store for 35 years, she wanted the right fabric for the border and back of this already pretty quilt. Melody added batting, borders, and backing before doing the machine quilting. I shot this in the living room of our San Francisco home using my Canon EOS 80D. We draped it on the sofa because the quilt was too heavy for Melody to hold it up for the photo shoot. The back corner in this photo shows off Melody's machine quilting.

This photo I made of Melody kneeling next to her finished quilt is the second of a series three photos I made of a quilt that Melody finished for her niece Melinda. Melinda had started this quilt decades ago, hand piecing diamonds of mostly clothing. She never finished the project and asked Melody if she could finish it for her. When we opened the box upon getting the project, we were pleasantly surprised how beautiful the pieced Diamonds quilt was. Since Melody worked in a premier San Francisco fabric store for 35 years, she wanted the right fabric for the border and back of this already pretty quilt. Melody added batting, borders, and backing before doing the machine quilting. I shot this in the living room of our San Francisco home using my Canon EOS 80D. We draped it on the sofa because the quilt was too heavy for Melody to hold it up for the photo shoot.

I made this photo of a young woman as she was entering the Potted Plants Gallery of the Conservatory of Flowers Victorian Greenhouse as I was about to leave the room and end my brief visit. This was candid shot but had some of the elements I like to photograph, including the woman's multicolored hair and the cell phone she was carrying in her right hand. Priceless. I shot this using my Canon EOS 80D DSLR.

These three people were getting it together for a cell phone photo portrait at the entrance to the Potted Plants Gallery of the Conservatory of Flowers Victorian Greenhouse in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. I had already left the room but turned around to make this picture as I like capture images of other people taking photographs of each other. I am not sure if the subject posing for her friend knew I making my photo of them having fun. I have observed that this is one of the areas most photographed in the entire five gallery greenhouse. I was using my Canon EOS 80D.