Notices by Bob Horowitz (bobhorowitz@sfba.social)

Judgey Cat

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #photography

House fire, yesterday, 8:51 a.m.

10 minutes earlier there were 12 foot flames shooting out from the top floor of the house with brown shingles and orange trim. Three people and one dog were evacuated safely and the fireman were able to extinguish the flames before this charming, quirky house on Laidly Street was completely destroyed. I imagine the damage inside is heartbreaking.

My heart goes out to the residents.

Okay, enough silliness here. It's time to get back to some serious sheep photography, because who doesn't like sheep right?

Good god this thing smelled 🙄

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A Ford Model A, spotted 4 weeks ago on Valencia Street in the Mission.

Produced in 1927–1932 as the successor to the Model T, Ford sold nearly 4.9 million of these beauties.

The Model A introduced standard three-speed transmissions, four-wheel mechanical brakes, and hydraulic shock absorbers. Its 4-cylinder, 40 horsepower engine could hit a respectable 55 to 65 mph. And you could get it in green, maroon, blue, ivory, and sand... not just black!

Prices ranged from $500 to $1,200 when new... one third to one fourth the cost of a new car in today's dollars.

#MonochromeMonday #photography

16th and Bryant Street, yesterday, about 3:45 p.m.

Note: I've been waiting almost 6 months to take this picture. Although I drive through this intersection every other day on my way to the gym, I usually don't have my camera with me... and the afternoon sky on that part of town rarely has the cloud coverage I've been looking for.

This intersection has a ton of overhead wires for electric buses. (There's a MUNI bus storage yard right around the corner.) The dozens of wires are eye-catching, and I made it worse by wandering around, snapping multiple pictures, then merging three of them in post. Because art.

Also: the shot I really want would be nearly impossible: a single, wide angle shot from the center of the intersection, looking straight up. 16th and Bryant is an extremely busy intersection, with traffic flowing constantly. I do not wish to die.

More notes in the alt text.

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#SilentSunday #Flowers #NatureyCrap

We've been having a lot of unseasonably perfect weather these last few weeks. Blue skies, nice temperatures... all that boring crap instead of our usual cold and foggy days.

Anyway... last night, around 11:30, Chris shouted that the fog was back so I grabbed my camera and joined him on the side deck. It was pretty dark out there so I didn't expect to get anything decent - not without a tripod and remote shutter - but I was surprised. The picture just needed a little noise reduction and a tiny bit of that thing you do with the curves.

So here's the fog, at 79 mm, f/3.2, ISO 6400, for 1/10 of a second, handheld.

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There's a song about this.

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #photography

Chaos, yesterday, on Valencia Street.

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ONE

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God I love this city.

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #StarTrek #photography

Like the Louvre but also outside 👍

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Teh coyote problem in this town has gotten out of hand 😳

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This is also how I greet people who come to our front door 😁

Haight Street
Tuesday, May 12th, 2026, 4:15 p.m.

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #photography

"Hey Bob! It's Friday! We're serving martinis in sippy cups out on the back deck. Come join us!"

#photography #SanFrancisco

@beckett 😁 @bmacDonald94

God I love this town.

Ripley Street, yesterday, 3:57 p.m.

#photography #cityscape

Los Angeles, March 14th 2026, 7:39 p.m.

The last time I was in Los Angeles, Madonna was still fresh and relevant. So it's been a while.

#photography #cityscape

@jeridansky These are lovely 💕

@jeridansky @NorcalGma2
I would like to second Jeri's best wishes... and also say that was a thoughtful, interesting, honest interview. Smart, homespun, and gentle... all wrapped together.