One of my first "proper" adventures to go take some photos - just a long wander around the neighborhood.

I was on the phone with my good friend Jack (who is also into photography) for most of the walk, occasionally interrupting "wait sorry, gimme a sec - I gotta get a picture of this!"

The neighborhood is in the Oakland hills (or: at least one set of them), and I spent some time over at Lake Temescal before meandering back in roughly the way I came.

Before I quite got home, I decided to go up a side street for a little bit, where I was greeted by an unexpectedly friendly cat! It didn't seem particularly keen on pets, but was all too happy to be a model. My favorite of the bunch is "Inattentive Monarch"