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<\/a><\/p>\nThis is what the forest fires in Yosemite looked like from the plane:<\/p>\n
I took this picture because I thought it was cool to see the cloud and the shadow it cast:<\/p>\n I talked mad shit all week in SF about how I missed the green of home (minus when we were at the Redwoods), and I can’t tell you how happy it made me to see all this green on the approach to DTW:<\/p>\n I’m going to try and be more grateful for the seasons and the space and the trees and I don’t even know what else. Look at the green!<\/p>\n Brian fetched me and took me to dinner. Hooray! <\/p>\n NOW TO THE PENCILS PORTION OF THIS POST:<\/p>\n First, Juliette got me these Hawaii pencils, and there’s a bonus syringe pen and “Get the lead out” pencil:<\/p>\n These are the pencils from the official Alcatraz gift shop. They are made from recycled jeans, and you can read the rules that are on the pencils on the packaging:<\/p>\n Alcatraz pencils from shops in Fisherman’s Wharf:<\/p>\n Other miscellaneous tourist pencils I accumulated:<\/p>\n Pencils from the MB Aquarium:<\/p>\n Saturday morning, Juliette dropped me off at the airport. Tearful goodbye! Here’s the airport from the plane: This is what the forest fires in Yosemite looked like from the plane: I took this picture because I thought it was cool … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"