Lake Temescal

Lake Temescal is the other Oakland lake.  Swimming, fishing, and boating are popular activities.

SOOC Sunday: bouquet

Spotted at Lake Temescal.  I imagine a child picked this bouquet of wild flowers, got distracted (ooh, look at that butterfly!), and accidentally left it behind.  I was surprised at the color accuracy of this image straight out of the camera.  Shows that even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then.  For more unaltered images, visit Jan's meme SOOC Sunday.

water for life

Captured at Lake Temescal.  Every October 15 is Blog Action Day.  This year's theme is water to remind us of our need to consciously protect this fundamental resource.  This is also submitted to James' Weekend Reflections where you'll see many other examples of the preciousness of water.

the other Oakland lake

This is Lake Temescal, located at the junction of Highway 13 and Broadway Terrace.  It is 10 acres in size and stocked with trout and other species for fishing with a permit.  The fish were biting too.  There is a beach for sun bathing and swimming is allowed in summer.  Yesterday lots of people were there fishing, walking, running, and generally enjoying the fair weather.  There was a surprisingly large gathering of nannies and their small charges near the play structure.  The homes in the surrounding area were devastated by the 1991 Firestorm but the lake seems to have been spared.  Until 1957 a train ran from here to downtown San Francisco across the Bay Bridge.  We'd give anything to have that train back.