http://www.sunrisesantacruz.com/blog Geoffrey Gilbert writes about Santa Cruz, California, the ocean, sunsets, sunrises, photography and more. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:40:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [gallery columns="2"] Good morning and greetings, March madness fans. That's right, it's the time of year when college basketball takes center stage. We're talking about the NCAA tournament, where even the casual fan will go for a dip in the office pool. For a devoted NBA lover like ... http://www.sunrisesantacruz.com/blog/2010/03/somewhere-under-the-rainbow/ [gallery columns="2"] Good morning and greetings, Arctic Circle fans. I have always been fascinated by animals, nature and quantum physics. In our home growing up, we had a menagerie of critters, including frogs, turtles, gerbils, hamsters, parakeets, snakes, lawyers and a drug-sniffing golden retriever. So when we speak ... http://www.sunrisesantacruz.com/blog/2010/03/its-more-than-i-can-bear/ [gallery columns="2"] Good morning and greetings, ice dancing fans. Yes, February 2010, much like my keen eyesight, razor-sharp hearing and six pack abs, is now history. Our second month of the year is unique, as much like my status in my high school hoops days, it is the shortest ... http://www.sunrisesantacruz.com/blog/2010/02/pedal-to-the-medals-2/ [gallery columns="2"]Good morning and greetings, ice dancing fans. Yes, February 2010, much like my keen eyesight, razor-sharp hearing and six pack abs, is now history. Our second month of the year is unique, as much like my status in my high school hoops days, it is the shortest ... http://www.sunrisesantacruz.com/blog/2010/02/pedal-to-the-medals/ [gallery columns="2"] Good morning and greetings, avalanche fans. Earlier in the week, with some rare free time on my hands, I blasted out some photos taken by the San Francisco Chronicle of the recent Mavericks surf contest. This historical event took place in Half Moon Bay, which is forty-five ... http://www.sunrisesantacruz.com/blog/2010/02/knowledge-is-powder/ [gallery columns="2"] Good morning and greetings, winter weather fans. Last week, the Atlantic seaboard was bombarded with two blizzards that led to record snowfall, so much so that it completely shut down Washington D.C. for three days, but not the lips of Sarah Palin. Her criticism of President Obama ... http://www.sunrisesantacruz.com/blog/2010/02/the-few-the-clouds-the-marines/ [gallery columns="2"] Good morning and greetings, Super Bowl fans. That's right, Super Sunday has come and gone, much like American families' dreams of realistic health care costs. And congratulations to Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints. They pulled off a impressive comeback in beating the Peyton Manning and ... http://www.sunrisesantacruz.com/blog/2010/02/its-texture-not-conjecture/ [gallery columns="2"] http://www.sunrisesantacruz.com/blog/2010/01/beauty-and-the-east-2/ http://www.sunrisesantacruz.com/blog/2010/01/beauty-and-the-east/ [gallery order="DESC" columns="2"] Good morning and greetings, winter storm fans. Last week, we had five straight days of driving rain, heavy winds and big surf. I don't want to say things were a bit moist, but it rained harder than the tears coming down the cheeks of Democrats in ... http://www.sunrisesantacruz.com/blog/2010/01/blast-from-the-last/