Sutro Directissima

How sad it must be to surrender your unwanted baby at a fire station.
I asked two firemen at the Stanyan St. station if any babies had been renounced there lately; they didn't think so.

Yesterday was a glorious morning. [click on images to enlarge]
I had put in a couple of early hours on the new issue, and I felt free to make a directissima assault on Mt. Sutro, which is dominated by a three-pronged antenna tower.
I was really just on a preliminary trek, to where the Stanyan St. sidewalk breaks up into "steps." Early on, I had passed one of the little people who lurk in backyards during climbing season.
On my descent, I passed a well-protected sidewalk garden.