The beach that we shot at yesterday was the same beach that Lori and I explored two weeks ago. But something new this trip was this huge old growth redwood stump that had washed ashore. It was perfect for posing …
Two weeks and no updates. Had a trip to Grandma’s in there, and finished up my fire academy class except for the final which is this Tuesday. Today was just as the weather reports predicted, absolutely nice! I had a …
Lori and I spent the day exploring the South Jetty, starting at a wildlife preserve in Loleta, where we walked, or in some areas, sloshed through the wetlands and eventually made our way to the beach. We came across this …
Our porch received the roof and the newel posts in the last couple of days. It sure is nice being able to go out our front door again. Not only do we have steps from the porch, but the ground …
While the sun was out this week, I completed another long delayed project, taking some pictures for the upcoming City of Rio Dell web site. This photo was taken near the Eel River, where there are very prominent bluffs. I …
I finally got my schedule to coincide with the sun’s. The magazine “Where to Retire”, is doing a story on Ferndale and they are featuring Ken Torbert and his wife Sharon, so I got commisioned to take their portrait for …
Here’s the beginning of our new porch. Bill and George from Del Biaggio Construction have been working on it the last few days. We need to get some spindles and balusters ordered before it can be completed, but I’m liking …
Today was the annual Foggy Bottom Race in Ferndale, and despite the name, it was run under sunny skies. It was so nice in fact that Lori and I even stopped for ice cream. These three girls provided a bit …
This is a similar house in Ferndale that we will be using as a model for the new porch construction. From the historical pictures that we have of our house, it’s pretty close to what was originally there, and we …
At least the front porch that is. Work started today on the demolition of our front porch. Last year after I was digging it out of the mud I noticed a bunch of dry rot in the newel posts, and …
On the way back from Guthrie Creek I spotted this little creek coming down the hillside were the skunk cabbages were in bloom, making it very obvious how they received their common name.
This picture really should have been on last month’s page, but I’m so far behind I decided to just use it to start this month. We had another in a series of big wind storms hit the coast, and in …
