While we were in Vegas I thought it would be nice to work on a picture that I’ve had in my mind for a long time. This isn’t it though, this was plan B. It was just too hot to …
Las Vegas in July. What was the PPA thinking scheduling the conference in Las Vegas in July? 107 degrees during the day, cooling all the way down to 103 degrees at 10:00 pm. We didn’t have much free time so …
The first of five ghost towns we visited on our vacation was Calico, which is near Barstow. Calico isn’t the most authentic ghost town out there since it was owned by Knotts Berry Farm for awhile, but it was still …
We started our vacation on the 22nd by going down to the Bay Area. Which of course meant that the truck had to act up. Fortunately this time it was only the brake lights, and not the brakes themselves, and …
This photo is from the second session I did with Tracy. Today we went out to Centerville Beach with her daughter, Mackenzie. As the afternoon approached, I thought we might have to cancel, due to the weather. But I figured …
I took part of today off to go take pictures with Kate. We went up to Route 1 and a cascade that is just off of 299 near Willow Creek. At the cascade we took some pictures of Kate in …
What I am working on is building the fence and arbor in the front yard. I know it doesn’t look like much now, and at the rate I’m making progress on it, it might be awhile before it really looks …
With all the work going on outside, I finally admitted that I wasn’t making progress on the inside, so we hired a friend to put up our Bradbury wallpaper. I didn’t order quite enough of one pattern, so he couldn’t …
Once again we enjoyed the local fireworks show, and by local, I mean the neighbors down the street. Several new attendees thought it was a BYOFW show, but anything that you can buy on the street would pale in comparison …
After the parade, the firemen had a picnic at the chief’s house. They had some tradition picnic games like egg toss and three-legged race, but Lori got herself entered into the hammering contest. First person to hammer in three nails …
Up until today, I had never ridden a Harley, and today I got to ride two of them. First I rode Tony Leonardo’s Sportster on a quick loop around Ferndale. To say it handles differently than my Sprint or KLR …
I took some time off today to ride up to Route 1 to see if the wildflowers were still in bloom. There were still some around, and new varieties were in bloom, but it wasn’t quite the show that it …
For the last few weeks I’ve been working more on the Charmed… I’m Sure site. I’ve now photographed over 400 of these tiny Italian Charms. The subjects the charms cover are wide ranging, but I picked a few that I …
Sadly, we received an email from Derek that Cairo passed away, just two weeks after we lost his brother, Galen. That leaves Derek and Jasna with Rocket, and us with Ricky from the group of four brothers that Meg had. …
This tree (I’m not even going to attempt to identify what species it is) didn’t make a wise choise on where to make it’s home. It sprouted in the middle of a rock, right on the ridgetop where it has …
This crane wanted to make sure he got his picture taken. He followed me along the path from one end of his pen to the other. You have to have a lot of self confidence going out dressed like that.
I found this little wildflower right on the ridgetop. At first I thought it was some sort of trillium. Looking it up in my wildflower book at home I found out it is a lily, and the common name is …
I tried looking up what type of flower this is, but my wildflower book has pages of yellow daisy looking flowers to choose from. So for now it will be known as the South Fork Yellow Daisy Looking Flower. Whatever …
Lori and I had a rare day off, and what a gorgeous day it ended up being. Lori wanted to stay home and clean, I talked her into going to the zoo, and then up to Route 1. The Eureka …
Bud now has a buddy (Bud 2?). For Memorial Day, the buddy was in a Navy uniform. Now Bud’s trying to rest, while his buddy looks for a little more excitement. At least one of them looks to be paying …
Finishing the race where everybody expected them to, this Subaru came in last. Actually the good bet was that they would be towed out of the bay by the Coast Guard. I was surprised to see that they made it. …
As usual, my favorite entry comes from the Duane Flatmo crew. (You might remember Mega-sore-ass, and Surf and Turf from previous years) This year’s entry was modeled to resemble a Victorian hearse, staffed with a bunch of bats. The details …
As the finish line announce mentioned, although the Kinetic Sculpture vehicles are meant to be artistic, there have been some entries that were built for speed and less for art, but until this entry showed up, there had never been …
This entry not only looks cool, but from what we heard it did really well over Deadman’s Drop. Those massive tires came off of a Super Modified race car, and they were a lot lighter than they look. With four …
Tonight I was working at the office late when I received a call from Lori, who was obviously frantic. I could hear Galen wailing in the background, and Lori said he just started doing that all of the sudden. I …
This week I’ll be featuring some of the more interesting entries in the Kinetic Sculpture Race. One of the first across the finish line, and one I didn’t expect to see in Ferndale, was this guy who rode a unicycle …
Greg and I teamed up to photograph the 80th Annual Portuguese Holy Ghost Festival. The day started out with a parade from the Portuguese Hall to the Catholic Church. Then the ceremonial mass, a parade back to the hall for …
When you see someone driving a vehicle disguised as a bunch of fruit, it can only mean one thing. Yep that’s right, it’s Memorial Day weekend and time for the Kinetic Sculpture Race. We’ll have more pictures of some of …
