Last year I took some pictures of some beautiful wildflower patches up on Route 1 and marked my calendar so I wouldn’t forget to do the same this year. I had made several trips up there in May only to …
Within minutes I received two suggestions that I should go photograph the swarming bees on the Landmark Realty office. I was expecting something more dramatic. My favorite moment though came while I was standing near the swarm photographing them and …
I shot the final dress rehearsal for this year’s Ferndale Dance Academy production, “The Tale of Peter and Wendy.” A musical version of Peter Pan, it featured 52 girls from the ages of 3 to 17. Laura East, the director, …
It rained last week and we all thought that was a bit unusual. But then this week it has now rained for three days straight. And I mean constantly. Not the little sprinkles that you might get in late spring …
I was constantly falling behind Lori and Joyce, because they weren’t aware that there were snakes and other bits of mystical driftwood along their path. For example, did they even notice that they passed a miniature of Devil’s Tower. I …
Back to the walk down the beach. We were trying to sneak up on the seals to take some pictures, and since I only had my little 2.1 megapixel camera, I needed to get pretty close. They were pretty aware …
Today we had a student from Ferndale High School come over to learn more about photography. Last week we did the same for a student interested in web design. So that we would have a project to work on, I …
If you were a piece of driftwood and you heard that there was an impending tsunami, this is the expression you would wear too. Of course it never happened, which really disappointed the news media. ABC ran a clip of …
Well, it wasn’t our boat, and it wasn’t a stream. Lori’s friend from choir and a former business teacher of hers took us canoeing down the Eel River. We took off from Bruce Slocum’s boat launch (those of you who …
Lori is a published author! She got her advance copy of her first book, “The Practical Guide to Patternmaking for Fashion Designers: Juniors, Misses, and Women“. Yeah, that’s a mouthfull. The sequel, “The Practical Guide to Patternmaking for Fashion Designers: …
Grandma’s recent experience (get better Grandma!) reminded me of the importance of drinking milk, especially for you young women. You can’t start building those strong bones too soon. This has been a public service message, brought to you by a …
Instead of being in town for Udders Day, I was at the fairgrounds helping out with the installation of new barn doors. This is the building that we store the fire department’s vintage fire engine in, and on previous workdays …
Tomorrow Ferndale is celebrating something new this year, Udders Day, a celebration of all things dairy. The chamber of commerce found a herd of 11 fiberglass cows (There was a photo of one of them a while ago when they …
Lori and I received this reel to reel tape player as a wedding gift almost 25 years ago. By some accounts, that would almost make it an antique. I guess we really are getting old. I heard that people were …