One of the features at the fair is duck races. These started in an Arizona town in the desert where apparently there wasn’t any other form of local entertainment. Now this guy makes a pretty good living traveling the county …
Something new this year was a display of Toyota cars and trucks. Some were race vehicles and some were concept cars, like this mock highway patrol car. CHP also has a display at the fair featuring one of their Camaro …
FVFD responded to a mutual aid call in Loleta for a trailer load of hay that caught fire. The trailer suffered a flat tire near Fernbridge, and what the owners didn’t realize was that the flat tire got hot enough, …
Several years ago we shot Jessica wearing a 1930s black velvet dress and a few other items from our vintage clothing collection. Then she went off to college and she’d usually stop by the studio during her school breaks and …
Here’s the photo that was entered into the juried competition for the fair. This was from our experimental session and this was definitely the most different shot of the day. I wanted to make the shot as white as possible …
Here’s our campground at the Pinnacles. We had a quick breakfast and then packed up and went into the park. We hiked though a cave and up to the reservoir where we spotted frogs and swimming snakes. After our hike …
Blake and I met up with John and Carol for a ride down the coast. Made our way down to a restaurant that I don’t remember the name of for lunch for Carol’s birthday. Then we went down to Big …
This photo started out because of a mistake. I ordered 3 yards of sheer white lycra off of Ebay to use as a backdrop, and the 3 yards arrived, but in two pieces, one was 2 yards, and the other …
Since I’m finally done doing the electrical work for the garage, I decided to do some electrical work in the garage. In preparation for my Colorado trip this summer, I thought that the KLR650 could use some electric hand grips. …
Coming to work this morning there were two trikes parked on Main St. I’d have to say that both were rat trikes (if there is such a category). Rat bikes are motorcycles that the owner goes out of their way …
Lori loves seeing the fawns every year, and a few days ago she was wondering why she hadn’t seen any. We’ve been seeing a lot of bucks around lately, but no babies. So of course the day that Lori leaves …
Every year we have to get the pumps in the fire engines tested, and for that we take them down to Scotia at the Pacific Lumber pond where they can draft from and then pump back into. The test involves …
Those of you who aren’t Ferndalers won’t get the pun in the title, so I have to explain that in town we have a market called the Red Front Store. I’m finally finished painting the front of the barn. I …
On our drive over to the Van Duzen bridge, Melissa and I both noticed the big field of mustard near Fernbridge. I had wanted to use the field before but could never find the time or a model before they …
Melissa came recommended by another model who I worked with and for her first shoot we dressed her up in a red Asian brocade corset with matching shoes and purse. As they say the accessories make the outfit. The location …
Fourth of July was our usual routine. Start the day giving rides on the fire trucks for the kids of Ferndale. Then the 4th of July parade, followed by the fire department picnic. Once again this year the picnic was …
Today was just like yesterday, foggy and drippy, so back to work on the greenhouse. We got all the panels installed and started moving in everything that Lori would need for her new garden center. Even with it being a …
My plan for the weekend was to finish painting the front of the garage. But today was drippy and foggy all day long so Lori and I worked on the other project. If you hadn’t figured it out by now …
With my new workspace in my garage, I’ve been very inspired to get all my tools organized so that I can spend more time working on projects instead of searching for my tools. So today I totally reorganized my three …
Last night we had a medical drill with the Fire Department. The topic was extrication, but this drill was focused on the medical aspects of auto extrication rather than actual extrication procedures. That meant that we didn’t get to cut …
A few of weeks ago, a guy came into my studio and mentioned that his 17 year old daughter was interested in photography as a career. She was going to be visiting him from Illinios in a week or so …
Today I travelled out to one of my favorite spots with Katy and my intern (more on that tomorrow). If I knew the name of this spot I would tell you, but it is so far away from anywhere that …
This morning with the fog as thick as it was, it looked like the hay bales next door stretched off into infinity. Out of countless hay bales only one had the courage to stand above the others.
Since Blake and I are planning to put in some long days in the saddle this summer, I knew I was going to have to get a better saddle. So I ordered up a gel seat from Saddlemen. Their seat …
Ferndale Fire Department responded to a multi-bike crash on the Wildcat today. 6 riders crashed after the lead bike went down in a blind corner. Several riders ended up getting airlifted out, and the rest went in ambulances. Not a …
I’ve been doing a lot of painting lately, and still have way more to go. I’m starting to think this may be the only project I work on for the rest of the summer.
All weekend the sound of tractors and mowers could be heard around Ferndale. It’s time once again to make marshmallows. There’s something quite fun about seeing the landscape dotted with huge white marshmallows.
It was a bit windy today, but we invited Phil and Diane over so with four people we decided to see how much we could get put together. The instructions for this kit leave a lot to be desired. Some …
My panniers for the KLR650 finally came in so I got them installed. I wanted something rugged to carry the camera equipment for my upcoming trip and these are what a lot of the round-the-world riders use so I figured …
Here’s the blank for the brackets I’m cutting out. Step one is to do the rough cut with the jig saw. Then cut a notch with the band saw. Then sand them to the final profile. Then route the edges. …
