While I was backing up to take a picture of the Corkscrew Tree, I noticed this patch of lichen with what I assumed to be spores decorating the ends of its branches. I did a bit of quick research on …
ell for the second week in a row, our plans for our Monday excursion were foiled. Last week our snowshoeing trip went to Plan B due to lack of snow. Today we were planning to go to Fern Canyon, but …
Tonight we had a special fire drill, in conjunction with the Fortuna and Loleta fire departments. Since it was a mutual aid scenario we ended up doing it on a Wednesday night instead of our usual Thursday night. Towns people …
If you want to understand why our yard keeps flooding, you have to start here. This is the Salt River, which used to be a navigatable river for ocean going vessels to make their way to Port Kenyon. It has …
The plan for today was to try out our new snowshoes that we got for Christmas. So we drove up to the South Fork Mountains to find a tremendous lack of snow. I’ve been up there in June and seen …
After several community efforts to raise money for Ferndalers that needed help with medical expenses, a group got together to start a fund that would be available for that purpose. Their first fundraiser was an event at the fairgrounds that …
We got a little bit of a storm that passed through today and it was hard to believe that it was raining in Ferndale it was still so cold. I took off from work a little early to go photograph …
At least the studio is warm. Stephanie came by for another shoot today and demonstrated some of her excellent ballet skills. It ended up being a very productive shoot, and I have several people changing their minds about ballet and …
This cold snap just won’t go away. The low has been in the low to mid twenties the last three days and that means our water has been freezing over. I meant to remember to leave some running and forgot …
Lori came to the office after work to play Myst V, which she got for her birthday. We didn’t get home until about 8pm, when we found that our house was without power again. Our 200 amp main breaker must …
A cold front moving down from Alaska has brought the coldest weather to Ferndale since we’ve moved here. This morning I was watching TV and had just gotten through the weather report where they were talking about the storm when …
I’ve had an idea for some pregnancy photos for a long time, but it required finding out about the pregnancy early on. Since asking women if they are pregnant is one of the most dangerous questions in the world, this …
We also photographed Stephanie wearing some vintage lingerie, including this black lace bra. If I had a photograph from yesterday, it would have shown us celebrating Lori’s 45th birthday, which we did by having dinner at May’s Noodle House, and …
I haven’t been taking photos very much lately because with the Fuji S1 dead and the Pentax Optio in the shop for a new LCD screen, I’m down to one camera. I’ve felt safer having it stay in the studio. …
