I spent the whole weekend stripping the wall paper in the room that’s going to be my office. Got rid of the ugly black, pink and green wallpaper, only to reveal beautiful pink walls. I can’t wait until that bit …
Phil Ostler had a scissor lift in town so he could clean and repair gutters, and since it was a full moon last night I thought it would be a great opportunity to take some photos from a unique position. …
There’s a lot of places in our house for a comfortable nap if you’re a cat. But apparently this one must be pretty special, as Meg and Ricky both decided to spend the afternoon here.
This is the variety of spider that makes life in Ferndale so difficult this time of year. I wish I knew what they were, not because I’m worried they’re poisonous, but if I knew their name, I could curse at …
It has come around again. That day were ye might notice scallywags natterin’ wit’ a bit o’ a piratanical bent. Aye, ’tis once again time fer “Talk Like a Pirate” day. ‘n t’ help ye natter like a pirate, ye …
Spotted another (or possibly the same) praying mantis in the yard today, and this time I had my SLR and a macro lens handy.They do like hanging upside down. I tried turning it around to get a better picture of …
Here’s the outside of the building. You should all recognize it as the big building you see on the left just as you come into Ferndale. Until it was recently restored by DCI, it was a large pigeon roost. It …
The other feature of the new studio I’m really looking forward to exploring is working with natural light indoors. The studio has three large windows which make it enjoyable to work in when not shooting as they provide lots of …
I finally remembered to grab a shot of the new studio today. Not a very professional shot, and as you’ve probably figured out by now, I take snapshots just like everyone else. Anyway, it does show how much larger the …
It’s time once again for the spiders in our yard to start putting up the Halloween decorations. This time of year you need to have a stick handy whenever you go through an exterior door because that’s one of their …
During the garage sale we set the desk out on the driveway to catch the attention of people driving by. Unfortunately, it caught the attention of the wind as it picked up suddenly, and the tri-fold mirror came crashing down. …
While we were having our garage sale I was making use of the time cleaning up the iris bed by the driveway. A huge grasshopper caught my eye, but on closer inspection I realized it was a praying mantis. Never …
Ferndale has a city wide garage sale weekend and we had lots of stuff we needed to get rid of. Lori convinced me to get rid of our antique bedroom set that we bought when we got our first old …
Another plant that I had tried growing from seed several times in San Jose was hollyhocks. It took me awhile to figure out that they look like a very common weed when they start, and I would usually end up …
Lori is really happy to have her lavender blooming. Similar to my lupine triumph, Lori had tried several times to plant lavender, but kept losing them to the winter floods. Every once in awhile we find something that makes it …
I wasn’t expecting the lupines to bloom so quickly. The seed package that we used was a mixed color assortment, but so far the colors that have bloomed coordinate well with the neighboring plants. It’s nice to finally have some …
All done with moving out of my Main Street studio. It wasn’t as bad as leaving our house on Cleaves, but it sort of felt the same. Change is good though, and I’m looking forward to shooting in the new …
