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Monthly Archives: July 2008

Ayrica & Jeremy

Knowlesville Posted on July 26, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Ayrica & Jeremy

Ayrica, who interned for me a couple of summers ago and has modeled for me a few times, announced that she and her boyfriend Jeremy are engaged. Since they both dance I thought it would be fun to take some … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged Ayrica, model

Monochrome Meal

Knowlesville Posted on July 25, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Monochromatic Meal

Lori and I have long joked that she can turn out a monochromatic meal better than almost anyone else. Here’s tonight’s proof.

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Posted in Family

Godspell

Knowlesville Posted on July 23, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Godspell

The Ferndale Repertory Theatre is doing Godspell and I took the publicity and cast photos for the production. I haven’t seen the show yet, but maybe next weekend we’ll get the chance.

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Posted in Ferndale | Tagged Ferndale Rep

2008 NA Velo Rally Visits Ferndale

Knowlesville Posted on July 22, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Velocette

While I was in town doing my errands, I noticed a bunch of vintage motorcycles pulling into Tipples for gas. Most of them were Velocettes, although there was an odd vintage Honda and a few vintage BMWs tagging along. Some … Continue reading →

Posted in Motorcycles

5th Street Fire

Knowlesville Posted on July 21, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
5th Street house fire

Around 12:30 am my pager went off for a structure fire on 5th Street. Those two words, “structure fire”, will wake you up and get the adrenaline flowing pretty quickly. When I arrived the middle section of the house was … Continue reading →

Posted in FVFD

Avenue of the Giants

Knowlesville Posted on July 20, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Avenue of the Giants panorama

After more than a week of cold foggy days in Ferndale, it was time to venture out and find the sun. So Lori and I decided to pick a few random turnouts along the Avenue of the Giants and do … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged Avenue of the Giants, Panoramic

Oops

Knowlesville Posted on July 19, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Stripping paint

I was stripping paint today with a heat gun, something I have a lot of practice with. Still I realize that it does have the potential to set your house on fire, which is what I did today. The piece … Continue reading →

Posted in House | Tagged painting

Next Step

Knowlesville Posted on July 14, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Stripping the front bay

Some paint went on, some came off. With the balls in place, the right gable is officially done, so the top level of scaffolding was removed and work was begun under the eaves. I’m finding that there is one real … Continue reading →

Posted in House | Tagged painting

Phil’s Gold

Knowlesville Posted on July 13, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Porch spindles

These little spindles above the porch have been a real pain in the butt. Originally I was going to have them tan and blue. So that meant painting them once with primer, then twice with tan, and then the middle … Continue reading →

Posted in House | Tagged painting

Gable Balls

Knowlesville Posted on July 12, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Finished Gable

Each of our gables feature 11 half balls and the old ones are pretty rotten. I figured it would be expensive to have them remilled so I started looking around for replacements. I found the perfect sized half balls online, … Continue reading →

Posted in House | Tagged painting

Smoky Sunset

Knowlesville Posted on July 11, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Fernbridge Sunset

With all the smoke in the air, and an interesting layer of clouds forming, it seemed like a good night to try to get a sunset at Fernbridge. Everything went well until the battery in my camera went dead, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale, Photography | Tagged Fernbridge, Sunset

Rediscovering Roses

Knowlesville Posted on July 10, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Weeding horsetails

hile I was out playing fireman, Lori decided to hunt for our rose bushes that had disappeared beneath the horsetails in the back yard. We now have a huge pile of weeds that we’re going to have to find something … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening | Tagged Horsetails

Putting Out Fires

Knowlesville Posted on July 9, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Highway fire

We didn’t get back to Loleta until around 1am and by 6am my back was hurting so I got up to watch one of the weirdest sunrises I’ve seen. With all the smoke drifting in from the fires, the sun … Continue reading →

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On The Road To Trinidad

Knowlesville Posted on July 8, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Mutual Aid with Loleta

I got a call today that Loleta Fire Dept was getting a mutual aid call and needed a third person. So along with Dave and Bob from Loleta, we headed over to the CalFire station in Fortuna. A lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in FVFD

Bocce

Knowlesville Posted on July 6, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Playing Bocce

A group of volunteers raised money and with donations of supplies and labor, built 3 fine bocce courts in Firemen’s Park in Ferndale. Then they started the Ferndale Bocce Club. We have a potluck and play bocce on Sunday afternoons. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale

Spindles

Knowlesville Posted on July 5, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Painting the porch

With all five colors finished, the porch spindles are looking great. I would have had more photos from late last month and early this month if I had been able to find my little camera. That’s one problem with making … Continue reading →

Posted in House | Tagged painting

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