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 →
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Monochrome 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.
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.
2008 NA Velo Rally Visits Ferndale
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 →
5th Street 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 →
Avenue of the Giants
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 →
Oops
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 →
Next Step
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 →
Phil’s Gold
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 →
Gable Balls
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 →
Smoky 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 →
Rediscovering Roses
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 →
Putting Out Fires
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 →
On The Road To Trinidad
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 →
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 →
Spindles
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 →