Blue Squares
As I’m making my way down the bay window, one more element of the new color scheme became evident. Another touch of blue showed up on the squares above the windows. In designing the color scheme, I have reversed the … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Wind Power
On the way back from Petrolia yesterday it was really windy along the coast. I stopped near Cape Mendocino to take some photos of the crashing waves, and even with both feet planted, I almost dropped the KLR because the … Continue reading →
Are you my mommy?
I had to go to Petrolia today to drop off some photos, and on the way out of town I came across this calf and cat in the field together. The cat was following the calf around the field and … Continue reading →
Wallpaper Border
Lori’s hearing problem has caused many changes in our household, and we’ve figured out ways to work around most of the problems that it causes. Hanging wallpaper isn’t one of them. It’s very hard to do sign language when both … Continue reading →
Fern Garden
We finally got around to planting some of the ferns and hostas that we had in buckets for way too long. The baby tears are also going strong on the north side, and they’re starting to take over the house. … Continue reading →
Fuschia Ballerinas
Our fushias in the fern garden are starting to really pop. I thought this grouping looked like a row of ballerinas dancing.
Lori’s Yellow Rose
Last year we were gifted a few rose bushes from a friend who received them from a friend who was pulling them out. In the transfer it was lost what types or even colors they were. So we were pleasantly … Continue reading →
Stop and Smell the Roses
It’s quite a rarity when we get more than one or two roses at a time in our garden due to the diligent pruning that our local deer population performs. So when I saw a cluster of Gertrude Jekyll roses … Continue reading →
The Gazing Ball
While at Nielsens I saw that they had gazing balls so I bought one as a surprise for Lori so we could finally put the pedestal to use in the garden. In case you didn’t hear the story, when I … Continue reading →
Leave Them Alone
I finally had to resort to caging my little escalonia starts because the deer were determined to make a bonsai garden out of them. I think they realized that some day these shrubs were going to grow up to become … Continue reading →
Sluggo
Saw this slug hanging from the remains of the greenhouse and it reminded me of that slug sex video I linked to awhile back. As much as I hate slugs, it was just too tempting to use this one for … Continue reading →
Polishing the Wheels
Speaking of the Del Sol, I came across a photo of it recently that was taken just after we got the polished rims put on it. The local climate had really done a number on them and it reminded me … Continue reading →
Where’s Lori?
Once I found out that they covered Ferndale, I was wondering how much of the area they did. Found this shot of Lori’s old workplace in Eureka, and there’s the Del Sol parked out front.
Google Street View
The Google Street View cam has made it’s way to Ferndale, which was pretty surprising. I had looked a few months ago and it wasn’t there but today while checking something else I saw that most of the town was … Continue reading →
Blue Ice Cream
Today Lori and I went to the Humboldt County Fair as regular patrons. With everything going on this year I decided not to have a booth this year so we got to enjoy the fair as regular folks for a … Continue reading →
Painting the Porch
Finally got around to paining the porch and steps. It was really nice to see the water beading off of the steps the next morning. A few years ago when we redid the porch, the steps weren’t even primed and … Continue reading →
Sometimes Regulations Suck
In California’s drive to have clean air they have in the last few years outlawed your basic gas can. Now it has to have some type of spill proof attachment on it, because apparently people spilling gasoline while filling their … Continue reading →
Barbeque Pit
FVFD got called out to this fire out by the river bar. Not only was it an illegal day to burn, it was stuff that shouldn’t have been burning any day. Including one dead cow.
Alfa Romeo
My absolute favorite vehicle from yesterday’s parade from Pebble Beach was this Alfa Romeo. Not only was it cute and clean, it came all the way from Monaco. Picturing driving this car around the roads that make up the historic … Continue reading →
Modern Options
We went into town this morning to have breakfast with some friends and a number of antique cars were parading into Ferndale. The cars were part of the Pebble Beach Concourse run. One of my favorite vehicles was a Model … Continue reading →
A few steps closer
I’ve been waiting for several weeks for a day to paint the porch. It’s been so foggy lately that the steps had been too wet to paint. So this afternoon when the sun came out I quickly got to work. … Continue reading →
Rocky
We stayed at Derek’s house while we were down there and after ignoring us the first night, Rocky finally realized that the his owners were gone and if he wanted some pets, we were it. While Lori was showering he … Continue reading →
Mom’s new kitchen
We went down to the Bay Area to attend a cochlear implant picnic and help Mom move into her new condo. The picnic was very helpful in that the three implant companies were there and we could see their latest … Continue reading →
Burn Down by the Riverside
After a relatively quiet last few months, the FVFD has been busy lately. We responded to our second structure fire in a couple of weeks. That is if you can call an abadoned house trailer a structure. As with most … Continue reading →