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Godspell

Knowlesville Posted on September 6, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Godspell

I took the production photos for Godspell tonight. I was supposed to take them a couple of weeks ago but on the day of the shoot one of the cast members ended up being a 911 call after she fainted … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale | Tagged Ferndale Rep

Google Street View

Knowlesville Posted on August 16, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
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 →

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Blue Ice Cream

Knowlesville Posted on August 15, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
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 →

Posted in Ferndale | Tagged Humboldt County Fair

Alfa Romeo

Knowlesville Posted on August 11, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
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 →

Posted in Cars & Trucks, Ferndale

Modern Options

Knowlesville Posted on August 10, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
GPS in antique auto

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 →

Posted in Cars & Trucks, Ferndale

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

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

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 →

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Lori had a little lamb

Knowlesville Posted on March 15, 2008 by MattJune 13, 2019
Sheep

Last year during lambing season, I saw the newborns in this field during the week, and planned a bicycle ride out there with Lori to show her. By the weekend they had moved the flock to another pasture and they … Continue reading →

Posted in Fauna, Ferndale | Tagged Sheep

House on Fire

Knowlesville Posted on December 16, 2007 by MattJune 11, 2019
Lighted Tractor Parade

There was a fire on Main Street tonight, but the good news is that it was only one of tractor floats in the annual Ferndale Lighted Tractor Parade. This year I decided not to set up my big studio lights … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale | Tagged Lighted Tractor Parade

Victorian Christmas

Knowlesville Posted on December 8, 2007 by MattJune 11, 2019
Victorian Christmas

Lori has long wanted Ferndale to have a Victorian event, so she helped organize Victorian Christmas. People were encouraged to dress up in Victorian clothes, and there were several different groups caroling throughout the day. Lori made a new dress … Continue reading →

Posted in Costuming, Ferndale | Tagged Christmas

Hobart Brown

Knowlesville Posted on November 17, 2007 by MattJune 11, 2019
Hobart Brown memorial

November 7 Ferndale lost one of its most important and famous citizens, Hobart Brown. Known worldwide as the founder of the Kinetic Sculpture Race, he was an ecentric individual, in a good way. Tonight the town celebrated his life with … Continue reading →

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Best Laid Plans…

Knowlesville Posted on September 27, 2007 by MattJune 10, 2019
Ferndale at Dusk

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. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale, Photography

Moon to Sun Fernbridge shot

Knowlesville Posted on June 29, 2007 by MattJune 7, 2019
Moon to Sun Fernbridge

A shot that I’ve wanted to get for a long time was a panoramic of the sun setting in the west at Fernbridge and the moon rising in the east over the Eel River. I’ve tried it a couple of … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale, Photography | Tagged Fernbridge, Sunset

Over on the good side

Knowlesville Posted on June 10, 2007 by MattJune 7, 2019
Catholic Church

Just to be fair though, the side that is almost done looks very nice. I really like the multi-colored paint job better than the previous yellow coat it had.

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I See Spots

Knowlesville Posted on June 9, 2007 by MattJune 7, 2019
Catholic Church

Back in October I posted a photo of the Catholic Church being painted. Well, it’s still being painted. They are back to making progress after the delay of winter. On some areas that they did complete last year it seems … Continue reading →

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Ferndale’s Talented Bovines

Knowlesville Posted on June 3, 2007 by MattJune 7, 2019
Roller Skating Cow

One more example of Ferndale’s uniqueness. Where else would you go to see a cow roller skating down the sidewalk?

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Posted in Ferndale | Tagged cows

Pet Parade

Knowlesville Posted on June 2, 2007 by MattJune 7, 2019
Ferndale Pet Parade

Rosemary Maede once again was the star of the pet parade. Wearing the latest in feed bag fashions, she showed off her pet chickens Ginger and Ariel.

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Posted in Ferndale | Tagged Pet Parade

Rocky Horror

Knowlesville Posted on March 23, 2007 by MattJune 6, 2019
Ferndale Rep Cast Shoot

The next show the Ferndale Rep is doing is Rocky Horror Picture Show. This is a natural, because what few people realize, is that most of the dairy farmers are into cross-dressing. Yeah, right. I’m taking the lobby shots for … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale | Tagged Ferndale Rep

Valley Lumber Kitties

Knowlesville Posted on March 21, 2007 by MattJune 6, 2019
Valley Lumber Kitties

This pair of kitties was recently adopted by Valley Lumber as shop cats. I guess they’re taking their work seriously and now perform full safety inspections of the work vehicles each morning. Checking the tread depth is dangerous work, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats, Ferndale

Fortuna Ladder Truck

Knowlesville Posted on January 24, 2007 by MattJune 3, 2019
FVFD Ladder Drill

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale, FVFD

The Mighty Salt River

Knowlesville Posted on January 23, 2007 by MattJune 3, 2019
Salt River

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale

No Snow

Knowlesville Posted on January 22, 2007 by MattJune 3, 2019
Russ Park

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale | Tagged Russ Park

Playing Paparazzi

Knowlesville Posted on January 20, 2007 by MattJune 3, 2019
Human Statues

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale, Photography

Cold Snap

Knowlesville Posted on January 12, 2007 by MattJune 3, 2019
PG&E

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale, House

Collingwood Inn

Knowlesville Posted on December 30, 2006 by MattMay 31, 2019
Collingwood Inn

The Collingwood Inn recently got a new paint job so I thought it would be good to take some pictures of it during Christmas. Missed a great sunset on the 29th, but at least it wasn’t raining.

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Posted in Ferndale

Lighted Tractor Parade

Knowlesville Posted on December 18, 2006 by MattMay 31, 2019
Lighted Tractor Parade

Last night was Ferndale’s Lighted Tractor Parade, one of my favorite Ferndale events. Lot of entries this year and it was nice to see the Leonardi’s back in the fray after a year’s absence. Bansen’s brought their train back to … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale | Tagged Lighted Tractor Parade

Something Ferny Going On

Knowlesville Posted on December 10, 2006 by MattMay 31, 2019
Fern growing on truck

Maybe this is why they called it Ferndale? They say a rolling stone gathers no moss, but apparently a rolling 4×4 can gather a few ferns. Found this vehicle in the Ferndale parking lot.

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Posted in Cars & Trucks, Ferndale

Moon over the Gingerbread

Knowlesville Posted on December 4, 2006 by MattMay 31, 2019
Moon over the Gingerbread

Looking on the calendar I saw we had a full moon coming up so with the clear weather that we’ve been enjoying, I thought I would get a photo of the moon rising behind the Gingerbread. Only problem was it … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale, Photography

Kristina

Knowlesville Posted on November 7, 2006 by MattMay 31, 2019
Kristina

I had a photoshoot yesterday afternoon with a new model and had planned to spend the morning getting everything ready for it. The fire took up most of that time so then I thought we would just shoot outdoors, since … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale, Photography, Vintage Clothing | Tagged 1930s, Kristina, model

Where’s Andy?

Knowlesville Posted on October 31, 2006 by MattMay 30, 2019
Raggedy Ann

Halloween morning in Ferndale sees a procession of tiny kids making their way through the commercial district trick or treating. First in line was Raggedy Ann and it was nice seeing a few parents are still into making costumes.

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