Giant Marshmellows
Few people realize it, but besides being a dairy town, Ferndale is the world’s largest producer of giant marshmellows.
Category Archives: Ferndale
The Final Shot
Shooting for The Majestic in Ferndale finished up at 3:00 this morning. At 9:00 this morning I was walking down Main Street by myself. It seemed really weird but I’m going to like having our quiet town back. By 9:30 … Continue reading →
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Lupines are out in force right now and they are one of my favorite wildflowers. This particular bunch was on Williams Creek Rd., before you get to the suspected pot growers. … Continue reading →
Completed Town Hall
Today’s picture is the Town Hall in its completed state. If you need a reminder of how it started, here’s the picture of the US Bank building in early February. The last detail was the “bronze” statue of the veteran … Continue reading →
Mr. James Whitmore
Tonight Lori and I went to the premier of the latest play at the Ferndale Rep. James Whitmore was there so we got to meet him after the play at the champagne (or in my case Martinelli’s) reception. Mr. Whitmore … Continue reading →
Sand Pirates of the Sahara
I know I promised cows all week, but our ratings were crashing. It appears that cows aren’t as popular as some family members led us to believe. Besides we had this wonderful opportunity to see the Majestic all lit up. … Continue reading →
Mabel’s Diner (interior)
Today’s picture shows the interior of Mabel’s Diner. Not only is it an exterior set, but they also use it to shoot scenes in, although it’s hard to picture how they get all the crew and equipment in there and … Continue reading →
Quad at The Lost Coast Ranch
Made a trip down to the beach at Guthrie Creek with the ATV. I’m going to have to start thinking about taking a tax deduction for the vehicle as it makes a very nice cargo carrier. It was a lot … Continue reading →
Ferndale Cemetery
Tonight they were filming at the diner again, so I headed up to the cemetery to take some pictures. Then I headed into town to take some pictures of the action. The security people hate that since they don’t want … Continue reading →
The Lost Coast Ranch
We’ve started working on Plan B. Plan A was for Lori to have a horse here at the house. However, between her finding out what it’s like to take care of a horse every day, and not wanting to spend … Continue reading →
Hollywood Dogs
Lori and I did take the day off to go watch Hollywood in action. Or is that Hollywood inaction? As they say, making movies is hurry up and wait. The crew tried to keep the crowds pretty far away from … Continue reading →
Aliens in Ferndale
Sorry for not posting yesterday, but Lori and I were abducted by aliens and while they are very advanced, they were not able to establish a reliable Internet connection. Something to do with running Windows 3000. After returning back to … Continue reading →
Curious Cows
All day I’ve been looking forward to trying out our new airbed. Only when we went to set it up we found out we should have received more than the one box. We’re missing a few critical items, like the … Continue reading →
Fake Dead People
Lori and I were out of town Friday and Saturday so I have a bit of catching up to do. Friday we went down to Fort Bragg to try out a new airbed. Actually, I tried it out while Lori … Continue reading →
Guthrie Creek headlands
Last week Lori and I went on a tour of the Lost Coast Ranch which is just south of Ferndale. The Coastal Conservancy and a few other agencies are trying to purchase this ranch and turn it into a park. … Continue reading →
Inside Town Hall
Here’s the view of town hall from the drive-up window of the bank that has been swallowed inside the set.
The Majestic, nearing completion
The filming for The Majestic is supposed to start next week, so crews have been extra busy lately. They still have a lot of work to do on some of the sets, but they have started redecorating the shop windows, … Continue reading →
George, Barnaby & Lori
Any day now I expect to find Lori leading a horse into our yard, exclaiming, “Look who followed me home! Can we keep him, please, please please!” In addition to taking care of Barnaby this morning, Lori also got her … Continue reading →
Lighting the marquee
We happened to be standing on Main Street at the exact moment that they lit the Marquee for the first time. As you can see The Majestic has seen quite a bit of work since my last report. It now … Continue reading →
Bull in the flood plain
Last Sunday, it rained really hard all day, which meant that as usual, a good part of Ferndale was flooded. Tuesday, I took a short motorcycle ride at lunch time and going down the main highway out of town, I … Continue reading →
Town Hall once again
Today the crew was supposed to erect the marquee on the theatre but it didn’t happen. Probably all of the rain has put them behind schedule. So today’s picture is the latest from the Town Hall, and it’s actually starting … Continue reading →
The Majestic Potluck Table
As mentioned yesterday, we went to a potluck dinner that was put on the by construction crew of The Majestic. The picture shows what happens when you invite an entire town to a potluck. Ok, so the entire town didn’t … Continue reading →
The Diner
Work on the movie sets is accelerating as filming is due to start in two weeks. Crews have started on the Diner set, which is being built in front of the old gas station across from the Victorian Inn. The … Continue reading →
View from Russ Park
I have’t had very many pictures lately because it’s been raining most of the week. Our string of excellent weather finally came to an end. The good news is that even with a week of rain, the creek never rose … Continue reading →
Firemen’s Games
Saturday morning Lori and I had our ATV safety class out at the Samoa dunes. It was pouring rain but they said rain or shine. We enjoyed the class even with the rain. The dunes provided a very different riding … Continue reading →
Town Hall – phase2
Thursday is the day that the Ferndale newspaper comes out. I always look forward to reading the police report. The last two weeks they didn’t have it for some reason, but this week they did. At some point I’ll set … Continue reading →
The Majestic – phase2
Work continues on the Majestic, the movie theatre being built in town for the movie of the same name. Here they were pouring concrete to redo the sidewalks since they had to get rid of the driveways from the parking … Continue reading →
Town Hall – phase 1
They started working on the Town Hall building, which is being built on top of the U.S. Bank. Similar to what they’re doing for the Majestic, telephone poles were driven into the ground and then the rest of the building … Continue reading →
The Majestic – phase 1
The construction crews for The Majestic started working on the sets. The city parking lot is going to be used to build the theater that plays a pivotal role in the movie. Telephone poles were driven into the ground, and … Continue reading →