I got a second ride in the crane, this time we went up about half way, to take a 360 degree panorama. I still have to put the panorama together, but here’s shy Bill, the crane operator.
This is what I’d call an artsy fartsy photograph, and one I should save for the fair next year, because sometimes this is what really turns the judges on. If you’re looking at it and thinking, “Gee Matt, I can …
Here’s the view of our house from the top of the steeple. I got to ride up to top today to take pictures. 140 feet is a long way up there. I could brave it long enough to take pictures, …
My first post in about a month. There’s been a lot going on and several times this month I swore I was going to leave time at the end of the day to post something. It’s just been an incredibly …
The Catholic church has had a crane in town all month, fixing the leaks in the steeple, as well as replacing the cross on the top that had rusted out. Bill Snow is the guy bravely doing the work. I …
Within minutes I received two suggestions that I should go photograph the swarming bees on the Landmark Realty office. I was expecting something more dramatic. My favorite moment though came while I was standing near the swarm photographing them and …
I was constantly falling behind Lori and Joyce, because they weren’t aware that there were snakes and other bits of mystical driftwood along their path. For example, did they even notice that they passed a miniature of Devil’s Tower. I …
Back to the walk down the beach. We were trying to sneak up on the seals to take some pictures, and since I only had my little 2.1 megapixel camera, I needed to get pretty close. They were pretty aware …
If you were a piece of driftwood and you heard that there was an impending tsunami, this is the expression you would wear too. Of course it never happened, which really disappointed the news media. ABC ran a clip of …
The Humboldt Lumberjack band came into Ferndale (minus Lori Ann Crist, who was attending Arthur’s graduation at home) for the finish of the Kinetic Sculpture race. It was a typical overcast Ferndale morning, for which I’m sure this guy was …
This photo was taken the same day as the earlier one this month, but I finally got around to stitching it together on the computer. It is actually 5 photos that have been put together to provide the almost 180 …
Actually, yesterday was Cinco De Mayo, but this parade doesn’t really happen until tomorrow, the 7th. Confused? Well I didn’t have anything for today. If you’ve seen the snake photos, you might recognize the rider on the right, Katherine, and …
I finally got a day with a clear sky to photograph the cemetery while the rhododendrons are in bloom. We have a large shot in our gallery that I took several years ago. A while back I overheard a couple …
We’ve been enjoying a return to spring weather the last two days, so I got out to photograph this morning. I went up to the cemetery to take a color panorama. Found that the rhododendrons aren’t blooming yet, so I’ll …
It’s been awhile since we caught up with Bud and Harry, and in the meantime, they’ve played football, they’ve gone fishing, they’ve wrestled an alligator, and more. Right now they are working out in preparation for Sunday’s Foggy Bottom Milk …
It’s such a shame when marshmallows go bad, and we’re not talking about the shelf life either. Instead of serving a productive life as filling for Smore’s or Moo Bars, these marshmallows have found themselves imprisoned in a field along …
This showed up a few weeks ago, and unfortunately by the time I got out to take a picture of it, the wind had destroyed some of it. It’s hard to tell from this angle, but that is a senior …
Ferndale proudly proclaims it is a cow town. It is also a town with a sense of humor that bubbles up all over. For the next several days, I’ll give you a tour of some of the oddities you can …
There’s a lot of different types of cows in Ferndale, both on the dairy side and the beef side. But when these animals appeared in one field along the highway coming into town it caused quite a stir. Even ranchers …
Someone recently asked me if I had any pictures of the night herons that roost in the tree by the Gumdrop House. She really wanted pictures of them as they started flying off. Well, they don’t call them night herons …
Here’s one of the more elaborate Victorians in Ferndale, all done up in Christmas lights. I was hoping to get more pictures of the town’s Christmas lights, but the weather report is showing rain every day for the next ten …
Every year there are so many great tractors in the parade, but you can always count on the Bansen and Leonardi families to enter outstanding floats. I showed the Bansen train earlier, and I felt you should get a look …
One evening as I was driving into town, I noticed Arnie Peterson decorating a pile of junk on his lawn with Christmas lights. Being Ferndale, it didn’t raise my eyebrows too much. A few nights later Lori and I went …
I had a portrait session this morning in Russ Park with Jim and Ruth Stretch. Jim is kind enough to donate much of his time to helping improve Russ Park for the community, which is why we took his portrait …
Under clear skies and with absolutely no wind, Ferndale put on it’s best lighted tractor parade in years. This gave me the chance to get lots of great photos. This choo choo train is from the Bansen ranch, which is …
It’s been many years since you could catch a train in Ferndale, but today you could. There was only one catch, you had to be a little squirt. They all seemed to enjoy the free ride that took them up …
Maybe I should have consulted with Tony Ornellas before we moved from San Jose on how to string a lot of Christmas lights. It took me several nights of working on just this small display to keep everything from either …
Christmas season in Ferndale. Is there anywhere that does Christmas better than Ferndale? I doubt it. Wish you all could be here all month long to enjoy the festivities.
Unlike previous years, everything went pretty smoothly for the lighting of the Ferndale Christmas Tree today. The weather predictions were all doom and gloom, but the day started out with temps much nicer than they had been. We even had …
Early fall we get the best weather in Ferndale. The coastal fog that we see all summer finally goes away, but it’s a couple of months yet before we start getting the winter deluge. Sunny days, starry nights, and early …
