After people saw my Fernbridge Sunrise photo, I kept getting requests for a matching sunset photo. The usual summer fog on the coast isn’t conducive to pretty sunsets, but during our fair stint I saw one really nice sunset developing …
Bud now has a buddy (Bud 2?). For Memorial Day, the buddy was in a Navy uniform. Now Bud’s trying to rest, while his buddy looks for a little more excitement. At least one of them looks to be paying …
Finishing the race where everybody expected them to, this Subaru came in last. Actually the good bet was that they would be towed out of the bay by the Coast Guard. I was surprised to see that they made it. …
As usual, my favorite entry comes from the Duane Flatmo crew. (You might remember Mega-sore-ass, and Surf and Turf from previous years) This year’s entry was modeled to resemble a Victorian hearse, staffed with a bunch of bats. The details …
As the finish line announce mentioned, although the Kinetic Sculpture vehicles are meant to be artistic, there have been some entries that were built for speed and less for art, but until this entry showed up, there had never been …
This entry not only looks cool, but from what we heard it did really well over Deadman’s Drop. Those massive tires came off of a Super Modified race car, and they were a lot lighter than they look. With four …
This week I’ll be featuring some of the more interesting entries in the Kinetic Sculpture Race. One of the first across the finish line, and one I didn’t expect to see in Ferndale, was this guy who rode a unicycle …
Greg and I teamed up to photograph the 80th Annual Portuguese Holy Ghost Festival. The day started out with a parade from the Portuguese Hall to the Catholic Church. Then the ceremonial mass, a parade back to the hall for …
Ferndale is a very caring town, and even if you’re a dummy who manages to crash a motorcycle that doesn’t even have a motor, the townsfolk will have sympathy for you. A get well card for Bud (as we finally …
The five mile drive from 101 to Ferndale is a pretty scenic drive, but several of the local residents also go out of their way to make sure you’re amused as well. One of them is Henry Del Biaggio, who …
Driving to work this morning we noticed this signal on Main Street. My first thought was that they must be doing some road work or something so I started to slow down. Then I saw the people in front of …
I finally got my schedule to coincide with the sun’s. The magazine “Where to Retire”, is doing a story on Ferndale and they are featuring Ken Torbert and his wife Sharon, so I got commisioned to take their portrait for …
Today was the annual Foggy Bottom Race in Ferndale, and despite the name, it was run under sunny skies. It was so nice in fact that Lori and I even stopped for ice cream. These three girls provided a bit …
I woke up rather early this morning and it looked promising for the sunrise so I headed on down to Fernbridge to wait for it. Not as spectacular as I had hoped for, but pretty nice. Note: I underestimated this …
Some entries in the tractor parade get quite long, and are hard to photograph, even with an extreme wide angle lense. Such was the case with the Bansen’s entry. (The Bansen’s own the farm where Lauren got to visit.) Their …
Another of our favorite floats from the tractor parade this year was Brian Morrison’s entry. His tractor was pulling several packages that had kids popping their head out of. Two of the packages were recycled at our studio. If you …
I owed you all a picture of the Ferndale Christmas Tree, since the fire interupted the tree lighting ceremony when I planned to take it. Since it didn’t rain at all today (yeah!) I thought I better get one taken …
For the first time since we’ve moved here, Ferndale’s Tractor Parade was a dry event. After last night’s rain and wind it didn’t look hopeful, but the rain stopped earlier in the day, and it only drizzled for a few …
As we were walking down to the Ferndale Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, I snapped this picture of the moon rising over Ferndale’s Main Street. I was really overjoyed that it wasn’t raining, and I was hopeful to get some good …
This morning, before the sun even rose, the Ferndale Fire Department was busy hanging lights on our town Christmas Tree. Two climbers made there way to a permanent platform 130 feet up, and then using ropes and pulleys, the strands …
Well last month wasn’t very stellar as far as my reporting went. Only 6 pictures! Seemed the second half of the month I was either in bed with the flu or it was raining so I just didn’t get out …
Main Street merchants are encouraged to have scarecrows in front of their businesses during October, so here is our entry. I planned to have a mobile of helicopters above his head but I haven’t gotten around to making it. It’s …
Well it’s not quite the Rolling Stone, but I did get my first magazine cover which got me pretty excited. Through a weird set of circumstances, the publisher of Country Discoveries came across this picture of Ferndale’s tractor parade on …
It has been so gorgeous in the mornings all week so I’ve been taking some panorama shots of town from Ferndale Cemetery. It’s not as nice of a view as it is in spring when the rhodies are in bloom, …
One thing I really like about fall is the sunrises that happen just as I’m getting up. This morning Lori advised me that it was beautiful this morning so I threw on some pants and a shirt (should have found …
Arriving at work this morning I found this very clean early Ford tractor parked out on Main Street in front of our shop. Detailed with a striking two-tone paint job, pinstriped wheels, and more chrome goodies than I’ve ever seen …
This weekend Ferndale is having a city wide garage sale. Residences and businesses throughout the city are holding garage sales, and we’re doing our part to rid Ferndale of its useless and unwanted junk. Or at least it’s going to …
Two of the workers in the Humboldt Creamery booth that is across from us are sisters, Margaret and Elizabeth Leonardi. They both entered pigs in the fair, and the pigs also happen to be sisters. Margaret’s pig, Skinny Minny, won …
