Old and New
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Old and New. You can have old and new objects in the same photo. Or you can have at least one photo of a very old item and one photo of a very new item in your photo. What I am looking for is great contrast. Use your imagination if you want for this […]
He was a Fishing Dog
While going through some old photos looking for images from Calaveras Big Trees State Park, I discovered this shot of Buster, out on Folsom Lake in the old Champion bass boat with the Big Guy. That alert focus on the largemouth bass tells you everything you need to know about Buster, and it comforts me to remember he truly had a […]
Memory Monday, Week 8
Back in 1956, the Harbor Queen was a familiar site on San Francisco Bay and a very hot tourist attraction. The Red and White Fleet had its origins all the way back in 1892 — travelers and commuters relied on the ferry boats prior to construction of the Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge. The company later expanded to […]
Requiem for a Redwood
It was nearly 8 years ago that I last visited the Big Trees in Calaveras County. Back in March 2009 when I drove with the Big Guy up into the mountains to spend some time , there was a fair bit of snow on the ground among the giant redwoods. It’s a beautiful place that we both remembered from childhood […]
Barrel Cactus
These cacti caught my eye because of the spines, with ridges that reminded me of the threads on a screw. The ferocactus is known by a few different names (aside from the scientific nomenclature), including Barrel Cactus and Traveler’s Friend
Corn Cob Cactus
WPC: Names
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of January 6, 2016 Humans love naming things — look around you, and I bet you’ll see dozens of names. This week, take a photo of one!
Childhood dream house
For many years I’ve had a vague memory of a small toy I once played with at a neighbor’s house; I seemed to recall long plastic handles with magnets on the end with which you could manipulate small people/figures inside a house. I had no idea what this toy was called or where it came from — and there were plenty […]