San Francisco Bay has seen plenty of ships come and go since the days of the California Gold Rush. In this episode of California’s Gold, Huell learns a few things about the long hard sea journey around Cape Horn, surviving on lemonade and hardtack, and what it takes to handle sails and raise the anchor. Huell sails aboard the state’s […]
It’s a couple of weeks late, but here is my entry for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge on August 23, 2018.
This block of cells was closed off to the public — and the only spot that was not packed with people!
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Lime or Light Green.
As I promised last week, today’s Memory Monday features a series of post cards from scenic Northern California — specifically, the Feather River, the small town of Quincy in Plumas County, and Lake Tahoe. I’m not sure of the year these photos were taken, but you can probably make a few guesses based on the appearance of the cars! Memory Monday will be on a break next week while I decide what’s next!
I can’t tell you what these bright orange flowers are, but they were impossible to ignore, standing out against the calmer tones of earth and sea, as I explored the site of the Sutro Baths in San Francisco.
I was following a dirt path through Golden Gate Park one morning when I happened to notice a small but brightly colored sign attached to a nearby tree. Being a compulsive reader with less-than-perfect eyesight, I stepped closer, and then a little bit closer, trying to make out what the sign said. Luckily, no one seemed to pay any notice […]
Not my greatest capture, but I just had to add this image from the Alcatraz prison cellhouse to this week’s edition of Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge. It demonstrates the thickness of the bullet-proof glass in the visitation area of the prison