Opposing colors
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Opposing Colors (blue/orange, yellow/purple, red/green).
Memory Monday slides redux, Week 31
January and May 1962 — This week my slides show two birthday parties which took place at our family’s house in the early 1960s. The first one celebrated my sister’s 10th birthday in January. She wore a very special dress and shared the day with four of her good friends. Four months later, my mom baked a birthday cake for […]
American oils
Sadly, I failed to take note of the artists or titles of a couple of these paintings, but they were among my favorites at the deYoung in San Francisco and the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento earlier this year.
Main Street, Coloma
During the busiest years of the California Gold Rush the town of Coloma boasted more than 70 structures — but these days only a handful of buildings remain standing along Highway 49/Main Street in the Marshall Gold Discovery State Park.
Christmas faces
Back to Cabela’s
Christmas in Texas means another visit to the Cabela’s outdoors store, so I used my phone to take a few pictures of the collection of taxidermy animals.
The Adventure Continues… Armenian Christmas Meal
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! After watching this episode of Visiting, I’ve learned that Armenian Christmas is actually celebrated on January 6. Huell is very lucky to get an invitation to celebrate the holiday with a wonderful family — and he’s on hand to watch as quite a lot of truly mouthwatering food is being prepared for the event. In […]
Basically two colors
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Basically Two Colors.
Memory Monday slides redux, Week 30
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! This week I have a few images from my very first Christmas; after looking through these slides, I only wish there were more of them. Although I don’t have any actual memories from this particular Christmas, I do remember some of the items pictured — at least those that were still around a few years […]