The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Harvest — Earth. You can take photos of anything that relates to the seasons of Harvest (Late Summer) or anything to do with Earth (dirt or untouched land). Have fun with this challenge.
The last half of slide wheel number 6 took me back in time, from the mid 1970s straight to 1962, when I went camping with my family at Patrick’s Point State Park, on California’s far north coast. I was only about a year old on this trip; we did return there when I was a bit older, and I have […]
This week the theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge is Summer — Fire. You can take photos of anything that relates to the seasons of Summer or anything to do with Fire. If you are wondering, the sun does count as fire in this case. Have fun with this challenge.
Since the 1960s Leavenworth, Washington, has become a great example of an economically depressed town reinventing itself and embarking on an exciting new life. Other nearby towns like Peshastin and Cashmere have benefited from the creation of a Bavarian village on the Wenatchee River. Cashmere, 12 miles east on Highway 2, is the home of Liberty Orchards, which produces delicious Aplets and […]
The old saying claims that “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” But in reality, some of our windiest days around here fall somewhere between late March and early April. That’s certainly true this year — the past couple of days the winds have been gusting wildly — and it was also true last spring, when […]
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Spring — Wood. You can take photos of anything that relates to the seasons of Spring or any kind of Wood. Have fun with this challenge.
After moving with his small family from a farm in Iowa to Washington State in the late 1920s, my grandpa began working for the railroad. The railroad had been pretty good to Leavenworth, at least for awhile. The Great Northern Railroad (now called Burlington Northern) ran its first line through Leavenworth in 1892, complete with division headquarters and a switching […]
Some more images of last year’s spring colors — March 2, 2016.
These are some pictures I took a year ago, on March 1, 2016.