People always love to dress up in costume for Halloween, and since last Friday was October 31st, I dug through some of my family photo archives (both my family and the Big Guy’s) and came up with a few costumes from the past. Some of them would perhaps rather be forgotten; I had been keeping the photos from 1983 of […]
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to every bunny!
This morning I finally got outside to play with my brand new Canon 100-400mm lens. I planned to take a walk along the bluffs overlooking Lake Natoma and head out early enough to find cooler temperatures and fewer people. As you can see by the image above, there were plenty of folks — including a few Canada geese — already […]
I’m not sure how many people actually realized this, but March 31 was Cesar Chavez Day, a U.S. federal holiday, observed since 2014. I suspect most folks don’t stop to think how important Mr. Chavez’ accomplishments are — and I must include myself in that number. I did grow up hearing his name frequently on the evening news, and I […]
Our Christmas holiday didn’t go at all the way we had expected this year, but all in all, it could have been a lot worse. The Big Guy spent five nights in the hospital at Baylor Grapevine (including two in the ICU) and we didn’t get back home until December 30; we also missed out on his family’s Christmas Day […]
This week I’m revisiting a Christmas-themed episode of California’s Gold, one I originally featured back in December 2016. The Sixteen to One Mine that appears in this segment opened in 1896 and is still in operation. I don’t know about you, but I’m still finding it hard to wrap my mind around the fact that Christmas is a mere 12 […]
Since we’re about to celebrate Independence Day, July 4th, in the U.S., I thought today I would share another handful of images from my vintage 1940s photo album. These are all black-and-white prints, with many of them professionally shot and sold as souvenirs. That’s the case with the pictures I’ve chosen for today; along with a few general views of […]
Last Monday, March 20, those of us in the Northern Hemisphere celebrated the first day of spring, also known as the vernal equinox — even though it may not feel a whole lot like spring, depending on where you are! The vernal equinox also marks the start of Nowruz, the Persian New Year. The first event of this annual celebration […]
One of the best things about Huell Howser was his enthusiasm for learning about the various cultures that make up California’s population. Three weeks ago we looked at the Serbian New Year celebrations, and in this episode of Visiting, Huell explores how the Vietnamese community in Orange County celebrates the Lunar New Year, which this year is occurring this weekend, […]