Pony Express Rides Again!

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Events. Definition:  a thing that happens, especially one of importance. — A planned occasion or activity (such as a social gathering) — Each of several particular contests making up a sports competition I had a pretty event-full May, so I was absolutely ready for this challenge! However, completely by chance — while I was having trouble getting […]

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Historic Doors

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Doors and Drawers. Doors can include house doors, car doors, doll house doors, elevator doors, cabinet doors.  Also any drawer works for this challenge as well. Only two establishments on Sutter Street in old Folsom boast these wrought-iron security doors.  They always catch my eye, and I think they pay a bit of […]

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WPC: Numbers

First chart in the pattern

The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of June 3, 2016. Equations. Clock faces. Cash registers. Numbers are everywhere: this week, share a photo that puts them front and center. As a rule, numbers and I don’t get along very well.  Most of the time, the thought of doing any sort of math causes me to break out […]

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Life in the big city

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is All About Cities (Skylines to Street Photography). Any city scene is allowed in this challenge.  Cities come in all personalities, shapes and sizes. Anything you like about a big city is allowed.  You can show off your cityscapes, obvious city buildings of any kind, street photography. I don’t spend much time in the […]

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WPC: Spare

The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of May 27, 2016. Spare has many connotations: it can mean one too many, or sparse, or even to release something from harm. I’m looking forward to seeing your interpretations! Bonus points to those who tell the story behind their “spare” inspiration. One of the classic cars taking part in last […]

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Two wonderful old buildings

Petaluma Silk Factory

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this weeks is Architecture: What types of building appeal to you: Modern Art, Historical,  Colonial,  Gothic, European, Asian,  Commercial,  Industrial?  Take your pick. do you like?  Any building that you like, for any reason is appropriate for this week’s challenge. I’m always fascinated by Victorian-style architecture, and there are plenty of great examples scattered throughout Northern California.  Here […]

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WPC: Jubilant

The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of May 20, 2016. Jubilant, adjective: showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant… Let’s all end this week on a high note, with images that say jubilant. Hey, guys — I just heard a rumor that we’re part of the Orangevale Pow Wow Days parade!  Isn’t that hilarious?  Somebody ought to let them know […]

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Answers to What Is That?

I really enjoyed the “What’s This?” challenge brought to us by Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge! A lot of the fun was visiting other people’s blogs and guessing at their items; but I also loved being the one with all the answers! Before I reveal the answers to my two photos, I thought I’d share a wider view, just in case you’d still […]

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What is that?

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is called “What’s this?” This challenge is to post a photo or two that you think viewers might be not be able to identify.  And let bloggers guess as to what object you photographed.  This is meant to be fun and hopefully will get us interacting with each other more than usual. I’ll admit I […]

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