Las summer I started going through my dad’s old collection of color slides and scanning them to my computer — and cleaning them up as best I can. Since I finished with the images from Mexico, I’ve decided to go a little deeper into the past and share some of the more interesting photos in my family’s slide collection. This week […]
Four decorative tiles seen at the corner of Sutter and Riley streets, Historic Folsom:
The Daily Press Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of November 18, 2016. For this week’s challenge, find some magic, and charm us with it. A Spider’s Web Silk-thin silver strings woven cleverly into a lair, An intricate entwining of divinest thread… Like strands of magic worked upon the air, The spider spins his enchanted web – His home so […]
Huell visits the world’s first motel, the Motel Inn in San Luis Obispo; a stop at Pozo’s Saloon, a stagecoach stop, and chat with the last remaining citizen of Moy Mell, where a colony of people called Dunites lived in the sand dunes from the 1920s through the 1940s. When I think about the Central Coast of California, I tend to think […]
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Roofs. This week the topic is Roofs. Most building have some sort of roof to it. I want to see roofs from any angle. If you can get a photo from above the could be awesome. Parts of roofs from the ground is great too. Roofs from dilapidated buildings can have […]
(Images 1 and 2 courtesy of the Big Guy, who took them for me in between catching fish.)
Farewell, Mexico Monday! Even though I suspect there still must be a few more slides somewhere around the house (including one of an 8-year-old me standing on a street corner holding onto a giant bunch of balloons), they have yet to turn up, so this will be my final week sharing my dad’s slide images of trips to Mexico. First, […]
The San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park includes the Hyde Street Pier, where visitors can explore historic ships and enjoy some amazing views of the city and the bay.