The theme of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Letter K – Needs to have the letter K anywhere in the word. Let’s see how creative you can we can be on this challenge. Have fun with this week’s challenge. Husk Silkie rooster: Walkway, with chain link fencing Halloween skull
October 1996 — A quick trip to Cicely, Alaska. The TV show Northern Exposure aired in the US from 1990 to 1995. It was set in the fictional small town of Cicely, Alaska; but it was actually filmed in the very real small town of Roslyn, Washington. In the fall of 1996, while my mom and I were visiting Leavenworth, […]
Here are a couple of images (taken at the Sacramento History Museum) that I forgot to include with my post on Monday, Exploring Sutter’s Fort, Part 3.
The theme of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Needs to start with the letter I. If you have a photo of an igloo this challenge is perfect for you. All you need this week is a topic that starts with the letter I. Or for those who have a hard time with the letter I, you may also use […]
One of the more odd street names around my area — although there’s actually a reason for it. This road runs between Chestnut and Walnut streets. But I’m still glad I don’t have to tell people I live on Chestwall!
The Pony Express horse and rider at the corner of 2nd and J Streets in Sacramento are a reminder of the city’s role as a vital mail terminus for 19 months before the completion of the telegraph lines in the west. The statue stands near the pedestrian tunnel leading from Old Sacramento to the heart of downtown.
Last week I visited the Sacramento History Museum, tucked neatly between the California State Railroad Museum and the Sacramento River at the top of Front Street. One part of the museum I wish I’d had more time to examine was a temporary exhibit called Place and Replace: The Making of Old Sacramento. While I was growing up in the eastern […]