City builders
Shot on November 9, 2018, from San Francisco’s Temporary Transbay Terminal. The grey sky in the last two images is not Bay Area fog but rather smoke from the devastating Camp Fire in Butte County.
Engines and machines
My entry for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week: Anything With Engines or Motors.
California commuter
I was trying to capture the bright red reflection of the sun in the train window. Instead I got a very nice candid shot of a fellow commuter.
Summer Santa
Rocks, boulders, and stones
My entry for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week.
Spring in December
This week I got a case of “spring fever” and spent the last couple of days reorganizing my craft room/office. It felt great to toss out piles of stuff I don’t use anymore and to donate some more yarn to the Hooks and Needles crafting group at Folsom Prison (see video below). This is such a wonderful group, I would […]
Passive-aggressive rocks
I know that some people like to paint pictures and happy messages on rocks and leave them for others to find, but this takes things to the other extreme. I happened to notice this very bitter rock sitting by the sidewalk on a busy street. I checked the nearby rocks but didn’t see any other messages. Hopefully, venting his or […]
The Adventure Continues… Poinsettias
I’ve never featured this 2004 episode of California’s Gold in which Huell visits the Eckes’ poinsetta ranch in Encenitas, but I did link to it a couple of years ago. After spotting some blue and orange poinsettia plants for sale in the supermarket this morning, I thought it would be good to take another look at where and how these […]
Folsom’s history: The Chan House
On the lower end of Sutter Street, not far from the Light Rail station, sits a small nondescript house. This tiny building, so easily overlooked, actually holds the key to a rich and fascinating — and mostly forgotten — chapter in Folsom’s history that reaches back to the 1850s gold rush. During the 1880s, Folsom contained a vibrant Chinatown with […]