A lot of us have been experiencing some pretty stormy, cold weather lately, so I thought this week it would be nice to watch as Huell visits a dry lake bed in Southern California on a hot, sunny day. I’ve never had the chance to go land sailing, but as usual, Huell manages to make it look like great fun […]
This week I’m returning to Memory Monday with a small collection of slides from 1958 that my mom recently found. The images are from a camping trip my family took (before I was born) up through Northern California, Oregon, and Washington. I’ll start with the pictures from Deception Pass State Park, located on the north point of Whidbey Island in […]
Flamingos come in many different shades of pink, thanks to their diet of brine shrimp and blue-green algae… and, apparently, sometimes a little bit of food coloring. Or in some cases, pink paint.
A couple of weeks ago I posted images of a small decorated stone I found on one of my walks through my neighborhood; that was the first time I realized this is a fun thing some groups of people have started doing, often leaving inspirational messages painted on the back of these painted rocks. So when I spotted another brightly […]
For yesterday’s Weekly Photo Challenge I shared this image of one of the small decorated rocks I’ve noticed around my neighborhood. Today I had a chance to take a closer look, and I found a message written in felt-tip marker. I’ll definitely be keeping my eyes open for more of these painted stones from now on!
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of December 13, 2017. Show us your interpretation of upward movement. I didn’t get a chance to experience the Balloon Safari when I visited the San Diego Zoo Safari Park last December, but it made for an irresistible sight as it ascended 400 feet into the air.
This is a fun yet informative episode that I’d never seen until I stumbled upon it today, as I was going through the very long list of shows Huell Howser did around California. It makes clear what an important role Sutter’s Fort played in the development of the Sacramento valley during the Gold Rush and long after — not only […]
Sacramento Delta adventures — 1998, 1999, and 2001 The Big Guy grew up fishing with his family, so it was only natural that some of our most enjoyable family vacations in recent years have been spent near (or sometimes on) local California waters. Even though his parents relocated to Texas several years ago, we try to make time at least […]