Big and Small

The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Big and Small. You can have big and small objects in the same photo.  Or you can have at least one photo of a very large item and one photo of a very small item in your photo.  What I am looking for is great contrast. Big:  The scow schooner Alma, built in 1891, docked at Hyde Street […]

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Summing up: 2016 in review

This is my very first year-end retrospective post! 2016 was the first year I began taking my blogging more seriously, posting on a regular basis with more scheduled posts. I’ve still got plenty to learn as I go forward, but I think I’m off to a promising start. And much thanks goes to you, my fellow bloggers and readers, for […]

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Amazing clouds

Yesterday morning I walked outside to grab the newspaper, and when I glanced up at the sky I’m sure I did a double-take.  Then I ran back into the house to grab my camera. I’m not sure if these are “popcorn clouds” or something else, but they certainly were a stunning sight!

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On the art of stacking rocks

Recently one of my fellow bloggers, MickETalbot, shared an image on his blog of one rock perched precariously atop another and this comment: Apart from my family I don’t personally know of anybody else who plays at rock balancing. None of them, or myself, have managed 3 high, still trying though. I live near and hike a lot in areas with […]

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Houses and Barns

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge for this week is Houses and/or Barns. This week the topic is Houses and/or Barns.  This week I want to see houses of all sorts anything from from a small shack to apartments to mansions.  I also am curious where we keep our pets and animals so barns, chicken house, and dog houses are allowed as […]

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Mexico Monday #15

Even when my dad wasn’t spending summers traveling in Mexico with Frank Gonzales, he still found opportunities to travel and meet new people.  These photos were taken on his trips to Baja California with Vacation Samaritan.  The Vacation Samaritans were groups of mostly young people who voluntarily traveled from their churches to work sites in Mexico. They would help build […]

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