I happened to catch this one-hour episode of “Road Trip” the other day and thought it would be fun to check out Huell’s visits to the five corners of California. It seems like he managed to accidentally annoy at least a couple of people by suggesting the state line between Oregon and California wasn’t where they thought it was! And […]
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Any kind of camera or photos of photographers. Go through your photo archives and see what photos you have that fits the current week’s challenge, or better yet grab your camera and take a new photo! ENJOY and have FUN. I went deep into my archives on this one! These photos […]
I’ve finally splurged on a new print scanner, and wow, what a difference! I’m now able to share some of the recent group of slides I had previously held back, due to their poor quality. The Lake Tahoe image above is a good example — as well as the photograph of Half Dome in Yosemite. On my previous scanner, the […]
My entry for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week. It can be a man made structure or nature made. Let’s see how creative you can get. I’m looking forward to what you all decide to post.
A selection of smiling faces, 1972-1974.
A couple of memories really stand out for me about our trips to Mexico in the early 1970s. One is that a different color and type of fabric was chosen for the dresses worn by the women of the team each summer. One year the color was a bright reddish-orange; another year it was lime green. These were not bought […]
The famous race of the Confidence and the Queen City, while not featured by gunfire, nearly ended in flames so far as the latter vessel was concerned. The Confidence, of California Steam, burned Philadelphia coal, imported at some expense; the Queen City, which belonged to the Marysville outfit, depended upon the cheaper and more plentiful local supply of wood. So […]
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of November 8, 2017. This week, show us something you appreciate despite — or even because of — its short shelf life. My temporary home during my brief vacation in San Francisco in August this year was The Dakota. The previous year I stayed in a hotel near Fisherman’s Wharf; it […]