Saturday, May 31, 2014

The Feed Store

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Every small town has one. This is ours.
Central Valley Feed Store

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Alien Guardian

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On a lonely country road, there is a gated entrance to a private driveway.
On the other side of the iron gate is this 9 foot tall guy.

Nice abs actually!

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

1901 Oldsmobile

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Ray with his 1901 Oldsmobile.

We met Ray on Memorial Day. He drove his 113 year old car
30 miles round trip to the National Cemetery.

Sporting "Patriot Guard Riders" and "Second Amendment" signs on his car,
and patches on his vest, Ray is colorful to say the least!

Notice the LARGE pistol on the front of his car.

Two interesting facts about Ray:

1. He makes custom wooden toys,
2. He was friends with
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Post Office

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We are pretty formal here in Shasta Lake City.

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Friday, May 16, 2014

Peloton

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The lead peloton, Tour of California, Leona Valley,
corner of Elizabeth Lake Road and Godde Hill Road.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Spectre?

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I saw this when I was backing out of the driveway this morning.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Backyard Fun!

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This is Tig, a two year old female Border Collie.

Monday, May 12, 2014

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Drive-by Shooting II

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Another chance photo shot out the car window while driving by. This little snow cone stand is on Churn Creek Blvd., Redding, CA.

Friday, May 9, 2014

Drive-by Shooting

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The great Civil War photographer, Matthew Brady, actually took very few of the photos that appeared under his name. His assistants shot most of the pictures. In this case, after a day of me making several very nice photos, my wife and assistant asked for the camera. Nikki made this photo as we were driving by the corner of Hilltop and Cypress. 

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Friday, May 2, 2014

Hooded Oriole (male)

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A Hooded Oriole on my front porch. I made this photograph using a remote shutter release. The camera was manually prefocused. Thank you Stephanie for helping me to identify this bird.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Red Bluff Clock

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My wife Nikki made this photograph. She and I both shot this tower from different angles, and we framed it differently. I shot this with the sun to my back, while Nikki shot it slightly facing the sun. She framed the tower with the tree to the left in the photo, and that tree also shaded the sun from the lens. This is a 100% crop photo. I really like my photo, but I like Nikki's better. I am thrilled!