2006-12-25T14:27:41Z tag:my-expressions.com,2006:200588 2006-12-25T06:26:11Z 2006-12-25T06:26:11Z TCS
Best wishes to all my kind visitors. Here's to happy times and good fortune!]]> tag:my-expressions.com,2006:199232 2006-12-17T10:49:06Z 2006-12-17T10:49:06Z TCS
Now for something completely different, another shot from the way back family archives. I'm missing some details on this one, like the photographer, camera, and year, but according to my wife this is her great grandmother Alice 'Nanny' Green and her husband Charlie in the front seat with their boy, Victor. Victor grew sort of like that impressive tree, and we credit our son's height to this distant DNA. The folks in the back are unknown friends who were along for the ride. ]]> tag:my-expressions.com,2006:197865 2006-12-10T21:47:46Z 2006-12-10T21:47:46Z TCS
Thanks for all the nice comments, everyone. Here's a color shot that gives an idea of the weathering they have endured. It would be cool to see what they looked like when they first were put into service. Taken 11/10/06.]]> tag:my-expressions.com,2006:196729 2006-12-05T08:01:01Z 2006-12-05T08:01:01Z TCS
Well, I think these old things on the ropes are some long-suffering boat fenders. They're being used to rope off a few pathways near the office at Crystal Cove. There was some color on them, old paint that was rather muted, so I ended up liking the shot best in black and white. Taken 10/09/06.]]> tag:my-expressions.com,2006:195802 2006-11-30T05:24:46Z 2006-11-30T05:24:46Z TCS
Here's a shot by a guest photographer, my maternal grandfather, Clarence Norris, whom I'm sorry to say died before I was born. My mother is on the left with her mother, circa 1938, on what my mom recalls as a very cold road trip to Sequoia National Park. She recalls how their blankets were inadequate and how her father went bought newspapers for extra insullation on their camping cots. Exact date unknown.
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I guess no photoblog from California would be complete without a shot of bougainvillea. This example was trailing up a stairway railing at Crystal Cove. Taken 08/04/06.]]> tag:my-expressions.com,2006:193423 2006-11-20T08:01:00Z 2006-11-20T08:01:00Z TCS
Wow, it's been a while, but at least I'm posting something. I'm looking forward to getting back to seeing some pictures over next week's thanksgiving break. Thanks to everyone who has been kind enough to drop by in the meantime. This shot is from Crystal Cove, and I ended up splashing away in the surf as a wave did it's best to soak my camera. Too bad, I got away, so I've no good reason to go shopping . . . . Taken 08/04/06.]]> tag:my-expressions.com,2006:192767 2006-11-16T05:04:12Z 2006-11-16T05:04:12Z TCS Sorry I haven't been visiting your fantastic sites, but one day I'll have the time to see the nice shots I'm missing. Here is a green bottle that I shot instead of people at the family reunion. No one will ever put me in charge of family photos again. Taken 07/01/06.]]> tag:my-expressions.com,2006:192089 2006-11-13T05:09:52Z 2006-11-13T05:09:52Z TCS
Early morning out in Banning, California (near Palm Springs) and I spot a fire crew heading out to clear some brush. Besides a variety of illegally dumped sofas and smashed beer bottles, there wasn't much else going on at the end of this road. I would have explored a bit, but the road's heavily barricaded termination greeted me with a variety of signs proclaiming that the area was a hazardous substance zone. I decided not to stroll further as it was already so hot that I was beginning to think just leaving the car was hazardous. Taken 08-21-06.]]> tag:my-expressions.com,2006:191177 2006-11-08T08:01:00Z 2006-11-08T08:01:00Z TCS Afternoon sun slants some shadows on vintage appliances in our beachfront cottage. Taken at Crystal Cove, 08/01/06.]]>