Whilst I have been incarcerated here at home because of the pandemic I have been trying to read at least some of the 30 plus unread books I own. My latest was this book. I was going to write a review of this fascinating history when I stumbled upon this superb review written by Grace … Continue reading
Vichy Springs Near Ukiah in Northern California
I have visited Vichy Springs but once. The once was some 30 years ago when I lived in Kentfield (on Sir Francis Drake Drive) in Marin. That I didn’t take the waters I remember. And that’s about it. To get to Fort Bragg from the Bay Area we come all the way north on Route … Continue reading
The Astor Cut, Lord Astor’s Country Mansion at Cliveden, The Profumo Affair, The Fieldbrook Stump
This blog started several years ago when I first found out and obtained access to the Digital Archives of the Bancroft Library at Berkeley University. I was wandering around the sections relating to logging in Mendocino County when I came across these two photos: Slice of a very large slice of a very large tree … Continue reading
6 Virtual Train Rides From Around The World
These vids got me into a lot of hot water. Wife Sarah could not understand how I could spend so much time watching vids of train journeys, So a warning to the wise these vids are looooooooooong. The original post does not tell you how long each is. The site has a lot of advertising … Continue reading
71 Years And I Got To Capture It (31 Pics of Keukenhof)
In May 2019 wife Sarah and I celebrated by taking a trip to Holland. The previous visit we had taken a bus tour to Keukenhof to see the millions of tulips. The brief tour whetted our appetite and we vowed to come back on our own and spend as much time as we wanted at … Continue reading
“King Giant”, Redwood, California
I don’t often probe into the Library of Congress archives. When I do I seem to end up with more mysteries than I started out with. This photo was in two pieces when I found it on the Library of Congress. I have tried to stitch it back together but have failed. There was nothing … Continue reading
Pelicans along the Mendocino Coast – Part 2
My favorite bird is the Great Blue Heron. An easy second is the Pelican. I thought that Ogden Nash Dixon wrote this limerick. He didn’t, Lanier Merritt, editor of The Tennessean, wrote it: A wonderful bird is the pelican. His bill can hold more than his belican. He can hold in his beak Enough food … Continue reading
Derailment of Two California Western Railroad (CWR) Prairie (2-6-2t) Locos north of Cleone on CWR’s Ten Mile Branch – Maybee?????
A few days ago a gentleman named Mervin Mahler sent me four photos that I believe were taken from a scrapbook or photo album. I have separated them and you can see them below: In his e-mail Mervin said …… “I received this with a group of Rockport photo’s. I know that these engines would … Continue reading