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Author Archives: Skip@RR
Just another snowy morning in Redding for Spring 2023
Shot this view of my backyard while sipping coffee recently. Very soothing. We’ve had a lot of snow this season. Very unusual, and yet very welcome after so many years of draught. The Sierra and even San Bernardino Mountains are … Continue reading
Redding’s new Bike Hub under construction
So this video is from last November, as you may guess from all the Fall foliage surrounding the scene. Fun to see the sunlight gleaming on the copper roof. Construction is very much farther along at this point. Still very … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Redding
Tagged Bike Hub, Bike Redding
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Snow Day! Sundial Bridge and surrounds in early Spring 2023
Snowy Sundial Bridge taken 2/24/2023 after a brief but intense snow event. Music in this 4K video is by Craig Padilla and Skip Murphy from the CD Planetary Elements, Vol 2. “Lithium” C 2005, Courtesy of Space for Music Records. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Redding, Sundial Bridge, Video
Tagged 4K Redding, Craig Padilla, Schreder Planetarium, Snow in Redding
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Snowboarding the Mt Shasta Ski Park
Grandson (9) asked me to post his helmet cam video of his snowboard run at the Mt Shasta Ski Park yesterday so he could show his friends. You can see it in 4K if you have a fast connection. A … Continue reading
Shasta Dam spillway 6 years ago today
Exactly 6 years ago today, I took this video of the spillway at Shasta Dam near full flow. We have not seen anything remotely near this capacity reached since then. Our Sacramento River watershed has been suffering terrible drought over … Continue reading
Posted in Sacramento River, Shasta Lake
Tagged Shasta Dam spillway
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Charity Crab Feed for One Safe Place
The annual Crab Feed is a Charity for the local women’s refuge, One Safe Place. I’ve posted here about this iconic event at least once before, 12 years ago, seen here. These images are from 2023, and are from the … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Phllanthropy
Tagged Crab feed, Line dance, One Safe Place, women's refuge
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California’s first 3D Printed Homes are in Redding
Here’s a great project to build 4 homes in Redding with this intriguing new construction method. Is this the wave of the future? So, evidently I live in a science fiction novel. They print houses in my town. And I … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Real Estate, Redding
Tagged #thisisredding, 3Dprinted homes
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Snowboarding on Mt. Shasta with my grandson
About an hour drive north on I-5 from Redding is the Mt Shasta Ski Park. Went up on Sunday 1/22/2023 and captured this photo of my grandson, 9, with the glorious mountain in the background, sporting a lenticular cloud crown. … Continue reading
Posted in Mt Shasta, Photography, Redding
Tagged Mt Shasta, Northstate, Skip Park, Snowboarding
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A Christmas present from musician Craig Padilla
Here’s my pal Craig Padilla offering the gift of music for everyone. Recorded for Christmas in a living room in Cottonwood CA (near Redding CA) in 2022. Craig Padilla is an American electronic musician and composer known for his ambient … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Cottonwood, Craig Padilla, Electronic music
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Walk through the Garden of Lights 2022
Only a few more days left to enjoy an evening stroll through the McConnell Arboretum festooned with zillions of dancing lights. Seen here from above via my drone video: I’ve written about this unique attraction before, and it just … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden of Lights
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