Well, digital oil paint. I thought this digital image manipulation turned out interesting. The lovely Cascade Theatre in Redding rendered as something like an oil painting, with just few clicks. That is all.
Blacksmiths in Old Shasta today
Eaton House in Redding dressed for Christmas
The late Judge Richard Eaton’s home is being turned into a local museum. It’s really looking good these days, and now decked out for the holidays. Click to slightly enlarge.
Behrens-Eaton House Museum. Open Tuesday and Wednesday 10 am – 4 pm, and Saturday 1-4 pm. Closed Holidays. Admission Free, Donations Accepted. 1520 West Street in Redding California 96001. 530-241-3454
Bear Mountain Ranch
Snapped this barn while stuck in traffic today, believe it or not. Click to slightly enlarge.
Well, traffic control actually. There isn’t much traffic out here. They are widening the road, it would appear. Traffic control is the pause that refreshes. Lean over and shoot.
This barn on Hwy 299 looks great all seasons. Here it is in a very dry Winter.
Just a few minutes outside Redding, it’s Really Bella Vista.
Lim’s Cafe celebrates 80 years
Here’s a nice sunset image I captured yesterday. The Lim’s Cafe sign characterizes the Miracle Mile. A beacon to travelers coming into town from the north. According to blogger Marc Beauchamp, Lims Cafe is celebrating 80 years here. Click to slightly enlarge:
There are lots of images of the Lims sign on the interwebs. Usually shot against a pitch black backdrop. In this image, the neon pales to the sunset sky.
The Miracle Mile was ablaze yesterday evening. I just waved the camera around.
Sky afire on a Miracle Mile. It’s ReallyRedding.
Redding on Reddit – Photographer Cory Poole makes the front page of the internet today
Almost 3000 upvotes as of this morning! Reddit, self described as the Front Page of the Internet, has boosted Redding on its Front Page this morning. An image on Subreddit Earth Porn (which by the way can I add is not a subreddit for adult pornography like you’d find at www.sex-hd.com) by local photographer Cory Poole is delighting browsers all over the web today.
http://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/comments/1sejbw/one_of_my_favorite_sunrise_pictures_of_my/
You can see more of his excellent work on the Cory Poole Facebook page. Follow and Like for some great local photography. Highly recommended.
Nerd fame! Redding and Reddit says thanks, Cory. You’re ReallyRedding.
Sacramento Vegetable Garden blogger Bill Bird
Added a new link to vegetable garden blogger Bill Bird’s excellent Sacramento Vegetable Gardening blog.
Although not exactly a Redding resource, I imagine Sacramento vegetable gardeners face many of the same challenges as we do. His posts are written in an entertaining and informative personal style you will enjoy. Click on over for a good read, and to catch up with Bill and The Wife That Is Venus.
Some Victorian and other interesting homes in Yreka California
Below are a few photos I recently captured in Yreka California. Lovely buildings remain from Yreka’s golden era, including Victorian, Neo Classical, Edwardian, and Craftsman styles of architecture. Yreka is a small town located about an hour and a half north of Redding on Interstate 5. It’s currently the county seat for Siskiyou County. It’s sort of a sleepy village, alongside a busy interstate. But in the early part of the last century, it was evidently a bustling gold mining center. Click on any to slightly enlarge.
Yreka is worth a visit from Redding. The drive is one of the most beautiful 90 minutes in the Northstate. And Yreka’s gilded glimpse into our mining past is worth a look. Redding never achieved that sort of style, even in our timber and mining boom years of the last century.
Mt Shasta so real it looks fake
One of those images of northstate beauty that almost looks faked. Too gorgeous to be real.
Click to slightly enlarge. Shastina and Mt Shasta from Siskiyou County, not quite an hour from Redding.
She could sure use some more snow this year. This dry season. But the powdered sugar dusting simply adds contrast to her craggy majesty. Snowfall as wispy as that cloud overhead. Shot taken yesterday from a moving vehicle, no less. You have to grab the image when it grabs you. Hopefully, we’ll see her in a few days sporting a more substantial white cloak.
