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3D printed homes come to Redding

BySkip@RR December 5, 2022February 6, 2025

So, evidently I live in a science fiction novel. They print houses in my town. And I took a photo of the work getting underway using a supercomputer/digital camera I carry around in my pocket. It’s easy to get bogged down with all that seems to be going wrong in this world. But given my…

Market Street in Redding 1925

BySkip@RR November 18, 2022February 6, 2025

The Shasta Historical Society posted this image on Facebook. I cleaned it up a bit in Photoshop.

Redding | Water | Weather

Weather West Blog

BySkip@RR November 6, 2022February 6, 2025

If you have managed to stumble on this blog, you might also be interested in Redding Weather. Redding weather is inextricably entwined with the weather all around us. And water issues as well. Of course, you can get current weather info in all sorts of media. But Weather West is where you can find more…

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A bird’s eye view of new construction underway in Downtown Redding

BySkip@RR November 5, 2022February 6, 2025

So much new construction underway in Redding! I took the drone out for a look, otherwise you can only see it from ground level. Apologies in advance for the jerky camera movements. Over the years I have been flying I usually shoot still images, so this is much needed practice. Fun to see all the…

Environment | Events | Historical | Photography | Video

Heritage Day at Burney Falls

BySkip@RR November 4, 2022February 6, 2025

World famous Burney Falls is about an hour drive East from Redding. We went up for their Heritage Day festivities, and it was great fun. Here is Burney Falls: Here’s an image of the event: There were lot’s of demonstrations and participation for kids in various “Pioneer” crafts like wood cutting, branding irons, and (my…

Photography | Redding

Virtual tour of the renewed downtown Redding

BySkip@RR August 8, 2022February 6, 2025

I walked through the new downtown Redding shortly after it opened in early 2021, and I created this virtual tour. It was all so new and clean. It was almost startlingly surreal at the time. Some of the businesses seen in these images have already changed since then.

Art | Photography

Welcome to Pride Month in Redding 2022

BySkip@RR June 6, 2022February 6, 2025

Greetings from Downtown Redding’s Umbrella Alley. Image from June 2021.

Photography | Redding

A rare foggy day in Redding

BySkip@RR January 6, 2022February 6, 2025

Today is foggy in Redding. It doesn’t often happen. Here are some images of local scenes draped in mist. I took these shots last November.

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City of Shasta Lake Civic Center

BySkip@RR December 3, 2021February 7, 2025

Enough Covid gloom. I feel like I need to get back to regular posting. Here’s some photos I took today of the City of Shasta Lake’s Civic Center. I think it looks pretty terrific. Especially so if you had seen it’s predecessor. Located on the former campus where my kids went to middle school.

Covid-19 | Opinion

Covid again

BySkip@RR November 30, 2021February 7, 2025

“US response to Covid has ultimately been like our response to school shootings: Once we decided unimaginable loss was a price worth paying for an imagined ideal of freedom, the number of deaths ceased to matter. We’d trade a million lives for our need to do exactly what we want.” Peter Manseau @plmanseau · Nov…