Just a quick post of the beautiful view of Redding from The Bluffs condo community, where I was yesterday shooting a home that is being put up for sale.
Spectacular Fall (almost) days. It’s Really Redding.
A dragonfly on a dragonfly sculpture
Northstate photographer David Gendron
David Gendron lives and shoots in our far Northern California region. His images often range from surreal to abstract and beyond.
Provocative, and evocative.
Visions well worth our view. Click on any of the thumbnails here to go to his online gallery.
Now living in Cottonwood, David is self described thus:
I’m on Earth for a photo assignment. Not sure where my next job will be.
Well, we’re glad you stopped in for a look around, and to show us what you saw, David. You are Really Redding.
Pros & Joes Grilldown downtown
Block party in Redding today. Actually, several blocks. Competition between local and professional barbeque teams for the tastiest grill, as chosen by popular vote.
Here are a few of the images I captured today.
Like most humans in possession of both an X and a Y chomosone, I was born believing I too could grill. Over the years having sampled some really heavenly barbecue in other parts of the country, I came to realize my grilling prowess was more delusion than delicious. A tip of the tongs then, to these chefs gathered in Redding today. May the best grill win.
Block parties with a culinary theme. It’s Really Redding.
A world of waterlillies
Counting blessings
A Redding panorama
Angry dog
Colossal oak on Benton Drive
We had a strong wind last night. I saw some damaged trees around town. This big oak on Benton Drive still stands.
We have some big trees in the Redding area. A while back, the wind took one of my favorite big beautiful oaks down. It was located on Deschutes Road. I thought I had a photo of that tree, but sadly I can’t find it. I will try to post more trees. ReallyRedding is a tree city, and there are many standouts.
A collection of Mediterranean religious imagery for Easter
While looking for images of the farmers market in Valencia for my last post, I realized I had some interesting (at least to me) images of churches and religious imagery from some Mediterranean cities that might make an appropriate post for Easter Sunday.
A couple of notes:
I had been randomly cataloging Redding Church buildings here at Really Redding over the years. I should start that again. In contrast to Europe, Redding churches tend to be utilitarian in design. Perhaps that’s our denomination then, we are mostly Utilitarians here.
The first image in the gallery above, and the animation at the bottom, shows a church riddled with bullet holes from the Spanish Civil War, Saint Felip Neri in Barcelona.
