Tag Archives: california

Jacumba Statues – Who Are They?

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Donna Catterick

Driving Old Highway 80 between Manzanita and Jacumba in southern San Diego county I was startled to see these strange life-sized figures dressed mostly in sweatshirts and hard hats. Some guarded a gate. Most looked as though they were wandering … Continue reading →

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More Border Fence

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Donna Catterick

Before I built a wall I’d ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offence. Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That wants it down. —-Robert Frost, … Continue reading →

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Desert Cemetery

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Donna Catterick

A cemetery fence near Shoshone, California. I’ll link it to Friday Fences so you can see many more fences!

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California Nostalgia

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Donna Catterick

Driving from New Mexico to San Diego for a visit last week, I thought about what I missed about my home state and came up with three things that affect me almost on a primal level. One is the California … Continue reading →

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Sand Dunes and Fences

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Donna Catterick

I risked a ticket on I-8 to get this shot, but had to have it for Friday Fences!  The folks in charge of the highways try to fence the roads, but at the Imperial Dunes in the southeast corner of … Continue reading →

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Sentimental about a Tree

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Donna Catterick

I’ve just picked the first apricots off the scraggly little tree in my yard.  The entire crop will be about a couple dozen apricots – most will go to the birds.  And that’s fine with me.  But the taste of … Continue reading →

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My Childhood Home

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Donna Catterick

Here’s another textured photo project.  This is a photo from the 1940s of my childhood home with my brother and sister in the front yard.  It’s a small picture to begin with so I didn’t want to crop it much. … Continue reading →

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Gladys’ Barn

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Donna Catterick

This is from an old Polaroid of my neighbor’s barn in Las Lomas near Watsonville, California.  I took it so I could make a sketch of the barn.  Now I’ve tried to help it along with Kim Klassen’s Back-In texture.  … Continue reading →

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Barn Charm – California Central Valley

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Donna Catterick

I found another linky that I like – Barn Charm.  I do love photos of barns, especially the old ones. Here’s my entry – a barn somewhere near Mercey Hot Springs, California.

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