technicolor trees

i took these as i was leaving the outside lands festival tonight with my digital camera . beautiful .

morro bay roll #3

top of the rock

Morro Bay

jim, grandma, and james spot jellyfish in the harbor

fishing boats and the power plant

fishing boat in the harbor

james & jim

mom & grandma

my brother

beach cafe double exposure

morro beach

remembering margret

My step-grandmother, Margret Dooley passed away about a month ago today. Although I wasn't very close to Margret, I had spent a number of weekends with my family growing up, making the three to four hour drive down to Morro Bay to visit with her. She was a simple woman, it just took a cigarette, a cup of tea, and her cat to make her happy.
My family got the caravan together and we made our first trip down to Morro Bay in about seven years for the services. It was a sad time, but it was great for us all to be together to remember Margret, and to celebrate her life. We had the opportunity to go to her home, and we all gathered something that we could remember her by. There were boxes and boxes of old photos, but I found these tiny brownie prints that I was especially fond of :

Margret and her cousins (she is the one in the middle in the bottom left photo)

Switzerland 1951

striking poses

This one is my favorite, and I was lucky enough to find the negative buried in a box. . .look at those LEGS

I was also lucky enough to find this negative of my step father, Jim playing with his train as a little boy

and one more of Margret .

the attic

morro bay roll #2

A sad, but beautiful day, saying goodbye to Grandma Margret

walking to the site

telling stories, sharing memories

Father Ed departing

cayucos cemetery

Margret's home in morro bay

margret's kitchen

my mother and step father sharing an old photograph, with an accidental double exposure of Margrets bedroom window

morro bay roll #1

grandma at the motel 6

st. timothy's church

books of hyms

norma & grandmom

grandmom

Father Ed

womens world series day

chris & john eagerly watch as japan defeats usa

chris ready for action with his camera