Red Hot Poker, Weaverville, California

This flower is so distinctive and different from ther flowers.

Red hot poker is the name and it looks exactly as it sounds.  As if you were to poke it into the fire.

Dhalias that look like daisies, Trinity county, California

My cousin's mother in law owns this house that has a nice garden, it's very old.  It has huge old rose bushes, and huge fruit trees, and it is somewhat of a "garden of paradise". 


I find all kinds of flowers here for photos.  There is also a separate garden area, which actually someone has planted vegetables and herbs.

My cousin planted these dahlias which kinda look like a daisy of sorts.  I never saw this flower before, but thought it was very neat.

Highway 299 Buckhorn Summit Road Construction

Be prepared this spring and summer for road work being done on Buckhorn Summit, Highway 299 West. Which means waiting for the pilot truck both ways in the commute.  

I went by there a week or so ago and there were three particular bends that are going to be "straightened out".  They took down many trees, I stopped at just one of the sites to take photographs.  It hurts to see all old trees being cut down. 

Buckhorn Summit road construction, Shasta county side, 2011.

Trees cut down on Highway 299 for road widening.

Excerpt from Trinity Journal, 100 Years Ago

The Trinity Journal is a weekly newspaper. I like to read "The News Back Then" section, which has is the news from years ago, 25 50, 75, 100 and 125 years. This one is from 100 years ago Sept 19, 1909.

The atmosphere has been smoky for the past week, owing to forest fires, 15 of which are raging in the Trinity National forest. Two are near town, one on Brown's Mountain and the other on Mr. Bally. No damage is reported other than to timber

Surveyor H.L. Lowden went out to the Coumbs' Springs last Monday to examine into the matter of the location of a road connecting Coumbs's springs with wagon roads already established. The owners of the springs desire to have wagon road communication established as soon as possible, and will endeavor to complete the connecting road this fall.

On the trip up from Redding last Monday near Lowden Ranch, the Weaverville automobile stripped a gear and was compelled to stop. The passengers were sent to town in a livery team. The parts for the auto arrived Thursday from San Francisco and the company expects to have the machine repaired by the first of the week.

View of Weaverville, CA from Oregon Mountain

On my way back from Helena a couple weeks ago I stopped at the top of Oregon mountain to take pictures of the valley below. Good ole Weaverville!

A very nice police officer pulled over and asked me if everything was alright, and to be careful. Everything was fine, and I was careful. Thanks for checking on me! :-)

Trinity River, Summer Day in July 2009

On 4th of July after the parade I went down to the river to relax, with my cousins daughter and Lily. It was very hot and the water was ice cold. Takes your breath away, when you go underwater. It is the most refreshing! These two photographs I took after wading out into the middle of the river.