This week, the Eureka Street Art Festival has painters in place at fifteen localities around town, working on new murals. We spent the afternoon driving around town looking at most of the murals indicated on the map for the event. Painters have through the weekend to complete their work, and as a result, there wereContinue reading “Local Color: The Eureka Street Art Festival”
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The Sweetness of Spring
We haven’t traveled this year, and though I was disappointed at first, I have made peace with staying home. Though best known for marijuana cultivation, Humboldt County’s climate is perfect for flowers. Not only do blossoms appear early in February, they continue through June. I am amazed by the range of flowers that grow profuselyContinue reading “The Sweetness of Spring”
Eureka’s Rhododendron Parade
Like the Pacific Northwest, the Eureka area has climate particularly friendly to cultivation of the rhododendron family of flowering bushes–they include azaleas and a lot of varieties of “rhodys” of all sizes. There is a Rhododendron Society, and an annual Rhododendron Parade, this year it was Saturday April 27, 2024. I love the Rhododendron Parade,Continue reading “Eureka’s Rhododendron Parade”
Spring arrives
Daffodils have been blooming for two weeks or more but it hasn’t seemed like spring because of the near-constant rain. The downpours have abated, the sun is out and spring is really visible all around us. The sky is light later in the day, and the sun seems brighter. I see colors that remind meContinue reading “Spring arrives”
Flood Stage
California is having record-breaking rain. Yesterday, the Los Angeles area received over 4 inches of rain, more than double the previous record set in the 1920s. Here in Eureka, there hasn’t been as much rain, but it’s been rainy. Today, we decided to do some exploring and go take a look at the Eel River.Continue reading “Flood Stage”
Holiday Season in Humboldt
This is a busy time in and around Eureka, generally called “Humboldt” in reference to greater Humboldt County. There have been multiple Christmas fairs, craft fairs, holiday fairs, and school fairs all month, and these continue right up to Christmas Eve. I haven’t been to many of these, but I know there are all kindsContinue reading “Holiday Season in Humboldt”
The wrong way to Portland: Music, Wine, Family
We planned an easy trip to Portland, driving from Eureka, CA to Grant’s Pass, OR on Friday afternoon and on to Portland on Saturday. We’d drive four hours each day. The road winds through the forests of far northern California, and straightens out in Oregon at Interstate 5. It’s been just long enough since weContinue reading “The wrong way to Portland: Music, Wine, Family”
Morris Graves Museum “Junque Arte”
I recoil slightly at the term Junk Art, as I don’t view my jewelry as junk at all. Our local museum, the Morris Graves Museum of Art has an annual Junque Arte exhibit, a juried show of objects made from reused materials. I entered two pieces and both were accepted. Since we traveled to ItalyContinue reading “Morris Graves Museum “Junque Arte””
The equinox hints at fall
I believed that September 21 was always the start of Autumn, but I am wrong. This year the fall equinox when night and day are the same length on the Equator, is September 23, in the middle of the night. The past few days have hinted that the seasons are beginning to change. I wentContinue reading “The equinox hints at fall”
Where to spend August
You can go anywhere in the world in April and May. (Springtime in Paris!) But where do you go in August, when everyone in Italy is on vacation, Europe is overrun with Americans, and it’s broiling almost everywhere? Eureka, California, is your answer. Summer didn’t really arrive until around the Fourth of July, and nowContinue reading “Where to spend August”
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