I like it. Do you have any that show the whole house? It's an interesting bit of history. Paul On Feb 8, 2007, at 6:04 AM, David Savage wrote:
> Nothing at all worng with that shot :-) > > Nicely done. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > On 2/8/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This is the side of a house my great grandfather built in 1858. He >> came from >> Scotland to California for the California Gold Rush. He did end up >> making a >> good bit of money -- with a cattle ranch. :-) >> >> When I went up to northern Northern California to visit Scott Valley >> where >> my father grew up, I went around and looked at historical sites, >> especially >> sites related to my family. Most all I had seen before, but when I >> was much >> younger so it was good to revisit them. >> >> The ranch is still there, owned by two doctor brothers as a tax >> write-off. >> They, very nicely, have preserved all the old buildings. >> >> It wasn't very big, about 10x10' or 10x15' with a low roof. A larger >> house >> was built much later. It snows up there in the winter, sometimes a >> lot. They >> would have lived crowded into this little cabin in heavy snow. >> >> >> I wasn't using a tripod, and I think it's just semi-interesting, but >> the B&W >> conversion seems okay. >> >> http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/homestead.htm >> >> Comments welcome. >> >> >> Marnie aka Doe :-) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
