Here’s a good sized FDotD candidate at 1758 sq ft. It’s on a nice cul de sac.We recall it was painted a much brighter shade of green back in 2004 when it was listed for $275K. It’s now the unwanted asset of the Freddie Mac organization. their interests in this sale are being represented by [...] […]
We are informed this one is coming soon, but has no price yet. In fact, the locksmith had begun work on it as we left, so no interior shots. It needs cleaning anyway. The kitchen looks typical of the homes for sale in the Land Park area. These were built just a few years ago, [...] […]
It’s a sad day when we see the foreclosed home of friends on display here as FDotD. Sigh. Well, this cute bungalow was once a much loved project, but is now waiting for new owners to love it again. You, perhaps? We like the curves and angles, and the hardwood floors of this 1100 sq [...] […]
Today’s FDotD looked familiar. We showed it a couple of times in 2009. Back then it was listed as 28269 Alpine Way, and this same Shingletown foreclosure home seems to have sold for $109K. Here’s how it looked back then: Remarkably similar. Anyway it must not have lasted long before being foreclosed again. It’s listed [...] […]
Here’s a nice looking home in a terrific northwest Redding neighborhood. We took this shot above while driving out to the FDotD on Americana a few days ago. We are provided with a large number of images of this foreclosed Redding CA home at the MLS listing here. Hmm, can’t understand why they left the [...] […]
Our 600th post! Actually, this is our 601st post. We had no idea we’d be doing this when we started out almost 2 years ago. Just look at all the foreclosures. Scrolling back through the posts here is like a daily diary of pain and recovery. Surely, history will look back on this REO era [...] […]
According to tax records, today’s FDotD sold for a generous $430K back in 2006. Prior to that it seems to have sold as a new home for $287K in 2004. So: the value of this home nearly doubled in 2 years? Now, the value has descended to less than it cost new 6 years ago? [...] […]
Here’s a 2800 sq ft west Redding home with a pool for less than $100 per sq ft. Below replacement costs, probably. This 2 story 4/3 was built in 1968, and sits at the end of the Quartz Court cul-de-sac. The pie shaped lot is quite large in back, and there is a a portable [...] […]
It appears that this lovely home was built in 2008, and then abandoned. It’s a very modern stucco 1681 sq ft 3/2 with granite slab, tile floor kitchen and newly landscaped front and back. Inside laundry, and energy efficient construction. The lot overlooks a greenbelt in a terrific northwest Redding neighborhood, and there is a [...] […]
Happily, I was invited to this wedding by Erin’s friend Kimberly, of Kimberly Nicole Boutique. You may recognize the couple. She and Cleveland are also on the cover of the new June issue of Enjoy Magazine. The ceremony and reception was held in the Atrium at the south end of the Promenade, behind Leatherby’s. It’s an unexpectedly nice place for a wedding. I shot some video and some stills, and combined the two to the live music from the wedding. The first half is Cleveland’s wedding song, and the second half is Kim’s dad and uncles, the Woods Brothers, singing classic a capella. It’s a real treat, and a rare slice of Redding.
During a break in our Winter weather, I went to a bluff overlooking the Sacramento River to shoot some panoramas of my town, Redding California, poised beneath newly snow dusted mountains. While shooting, I noticed the really interesting activity that was taking place at my feet. Fairy Rings of mushrooms were scattered about around the Valley Oaks on the bluff. Evidently this is a good year for fungus of all sorts. Back in the studio, I tried to create music ’scenery’ that reflected the photographic images, and the spirit they evoke. My first attempt at using Vimeo, which is a quite nice service. As an early experiment, I think it turned out interesting. But that’s just me. It is Really Redding.
I didn’t think so either, but then I saw this one. We were eating lunch somewhere north of Sacramento when this critter floated by. Much too large for an otter, I thought at first I might be seeing a sturgeon, until it grew closer.
Well that’s just odd. The locals said there were several around. I wonder if they’ll come up to Redding? Nice day to be on the river, no matter what.
Mmm. Coconut shrimp.
Another Sacramento River City, but not Really Redding.
Okay, so this green frog and I are not actually formally acquainted. But he or she does live in my yard, on my Rhododendron.
Another sign we’re having a good rain year. It’s Really Redding.
Manzanita is truly ubiquitous around here. The hardy bush thrives in solid clay, hard rock, and parched earth. I’ve sometimes heard harsh language used to describe this tenacious plant, for all sorts of reasons. But then I’ve seen the leaves sparkle in morning frost and dew. And I’ve admired the sculptural reddish wood as it gnarls and flows into resilient branches. Both loved and hated, Manzanita is just a fact of life around here. But this ornamental use of it is unique.
Located on Highway 299W, you’ll see these fanciful beauties on your right, just before Swasey Drive as you head toward Whiskeytown. I’ve admired these for a long time.
I just think these specimens are fabulous. The disciplined trimming reveals their inner beauty. Given this plants hardiness and ability to adapt under Redding’s often extreme climate, it’s odd that we don’t see this use more often. True Xeriscaping. I’ve seen folks go to bizarre lengths to keep a lawn green around here, as though Redding was somehow the British Isles. Meanwhile, you could plant these ornamentals in your yard and likely never water them. Just fertilize occasionally with chunks of cement and broken glass, and watch ‘em grow. It’s Really Redding.
The weather was perfect. The cars were fabulous. There is not much to say about Kool April Nights that has not already been said. Just another reason why Redding is the greatest place to live ever. I took a great many shots, and here’s just a few.
Kool April Nights 2010. It’s Really Redding.
Just a few of Friday’s racing images. Come out tonight for MORE!
Bob has some seriously fast cars out this year. Amazing machines.
The track conditions should be better today than Friday. Records will be broken…
Samie Felker hit the wall at speed. Yikes. She’s OK. Her Renault, not so much…
F-16s fly in and out of Redding Airport? Who knew? Very impressive in itself.
“No Bar Too Far,” says the sign on Ralph Lederer’s motorized barstool. Friendly culture in the pit area belies serious competition on the track. It’s Really Redding.
Perhaps you’ve seen those images that have been tweaked to where the subject looks miniaturized. I messed around with that idea using an photo I took last year at the Kool April Drags, while simulating the reduction in depth of field that you get when photographing miniatures, like model trains. Just a reminder that the Redding Dragstrip is having their Kool April Drags event tonight and tomorrow. Gates open at 3 pm. Real toys, not miniatures.
I’m a guy with a camera. I take some lucky shots once in a while. I’ve improved my craft. But I’m no photographer.
Nina Berman is a photographer. I was introduced to her work at this Huff Post article called Marine Wedding brings the war home.
Nina Berman’s website has her gallery mentioned in the article. Marine Wedding.
Sometimes on a Redding springtime Easter weekend, it’s easy to forget we are a nation at war. We folks here in Redding. Us. And sometimes a single photograph sums up a generation at war. This may be ours. Time will tell. An image that evokes our human condition. That’s what it means to be a photographer.
