No Permit

On every campus I know, parking spaces are at a premium and enforcement can be brutal. You may get away with cutting a class or two, and cheating on a test will get you an "F", but taking a full-time faculty parking spot has serious consequences. :-J

West Wing View

A photo of the Tree taken by Mike Nellor from the front of the West Wing cottage at Ada's Place this morning.

Time to wake up those Leaf-Peepers and tell them to hit the road up to Q-topia!

Log Deck Spray

Spray on the log deck at Sierra Pacific's Quincy mill.

Peach-a-Pie

Remember these peaches from a few days ago?
Here they are again:

(Here today, gone tomorrow!)

The Tree 2011

Here is the link to this year's day-by-day snapshots of the famous* "Judge Thieler Tree", a sugar maple, near the heart of beautiful downtown Quincy California.



(*famous) The tree was mentioned in this Sacramento Bee article on Sunday Sept. 25, 2011 touting the Leaf-Peeping opportunities in Plumas County.

... The Judge Theiler [correct spelling is Thieler] Tree, a maple near Quincy's courthouse, has become a magnet for photographers and painters, drawn by its size and stunning colors. ...

Here are photos of artists in action painting the tree last year.

Select a link below to compare this year's progress with prior years:

• 2010 Slideshow
  
• 2009 Slideshow
  

Beginning to Fall

Summer's End

Gathering Storms

2pm September 14, 2011

Looking East,

North-East, and

due North.

Signs of Summer

Egghead

Vegging out at QNF.

Restoration and rebirth[day]

The Kellogg House - 1862.

Decked out in celebration of the nation's birth.

Here is a pre-restoration photo.

Watering up

Decades ago Quincy boasted that it was the petunia capital of California. Up and down Main Street all the businesses had sidewalk planters filled with petunias, the county fairgrounds was awash with them, and nearly every home had some in their flower beds. This year the downtown merchants have revived the tradition with baskets hanging from all the downtown lampposts.
I caught a prominent local family taking their turn with the watering cart early this morning.