Yellow Skunk

Mendocino Village Water Tower

In the 1960s, an artist who settled in the village established a coin-operated laundry on the ground level of this water tower building. I remember going there with my mom, and sitting in the sheltered garden behind it, admiring the mounds of nasturtiums.

Old Piles at River's Edge

Ranch Entrance Bridge

Little Cat Feet

Frank Grasse Dog Park

Named for a local veterinarian, this dog park is the most recent development in the community resource corridor along East Commercial Street in Willits. Comprised of two separate enclosures, it sits between the Roots of Motive Power display and demonstration area, and the skate park. Even in a rural community, a public space for non-farmers is a welcome opportunity to socialize whether you have four legs or two. The late Dr. Grasse wrote a popular book of vet stories under the pseudonym Charlie Freed http://www.amazon.com/Vet-Tails-Charlie-Freed/dp/1606045040 .

Fresh Crossing

Infrastructure Over All

Airport Day - People

Willits Airport Day - 1943 Army Air Force L6

Mergansers at the Reservoir

Accompanied by a chorus of frogs...

Forsythe Creek from the Bridge

A Walk in the Rain

Hidden Legacy

 

The handrail for the steps leading to overflow parking at the Howard Hospital campus includes an echo of the Howard family racing silks used in the days of Seabiscuit.

Sidewalk Footprints

Firewood

Primitive, and not so good for air quality, but a wood burning stove is all that heats the house at mom's place. Millions of people around the world do the same, in far tougher circumstances.

Ready for New Life

Gutter Eddies

The City public works people spent part of the morning giving a main water supply trunk line a good, thorough flush. Seems like a waste, but in the scheme of things, it is worth it to keep sediments out of the tap water. It is also good news that our water supply reservoirs are topped up to overflowing this season, after a decade of drought.