Fire In The Hole!

Team: Dana & Chris B
Team Member: Dana
Location: The Purple Plum Fruit Stand, Sanger, Ca

According to the fruit stand owner, this is a Mexican Squash. You can see more of them in the bin to the right in the picture. The owner also told us that in a few months there would be more in various colors, including blue and red.

If I Only Had a Head....

Team: Dana & Chris B.
Team Member: Dana
Location: Selma, Ca

Ok, ok, stop laughing...there were a bunch of these scarecrows lined up in this field, but this was the only one we were brave enough to get close to...

I'm a Little Tea Pot

Team: Dana & Chris B.
Team Member: Chris
Location: Kingsburg, Ca

Kingsburg’s water tower underwent a personalized transformation to reflect Kingsburg’s Swedish Heritage. The giant tea pot, complete with spout and handle, is a colorful replica of the metal tea pots available in local gift stores selling Swedish wares. The design and colors, primarily red, blue, yellow, and green, are authentic. It is a highly visible landmark dominating the skyline from Freeway 99.

P.S. Chris really is a manly man...he's just showing off his sensitive side (he came up with the pose on his own :)

Honey Buckets for Heathens: Sweet.

Team Geezer: Marcia captured The Geezer at a strategic moment.

On our way to Deer Park, WA today we passed these honey buckets in a church parking lot. It was evident that there has been no construction there for several years.

Update: We went by there a month later and they're gone. We figured they must have had a flea market or some other event requiring facilities.

The only reason we could imagine for them being there was for the convenience of heathens who didn't want to use the ones inside. We decided to turn around, go back, take advantage of them, and grab our snapshot.

Bringing up the Rear

Team Geezer: Marcia captured with the cowboy clown by photographer Phil.

We travelled all the way to Deer Park, Washington today to see their "Pioneer Days" parade. Not much to fit the pioneer theme, but they did have the traditional clown with broom and shovel following the horses.

It's hard to catch your partner and the subject at the same time in a parade, because you can't very well ask them to stop and pose. Well, in this parade you probably could, but I didn't think of it till just now. Anyhow, one of the shots caught the clown pretty well.

Team Manteca Ma1/2es

Carrie found this boy in Manteca's Bass Pro Shop last Wednesday while on a Youth Night Hot Foot Hunt Game. Her team lost the hunt but she snagged this pic for us. Way to go Carrie-take 1 for team Ma1/2e!

Second Floor... VTA!

team: Mark & Nancy

photo: taken by Mark, Nancy in elevator

location: Hamilton Ave. Station, Campbell, CA

Well, here we are in our own "backyard"!  As many times as we have been on the light rail we never went to this platform in the glass elevator before!  Cool.