photos

02
Jan

Project 365 – January 1, 2010

I’m celebrating the turn of the new year with a photo project. I will be taking (at least) one photo a day, every day for the next year.

I’m planning on doing a weekly round-up here on caitlinchilds.com, but I’m kicking the challenge off with my photo from today.
January 1, 2010 - Sara

Sara Sanger of The New Trust, performing at the Phoenix Theater, 01/01/2010

14
Dec

The Winchester Mystery House

Mike and I went to the Winchester Mystery House yesterday (henceforth called the Winchester House because calling it mysterious is stupid) and had a great time sneaking what photos we could! We tried not to go in with too many expectations, and since neither of us were expecting to tour a house filled with ghosts and spooky noises, I think we enjoyed it a lot more than the yelp reviewers. The house itself was actually smaller than I had imagined, most of the rooms are really quite small, and while it’s not as “mysterious” as hyped, it’s still a great old building with some very cool architectural details. Worth visiting if you’re into Victorian architecture or kitschy tourist activities (which I SO am!).

Henry's Patent Rifle: The Most Effective Weapon in the World

The most epic advertisement ever: A resolute man, armed with one of these Rifles, particularly if on horseback, CANNOT BE CAPTURED.

The Winchester House

The Winchester House

Tiffany Glass at the Winchester House

Unused Tiffany Glass Windows

Glass Window with Spider Web Pattern

Spiderweb Glass Window with 13 Jewels

07
Dec

Way back in October, Rigel, Spencer and I took Akasha to a Pumpkin Patch to pick out our Halloween pumpkins. Being a whole year older than our last visit, Akasha was much more involved in the choosing of pumpkins.

A Day at the Pumpkin Patch (1 of 10)

Rigel and Akasha

A Day at the Pumpkin Patch (3 of 10)

Akasha Found her Pumpkin!

07
Sep

Nostalgia Fest for Sad Old Geezers – Photos

This weekend, the Phoenix Theater hosted one of the most well organized, super fun shows featuring a slew of bands from the heyday of Sonoma County punk bands. Since I am so much younger than my friends, there was an element of feeling like I was at someone else’s reunion, but it was a lot of fun to be there, and to see so many people and bands that I’ve heard stories about for years.

Mickey and the Big Mouths were my personal highlight of the show. I thought they sounded great, and I had a ton of fun taking photos and testing out my new 24-105mm lens.

Ben Throwing a Pillow

Mickey

The Invalids

Miriam and Desiree

Joey, JT and Blair

Michael - taken white standing on a chair because I am too short to take nice pictures from the ground

Hands

The full set of photos is here.

29
Aug

Classic Cars at the Wine Country Cobra Classic II

black and yellow classic car

On our way to Placerville to check out the Gold Bug Mine, Mike and I drove through Sonoma and had to stop when we saw the town square filled with gorgeous classic Cobras (many of them original Shelby’s). The cars were all gorgeous and in beautiful shape. Mike told me that there are probably under 300 Shelby’s left in the world, and we saw a great many of them in Sonoma, so even though the Sonoma route took longer and I got us a little bit lost, it was a fortuitous detour.

Cobras

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