Peggy B. Perazzo
pbp99.bsky.social
Peggy B. Perazzo
@pbp99.bsky.social
Love dogs, chickens, stone quarries, cemetery monuments, stone structures, & much more. - No DMs, please - unless they're about stone quarries, etc., or Boxer. #dogsofbluesky #quarries
𝐉. 𝐊. 𝐏𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭. (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎𝐬-𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎 - 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐬 contributed to Stone Quarries & Beyond by Paul Wood & Andreas Kuehnpast.)
quarriesandbeyond.org/states/vt/ve...

Also see: 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 & 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐉. 𝐊. 𝐏𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐓.
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August 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐮r, 𝐂A quarriesandbeyond.org/states/ca/qu...

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 www.youtube.com/results?sear... #BigGunQuarryRocklinCA

#StoneQuarriesAndBeyond #RockinGranite
July 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
𝐌𝐜𝐆𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 – 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 (photos taken in Sept. 2010) quarriesandbeyond.org/states/ca/qu...

The "𝐌𝐜𝐆𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲" is available at: quarriesandbeyond.org/states/ca/pd...
July 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚. (Photos taken by me in 2011.)

𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚: quarriesandbeyond.org/states/ca/st...

𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐀𝐪𝐮e𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭: quarriesandbeyond.org/states/ca/st...

Peggy B. Perazzo, Stone Quarries & Beyond Continues
June 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐥á & some uses of stone in San Diego, California.
(Photos taken by me in May 2012)
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June 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚, 𝐄𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 – 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 (Photos taken mid-2003 by me on El Dorado Mineral & Gem Soc. field trip with permission of the owner.)
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#quarries #IndianDigginsCA
May 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡, 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐳 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 - 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞. Photo tour. (Photos by me in January 2011.)
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April 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
𝐒𝐨. 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 – 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 – 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚 𝐂𝐨. 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐮𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧, 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨. & photos from "Geologic Guidebook Along Hwy. 49, Sierran Gold Belt: The Mother Lode Country," 1948 (Used with permission.)
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March 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Photo Tour of Mission San Juan Capistrano, in San Juan Capistrano, Orange Co., California (Photos taken by me in 2012)

(Photos on Facebook but available for viewing by the public to those not signed in.)
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February 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Mission Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo taken in by me in 2011.)

Also see: Photo tour of the "Santa Barbara Mission, Santa Barbara, California Uses of Locally Quarried Stone"
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February 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Boxer on guard duty
January 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Boxer with one of our cats named Sky before she left us.
December 27, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Boxer on his rock in his backyard....
December 21, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Photographic Tour of the Benicia Arsenal / U.S. Military Reserve sandstone buildings & quarries in Benicia, Solano County, California - Sandstone quarried on the property. (Photos from 2009)
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December 18, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Ghost town of Dolomite, Inyo Co., California (on private property) Base of building shows all colors of dolomite quarried locally.

Photo tour:
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December 9, 2024 at 8:34 PM
“Changing the bulbs on the spire” (Salisbury Cathedral, UK) (7.34 min video)

3 men climb to top 404ft Spire to change 4 aircraft warning lights. Takes 1 hr to climb to the top of spire - another 2 hrs. at the top to change bulbs protecting from lightning strikes.
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November 30, 2024 at 11:05 PM
1927 Ad by Mount Bros. in Memphis, Missouri, "Design Hints for Memorial Craftsmen," magazine, July 1927.

Issues of "Design Hints for Memorial Craftsmen" mag. (some issues for 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, & 1934) available at: quarriesandbeyond.org/methods_and_...
November 25, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Lower Raymond Granite Quarry Madera Co., California. (Sierra White Granite)

Photo I took on our tour of the upper & lower Raymond Granite Quarries in July 1998.
(Owned & operated by Coldspring in Minn.)

Photo tours of upper & lower quarries,& workshop:
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November 25, 2024 at 12:10 AM
The Bell Marble Works Quarry in Columbia, Tuolumne Co., California:

(1) Bell Marble Works Quarry photo tour - July 1998
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(2) History & Photos - Bell Marble Works Quarry (today Columbia RV Park, Columbia, CA - scroll down:
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November 21, 2024 at 8:15 PM
I'm loving all the pet pictures. Here's my rescue Boxer, who our local rescue saved from the streets along with the mother of their 9 puppies, who all have homes today.
Now Boxer enjoys being a pampered "only."
November 19, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Capay Valley Cemetery in no. California. Fred Kemmerle’s description along with my photos at link below.
Scroll down to “Yolo County Cemeteries of the Present – Capay Cemetery” web.archive.org/web/20170202...
November 18, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Sandstone wall in one of the Benicia, California, cemeteries - stone from local quarry.

My photo for the day for those who enjoy stone quarries, cemeteries, stone, etc....

So much more peaceful here - found myself smiling a lot.
November 15, 2024 at 8:54 PM