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Peggy B. Perazzo
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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
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𝐉. 𝐊. 𝐏𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭. (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎𝐬-𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎 - 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐬 contributed to Stone Quarries & Beyond by Paul Wood & Andreas Kuehnpast.)
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Also see: 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 & 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐉. 𝐊. 𝐏𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐓.
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𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉. 𝐊. 𝐏𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭 (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎𝐬-𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎) with snow-covered hill in the background. 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉. 𝐊. 𝐏𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭 (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎𝐬-𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎). 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐰-𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉. 𝐊. 𝐏𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭 (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎𝐬-𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎). 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝟐 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐰-𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉. 𝐊. 𝐏𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭 (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎𝐬-𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎). There is a quarry worker to the right of the granite blocks.
August 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐮r, 𝐂A quarriesandbeyond.org/states/ca/qu...

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𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧, 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨., 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚, showing a derrick in the quarry, blocks of gray granite, & the front of a railroad engine (on the left) on railroad tracks to transport the granite blocks. 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐆𝐮𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨., 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚, showing showing a large part of the old quarry and quarry walls before the quarry was turned into the Quarry Park Adventures, that includes rides on ziplines and other activities.
July 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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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...
Photo of the McGilvray granite quarry (on private land) in Madera County, California - light gray granite - showing part of the abandoned quarry. Photo taken in 2010. Photo of the McGilvray granite quarry (on private land) in Madera County, California - light gray granite - showing part of the abandoned quarry. Photo taken in 2010. Old postcard photo of the McGilvray granite quarry works / yard showing man blocks of granite in front of the sheds in Madera County, California.
July 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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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...

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𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚. Remains of a block of stone and mud lying next to stone pillar and plaque. 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚, 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐞: “Rancho Canada Larga O Verde, as it was originally known came out of lands of the San Buenaventura Mission following Mexican independence from Span. Joaquina Alvarado de Moraga, whose late husband, Gabriel Moraga, was a distinguished soldier of Spanish California, petitioned and on Jan. 30, 1841 was granted this 6,659 acres Mexican Land Grant by then Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado. Ms. Alvarado received possession in Nov., 1847, one year after Calif. became part of the U.S. Her claim for a land patent was denied by the U.S. Board of Land Commissioners, but later reversed by the District Court Remnants of the Mission Aqueduct at Canada, Larga, a registered national historic site, which carried water from San Antonio Creek to the San Buenaventura Mission can be seen across the road and at this monument. De la Guerra y Pacheco Chapter 1, 5, E. Clampus Vitus, October 2009.” 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚. Photo of the stone and mud remains of part of the aqueduct. 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚. White painted mission-style building and walls with red tile roof - Bell tower on the right side.
June 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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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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Entrance to Mission Basilica San Diego De Alcala, Established in 1769, in San Diego, California - one of the photos of the photo tour at link above. (White mission building & colorful garden.) Grindstone at Mission Basilica San Diego De Alcala, Established in 1769, in San Diego, California - one of the photos of the photo tour at link above. (pieces of the grindstone & colorful garden plants.) Mission bells at Mission Basilica San Diego De Alcala, Established in 1769, in San Diego, California - one of the photos of the photo tour at link above. (White mission building & colorful garden plants.) Entrance to Mission Basilica San Diego De Alcala, established in 1769, in San Diego, California - one of the photos of the photo tour at link above. (White mission building & colorful garden plants.)
June 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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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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Part of Indian Diggings Cemetery in El Dorado Co., CA. Cemetery stones made from Indian Diggings marble quarried nearby - white marble with very visible gray veins running through it. (on private property; mid-2003) Part of the rough dirt logging road to the long abandoned Indian Diggings marble quarry area in El Dorado Co., CA (on private property; photo taken in mid-2003) White, heavily veined marble cemetery stone of Eugenia Davies in the Indian Diggings Cemetery; stone quarried locally from the long abandoned Indian Diggings marble quarry in El Dorado Co., CA (on private property; photo taken in mid-2003) Closeup photo of the white, heavily veined marble cemetery stone of T. M. Simpson in the Indian Diggings Cemetery; stone quarried locally from the long abandoned Indian Diggings marble quarry in El Dorado Co., CA (on private property; photo taken in mid-2003)
May 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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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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Room built into the hill with stone and mortar exterior on Santa Cruz Island, California - photo taken in Jan. 2011 by Peggy B. Perazzo, Stone Quarries and Beyond Continues Wooden building with metal art insert & large circular saw blade on side of building - on Santa Cruz Island, California - photo taken in Jan. 2011 by Peggy B. Perazzo, Stone Quarries and Beyond Continues Medal wagon wheel leaning against old wood building with green bush on Santa Cruz Island, California - photo taken in Jan. 2011 by Peggy B. Perazzo, Stone Quarries and Beyond Continues Photo of our boat waiting for us on the shore of Santa Cruz Island, California - photo taken in Jan. 2011 by Peggy B. Perazzo, Stone Quarries and Beyond Continues
April 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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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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Gray schist "tombstone rocks" standing upright in Amador Co., California; photo taken 1998. Adobe red and beige brick ruin in Jenny Lind, Calaveras Co., California - with an invasive Chinese Tree-of-Heaven in center of photo - from the Gold Rush days. (Photo taken in 1998.) Man standing in front of a schist quarry at French Mill, California, from the Gold Rush days. (Photo taken in 1998.)
March 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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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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Entrance to Mission San Juan Capistrano with tile picture in San Juan Capistrano, Orange Co., California in 2012. Photo of Olive Mill stone wheel at Mission San Juan Capistrano in Calif. "Built around the 1880s & reconstructed in the 1930s, this unconventional, 2-wheel, olive mill was used to crush olives for juice extraction. Evidence indicated that the pulp produced was pressed in a room within the west wing industrial complex. Processed olive juice was used to produce olive oil for cooking, lamps, medicines & protective leather balm." Mission bell inside of the walls of Mission San Juan Capistrano, with flowering bushes and one of the stone and brick collonades with red tile roofs in the distance. (in San Juan Capistrano, Orange Co., Calif., 2012) Part of the Stone Church ruins inside of the walls of Mission San Juan Capistrano with palm trees behind them (in San Juan Capistrano, Orange Co., Calif., 2012)
February 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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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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White stone entrance to the Santa Barbara Mission in California in 2011.
February 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Boxer on guard duty
Brown and white terrier who was rescued from the streets with female and 9 puppies - by a local organization - about 4 years old
January 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Boxer with one of our cats named Sky before she left us.
Grey cat named Sky & brown and white terrier dog named Boxer on the bed.
December 27, 2024 at 8:48 PM
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Boxer on his rock in his backyard....
Boxer, a brown and white terrier, is standing with his front paws on a rock. He was rescued several years ago by a local group with the female pit bull and 9 puppies, who were living on the streets.
December 21, 2024 at 10:44 PM
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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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Benicia Arsenal buildings in Benicia, Calif., built with locally quarried brown sandstone. Side of the Benicia Arsenal clock tower building in Benicia, Calif., built with locally quarried brown sandstone. Closeup photo of different textures of the sandstone on the Benicia Arsenal clock tower building in Benicia, Calif., built with locally quarried brown sandstone. Interior of 1 of the powder buildings at the Benicia Arsenal in Benicia, Calif., built with locally quarried brown sandstone.
December 18, 2024 at 10:22 PM
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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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Old wood building presenting samples of all colors of dolomite quarried locally. Showing foothills beyond the building near the F. W. Aggregates quarry (on private property).
December 9, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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“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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Aerial view from video of the gray stone Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury UK - 3 men climbed to the top of the 404 ft. Spire to change the 4 aircraft warning lights.
November 30, 2024 at 11:05 PM
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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_...
Mount Bros., Memphis, Mo. Stone carving cemetery stone in a cemetery in 1927 with device powered by the nearby car.
November 25, 2024 at 9:28 PM
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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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Photo of a part of the older, Sierra White granite quarry (that looks brown from a distance), located in Raymond, California. Showing granite cuts - both smooth and sharp.
November 25, 2024 at 12:10 AM
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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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Small, inactive white marble quarry in Columbia, California
November 21, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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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."
Boxer, light brown and white terrier saved rescued from the streets by our local rescue.
November 19, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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Capay Valley Cemetery in no. California. Fred Kemmerle’s description along with my photos at link below.
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Old marble monument, oleander bush with pink blossoms, evergreen trees & a cypress tree in Capay Valley Cemetery in Yolo Co., CA, 1999
November 18, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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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.
Sandstone wall in a Benicia, California, cemetery - stone from local quarry
November 15, 2024 at 8:54 PM