In a message dated 6/15/2003 3:16:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Nice job, Marnie! > > keith whaley > > Some P.S. thoughts: > Not too many wide open spaces in Contra Costa County anymore, are there? > I loved that barn shot! > I lived in Concord, way back in '58-'63, and a revisit in about '95 left > my head reeling! > My little house, in a very small, quiet community of 2 B.R. houses, was > all razed and a freeway cloverleaf stood planted over the top of everything! > I was totally disoriented! > The "old Concord" didn't exist anymore, and I never went > back. There are actually a few more than you might think (open spaces). There's Mt. Diablo State Park, of course, and several other parks and set aside open spaces. Some of those shots (the blue sky montage) were taken at Lime Ridge open space. Of course, right up next to it is a major housing development. Yes, the population area in the last 15 years or so has grown 10 fold -- 10X more people, cars, and houses. What was once a suburban area is now more and more urban. It's a shame really, but it made going around to look for open space and undisturbed or relatively undisturbed nature all that more interesting (and is probably something I will continue to photographically). Many in the class and at the show were really surprised that they were all shot in the county. Especially the barn, and I really hated telling anyone (though I did), where it was (afraid more photographers would show up there, and it's quiet and off the beaten path and I think the farmers in that area want to keep it that way). That was in Kiker (sp?) Pass on the way to Pittsburg (beyond the Concord Pavilion). If you go off the highway on the side roads (which most would not do, because it's a zoom through area) there are about five to six still working farms. Right off the highway, but tucked away. I figure that is why they are still there, the area is not really good for housing (yet) -- the turn offs/ons from/to the highway could kill one :-) and it's very hilly. But the whole Concord/Clayton border area is now filled with houses, right up to Mt. Diablo. Great view for them, but ruining it for everyone else. Houses and houses. I figure they went in in about the last three to five years. Sigh. Going to capture what I can why it's still here, well, if I keep photographing this kind of thing, which I may do. Thanks for your comments. Marnie aka Doe :-)
