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Author Archive | Jon Rawls
Hand Carving a River Stone
This video gets a little weird, has a lot of fun, and makes some art! Posted from Bobby Duke Arts on YouTube.
Time Lapse Sand Sculpting
A little Monday motivation to get you started. Enjoy this time lapse sand sculpting from around the world!
How to Draw a Dog
Something for beginners and something for the more advanced illustrator!
Holidays are Coming to Capitola!
November 23rd – December 25th FREE PARKING! November 25th Surfin’ Santa – 12 P.M. Window Decorating Contest Starts Capitola Tree Lighting – 5 P.M. December 15th through January 7th iSkate Ice Skating After your Thanksgiving feast is done, and the excitement and wonder of the holidays begins Capitola has the family friendly events to keep […]
Santa Cruz: Before They Invented #TBT… Or Cars
This week’s postcard is from 1902 , and it is one of my favorite postcards even though I have no idea what it says. 115 years ago this postcard was purchased, scribbled on and dropped in a mailbox somewhere in Santa Cruz. Ever since this card was mailed it has settled, unnoticed, quietly crawling through […]
A 1906 Staycation Complete With Bathing Boots
Don’t Forget to Wear Your Knee High Boots! Sent From Santa Cruz, to Santa Cruz 111 years ago today! These ladies really missed their friend while she was out on her Santa Cruz staycation at the Big Creek Inn. ha! ha! Don’t you think the likeness very great? Dessie. Mayme. Fay. Dear Gertrude, We miss […]
Memories of Summer in Santa Cruz
Postcards from Santa Cruz’s past. From the sounds of Seal Rock, to the speed of 630 horsepower racing from the Santa Cruz Pleasure Pier, Santa Cruz has always had great Augusts. These three cards capture tiny glimpses from summers long past, all the way back to 1906. Santa Cruz, Calif. Aug 17 6 – PM […]
Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
I get worried I’ll drop my phone if I try and record on the Dipper, and this person brought along their film camera for the ride! From the California Pioneers of Santa Clara County: A Mattos family trip to Santa Cruz along Highway 17 in 1937 transitions into another visit to Santa Cruz in ’38. […]
Shady in Santa Cruz
Someone was playing favorites when they sent this Santa Cruz postcard. There are so many things going on in this postcard. From the Sombrero on the right, the wonky hand-painted and foggy horizon on the left and Goldilocks prancing in the surf while her jilted friends stand on the beach wondering why they even came […]
