Preston Idaho Digital News

Some November Stuff

2009-11-08T17:05:00.017-07:00

6 or 7 new houses going up just W of Oakwood.

New Webb funeral home.

N & W Side views.

S side view.

E side view

Not much has changed on the outside of the new gym.

Just a new retaining wall.

New front steps are going in.

Groll's is looking finished on the outside.

Back of Groll's

New pipe going in the ditch across from the new portion
of the golf course.

Bags of leaves.

Chokecherry's In August

2009-08-16T10:59:00.012-06:00

Status of new Webb mortuary.

I like the natural mottled colors on this hill behind Ritewood egg.

Taken from Preston water tanks looking at N end of Wellsvilles.

This is the only decent chokecherry tree I've seen this year.

Good color variation - Glendale on the Cub River side.

Rodeo Time

2009-08-02T10:46:00.009-06:00

Groll's new addition gets some brick fascia.

July Hay Stripes

2009-07-20T19:09:00.004-06:00

Lower Mink Creek Looking West

Upper Riverdale. Looking W.

Dayton in the distance. From 8th W, N of highway.

Suuun....daaaay Aa-fter .... noOon

2009-06-30T18:58:00.023-06:00

One click pic to enlarge.

S E of Preston. New Webb Funeral Home.

Grolls family fitness & pool addition.

Glendale area.

E end of Glendale reservoir.

Oxford peak behind.

Pictures of weeds and grass.

Foster reservoir looking N E from dam.

Enlarge this pic to see a serendipitous surprise.

3rd favorite.

2nd favorite.

1st place. Ethereal look, in the distance. Enlarge me.

Here comes Peter Cottontail....

June Stuff

2009-06-21T20:24:00.000-06:00

(One click the pic to enlarge it)

Scene taken N of Fisherman's Bridge, Yellowstone. 6Jun09

Vixen fox with children. Taken at Buffalo Bills cabin outside
East entrance of Yellowstone. Their home is located under the front porch.
6Jun09.

This is a shot taken from Hull Valley Scout camp looking up (S E)
to the top of Hilliard Canyon. 17 Jun 09.
I count 6 ridges.

This shot was taken from the highway about 1/2 mile N of
Smithfield - looking at Weston, canyon. Friday, 19 June 09.

Hollow logs at Hull Valley Scout camp.

Young fox located 3/4 mile N of redpoint campground, Oneida
Narrows. 14 Jun 09.

New pool at the fitness center. These shots taken about two
weeks ago, 6Jun09.

Construction

2009-04-26T19:35:00.006-06:00

Foundation construction has begun on the new Web funeral parlor.

New building where the old Arctic Circle was located.

Pool

May be of Interest, or not.

2009-04-19T19:39:00.017-06:00

Single click pic to enlarge.

Cool looking water print at Station Creek.

The Osprey nesting by the highway looks like it has stopped.
This Osprey was roosting next to the highway bridge by Riverdale Resort.

We saw some kids.

Did you know there is a cat house in Riverdale?

Big track meet Friday.

Two woodpecker holes N. of the hot spring N W of Preston.

Horney.

American Avocet. 1/2 mile S of the hot spring, E side of road.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_avocet

This owl is located on the highway in the river bottom.
Above the house with the light green roof.
I think the baby's will soon be see able.

A canal that runs on the W side of Preston, about 4th S and 5th W is about to be piped.

Doves and Such

2009-04-03T17:35:00.017-06:00

Using telephoto, this is as close as I could get to these new doves to our area.

Single click on each photo to enlarge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Collared_Dove

Go to the address below and scroll down.
http://www.fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/hunt/rules/ug/doveCrane.pdf

The new Eurasian and our regular doves.

This is an Osprey picture from wikipedia.com

Below is an Osprey picture taken Saturday afternoon, 1.5 miles east of the Mink Creek turn off. It is on the river side of the road just East of where the small loop road ( Starts just North of the silver jumping bridge) meets the Mink Crick highway.

It looks like this Osprey is building a new nest on this power pole right next to the highway.
This shot is looking S W.

The Doc's gym expansion is going to be quite large.
Footings are going in fast.

This is the North footing.

Criss-crossy patterns, with Preston in the distance.

Many fields are developing a new green hue.

Ive noticed a lot of rooster pheasants around the valley.
I suspect the pheasant raisers have turned them loose here and there.

Riverdale turkeys -- lookin for love.

Oxfords and Little Mountain.

Spring Stuff

2009-03-27T16:50:00.042-06:00

This is where you go to see some old pictures of Franklin County People and images.

New food court at Stokes grocery store.

Well! New stairs & handrails out front.

Single click to enlarge.

Thursdays Snow storm was a killer. Thick chunky ice on the windshield was almost impossible to clean off.

A little cake is good, eat the whole thing and....
Some flower pics are good....

2nd south, 200 block.

1st S. 200 block.

2nd W. 000 block.

E. Oneida 100 block.

Flower box, S. Main. These buds pushed up a 3" X 3" clod.

Park entrance.

2nd S. 000 block.

Library.

3rd E. 100 block.

New Web Site in Preston

2009-03-22T17:47:00.000-06:00

Ta Da!

http://www.prestoncitizen.com/

Lots of Stuff

2009-03-15T18:36:00.032-06:00

This is a dove. This species of dove are new to are area.
They spend the whole winter here. I'll try to get more info on it.
Click pic to enlarge.

Spring Grain N of Preston.

Riverdale Emu.

More yellowing willow at Riverdale.

Dirty snow drift.

By Smith's.

Redness.

At Bear Crick.

Lots of deer herds.

Same as above.

By the upper silver bridge.

Cool old root cellar.

New Gym.

New Craner green house.

March Madness Happens When the Snow Melts Slowly

2009-03-08T07:58:00.022-06:00

Why is the ground bare under this wheel mover and not
the other two just farther away? Cove, looking W.
(double click pic to expand it)

This willow was hollow. Cove looking N.

Snow Dimples.

New puppy.

Its Zebra season (S W of Weston).

Cornish area.

Just south of Idaho border, gun sight peak or double top,

One shiny peak.

Shiny valley floor.

The willows are yellowing.

Look! Hope!

Big J's Is Up And Running

2009-02-28T19:03:00.003-07:00

Cottonwood trees have lots of buds.

Map to Eagle trees. Best seen after 5:00 PM.

First Sure Sign of Spring

2009-02-22T17:12:00.013-07:00

Shhhhh. Don't tell anyone, the area we live in "is" Waldon's Pond.

On Saturday, 21 February I heard the bark of a Robin.

The next day I took his picture.

On Sunday, West and down over the hill from Preston

bunches of migrating robins could be seen from time to time.

One day last week I noticed a pretty scene. I went back on

Saturday afternoon and took some pictures of it.
Double click to enlarge the photos.

N E of Franklin looking W.

Kinda like water ripples or waves lapping at the shore.

Two things about this shot.
Indian camp area on the muddy (Cub river) and Moser (family) Meadows.

I figure from the print spacing these are coyote tracks.

Yellow, Red & Green Orbs. Interesting.

Bald eagles N W of Preston (There were 7 this time).

Starlings. Looking E up Riverdale.

Sunday afternoon nap time.

We're Baaack!

2009-02-12T19:02:00.015-07:00

Our computer has been under the weather.

Maple Creek shadows.

Bald eagle S. W. of Glendale reservoir.

This one N. W. of Preston just North of hot springs.

Looking N. E. from KACH turnoff.

Looking N. on S. State by storage units.

Make your mind.

Stokes remodel.

New food courts.

Old Arctic Circle .

Making way for new pool.

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New Year

2009-01-01T17:36:00.009-07:00

Sun dogs to the left of me,

Sun dogs to the Right,

I'm right in the middle with you.

(Double click pic to enlarge)
31 Dec 2008

This one is small, on the right.

Left

Left

This is a good time to see wild life.

2008-12-21T17:49:00.007-07:00

Lots of Turkeys and other wild life in Cub River.

Winter Cometh

2008-12-14T11:09:00.011-07:00

This flower doesn't smell so good anymore. Riverdale.

Cub River scenery.

S E Whitney. Little mountain in background.

S Whitney.

Stokes is getting a food court, a place to sit down and eat.

Birds of a feather.

Pre-Thanksgiving

2008-11-21T08:04:00.003-07:00

Is anybody having you over for thanksgiving dinner?

You are a bunch of turkey's.

E Oneida, first dip, looking N.

Black Canon W of Grace.

Coullum, W of Banida.

N W of Winder

Cove, Utah

Locally hand made quilt.

A fishy deal.

Singing

2008-11-15T09:31:00.004-07:00

First Part of November

2008-11-04T16:33:00.021-07:00

Foster Reservoir

Glendale Reservoir

Zeolite Mine

Across dry end of Glendale, TV towers at the top.

Old road to Mink Creek, Riverdale

Looking at mouth of the Narrows from Station Creek dugway.

Turkeys eat apples.

S of Church, Riverdale. Nice color.

I can't smoke, so I'm going to eat this grass.

Stop, Go.

Points North, West & East of Preston

2008-11-01T05:17:00.022-06:00

Canyon Trees

Hello. I wonder who did this?

Click to enlarge. Wood cutter evidence.

Bear Lake from above St. Charles.

North of N Beach.

Old street sign Paris, Idaho.

Hot springs W of Preston

Ahhh. The calming effect of trickling water. How peaceful.

Gibson Lake, Franklin Basin.

Gibson Lake looking E.

W of Gibson Lake

Franklin basin

German dug way taken from Cub Basin, above Willow Flat.

31st.

P I Digital News 20 thru 26 October

2008-10-23T18:51:00.022-06:00

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Click Pics to blow them up.

Crazy Hair Day, Oakwood Elementary. Friday, 24 Oct.

West Cache Canal, one mile E. of Battle Creek monument,
N. W. of hot springs.

Next Friday....

1930 Model A Ford, E Oneida.

Friday Night Lights.
Played Burley.
Us, 55. Them, 7

New Puppy's like to play.

Friends of other faiths

may not understand the following
Editorial Cartoon.
Lets hope those of the predominant faith will.

Middle of October

2008-10-18T15:46:00.013-06:00

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Click pic's to enlarge.

Looking N W at Preston.

Deep canyon E of Franklin.

Antique.

Very large blow snake.

Flowering cabbage, Preston.

Leave have started falling at the Franklin park.

Basic services are being laid S E of Preston. Notice the blue Harvestores are gone.

We had some snow. Maple Creek & Crooked Canyon.

Its about time for pheasant hunting.

Deer hunting opened.

Heating oil time.

Looking S W from Maple Creek Canyon.

The funeral of Michael D. Kunz was held Saturday, 18 Oct.

Digital News of 6-12 Oct

2008-10-08T18:13:00.025-06:00

PrestonIdahoDigitalNews@gmail.com May or may not answer.

Some pics are enlargeable.
Will add more pics over the weekend.

Bear River bottoms.

Behind this tree is the old home of Jim Doregetty who, when living in Germany, worked as a painter with a guy name Adolf Hitler.

The big one is as big as a softball.

Will this movie be the next Napoleon?

Fer sel @ Adventure land.

Silver leaf poplar.
When the wind blows,
the back of the leaves show silver.

We also have silver leaf Maples around town. Same deal.

Parson's post hole Jeep.

This roof blew in from somewhere
behind the sheds to the West and landed across the road.
Beckstead Lane.

Is this a bad sign?

This is a working water pump.

Deer season opened.

Turkey's behind a house on the East Franklin bench.

South end of Little Mountain.

South end of Little Mountain.

Boo house, North of Franklin.

End of September, Start of October

2008-10-02T18:37:00.029-06:00

If we see something interesting we will post it by Sunday afternoon.

One click pictures to enlarge

Flash:
Fire at Big J's, see details below.

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Academy

Drilling stabilization holes vertically through
the walls, pumping in special goo.

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Status of S state by Monday afternoon
(looking N from 8th south)

Monday afternoon.
Actual action shot.

By Tuesday afternoon, the last layup of the
main project, on S main, was mainly finished,
mainly, around 05:30.

Just one little patch left.

There has been some agricultural action N of town.

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Tried for a sunset shot over the Oxfords.
This was as good as it got up high.

Low shot looking toward Dayton.

Looking toward Dayton.

Looking toward Dayton!

Seriously, the guy in the car stopped and asked
if that was my dog?
.......I smiled................ and said, "Yeah."

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Some Preston area residents went to Alaska recently.

They said had a whale of a good time.

Some were really sea sick.
(pulling lobster traps)

They don't fight like this out at Johnson.

Was that a bear?

Two bears and fish were taken.

Some toothy grins.

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A haunting lullaby.

Saturday Weather Report

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Big J's Fire
Around 05:30 Sunday morning, the family
that owns Big J's was awakened to flashing
lights from fire engines.

It was theorized the fire started in a uniform
clothes dry located in the East end of the building.
Vent.

Suspect washer dryer (looking S.)

Looking S W of same room.

Looking W out of back room.

North entrace.

Smoke damage.

Home Coming Weekend 26 Sep 08

2008-09-26T17:44:00.016-06:00

One Click the picture to blow it up.

This is a hops vine.

It rained last week.

Weston in the distance.

Friday afternoon.
N. W. of Preston.

Looking N. E.

N. W. of Preston.

Looking West, enlarge to see the train cars.

Home Coming Week, PHS.

Field prep.

Over view of field. We won

It's just around the corner. Those leaves have been nipped.

Looking East to Johnsonville.

Maple Crick

Saturday Morning

From Mink Creek to Cub River

Bear hollow, Mink Crick looking S. E.
By Croslin's
Birch Crick
By Dugway looking E.
Yearly round-up above Deer Cliff.

Nettle
Sunday

This elk was poached some time Saturday Evening.

Way to go dip S**T

At least the meat was saved for the needy.

Zoom shot, too many bees.

Foster Reservoir.
Over view of the bridge project, Riverdale.

Water born crud settles to the bottom,
clean water spills out, migrates back to the river,
no cruddy river water created.
That's my theory.

Riverdale looking S. W.

Riverdale looking S.

Narrows water is running clear with little floating moss.

Narrows trout. Right one 15 inches.

Narrows reservoir, hot springs looking south.

SD card full.

Have a good week.

Forward this link to as many Preston people as you think might like this.

Thanks.

Maiden Voyage of PIDN ( Preston Idaho Digital News )

2008-09-19T19:15:00.000-06:00

[ One click on photo will blow it up]

Looking at Cub River with the Wellsville's in background.

Mom makes way for thirsty kid. <--- ;-)

This baby goat was born 18 September 2008. And lives right here in town.

Snuggely, cuddly...aawwhh

Signs of fall around Preston....

Around town, flowers are at their peak of beauty.

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