A Gravely Disarming Post

Students of Civil War history are probably aware of the lore surrounding Stonewall Jackson's left arm. Old Stoney lost it in the Battle of Chancellorsville and the limb was buried and a marker erected on the Ellwood Plantation in 1863. The exact location of said arm is unknown these days but history buffs still visit Elwood Manor to pay their respects(so to speak). 

Not to be outdone, San Jose has it's own historical buried arm, this one having once been attached to Richard Bertram Barrett. Curiosity seekers can visit his interred appendage in the New Almaden Historic District's Hacienda Cemetery.

Paranormal Activity?

 Image taken in the Mermaid Room of the supposedly haunted Brookdale Lodge sometime in the mid-90s. TSG was at the Lodge to catch a gig by the local bluegrass band "Earthquake Country". 

 Legend has it a young lady drowned in the swimming pool and guests have reported seeing her ghost in the pool window and wet footprints on the floor even when the pool was closed for renovations. 

In this case the spooky-looking apparition is not a ghost but an ordinary non-supernatural everyday-type person...the slightly blurry effect being due to a slow shutter speed. Or who knows...maybe it was a ghost after all?

Above San Diego

 On approach to Lindberg Field on SWA Flight 2742

(Apologies for lack of sharpness on these. The images lost a bit of resolution when the "magic eraser" tool was applied to get rid of the engine nacelle)

805/94 Interchange

Balboa Park Golf Course

Balboa Park / El Prado

Balboa Park / California Tower

CA 163 / Cabrillo Bridge

Balboa Park / 6th Avenue

Banker's Hill

Little Italy