Brooktown

What is Brooktown? It’s home! Technically it’s slang for Fallbrook – the cool kids in the 1960’s came up with it – at least that’s the story I was told at first. Then I heard that it first appeared on a high school yearbook in the 1930’s. But whenever it originated, it’s the insider way to refer to Fallbrook…

Citrus Trees at Maddox Nursery

Maddox Nursery Fallbrook, California

Maddox Nursery  Fallbrook, California

The view from Maddox Nursery – rolling hills, groves, oak trees, a few palms, scrub brush, and beautiful homes tucked away in places you never see from the main roads. That’s Brooktown!

Dinwiddie Preserve Fallbrook, California

It’s far too easy to drive past Dinwiddie Preserve and never really discover it… But it’s worth discovering!

Red Tree

Red Tree

I loved the color of the red blossoms on this tree – they may look small in the images, but they were huge.

Olive Trees in Fallbrook, California

Olive Trees, Fallbrook, California

Olive Trees | Fallbrook, California

In the 1880’s olive trees were planted all over Fallbrook, and between 1913-1915 olives were the biggest cash crop in the area. There was even an olive press here, for making olive oil. Remnants of those old groves can be spotted all over town, but the prettiest stand of olive trees is on the corner of Mission and Live Oak Park Road.

Some pretty little weeds in my backyard, in Fallbrook, California.

And finally some weeds from in front of Elder House.

So that’s it for my contribution to the 2008 Fallbrook Sourcebook! Some of these same images are currently appearing on Fallbrook.org and earlier today I discovered that my 2005 cover image for the Sourcebook is appearing on the front page of FindFallbrook.com – some images have a long life, and it was definitely an image that defines what Fallbrook is all about!

Palomares House

Palomares House is one of the oldest homes in town – built in the 1890’s. It’s currently run by the Fallbrook Land Conservancy, and community events are held in the house and on the grounds – which are beautiful. The teaser images of the tree in bloom I posted a few weeks ago, were made on it’s grounds.

The first two images were made on March 31, and the last two on March 20, 2008.

Palomares House

Quail Sculpture

California Poppies & Windmill

Sculpture Garden

Live Oak Park, Fallbrook

Live Oak Park is Fallbrook to me. It’s oak trees, rolling hills, a stream, and bright blue skies and birds flittering and fluttering, and peace and beauty.

These images were shot from March 24-26, 2008 for the Fallbrook Sourcebook. I think only one made the final cut for the magazine, but I love them all!

Live Oak Park

Live Oak Park

Live Oak Park

Live Oak Park

Live Oak Park

Live Oak Park

Live Oak Park

Los Jilgueros Preserve

Los Jilgueros isn’t a park – there’s a trail that you can walk, but you must not disturb the wildlife – and the wildlife is abundant! A stream runs through the 46-acre preserve, and there are areas where it spreads out into wetlands, and other areas that are more pond-like. It’s a great spot to bird-watch or just walk the mile-and-a-half path and enjoy the scenery.

These images were shot on March 21, 2008, for Fallbrook Sourcebook.

Los Jilgueros Preserve

Los Jilgueros Preserve

Los Jilgueros Preserve

Los Jilgueros Preserve

Los Jilgueros Preserve

Los Jilgueros Preserve

Los Jilgueros Preserve

Fallbrook Farmers Market

Every Friday morning, on the corner of Main and Alvarado, in the Village Square, the farmers in town take over! You can get locally grown produce and flowers AND locally grown and packaged products like honey and gourmet kumquat sauces.

Southern California Farmer's Market

Fallbrook Farmers Market

Fallbrook Farmers Market

Fallbrook Farmers Market

Fallbrook Farmers Market

In 2005 I shot the Fallbrook Farmers Market for Fallbrook.org, and then on March 21, 2008 I shot it again for Fallbrook Sourcebook. If you want to see my earlier images, go to http://www.fallbrook.org/tourism/farmers-markets.asp

Fallbrook Sourcebook is here!

Fallbrook Sourcebook

Last month I spent a week shooting all over town – I shot at Palomares House, Dinwiddie Preserve, the Farmer’s Market, Los Jilgueros Preserve, and in all sorts of hidden out of the way places that only long-time Brooktown residents know about. It was great! And now those images are in the 2008 Fallbrook Sourcebook – it’s the only glossy magazine dedicated solely to the Fallbrook/Bonsall area – and it comes out once a year – today!

The cover features six of my images – the only one I didn’t shoot is the food – the rest are my work. I also shot the cover in 2005 – that year it was one image of an artist painting in a garden – so typical Fallbrook stuff!

I also have quite a few images inside the magazine, and now I can blog some of those images. So more tomorrow!

And finally, here’s my ad that appears inside – I’m really happy with the way it turned out!

Cheryl Spelts Photography