My beautiful limbs invite you to stop and stare and enjoy the wonder of a tree like me. As you stand mesmerized, one of my root snakes wrap silently around your ankles, then suddenly you are gone. A faint scream is heard from somewhere in the lush foliage then silence. Shhhh, here comes another victim.
The Bartons wanted to be good neighbors, but since the cat next door started marking territory in their yard, they couldn't keep up with the gardening.
In December of 2007, after many years on the west side of Los Angeles (and at least a third of those years spent stuck in traffic on Pico Boulevard) my family settled into a happy little house in South Pasadena. This daily blog covered over 4 year as I put down roots in my new home town.
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Thank you Charlie's Coffee House for hosting my recent photo exhibit, South Pas: Observed. From October 2011 through January 2012 my pictures graced the walls of the best place in town to get a cup of coffee!
Read the nifty story on photo bloggers Petrea Burchard, Ben Wideman, Kat Likkel and little old me featured in the September, 2011 issue of Pasadena Magazine.
For over 4 years, I presented a picture a day from South Pasadena, California -- an incorporated city within the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. All photos up to November, 2008 were taken with a Fujifilm Finepix E900 camera. I added a Fujifilm Finepix S2000HD megazoom in December 2008, a Nikon D3100 in 2010 and a Lumix DMC-DS8 in 2011. I shot with them all. In August 2010 I joined the iPhone camera craze and sometimes included pictures captured by my phone. I regularly cropped images and used basic editing software to adjust the brightness, intensify the contrast, and increase color saturation. Other than that, all images came straight from the camera with minimal alteration. (If I couldn't have done it in a darkroom, I wouldn't do it with a computer.)
The bigger picture:
Consider it a love letter to the place I call home.
You can click on any picture to see a larger version.
All photos and prose on this blog copyright Laurie Allee. Reproduction without written permission is prohibited. (Plus, it's really uncool.)
Run, don't walk to the nearest bookseller and pick up a copy of Margaret Finnegan's delightful debut novel, The Goddess Lounge -- undoubtedly the kookiest, most wonderful riff on Homer's Odyssey ever written. Margaret never ceases to inspire and make us laugh at her blog Finnegan Begin Again. Her book is magical, silly, smart and a wonderful love letter to the all the goddesses among us.
Our very own Altadena poet Linda Dove weaves words into thoughtful tapestries in her moving poetry collection In Defense of Objects and chapbook O Dear Deer.
Kevin McCollister of East of West LA blows our minds with haunting images of Los Angeles. But since we can't put his blog on our coffee table, we can buy his fantastic book. I believe Kevin's images truly capture the quixotic and often heartbreaking soul of LA. Don't take my word for it, see what The LA Times had to say.
14 comments:
When Jack planted the beans in his yard, he realized overnight that law school was out of the question.
1) Shaken but not unnerved.
2) House for the modern-day Heathcliff. Hush, is that Cathy at the window?
3) House for sale: well-stocked root cellar.
Oooh, it's that monster tree again. I just love it! You should have posted this for Halloween, Laurie!
The tree that strangled the house!
My beautiful limbs invite you to stop and stare and enjoy the wonder of a tree like me. As you stand mesmerized, one of my root snakes wrap silently around your ankles, then suddenly you are gone. A faint scream is heard from somewhere in the lush foliage then silence. Shhhh, here comes another victim.
A symbiotic relationship. The tree loves the house, the house loves the tree. I see you rollin' your eyes...
Free Firewood.
These are great, people. And Hilda -- this is a DIFFERENT house and tree than the one I posted a few months ago.
We love our trees in South Pas...
Yak, I'm cracking up at Jack and law school.
The Bartons wanted to be good neighbors, but since the cat next door started marking territory in their yard, they couldn't keep up with the gardening.
Disneyland for kitties...
This house is protected by vicious tree. Enter at your own risk.
branch office?
Tree says: I was here first, how can you drop a house in my territory?
House: Okay, you can stay, but leave your trunk outside.
Tree: Thanks, I'll provide leafy shade and joyfully rustle in the breeze.
House: Nice of you to go out on a limb for me.
I just love these posts where you guys do all the work! These are so much fun.
AH... branch office. Excellent.
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