As a huge University of Texas fan, all I can say is that the burnt orange sunset is shrouding the hills in our colors!! There have been extra flights by Southwest, American Airlines and Jet Blue, just to get people to Pasadena for the National Championship game tonight.
You'll probably spot quite a few Longhorn fans spilling over into your quaint town.
Those colors. Simply mesmerizing. Thanks for making my day as I gaze out on a cloudy, cold wind swept street and twigs covering the ground from nine oak trees. And to think that in about three hours I can fly from this to that. Of course we are not counting the three hours of being patted down and searched at the airport. But the bells I set off can't compare to the quiet sound of music played by nature's palette that awaits.
Laurie, magnificent photo. if i painted this (and these are my usual colors of choice) no one would believe I was trying to be realistic...anyway, thanks for the OK to use the "Fantasyland" photo. I appreciate it...and will keep you updated when i post the piece!!
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.)
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Consider it a love letter to the place I call home.
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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.
16 comments:
Beautiful sky! Nature's entertainment.
As a huge University of Texas fan, all I can say is that the burnt orange sunset is shrouding the hills in our colors!! There have been extra flights by Southwest, American Airlines and Jet Blue, just to get people to Pasadena for the National Championship game tonight.
You'll probably spot quite a few Longhorn fans spilling over into your quaint town.
Hook 'em Horns!!!
Those colors. Simply mesmerizing. Thanks for making my day as I gaze out on a cloudy, cold wind swept street and twigs covering the ground from nine oak trees. And to think that in about three hours I can fly from this to that. Of course we are not counting the three hours of being patted down and searched at the airport. But the bells I set off can't compare to the quiet sound of music played by nature's palette that awaits.
Gorgeous sky!
Beautiful!
I had forgotten about the championship game tonight. Hook em Horns!!!!!!!!
Absolutely breathtaking shot!
Laurie, did you take this yesterday? I was outside here on my hill and got some photos with those same colors.
Hiker let a comment on my blog saying that she had tried yesterday to photograph a blood red sky.
And Pas.Adj.directed me to a link in her comment section of a sunrise that she said looks like my sunsets.
Isn't this fun?
when looking at the photo full size, it has a grainy appearance that makes it seem almost like an oil painting. very nice! the colors are remarkable.
Stunning.
You've said it! Magical.
aaahhhhh
pretty
I blew you a kiss from that hill over on the right
There have been some spectacular sunsets lately. This rivals the best of them. Beautiful photo.
Gorgeous colors!!!
Laurie, magnificent photo. if i painted this (and these are my usual colors of choice) no one would believe I was trying to be realistic...anyway, thanks for the OK to use the "Fantasyland" photo. I appreciate it...and will keep you updated when i post the piece!!
Thanks, CHieftess!
Julie, I'm looking forward to seeing your version!
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