For this week’s Photo Challenge, Vivid, a photo from Corona Del Mar in Southern California, featuring vivid blue sky and water, with a few vivid red flowers tossed in for good measure!~SueBee
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Visual of Southern California’s Drought
The former water line clearly visible in this photo of Irvine Lake, a privately owned fishing and boating lake near my home in the city of Orange, certainly shows results of Southern California’s drought. While I didn’t live in the area when the lake was at normal water levels, it’s sure sad to see how low […]
Midweek Medicine
During stressful times, the remedy I often seek is a quick visit to the shore. When that’s not possible, gazing at a photo is the next best thing. This beautiful outlook onto the Pacific Ocean is from the end of Poppy Street in Corona Del Mar. Happy Wednesday, halfway to the weekend! ~SueBee
Magic!
Today’s Foto Fix features a bit of gravity-defying magic demonstrated by two young gals on the beach at Oceanside, as they took a break from an international soccer tournament. The gal dressed in pink impressed me with her very cool, controlled skill! I’m sure I never looked that calm while hula-hooping. 😉 ~SueBee
San Gabriel Mission District, 1
(16 photos in gallery) Intent on avoiding freeway traffic on the drive home to Orange from the San Gabriel Valley a few weeks ago, I realized my detour would take me near the Mission. I also realized, in spite of growing up in Southern California, I’d never actually been there. With a quick stop to check directions, I made […]
Blue Lilies by the Pond
Today’s Foto Fix was taken at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens recently. ~SueBee
Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Way
This week’s Photo Challenge, On the Way, (“Share a shot of something you saw, did, or experienced on the way: a photo not of your destination, but of an interesting thing along the way”), features signs along the road as I drove to the mile-high town of Oak Glen in Southern California. These signs are reminiscent […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Broken
This week’s Photo Challenge, Broken, immediately brought to mind a glass pitcher my mom’s had in her antique china cabinet for over 50 years. It fascinated me as a young girl and continues to do so. I remember asking mom “how could they staple glass?”. I still don’t have an answer to that question! ~SueBee
Up Close and Personal with the Beach
A gallery of close-ups (or zooms) from Corona Del Mar and Oceanside beaches, taken during my recent visits. I particularly like the first one as it appears the sand was painted. Do you have a favorite among these shots? ~SueBee
Creature from the Black Lagoon?
I often find scenes that amuse me during my photography outings, this one taken at Corona Del Mar being one of them. The “Creature from the Black Lagoon” (reference to a 1954 very low-budget Action/Adventure film), has come ashore, and people on the beach haven’t even noticed! The dog doesn’t seem to sense the danger either! […]
In Honor, Memorial Day 2015
These photos, taken during a ceremony on Armed Services Day in Oceanside, serve to honor members of our military, past and present. Thank you. ~SueBee
All Aboard! Train to Oceanside, 2
(17 photos in gallery) Continuing where we left off yesterday, today’s gallery features my view out the Metrolink train window from San Clemente on down the coast to Oceanside. While it started as a rather blustery, overcast day, the temperature was perfect for walking. The sun eventually broke through, and the day was gorgeous. I […]
All Aboard! To Oceanside, 1
(25 photos in gallery) Last Saturday I took a spontaneous train ride on Metrolink, and headed south, down the coast. Please join me today and tomorrow, looking out the train window as we journey from the city of Orange in Orange County to the seaside town of Oceanside in San Diego County. You’ll view scenery […]
Time to Mow the Lawn
Today’s Foto Fix reminder for some of us this weekend… it’s time to mow the lawn! Photo taken along the promenade, cliff side above the sea, at Corona Del Mar. ~SueBee
Pigeon Irony
This scene at Corona Del Mar had me laughing. All the spikes and gadgets to keep pigeons off the roof of this very expensive, seaside home, and yet…. ! 😀 ~SueBee
Weekly Photo Challenge, Enveloped, 2
I’ve decided on a second entry into this week’s Photo Challenge, Enveloped. This photo is a play on the word envelope, within enveloped. In my view, this brown pelican has folded himself as an envelope, ready to be mailed to his next destination. I took this photo while walking on the pier at Oceanside this […]
Colorful Oceanside
I tend to be a spontaneous person; I love the excitement and sense of adventure it brings. This past Friday night, I had dinner with Kat and her boyfriend, Cameron, at a favorite restaurant, Ruby’s, at the Orange train depot. Naturally, the next morning my mind was on trains. So, I looked up the Metrolink […]
Weekly Photo Challenge, Enveloped
I have so many photos suitable for this week’s Photo Challenge, Enveloped, but ended up with this one of scuba divers skimming the surface, enveloped by their suits and the Pacific Ocean at Corona Del Mar. ~SueBee
Exploring the Huntington, 4
Today’s post is the final installment of my wandering around the desert gardens at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. Springtime is by far the best time to visit this section; the colors and variety of blooms are phenomenal. Upcoming posts will feature my other favorite sections of the gardens… I […]
Exploring the Huntington, 3
Onward we go through the desert garden at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. Please enjoy more of the luscious, colorful variety of plant life! ~SueBee
