Continuing from yesterday’s post, on into the desert at the Huntington we go! The fascinating array of plant life is mind-boggling, particularly in springtime when colorful flowers make their bold statement, “Look at Me, Look at Me”!! Be sure your face doesn’t get too close to that perky yellow flower, though, or you might end with a […]
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Exploring the Huntington, 1
A week or two ago, I took a spontaneous day off work (that’s called playing hooky), and visited the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. I became a member last year, when Stinky was on display (link to post here), and was overdue for another visit. The day was perfect, cool and overcast. […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Forces of Nature
As entry for this week’s Photo Challenge, Forces of Nature, my photos show a child’s sand castle being washed away by the tide. Photo taken this past Sunday afternoon at Corona Del Mar in Southern California. ~SueBee
Much Ado at Sea
This photo perplexes me nearly as much as the pond reflection from a few days ago. I took it Sunday afternoon while wandering along the beach at Corona Del Mar, after my family’s wonderful Mother’s Day festivities had concluded, using my Nikon long lens (55/300). I can’t figure how so many things can be going on in one small spot […]
Hiking Oak Canyon Nature Center, 2
Continuing from yesterday’s post about my hike at the Oak Canyon Nature Center in Anaheim Hills, I ventured down off the sunny side of the mountain, into the cool shade of the oak trees. Being careful to steer clear of poison oak, I followed one trail after the next, meandering this way and that. There […]
Hiking Oak Canyon Nature Center, 1
Kat told me about this great hiking spot she and her boyfriend “discovered”, less than 6 miles from home, so naturally I had to check it out. (It’s fun moving to a new area and learning about all it has to offer!) Oak Canyon Nature Center, located in Anaheim Hills, just a few miles from Orange, is surrounded by […]
Oak Canyon Pond Reflection
Reflections fascinate me as much as shadows do. This one I find particularly tricky in determining if anything other than the stone and a few brown leaves are real, not reflected. I took this shot at Oak Canyon Nature Center in Anaheim Hills during a recent hike. More photos from that afternoon of exploring coming soon! ~SueBee
Aztec Hotel on old Route 66
When driving from my hometown of Orange a week or two ago, en route to the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, I knew I’d have some time to kill because the Huntington wouldn’t be open until noon. So I detoured a bit, starting in Glendora and over through Monrovia, searching out old Route 66. I’d gone to […]
Umbrella Dance
Today’s Foto Fix is from my visit to the Bowers Museum this past Sunday during their May Day celebration. The group of dancers from Czechoslovakia were performing a children’s folk dance. I did just a bit of photo editing, focusing the colors on the dance group while the rest turned black and white. ~SueBee
Dancers at the Bowers
May Day was celebrated at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana yesterday with a variety of entertainment. This gallery of photos features the Dot Comm Dancers from the Orange County School of the Arts, performing for the audience. (Director: Jim Kolb, Choreographer: Tawny Chapman). The gals were expressive, energetic, talented. ~SueBee
Rainbow Sherbet Rose
As I mentioned previously, the gardens are so beautiful at The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, that I have a near-endless supply of photos from my recent visit! This gorgeous rose reminds me of sherbet (which I’ve pronounced as sherbert my entire life, by the way)… yummy! ~SueBee
New Page – WPC Photos
A new page, WPC Photos, has been added to the SueBee and Kat blog, featuring a collection of our Weekly Photo Challenge pictures. Please visit! The photo below was the entry into our very first Challenge, Reflections, posted on May 22, 2014. It’s a selfie Kat took while visiting the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Intricate
I’m going with a seafaring theme, with a photo taken at Los Angeles Harbor, for this week’s Photo Challenge, Intricate. The ropes crossing this way and that appear very intricate and lace-like to me. ~SueBee
Red Roses
Another Daily Foto Fix taken at Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. It’s so beautiful there, I have a near endless supply of photos to upload for the blog. ~SueBee
Weekly Photo Challenge: Motion
The motion of time passing eerily silent and unseen on its own. captivated by its own energy its unfulfilled lust for speed. the wretched taskmaster never content to be, to just be unwilling to stop and sit a spell. no. we don’t gain even one moment’s pause… we ask where the time went the days, months, years. yet […]
Rainbow Tunnel
Daily Foto Fix taken in the children’s garden at Huntington Library and Botanical Garden recently. ~SueBee
Whimsical Garden Scene
The flowers in this scene, taken a week ago at Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, look like little critters waving hello. I don’t know what they are, but they’re both pretty and adorable at the same time. ~SueBee
Stepping Back in Time
I took a small detour on my way to the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino the other day, sidetracking myself along part of the old Route 66. I’m fascinated by vintage things, historical spots, places that were and take every chance to seek out whenever possible. The pictures in this gallery, of […]
Pale Yellow and Pink Roses
A visit to the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino yesterday, and wandering around the beautiful rose garden brings today’s Foto Fix. It was a delightfully overcast, cool day, perfect for all the walking I did. The roses have a vintage look, don’t you think? ~SueBee
Greystone Mansion, Beverly Hills
I wandered around the grounds of the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills with my son a few months back. What a beautiful place! Per their website: “Completed in 1928 by oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny, Greystone Mansion & Gardens is a Beverly Hills and Los Angeles treasure, recognized since 1976 on the National Register of Historic Places. […]
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