Yesterday, after a long day at work, Kat and I jumped in my little truck and zipped onto the freeway… where we patiently sat in traffic for well over an hour until finally stopping for dinner. We then continued on to our destination in La Canada Flintridge, Descanso Gardens. A few weeks back, I’d purchased tickets for the […]
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Reflection of Fall
Continuing with my hopeful thoughts of cooler days and my favorite season, Autumn! This photo was taken last November on the mountain in Oak Glen, California. ~SueBee (photo by SueBee)
Hot Afternoon, Cool Garden Paths
Ever hopeful that our Southern California heat-spell, our never-ending summer, will finally turn to autumn, I’m posting these garden photos as inspiration for cooler days. They were taken at the beautiful Huntington Library and Gardens in San Marino. ~SueBee (photos by SueBee)
Reflections at Huntington Library and Gardens
A collection of reflections from the Huntington Library & Gardens in San Marino. ~SueBee (photos by SueBee)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreamy
Following a fun week of being tour guide to visiting relatives from Germany, I’m feeling rather dreamy. Therefore this week’s photo challenge hits the right note with me! My entry for the challenge was taken from the 16th floor window of a San Diego hotel room during my visit there a few weeks back. The morning haze was thinning, […]
SueBee as Tour Guide
My niece and her 5 year old son are visiting America for the first time, coming from a very small farm village in Northern Germany. They first stayed with friends in Alamogordo, New Mexico, for two weeks, then flew to LAX where my oldest daughter, Angelika, picked them up. They stayed with her for a few days, then […]
Ocean Eye
While visiting the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach this past Sunday with relatives from Germany, I took this picture of some sort of small fish. I didn’t edit the picture at all, other than a tiny bit of color saturation. For the life of me, I can’t figure out the fish’s eye in the photo. To me it looks like […]
Southern California’s Wine Country
Taking a drive to Riverside County’s Temecula is a visit to wine country, Southern California style. It’s not as grown up as the wine regions above San Francisco, or north of Santa Barbara, or the Paso Robles area, but it’s getting there! The vines are maturing, the wineries building and expanding, the brown earth gradually […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Signs
For this week’s Photo Challenge theme of Signs, we simply had to choose this photo of a world famous sign, HOLLYWOOD! (Photo by Kat)
Lavender Orchid
Spotted this beauty at South Coast Botanic Garden’s recent orchid show. ~SueBee (photo by SueBee)
Guardian Dragon
Today’s Foto Fix was taken at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. Lady in the bright red hat, being guarded by her fierce dragon cane, caught my eye! ~SueBee (photo by SueBee)
I Shrank San Diego
Having a hotel room on the 16th floor, along with the miniature setting on my Nikon d5100, assisted in my shrinking of San Diego! 🙂 ~SueBee (photos by SueBee)
Bolsa Chica Wetlands
Peaceful, cool, Bolsa Chica Wetlands, just a wee bit up the coast from Huntington Beach pier, brings a wonderful place for bird watching, or a bit of quiet time. SueBee (photos by SueBee) From their website, “The Bolsa Chica includes over 1400 acres of undeveloped wetlands, lowlands and lower mesa. This area is rich with history […]
On the West Side, part 2
Continuing from yesterday’s post, the photos in this gallery were taken by Kat, as I drove, and we explored parts of West Los Angeles. ~SueBee (photos by Kat)
On the West Side, part 1
Cruising around West Los Angeles, on or near Melrose Avenue which runs east/west across the city, this gallery of photos (part 1 today) was taken by Kat as I drove. Los Angeles is an interesting city, even in the normal everyday, and it was difficult keeping an eye on the road! I pulled over often as […]
Sights from the Garden
The photos in this gallery were taken last Saturday as I wandered around at South Coast Botanic Gardens in Rancho Palos Verdes, Southern California. It’s a beautiful place; I highly recommend a visit. ~SueBee (photos by SueBee)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Endurance
unyielding stone beneath worn down bone protective cape, a ragged drape shoulders stooped and sagging reflective eyes, wherein memory lies of many tries, of failed ties self-made walls, treasured halls the daily shift, that load to lift cannot stay, don’t care to pray must get through another day endurance, her insurance. This week’s Photo Challenge theme is Endurance, which I’ve interpreted as the plight of the […]
Fascinated by the Brown Flower Tree
I expect many of us have seen the gorgeous, bright pink flowers of the silk floss tree, but have you ever seen that same tree in yellow and brown? I spotted this beautiful specimen at the South Coast Botanic Gardens this past weekend. One might expect the yellow flowers to turn brown as they’re drying up and ready […]
Thick as Bees
Buzzing, darting about, causing people to quickly duck, were what I assumed to be dozens of large bumble bees swarming on the purple salvia. Except they weren’t bees at all. Those frantic creatures were hummingbirds! I’ve never seen them gathered in such numbers as I saw at the South Coast Botanic Gardens this past weekend. I tried snapping clear, posed pictures, but it was […]
South Coast Botanic Gardens in Yellow
The past three days were packed with multiple events I was invited to, all on the west side of Los Angeles, so I stayed at my son’s place. I did manage to grab a few free hours Saturday morning, though, for a long-overdue visit to a favorite place on that side of town, the South Coast Botanic Gardens in Rancho Palos Verdes. As […]
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