SueBee Arts

While in Portland, Oregon, earlier this month, I visited the serene and beautiful Japanese Garden. The day was overcast and drizzly, perfect coming from a parched, over-baked Southern California.  Per their website: “There is meaning in every stone, reason in every plant and tree, and in every shadow a story.” Please enjoy the lush green gardens […]

For this week’s Photo Challenge theme of Change, I chose to feature changes I’ve been making to the rocks I collected during my early July vacation in Cambria. While there, I started painting the rocks, and have since found it to be a most therapeutic and relaxing hobby! My family has been dealing with an […]

I drove my oldest daughter, Angelika, and her boyfriend to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) yesterday for their flight to Germany. Rather than sitting in rush hour traffic on the freeway for the drive home, I chose a little side trip. I visited one of my favorite gardens, South Coast Botanic Garden, followed by a […]

(14 photos in gallery) I’m continuing from my previous post showcasing sights of Portland, Oregon, as I toured the city earlier this month. The most memorable shot on this particular day is the one below, of the older couple sitting on chairs placed right next to the street. As I was walking along, taking pictures, […]

Today’s set of pictures are the final from my visit to Portland, Oregon’s breathtaking International Test Rose Garden. Enjoy! ~SueBee

This photo, taken with my iPhone 6 during my recent visit to Portland, Oregon, was one of those lucky shots. A group of us were walking to dinner, I glanced up (naturally, always on the lookout), stopped walking, took a few shots, ran to catch up with the others. The reflection on the glass facade, along […]

(14 photos in gallery) Please join me as I continue my walking tour of the beautiful Portland (Oregon) International Test Rose Garden. We had a downpour of rain in Southern California last night, and I’m hoping if it continues, we might start to see some green here again, like in Portland!~SueBee

(14 photos in gallery) During my visit last weekend to Portland, Oregon, I bought a day pass on the Max Light Rail Service, and headed to Washington Park, home to the Zoo, International Test Rose Garden, Japanese Garden, and more. Portland is known as the city of roses (information below gallery). Please enjoy a tour through […]

Today’s Foto Fix features a rather unique scene I came across in the Portland (Oregon) Rose Garden last weekend. It was an overcast, drizzly day (wonderfully refreshing for someone coming out of a drought stricken area). People were wandering the muddy paths with umbrellas overhead. I haven’t thought to bring one, and wouldn’t know where […]

These photos of downtown Portland, Oregon, were taken during my visit there this past weekend, as mentioned in my previous post. I created my own walking tour and ended up completely smitten by this very beautiful city. ~SueBee

(29 photos in gallery) I was fortunate this past weekend to join in the wedding celebration of very dear friends, in Portland, Oregon. I’d booked my flight months ago, prior to my health issues, and worried I’d not be able to attend. But, luckily, I made the trip. Not only were all of the wedding […]

(16 photos in gallery) Kat took an afternoon off work last week to join me in a spontaneous visit to Oak Glen, with its clear mountain air offering some of the best medicine for any ailment! We first had lunch at a favorite spot, (Riley’s Farm) Hawk’s Head Publick House, with its Revolutionary War era […]

Kat and I first launched our “Everything Southern California” blog on WordPress Sept 1, 2013. We’ve since published over 570 posts, and uploaded over 4200 images. We’ve been busy bees, no doubt. As our blogging partnership transitioned last year, with Kat venturing off on her own, I continued my adventures and shared those times with […]

This gorgeous bird, which may be some sort of duck (?), was resting in the Japanese garden pond at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens. I cropped the photo in very closely so you could see that his eyes nearly look like jewels! If anyone knows what sort of bird this is, please let me […]

Imagine walking through this gorgeous archway at the Huntington Library and Gardens in San Marino… what a refreshing journey you’ll take! ~SueBee

Today’s set of photos were taken at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino and show a very attentive guard of the bamboo. But, at times of napping, please refer to the sign. ~SueBee

Today’s Foto Fix of sailboat clouds on the horizon was taken off the coast of Cambria. ~SueBee

As a second entry into this Weekly Photo Challenge, Beneath Your Feet, I chose the soft sand and incoming tide at Catalina Island, experienced during my recent birthday visit there. ~SueBee

For this Weekly Photo Challenge, Beneath Your Feet, I chose this flight of stairs (the Mattachine Steps) leading very steeply down to Silver Lake, near downtown Los Angeles. It was imperative that my eyes stay focused beneath my feet or risk a fast tumble to the bottom! ~SueBee

This is where my mind is today. I think it’s a great place to have one’s mind!! 🙂 ~SueBee