Tag:California
The Magnificent Eight is what I’m calling this San Diego mural. I’ve no idea what it was really called or who it was by and I doubt it exists today. I took it in 1995 or 1996 in the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego. The frame before contains the Embassy Suites and looks like it was taken from the vicinity of what is now Ruocco Park. The two frames after were taken at 5th and J. But all three of […]
The Silver Lining was a jewelry cart in the Westfield Horton Plaza in San Diego. In this photo, three sailors peruse rings. Well, two of them do. The other seems to be gazing at the ear rings. Modern-day wanna-be pirates? I didn’t hang around long enough to know if they actually bought something. This cart was in an open walkway that splits the plaza diagonally. I don’t remember it being windy so I’m not sure why the sailor in the […]
From yesterday’s photo of the church of the Immaculate Conception in San Diego to the Carmel Mission, up the coast aways in Carmel. The missions in California are all tied to the work of the Franciscan friar, Junipero Serra, who was beatified in 1998 and canonized in 2015. The Mission Carmel marked the northern outpost of the Spanish in Californa. The Mission Carmel dates from 1771, Serra having relocated it from the original site in Monterey. This was Serra’s base […]
Today’s photo is of the bell tower at the church of the Immaculate Conception in San Diego, California, for no real reason other than it’s a Sunday. Despite the Spanish/Mexican heritage of Texas, there’s not much Spanish/Mexican architecture in Houston – the city is too new. I have to go West and South for heritage architecture. Flip over to the west coast, however, and there’s no end of churches and missions from the Mexican border up to San Francisco. From […]
Sunset at Morro Rock, the Pacific Ocean gently stroking the shore, the slenderest crescent of moon hanging delicately in the sky as the day gives way to night. Viewed at 100% on the original the rock is capped with the silhouettes of roosting seabirds. This rock is just to the north of Morro Rock. Morro Rock emerges from the ocean just a few pixels left of the edge of the frame – it’s that close. While we were taking photos […]
Pismo Surfer 2 was surfing on the other side of the pier. Whereas yesterday’s Pismo Surfer was surfing away from the pier, this one was surfing towards it. I’d like to think he’s looking at the pilings of the pier to decide when to end his run. The surfers to the north of the pier seemed to my untrained eye to be having better waves and better runs. Perhaps the pier itself was sucking energy out of the water making […]
