Category: Photography (mine)

So, I took my first vacation over seas. I started out in New York City (Photos), which isn’t over seas, but which I’d never been to before. Then I went to Italy (Photos), Greece (Photos), Turkey — for a few hours (Photos), and a one night layover in Zuric Switzerland. You can read an entirely…

I went to the South Coast Botanical Garden today. It had been nearly a year since I was last there. At that point, somebody had given me the impression that the place was closing down. Clearly that wasn’t true since here it is nearly a year later and it’s still quite open. Anyway, enjoy my…

I drove up to Santa Anita Park to watch the horses run and take some photos. It’s a very nice park, and it made for a nice outing. It’s like 30 minutes between races though which is far too long to have to wait.

Today, I headed up to Pasadena to go to the Norton Simon and the Los Angeles Arboretum. I’d never been to the Arboretum before. It’s a really nice place. Much larger than I expected, and certainly worth checking out if you have a chance. It was a fun day, and I took a bunch of…

I took a very short weekend trip to Hawaii. I mean seriously, seriously short. I think the flight over lasted longer than my stay (or maybe it just seemed that way). I didn’t have a chance to do all that much, but I made the best of the time that I did have. I hiked…

I took a tour of Rancho Los Alamitos today. It’s interesting, and parts of it are very beautiful. It’s also kind of weird. It’s been there since Mexico owned California, but at some point a gated community grew up around it. So, to get to it you have to drive through a ritzy neighborhood, and…

Happy New Year’s!!!! Tonight, I went up to Pasadena for a New Year’s Eve Party/Rose Parade Float viewing spectacle kind of thing. It was pretty cold after all our recent rains, but those floats are just INCREDIBLE! They’re made entirely from flowers or flower parts or just botanical this or that, and the attention to…

In keeping with my goal of taking advantage of the daylight on the weekends (which seems to be the only time I actually see daylight these days), I took my camera up to Malibu to shoot some photos on Zuma Beach. At one point, I was trying to get around some rocks, and I misjudged…

After a gray and rainy day yesterday, today turned out to be absolutely beautiful. I wanted to take advantage of that, so I grabbed my camera and headed down to El Dorado Nature Center in Southern Long Beach. When I was about a block away (or so I thought), I noticed a park with people…

I’ve decided that I want to learn how to sail. Actually, I decided that almost exactly 2 years ago, but now I’ve decided to do something about it. I had my first lesson today. It was kind of chilly out there on the water, but there was a nice sunset as we were heading back…