Rye High School - Rye, New York (Sepia Scenes)

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My mother-in-law was a native of Rye and graduated from Rye HS in 1942. I had a chance to visit Rye last summer.

The Rye Reading Room (the library) had old issues of The Rye Chronicle. The high school opened in 1931.

My mother-in-law is in the 1st column, 5th row.

STREETSCAPES: The Original Panty Cafe Corner - Los Angeles, CA

Corner of Figueroa and 9th St., Los Angeles - April 2009

During the nation's bicentennial and my senior year of High School, my friends and I would often drive down from Northeast LA to eat breakfast late at night at The Pantry. We'd act tough, worldly and grown up. I still act very tough and grown up - but I haven't been to The Pantry in years.

STREETSCAPES: Streets of LA, Los Angeles, CA

"MORE HUMANITY PER PIXEL" Banner, S. Figueroa St. - April 2009

A Street Scene, S. Figueroa St., April 2009

STREETSCAPES: Narbonne - Lomita, CA

Looking north for miles on Narbonne Ave., 17 September 2009

Lomita is Spanish for "little knoll" - which is NOT represented by this photo. Lomita was originally part of Rancho San Pedro, granted by the Spanish Empire to Juan Jose Dominguez by King Carlos III of Spain in 1784. (From Lomita, CA in Wikipedia)

Reading Signs No. 4 - Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Signo de cobre verde, 13 February 2010

BIG red - West Los Angeles, CA

A truck, a pole, a gull and Santa Monica Blvd. - 13 January 2009

Train Yard - Long Beach, CA (Sepia Scenes)

Morning work along the Alameda corridor - November 2009.

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Winter - Signal Hill from Long Beach Airport, CA

January 2009

Streetscapes: A blustery ride - Wilmington, CA

On Sepulveda Blvd, June 2009

Grand Vision - San Pedro, CA (Weekend Reflection)

Warner Grand Theatre Adjacent, San Pedro - June 2009

The 1930's Warner Grand is located at 478 West 6th Street in San Pedro. The ad (Grand Vision) for resotration of the Grand to its former splendor was hung above a store front of the adjacent building, looking across at this wonderful old wall and gate.

See the reflected world view at James' Weekend Reflection.

We're off for our annual ski weekend at Mammoth Mountain. I'll catch up with your posts when I return.

Reading Signs No. 3 - Long Beach, CA

Fantastic Burger, Cherry Avenue - November 2009

Ice in the Punchbowl - Pearblossom, CA

Ice Ring - 7 March 2009

At the end of the Loop Trail hike at Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area, I found this ice ring that formed on the ground (I cannot remember in what) and I hung it up. I think the set-up turned out rather picturesque.

The rangers offer various activities at the Punchbowl, including monthly Full Moon evening hikes and a San Andreas Fault tour every Sunday at 1 pm.

Mothers - West Los Angeles, CA

Crossing Santa Monica Blvd. - January 2010

Tail Faces - Port of Seattle: Sea-Tac Airport, WA

Alaska Airlines Boeing 737s, on the tarmac of Seattle-Tacoma Airport - 17 June 2008

I am not sure what prompted this post...perhaps wonderlust?

STREETSCAPES: FIRE STATION NO. 2 - El Segundo, CA

E. El Segundo Blvd. at N. Nash St., February 2009

Side Show: Crown Fire Engine - El Segundo, CA

Vintage Crown Pumper (1965?) at El Segundo Fire Station No. 2 - February, 2009

Reflecting on Merge / Diverge (2 things challenge)

Car Reflections, Long Beach, CA - November 2009

Car Reflections, Torrance, CA - May 2009

From my collection of car reflections - I thought both of these had elements of Merging & Diverging.
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Early Spring - Long Beach, CA

Blossoms with Mt. Baldy or "View un-fenced", 28 January 2010

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Audience - Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Audience, Ridgecrest Intermediate School Graduation - 12 June 2009

Nursing graduates - Cal State Long Beach, CA (Sepia Scenes)

From the Class of December 2009 (January 2010)

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Reading Signs No. 2 - Chrystalaire Airport, Llano, CA

FLAMMABLE, 2 January 2010

Caution sign on top of the refueling truck at Southern California Soaring Academy in Llano, 25 miles south of Edwards Air Force Base.

Click HERE for the first sign of the series.

Fire / Water: 2 Things Challenge & Weekend Reflection

Sunset at Crystalaire, 23 January 2010

Firey sunlit clouds are reflected onto the water-like smooth surface of the glider's canopy & wing.

Join the weekly 2 Things Challenge hosted by Larry at Eeyores Ramblins.

AND the ever so popular James' Weekend Reflection.

Auto Repair - Seal Beach, CA

Seal Beach Auto Repair, January 2010

... or "My Other Boat is a Car " license plate frame.

With the recent rains in the area, hope the boat does not float away.

nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands

Mulan Magnolia Blossom, St. Helena, CA (8 March 2009)

somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond

by ee cummings

somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond
any experience,your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near

your slightest look easily will unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
(touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first rose

or if your wish be to close me, i and
my life will shut very beautifully ,suddenly,
as when the heart of this flower imagines
the snow carefully everywhere descending;

nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility:whose texture
compels me with the color of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing

(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens;only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands

Reading Signs No. 1 - West Los Angeles, CA

Art Materials, Santa Monica Blvd. - 12 January 2010

Fowler Museum - Los Angeles, CA

Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA - March 2009

Crystal Cathedral - Garden Grove, CA (Weekend Reflection)

Crystal Cathedral, 16 January 2010
Crystal Cathedral - detail, 16 January 2010
Crystal Cathedral - detail, 16 January 2010
This is my "no brainer" contribution for James' Weekend Reflection.

Performing Arts - Costa Mesa, CA

Segerstorm Concert Hall, 9 January 2010
Samueli Theater, 9 January 2010
In this theater, I attended a wonderful Gala concert as a fundraiser for the Serbian Orthodox church in Orange County.

Towers and Turrets - St. Augustine, Florida

Turret at Castillo de San Marcos National Monument(circa 1680) with Flagler College (former Hotel Ponce de Leon) tower (r) and Memorial Presbyterian Church tower (l).

December 2009

'Z' is for Zebras at the... - Palm Dessert, CA

Zebras, December 2008

These beauties (photographed in living color) are lunching at the Living Desert, a wonderful animal & natural botanical park preserving a portion Colorado desert.

See more Zzzz's around the world at abc wednesday.

PENINSULA ::.:..:::..:.::... - Torrance, CA

Closed Buick-Oldsmobile(?) dealer on Pacific Coast Hwy.

11 July 2009

(The lot is currently used as an overflow for another dealership).

Nativity Catholic Church - Torrance, CA

This beautiful church is located in Old Torrance at the intersection of Manuel and Engracia Avenues.

(November 2009)

Yo Soy La Virgen De La Caridad - Torrance, CA

A shrine to the Virgin of Charity next to Nativity Catholic Church in Torrance (November 2009)

Winter Details at St. Andrew's Abbey - Valyermo, CA

Workshop Window, 21 February 2009

Silver Bell, 21 February 2009

St. Andrew's Abbey is a Roman Catholic Benedictine Monastery and Retreat/Youth Center located in the northern foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.
Saint Andrew's Abbey

This is my contribution for James' Weekend Reflection.

Douglas Park - End & Beginning - Long Beach, CA

SW corner of Lakewood Blvd & Carson St (August 2009)
Once the site of a thriving aircraft factory with different company names (Douglas Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas, & Boeing), is now a commercial & residential development space. In the view are white Boeing office buildings and the San Gabriel/San Bernandino mountains.

Unusual Monument - Torrance, CA

County Engineer Monument

Torrance Blvd. at Cravens Ave.

25 November 2009

'Y' is for bits of Yellow - Long Beach, CA

See the 'Y' posts around the world at abc Wednesday.

Getting Smart on East Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
Claire's at the Museaum, Long Beach Museum of Art
Fountain at Claire's.

Beauty and the Beach - 1910

Mary Ruder, my husband's paternal grandmother, somewhere on the Southern California coast in 1910. This must have been shortly after she came to California from Mankato, Minnesota.

Can anyone help me identify the pier?

Hva er det?

What is my New Year's resolution? Hmmmm...I wonder...

Remembrance of a Rose Parade Past (Pasadena, CA - New Year's 1971)

This really poor quality photo brings back great memories. That's me, when I was 12, with my mom in a coat over a maxi skirt at our first Tournament of Roses post-parade display. My dad took the picture. The pants were bought at Robinson's monthly sale...they were brown & rust & buff cords and I loved them.