Light at Sunrise -- Lake Altus-Lugert, Oklahoma

Sunrise at Altus Reservoir (or Lake Altus-Lugert), OK

Looking up at one of the Twin Peaks, at Altus Reservoir

Can you see the dam?

"Altus Reservoir, with 6,260 acre surface acres and 49 miles of shoreline, impounds the North Fork of the Red River. The lake is surrounded by the stark beauty of rough granite hills and outcroppings--remnants of the Wichita Mountain Range whose peaks once stood over 20,000 feet tall." (from www.lasr.net/travel/lake).

Oklahoma is so flat ... near Altus, OK

Near Altus, OK - August 2010

...that the horizon can be seen on all sides in many places...

Near Quartz Mountain Resort by Altus, OK - August 2010

...except for the rocky hills, as seen here 12 miles from Altus, heading toward the Quartz Mountain Resort and reservoir.

Made by Golden Hands ... Wrightwood, CA

A truly splendid quilt, hanging at the Wrightwood Museum.

Footprints in the sand - near Altus, Oklahoma

Reservoir shoreline at sunrise at the Quarts Mountain Resort near Altus, Oklahoma (8-18-2010)

The little wild guys beat me to the shore.

Wrightwood Museum - Wrightwood, CA

Worth a visit. The front gived a good clue that the building was once the firehouse.

Wrong Wood in Wrightwood, CA

On a nature trail, behind a lodge near Mountain High ski area.

Convict Lake Morning - Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA (Weekend Reflection)

Morning reflection at Convict Lake -- 24 July 2010

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Wednesday Doorway - California Science Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Starting the workday on Saturday morning in November 2009.

On the Up Side of the Tracks - South Pasadena, CA

Metro Gold Line from Oaklawn Ave pedestrian overpass - April 29, 2010

Inspired by recent posts of my betters:  -K- at East of West LA, Keith at Gem City Images, Paula at Covina Daily Photo and Laurie at Glimpses of South Pasadena.

I got all my sisters with me - Los Angeles, CA (Reading Signs - No. 5)

LA City Hall with sign,
10 July 2010

"We are family
I got all my sisters with me
We are family
Get up ev'rybody and sing..."
("We are family" by Sister Sledge)

Thoroughly Modern - Altadena, CA

At the end of a road in Altadena, 29 April 2010

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Memories of the '70s -- Angeles Crest Highway, San Gabriel Mts, CA

October 1970, somewhere along the Angeles Crest Hwy
This was our first excursion into the local mountains. The ride was a very long one since we started in Hawthorne. We finally found a roadside stop that appealed to my aunt and had our picnic. Even at 12, I was proud of my capture here.
From the top - counterclockwise,
My dad, siting on the bench; his oldest sister, his 1st cousin, my mom, and cousin's wife.
My dad and his sister have passed away, but everyone else is still doing well.

October 1970
Somewhere near Mt. Wilson.
Me, Dad, and Mom.

Wednesday Doorways (Double Door sans Way) - Torrance, CA

Back door for a carpet store on Hawthorne Blvd. (June 2010)

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Over Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, Delaware (Sunday Bridges)

I crossed the C & D Canal on the older arch bridge (S. Dupont Pkwy -- State Rd. 13) and admired the newer cable-stayed bridge (Korean War Veterans Memorial Hwy -- DE-1) while travelling in Delaware last August. (15 August 2009)
 

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Happy 4th of July!

Urban Ride in Carson, CA (Weekend Reflection)

A father with a tot on the S. Main St. bridge over the Dominguez Channel (part of the LA River system), next to the Good Year Airship Operations in Carson, CA (near the 110 and the 405 freeway intersection).
Thank you to James of Newtown Area Daily Photo Weekend Reflections for hosting the meme.

Wednesday Doorway - Santa Barbara, CA

Doorway at Granada Theater in Santa Barbara (1 May 2010)

The view above the doors is posted on PV Daily Photo HERE.

Double - Santa Barbara, CA

On the steps of the Mission Santa Barbara, 1 May 2010

Sunday Bridges for The Chieftess - Mammoth Lakes, CA

Our wonderful local photographer and blogger, The Chieftess (A Photographic Journey blog), is moving from LA area to this absolutely gorgeous spot. I'm so looking forward to her photos of Mammoth Lakes and surrounding area.

The bridges of Twin Lakes, above the town of Mammoth Lakes (August 2009)

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Seashell at Sunrise (South Bethany, Delaware)

From an early morning walk on Bethany Beach - August 2009

Memories of Highland Park - Frank's Camera - OCT '70 (Los Angeles, CA)

Mama i tata (or Mom & Dad) - a month after arriving to the US and new owners of a Kodak Instamatic camera.

Shining Through - Palos Verdes Estates, CA

The full tower is shown on PV Daily Photo and  the original 1920's photo:Tower - PV Library Local History.

Glass thru Glass - Ballard Neighborhood, Seattle, WA

Thru the window of a restaurant on Ballard Ave NW.

.:. FLOWER .:. REWOLF .:.

Cactus flower at Huntington Gardens, April 2010

I'll take that with a view on the side... Pacific Coast Hwy - Redondo Beach, CA

10:20:30 am to 10:24:40 am, Sunday, June 6, 2010

Morning over the 405 - Long Beach, CA

Not the usual perspective for me of the San Diego Freeway since I'm most of the time on the freeway and not above it. From Orange Ave. overpass, looking East.

Mystery Bridge Sunday Bridges

February 2009
Hint: It's somewhere very near our Sunday Bridges host.

FIRE by Elizabeth Garrison & Victor Henderson (Westchester/Los Angeles)

EARTH - FIRE - WATER - SKY

At Fire Station No. 5

Because seeing it once is not enough ...

The Shape of Things

Long Beach, CA

Fall 2009

Watching the People Who Watched Madonna

34th St. Penn Station, Saturday night, October 11, 2008

Watching the People Who Watched Madonna

At 34th St. Penn Station - Saturday night, October 11, 2008

Wanderlust at LAX - Los Angeles, CA

Tom Bradley International Terminal, October 17, 2009, 1:05 pm

Alley in the Afternoon - San Pedro, CA

Near 9th Street
12 June 2009

Alley in the Afternoon (2) - San Pedro, CA

12 June 2009

Amsterdam 2007 (Sunday Bridges)

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This week, I'm reminiscing about walking Amsterdam's bridges ... and I had to include the "must-have-bicycle-on-bridge" photo. (September 2007)

View Not Required - Courthouse Mural Room, Santa Barbara, CA

The current courthouse was built in 1929, and all of it is just spectacular. The link provides detailed information on the Mural Room - Santa Barbara Courthouse - Mural Room.

New York City, NY (Monochorme Monday)

Manhattan - October 2008

My contribution to Aileni's Monochorme Weekend.

Buddies: Commodore Schuyler F. Heim & Henry Ford Bridges - Terminal Island, CA (SUNDAY BRIDGES)

The Com. Heim Bridge (green structure) is part of State Route 47 (the Terminal Island Freeway), crossing over the Cerritos Channel and is heavily used by trucks coming and going to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The bridge opened in Jan. 1948. The H. Ford bridge is, oddly, a railway bridge.

Good write-ups on the bridges can be seen PORT AUTHORITY info and Heim in Wikipedia and H. Ford in Wikipedia.

(Per Wiki, Mannix TV show opening sequence was filmed on the Heim bridge. My dad and I loved watching that show in the late '60s, in former Yugoslavia.)

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Vilicich (Sky) Watch & Clock - San Pedro (Los Angeles), CA

On S. Waymouth St., a family owned and operated business for 5 decades - Vilicich Watch.

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AMSTERD M - Manhattan, NYC, NY

October 2008

Under the Brooklyn Bridge (Sunday Bridges)

Saturday night at Old Fulton St., Brooklyn, New York - August 2009

I was travelling from Rye, NY to the Delaware coast, and had to get off at Brooklyn to see the bridge.

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