HOLLYWOOD

An un-glam look for sure, off the Hollywood 101 Freeway.

The Oscars are tonight and the only movie I've seen is The Fighter which I thought was excellent. So you know which one I'm pulling for to win.

California Gold ... (Copyright Image of Palos Verdes Daily Photo)

The summer look of the California hills, above Abalone Cove.

Bridge to Promenade (Sunday Bridges)

Bridges from the parking structure to the PV mall (Promenade at the Peninsula) with the hill of wild mustard that's part of the nature preserve.

See many bridges at Louis La Vache's Sunday Bridges.

Los Angeles Skyline from Altadena & ...

I drove up as high as I could into the hills of Altadena and saw this view, looking at LA and beyond to Palos Verdes. And then as I stepped back, the real visual treat came into view, right above me.

'N' is for Nature Preserve (abc Wednesday)

Hiking Vista Del Norte trail, above the PV Mall. Join ABC Wednesday.

Play Misty for Me (SkyWatch Friday)

Palos Verdes gets a lot of coastal mist, much like Northern California coastline. This shot is looking North from the Trump National (previously Ocean Trails) golf course.

A member of the Skywatch community.

Saddleback Butte State Park, Antelope Valley

"Saddleback Butte, elevation 3,651 feet, is a granite mountaintop that towers some thousand feet above the broad alluvial bottom land of the Antelope Valley about fifteen miles east of Lancaster, on the western edge of the Mojave Desert. The state park surrounding Saddleback Butte was created in 1960 to protect the butte (one of many similar land features in the Antelope Valley) and examples of native Joshua Tree woodlands and other plants and animals that were once common throughout this high desert area." - www.parks.ca.govPhotos from Saturday afternoon at about 4:30 pm. I was the only person around (the ranger station closed at 3 pm). Definitely a deserted desert landscape.

View of Torrance from Palos Verdes

We took a walk with Amy, our dog, last Sunday afternoon from Ernie Howlett park, up the hill overlooking Torrance to the old tower gatehouse that was once a main entrance to Palos Verdes. More photos from the hike to follow.
The main artery seen in the photo cutting through Torrance, as it does through Palos Verdes, is Hawthorne Blvd. To the right is the western end of Torrance Municipal Airport, Torrance Memorial Hospital, and (if you click on the photo to enlarge) a shopping center with Best Buy that my husband tells me was a Food Giant in the '50s and '60s.

X is for ... (ABC Wednesday)

... well just X -- in preparation for ...See more X-posts on Mrs. Nesbitts's ABC Wednesday http://mrsnesbittsplace.blogspot.com/

Hillside along Silver Spur

Silver Spur is the main street through the business area of Rollings Hills Estates. This view is of the hillside close to Crenshaw Blvd. intersection, across from Longs Drugs. The picture below shows the same hill in early April.

Mustard hills...

... Palos Verdes Dr. South in the Portugese Bend area, where the hill is slowly sliding toward the ocean. The yellow plants are a variety of mustard plant, that give color to the So. Cal. coast in early spring.