Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO

THE Arch (implied), St. Louis, MO  (25 Jan 2014)

... when in St. Louis, the Gateway Arch is a MUST see. I loved going to the top. 

This was the second time I visited; I am always delighted by its beauty, and 

astounded by engineering feat that the monument is.

Looking East

Looking West

Barrel of Fun (@ the Getty Center, L.A.)

 Views of barrel cacti and others... with hazy LA in the background.

Virginia seemed glad to see me...Hiker, not so much. (Hee-hee!)

After the Rain

 After the rain storm, at about 3:00 pm today. The view is of Port of LA and Long Beach coastline, taken from a church parking lot on Highridge Road.

And here is the church parking lot with the view of the LA basin, with tiny buildings of Downtown LA on the left side of the photo.

Clear with Snowy Peaks

The best views of the Los Angeles basin are after the rain...as seen earlier today. The highest peak is Mt. Baldy, part of the San Gabriel Mountain range.

A Perfect 10

This beauty was parked at Torrance Airport on the east side of the hangers. The view extends to Los Angeles downtown, and the buildings were lit-up at sunset.

Happy 10-10-10 day!

The Beauty of Rovinj, Croatia (PVDP on Vacation)

This panorama was taken at sunset from the top of the bell tower of St. Eufemia (Sveta Fuma) church which crowns the hill of the old town in Rovin on the Istrian peninsula. You can see why this was one of our favorite stops on the Adriatic coast.

Above Malaga Cove Plaza

By chance, I discovered a new walk today, which hugs the hillside looking toward LA basin, and is a old road which was orginally an extention of Paseo Del Sol that now serves as a fire road. In this view, in the center is the charming 1920's Malaga Cove Plaza (with the Neptune statue) surrounded by residential and business buildings. The cluster of buildings of Downtown Los Angeles can me just barely made out on top left.

Here is a link to what the grounds looked like in 1924, probably from almost the same spot.Cleared area for Malaga Cove Plaza (Palos Verdes Library - Local History)

Clearing between the Rains

LA Basin, 20 Jan 2010
In between the rain storms, the city really sparkles. Downtown Los Angeles is right under the knoby tree branch. Both views are taken from a walkway on the left side of Rolling Hills Seventh Day Adventist church on, the aptly named, Highridge Road.
LA Basin & Mountains, 4 January 2010

Old Mt. Baldy with a bit of snow is the right most peak, and just left of the left tree trunk is Downtown Los Angeles. The panorama is a PS3 Photomerge from 2 photos.

View from the Hill

On a clear day, this is a prime viewpoint and photo-op location in PV. The spot is just above La Venta Inn on PV Drive West (not to be confused with PV Dr N, E, or S). Below is Torrance Beach, then streaching from the beach cities to the San Gabriel Mts, with the buildings of downtown LA way in the distance. The little white bar on the closer hills to the left of downtown is the Griffith Observatory.

The Hill From Signal Hill (Palos Verdes Peninsula and Southern LA basin)

With "shadow" of an oil worker from the 1920's.

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.

April Theme Day: YELLOW

For City Daily Photo Theme Day, I wanted to show something that is very Southern California-ish. Well, heavy commuter traffic can count as a fitting subject with the bonus of being nicely reflected by and above a YELLOW bumper.

Click here to view thumbnails for all participants.

New Houses on Via Rincon

Along the northern hillside of the peninsula, many of the '60s homes are being replaces by beautifully built new ones - at a very steep price. This one is on Via Rincon with the view of the South Bay beaches and more.

Downtown - East Coast & West Coast

Downtown Manhattan with Trinity Episcopal church in the foreground (two Saturdays ago).
Downtown Los Angeles from the 110 freeway (last Saturday afternoon).

"L" is for Los Angeles Basin (ABC Wednesday)

It's been an "as good as it gets" couple of weeks in the LA basin. Tuesday morning was especially clear, with the hot and dry weather being good for views of LA from PV. The photo shows the South Bay beaches and cities, with the Manhattan Beach pier, then West LA and Westwood with UCLA and Getty Center on the hill, and Santa Monica & San Gabriel Mts.

See more terrific "L" posts on http://wednesdayabc.blogspot.com/ conceived by Mrs. Nesbitt.

On a Clear Day ...

... we can see Downtown Los Angeles and even make out Pasadena at the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains. This view can be enjoyed by the middle schoolers of the Ridgecrest Intermediate from their playing field.