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Carousel, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 2013

Santa Monica Pier

As a followup to yesterday's shots of surfers, here are some pictures taken later that morning while taking a stroll along the Santa Monica Pier.

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Kaleidoscopic Helen, c2007

Santa Monica Morning

As I typically do when I travel to southern California, I took a lot of photos of the surfers at Santa Monica Beach.  Arriving around 7:30 a.m., there are usually a number of folks out on the waves, but hardly anyone else on the beach.  I can spend a couple of hours just watching for what I hope will turn into a great shot.  I don;t know if any of these qualify, but I sure had a good time while taking them. 

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Helen & Emma, Chestnut Ridge Park 2014

Toonerville Thursday

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Ice Fishing Shack, Clark Canyon Reservoir 2016

Griffith Observatory

These don't actually have much to do with the Observatory itself, but rather some of what you might see around the site or from its various perches overlooking the Los Angeles Basin.

 

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Levitated Mass (Michael Heizer), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016

This Week's Playlist & Podcast

Here's this week's playlist from Dr. John's Record Shelf.  Click here to listen to a full recording of the show.

She Satisfies, Shoes

Portland, Middle Brother

Sex Object, Manda & the Marbles

Little Red Corvette, Prince

Dropping Houses, Wussy

What Goes On, Velvet Underground

Dead Fox, Courtney Barnett

Baby's Arms, Kurt Vile

Brainwash, Rick Danko

Yonder Comes a Train, Laura Cantrell

Rock Me in the Cradle of Love, Deborah Allen

Ain't That Peculiar, Marvin Gaye

Day Tripper, Beatles

In a Big City, Titus Andronicus

Take It Outside, Shopping

If I Had a Rocket Launcher, Bruce Cockburn

Until the End of the World, U2

Solitude is Bliss, Tame Impala

Calling All Angels, Jane Siberry

Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, Bob Seger

See Saw, Aretha Franklin

Notes From Denver International Airport, Ike Reilly

From a Buick 6, Richmond Fontaine

Kind of a Drag, Buckinghams

Dum Dum, Brenda Lee

I Got a Line on You, Spirit

Hittin' on Nothing, Irma Thomas

Mary Anne, Marshall Crenshaw

Bye Bye My Love, The Chips

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Las Vegas Boulevard, 2010

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Willie Nile, 2011

The Fire Eaters

These were taken five years ago at Pennsic, the big SCA gathering in Western Pennsylvania.  While out strolling the grounds one evening, Theresa, Dan and I came upon some performers playing with fire. I recently spent some time reworking these into the sepia toned images seen here