On the Road and In Your Backyard

Good Morning All,

This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into their world, whether they’re far away or close to home – pictures with a story, with context, with meaning, sometimes just beauty. By concentrating travel updates and tips here, it’s easier for all of us to keep up or find them later.

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For each picture, it’s best to provide your commenter screenname, description, where it was taken, and date. It’s tough to keep everyone’s email address and screenname straight, so don’t assume that I remember it “from last time”. More and more, the first photo before the fold will be from a commenter, so making it easy to locate the screenname when I’ve found a compelling photo is crucial.

Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!

 

Today, pictures from valued commenter Mary G.

More photos from Sherman Gardens and Library in Corona del Mar just because there were so many things to see and I have been second-guessing my choices.

Original sales brochure for the Hollywoodland failed development

Taken on 2018-06-15

People didn’t have the vision to buy these lots in the Hollywood Hills where the movie stars are thick on the ground when they were first offered. Like all real estate developers (cough, cough) many claims were not true. This sales brochure notes the pure healthful mountain air with sea breezes.

Comfy chairs

Taken on 2018-06-15

The grounds are full of great places to sit donated by the richer members, like these chairs in the shade.One bench is dedicated to the first employee, who ended up the director, and finally retired after 47 years there.

Taken on 2018-06-15

Purple and white fuschias in the shade garden.

Taken on 2018-06-15

I asked one of the gardeners the name of these poppies, but it went right out of my head. I’ve grown varieties of yellow Mexican poppies that are relatives of California poppies, but not this big or beautiful. Maybe one of the Juicers knows.

There were several different varieties of penstemon attracting dragonflies, monarch butterflies and hummingbirds, but they did not cooperate with the photo taking, so this is just the flowers.

Taken on 2018-06-15

Another sand sculpture by local artist Chris Cosson, who can be found making sandcastles on Balboa Island often.

 

Thank you so much Mary G, do send us more when you can.

 

Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late. Many folks confide that they go back and read old threads, one reason these are available on the Quick Links menu.

 

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