Good Morning All, This weekday feature is for Balloon Juicers who are on the road, travelling, etc. and wish to share notes, links, pictures, stories, etc. from their escapades. As the US mainland begins the end of the Earth day as we measure it, many of us rise to read about our friends and their …
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First, since Monday was the first day of Spring, a beautiful (summer) picture from my old home in Cañon City, Colorado. Columbines – so gorgeous! We spent a lot of time (and money!) terraforming our back yard into something beginning to look like landscaping. It had been ranch land for 50 years, and before that, lots of small mines had been around. The earth was like concrete,devoid of nutrients and life, naturally sustaining only buffalo grass, tumbleweeds, pinyon, and juniper. I miss it every day, bleak though it may have been compared to the lush Virginia countryside where I now live.
Next, from expert photographer BillinGlendaleCA:
Where it was taken: Pt. Fermin, Los Angeles, CA
When: March 12, 2017
Other notes or info about the picture: This lighthouse was built in the 1870’s.
Where it was taken: Banning mansion, Wilmington, CA
When: March 12, 2017
Other notes or info about the picture: Phineas Banning was the chief backer of the LA harbor in San Pedro as opposed to Santa Monica. He was also a strong backer of the Union during the Civil War.
Where it was taken: Banning mansion, Wilmington, CA
When: March 12, 2017
Other notes or info about the picture: The Banning Mansion in Infrared.
Where it was taken: Drum Barracks, Wilmington, CA
When: March 12, 2017
Other notes or info about the picture: These barracks were the military headquarters for Southern California and Arizona during the Civil War and for a few years afterwards. It was built on land donated by Banning.
Where it was taken: Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area, Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles, CA
When: March 12, 2017
Other notes or info about the picture: This is a shot of Downtown Los Angeles with Mt. San Antonio in the background. Mt. San Antonio is 10,000 feet in elevation and is about 45 miles away from where the picture was taken. The houses in the foreground were built on the site of the first Olympic Village for the 10th Olympics in Los Angeles in 1932.
Where it was taken: Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area, Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles, CA
When: March 12, 2017
Other notes or info about the picture: This is pretty much the same shot as above, but from a slightly different vantage point and shot in near infrared.
I just love that infrared work! I studied photography a bit in college, but it was fine art B&W, so what little IR film I played with looked much different; I was interested in foliage, leaves, flowers, close-ups mainly. Great work Bill!
Next up, from crod. Seeing these, I think I’ll dig up some pictures I’ve taken from planes for a future post.
Hi, I have some photos I took from my recent business trip to Bakersfield, CA. Not terribly interesting but I like to take pictures from the window of planes….So here we go…
Where: Denver, CO (connecting flight)
when: 03/13/17
Notes: a photo from the plane looking down on Denver.
Where: somewhere on the route from Bakersfield to Denver, CO.
When: 03/14/17
Notes: A shot of the Rockies from the plane back to Denver. Reminds me of a series on Andrew Sullivan’s old blog called “A view from your Window”
You’re not the only one! I loved that feature, bought the book, and was so happy to see so many places I’d seen travelling with my parents as a kid. Sharing the world as we see or encounter it is a wonderful gift to share with our fellow humans.
Where: Chicago, IL
When: 03/14/17
Notes: Finally back home, a view of Chicago at night. You can see Navy Pier on the left side of the photo towards the middle, the dark mass along the left is the lake and the Downtown is just to the right of Navy Pier.
Thanks Claudia! Please, send more! :)
I have no Poco nor quinerly pictures to post, and have just a few more in the mailbox, so I’m saving them for tomorrow.
Folks – please, send in pictures! Especially if you’re overseas or somewhere out-of-the-way: many folks really enjoy seeing your world through your lens, so please share it with us!