One of the most popular attractions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is the lamppost series known as “Urban Light”, which consists of 202 restored cast iron antique street lamps. Since it is exterior to the museum, you can view it for free!
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This redwood barn at Daley Ranch in Escondido dates from the late 1800’s and was used in the filming of the Renegade tv episodes (starring Lorenzo Lamas).
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This hummingbird nest was found on one of the trails in San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve, near the Nature Center, and shows a female Anna’s hard at work ensuring the survival of her species. Fourteen different hummingbird species have been recorded in the state of California.
Moorten Botanical Garden exhibits over 3000 desert plants from around the world and was founded in 1938 by Patricia and Chester “Cactus Slim” Moorten (who was one of silent film’s original Keystone Cops). You can also buy plants from their nursery.
Links: Moorten BG
With the profits from Snow White, Walt Disney made a deposit on 51 acres of land in Burbank, which the Walt Disney Studios still occupies today. I love this building which features the Seven Dwarfs holding up the roof! Looks like to me that Dopey got the toughest assignment!
This pic shows one of the two “vertical gardens” at the Sturt Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge/Glendale. The gallery was created by restoring Manchester Boddy’s original garage and adding this contemporary building.
I’ve been saving this pic of the beautiful flag which is in The Flower Fields in Carlsbad, at the corner of Palomar Airport Road and Armada Drive, for just the right day and this is it! Happy 4th everyone!
Links: The Flower Fields
The Gene Autry Museum of the American West is located in Griffith Park in Los Angeles just across the street from the Los Angeles Zoo. This statue of Gene and his faithful horse Champion is in the open-air courtyard of the museum complex just outside the Wells Fargo Theater. Mr. Autry passed away in 1998 at the age of 91.
Links: Autry Museum Champion
Annie’s Canyon Trail in the San Elijo Lagoon (Solana Beach) recently reopened after being closed for many years, due to over a thousand hours of effort by generous volunteers and a substantial donation by a local supporter. The trail takes you into a mini slot canyon where the canyon floor is less than a foot wide in places, past a cave, and upward to a summit with expansive views of the lagoon. It’s a very cool trail!
Links: San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy virtual hike video of trail
We really enjoyed our recent visit to the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum. This pic shows the Columbian mammoth skeleton excavated from Pit 9 in 1914 that is displayed in the George C. Page Museum. While there, one can also walk next door and visit the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
Links: Tar Pits Museum
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