I’ll bet you thought I would post a photograph of one of South Pasadena’s famous green parrots? Instead, take a look at another of our feathered neighbors. I’ve seen this guy and his posse wandering all over town, especially in the Arroyo adjacent neighborhoods and in Monterey Hills. Color week continues for a few more [...]
Not that you would ever consider such a thing, but if you were to climb over the fence of the water tower at sunset you might see a view like this one. (I’m speculating, of course.) It’s Color Week this week at Glimpses. No black and white but everything else. Read the Full Story at [...]
No jack o’ lantern could possibly be spookier than this sky after an autumn storm in Garfield Park. The ground was squishy with mud and the air felt like it had ice stuck to it, but the sky blazed. I’m using all the colors in the Crayola box for the next few days. Join me [...]
In the pink? I’ll say. If you don’t think this is the most awesome, over-the-top proof positive that fairies exist and they are living right out in the open where everyone can find them, then you must either be colorblind or have no soul. This is more than pink. This is pink if it had [...]
I’ve been consumed with black and white photography lately, so it’s time to have a colorful interlude. This week I bring you color, color and more color. Join me as I take a trip across South Pasadena’s rainbow. I could have featured a detail of one of South Pasadena’s red brick buildings, or maybe a [...]
Hmmm. I think it might be time for another Craftsman Challenge! Read the Full Story at Glimpses of South Pasadena
Stressed out with the new school year? Work getting you down? Headlines making you want to pull your hair out and hide under the bed? There is nothing worse than being bald, stuck under a bed. Don’t do it! I say you need an excuse to cut out early, mute the phone and go for [...]
Ever wonder about the history of the majestic Moreton Bay fig tree outside the South Pasadena Public Library? It certainly seems primordial — like a remnant of our earth’s distant past. Little Bit once said that she thought the tree surely must have been around when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Even though I could imagine [...]
This happy scene made me start singing Three Coins in the Fountain. Except I was singing it to the tune of Red Sails in the Sunset. Next time I throw a coin, I’m wishing for a better memory. Read the Full Story at Glimpses of South Pasadena
“There is no blue without yellow.” –Vincent Van Gogh Read the Full Story at Glimpses of South Pasadena
