A Day at Balboa Park and Another One by The Midway

In our continuing effort to see and do it all... we spent a day at Balboa Park, a place where you could easily spend time every week for a year and still have missed something. There are no fewer than 14 museums in the park and another 10-12 gardens and some great architecture. We enjoyed an IMAX presentation at the Science Museum and then us girls went off to wander the grounds while the boys enjoyed the science stuff - it is much like the one in St. Paul.

I visited the Museum of Photography where they were spotlighting CA artists. I learned, again, that everything under the sun can be art if expressed well. One photographer shot only drapery and it made for wonderful art. One man had taken one photograph each day for thirty years and it was a true document of society.


When I left that museum, I was really psyched to go and shoot stuff... but, I really don't know in what I want to specialize...

I do like to shoot flowers and leaves and then play with the photographs...

(a leaf just about to open)

and I do like to shoot reflections of all kinds. This is the most photographed scene in the entire park. It is the Botanical Building behind the reflective pool.

and I do like repeated lines, and objects, and shapes ...

But then buildings are cool, too.

One thing I know for sure, I won't be specializing in pictures of people... although, I do like sculptures of people.

This magnificent artwork is not found in Balboa Park but rather along the harbor by the ship, The Midway. (Smooth transition, don't you think)

While the two Navy Veterans visited The Midway and took in all it had to offer, Bobbi and I visited the shops in Seaport Village, enjoyed the harbor, and had lunch at The Pier.

There are several great new sculptures along the harbor walk including this tribute to Bob Hope who did so many USO shows.

I couldn't resist taking yet another picture of "my" bridge with palms and yet another of the new pieces of artwork.

Life is good in California!

Postscript: As I write this on Saturday night, we just got out of a tsunami warning and it is now raining cats and dogs... life is good and the weather is very interesting!