California – Beautiful Photographs

Becky’s Bright Squares in April

Published on April 25, 2021 by Russell Smith5 Comments

Double rainbows are the theme for today’s Bright Squares challenge hosted by Becky B of Becky of Winchester. I took this photo with an old Canon Powershot in the early 2000’s. The view is Hollywood, California. The windows of my apartment faced east, so I often was greeted with beautiful sunrises and the occasional rainbow. This is the only double rainbow I remember ever seeing.

Jez’s WWE Challenge #73

Published on April 12, 2021 by Russell Smith1 Comment

Jogging along the South River on Naval Academy campus

Fountain at Union Station, Los Angeles, California

Here are a couple of submissions to Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere challenge.

Life in the Land of Rocks

Published on November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 by Russell SmithLeave a comment

This is my contribution to Fandango’s Friday Flashback. I wasn’t too pleased with any past November 29 posts. This photo is from November 4, 2010. The setting is Joshua Tree National Park.

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenges: Lines, October 22, 2019

Published on October 23, 2019October 23, 2019 by Russell Smith2 Comments

Hollywood cranes 2 Hollywood cranes crop_edited-1 These photographs were taken way back in the previous century. They show the view that my apartment in Hollywood afforded me. The bay windows offered one a lovely vista of east Hollywood, in all its old stucco glory. Of course, these cranes were witnesses of and participants in the gentrification of Hollywood. Most of the groovy, rundown buildings are gone, replaced by bigger, flashier fare Hollywood Crane 3

When I first moved to Yucca Street, people were smoking crack on the doorstep of my apartment building. By the time I relocated to Maryland, over a dozen years later, Hollywood had become a swinging hot spot with fancy boutiques and trendy bars, glitzy hotels and expensive restaurants. One old restaurant, Musso and Frank’s was always expensive.

I scanned these photos with my HP Envy 5055 printer. I love that printer. I got it for a really sweet price online at Best Buy. Free, next day delivery. You can’t beat that. At any rate, I’ve dug them out of the archives in order to participate in one of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenges. This one is lines.

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