Naples Canal, Long Beach

28 December 2016:

We walked the canals in Naples, Long Beach today. The weather was rather nice, as you can see. These canals are a part of the Belmont Shores area, at the very eastern end of Long Beach.

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Watermans, with one light out

6 December 2016, number 2.

I like the nice tans on this building. Watermans is one of my favorite photo subjects at Hermosa Beach pier plaza.

It looks like they just put in this new sign and lighting, which is maybe why it attracted my attention on Tuesday night.

http://www.easyreadernews.com/100541/surfers-stomps-watermans-safe-house-for-surfers/

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Hermosa Beach Christmas Tree

6 December 2016:

We walked downtown for dinner tonight and to check out the annual Christmas Tree of Hermosa Beach. And here it is!

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Cymbidium Orchid

3 December 2016:

The orchid in our downstairs bathroom has been dropping its blooms. Lily collected them for me after they had dried out a bit. I took a photo of one tonight.

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Chrysanthemum

25 November 2016:

We had a light dinner at a cafe in downtown Hermosa. This was just outside the window.

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Lily's Beet

20 November 2016:

I ordered more beet cake. Lily bought beets. Look at all that fiber!

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Dianthus / Sweet Williams

19 October 2016:

Taken on October 14.

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Blankets

18 September 2016:

A few posts earlier I talked about the Hudson's Bay company store in Montreal. After coming home from the trip we gathered up our two Hudson's Bay point blankets for this portrait shot.

The four-point blanket (top one) is a twin size blanket that probably dates from my initial trip out to California in 1973, and it is likely older than that. The label is missing after much use.

The six-point blanket (bottom one) is a queen size blanket that we use every winter.

Reina and Riki have a new six-point blanket as a present from Ida and Lily.

Are there any other point blankets in the Anderson family?

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St. Patrick's Cathedral, Montreal

11 September 2016:

Lisa and I went for a short walk in the downtown neighborhood of our Montreal hotel in the late morning, and we came across this very attractive cathedral.

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Hike through Mt. Royal Park, Montreal

10 September 2016:

A story in six pictures: there were taken on a hike up and through Mt. Royal park in Montreal. We hiked up the hill to a viewpoint a few hundred meters above the city (pictures 1 and 2), then we looked out over the city (pictures 3 and 4), then we went back down a different route into a rather eclectic part of the city (picture 5), and we ended up at an excellent Turkish restaurant recommended by Rika (picture 6). Lisa was our principal navigator.

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Hudson's Bay Company

9 September 2016:

In the U.S., Hudson's Bay Company stores are small affairs that have high-end outdoor and boutique items. To my surprise, in Canada they are a major high-end retailer! This is their store in Montreal, very close to out hotel. We found a selection of Hudson's Bay blankets hidden away up on the fourth floor. I learned that the famous blankets are actually called point blankets, and the 'points' are the short stripes at the edge that indicate the size of the blanket. Who knew! Now I am going to go home and count the points on each of our two blankets.

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Organ Concert, Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal

8 September 2016:

We walked the older quarter of Montreal today, including a walk-through of the Notre-Dame Basilica. Lily learned that there would be a concert given by the pipe organ in the afternoon, so we returned. Wow! That is a very powerful instrument. It easily filled that large chamber with sound, and was expertly played by their concert master. It was the highlight of the day. I think he played Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, a favorite of mine. 7000 pipes!

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Morning Fog, Port Rexton, Newfoundland

7 September 2016:

The view from the Skerwink trail, Trinity (Port Rexton), Newfoundland.

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Skerwink Trail

6 September 2016:

Lovely walk this morning on the Skerwink trail, Trinity, Newfoundland.

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Trinity Sea Stack

5 September 2016:

The side of a sea stack on the Skerwink trail.

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The taking of a photograph

2 September 2016:

Top photo: View across the entrance to St. John's harbor, looking north-to-south.

Bottom photo: Lisa's view of me taking the photo.

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Marco Polo approaches the Narrows at St. Johns

2 September 2016:

Lisa and I walked up to the top of Signal Hill. A cruise ship approached St. Johns when we were on the walk up.

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St. John's Waterfront

1 September 2016:

Nice day for a walk along the waterfront in St. John's. Top: Lars and Rika looking out at the narrows; Bottom: Evening light on the South Head lighthouse.

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Matthew

29 August 2016:

Matthew winking at Reini.

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Niagra Falls Part 3

29 August 2016

View from the Rainbow Bridge, on the border between the United States (to the left) and Canada (to the right).

Canon 5D, held on top of the bridge railing, 1/13 sec, f/5.0, ISO 6400

Niagra Falls Part 2

29 August 2016

Taken from the United States side, at the edge of the American Falls (foreground) looking towards the Canadian side, wth Horseshoe Falls in the distance. This was taken maybe 15 minutes after sunset.

Canon 5D, f/4.5, 1 second,  ISO 100 (hand held against a railing!)

Niagra Falls

Two Hipstamatic shots of the falls. Spectacular. 

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Manzanita sketch

23 July 2016:

From a photograph of a manzanita tree, Mullen ranch, Mariposa, California

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Yosemite Valley Overlook

25 August 2016:

We visited the overlook for Yosemite Valley today. With a lot of help a friend, I put this together on Lily's iPad. That was fun!

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Manzanita

23 July 2016:

A Hipstamatic view of Manzanita. Taken on a ramble through the countryside near Mariposa. I like the way the colors mix and blend on the tree. (Loftus lens, Blanko 'film.')

Sunflowers

8 July 2016

We went for a walk in the South Coast Botanic Garden with Lisa on July 8. I took the Hasselblad. I forgot how nice Fujichrome can be!

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Hem the dress part 2

Window light really helps!

Hem the dress

29 April 2016:

Lily asked me to pin it up, and I tried...

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Visit to Japanese American National Museum

23 April 2016:

We went to the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles to see an exhibition of photography by Japanese Americans, primarily from the Los Angeles area, from the 1920's and 1930's. The photography was exceptional.

Here is the trip in 6 images.
1. Public transportation
2. Transferred at Union Station
3. Tea for lunch, just adjacent to the museum
4. Rooibos vanilla tea
5. Touring the exhibition
6. Lily and the cube outside of the entrance

New iPhone

16 April 2016:

What was that password?

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Palm at Thai Dishes

9 April 2016:

Experimenting some more with double exposures using the Hipstamatic. The image is too soft in the middle, but it did a fairly nice job with the image exposure.

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While waiting in the Mini service lounge

Arizona Retirement

5 March 2016:

As seen in a retirement center pool in Mesa Arizona. I think the sunglasses off to the side are a nice touch.

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At the beach

23 February 2015:

Hermosa Beach surf line.

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Valentine's Day

14 February 2016:

Reminded me of Dr. Zeuss. Composition credit to Lily.

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