Airplane and Moon

This plane was flying circles around Old Ft. MacArthur in celebration of the 9th Annual 'Great Los Angeles Air Raid' yesterday.

Long Beach Lighthouse

Garage Fire

This fire happened just a few hours ago in the trailer park off 25th St. about a mile from where I live. We heard the sirens but really didn't pay attention to them at first. Then a few minutes later, we then heard a helicopter and my daughter went into her room and noticed it was a news helicopter hovering just up the coast. I had her start checking the local news stations and came across ABC 7 doing the live aerial shot of the fire. We grabbed our shoes, I grabbed my purse and keys and my daughter grabbed my camera bag and out the door we went!

It was a garage fire. I'm happy to report that no one was hurt!

Across the Marina

It's Friday and since it's raining here in Southern California today, I figured I'd go with the theme of Rain. I just love how the building stands out against the dark rain clouds.

Vincent Thomas Bridge

Reflection

One of the smoke stacks of the RMS Queen Mary reflected in a puddle.

A Foggy Pt. Vicente

Pipe Cutter

My husband and I were at the Angel's Gate Cultural Center to see the current exhibitions. When were done, we walked around the grounds and found this old pipe cutter.

Rancho Palos Verdes Wildfire (Portuguese Bend)

My husband, daughter and I went out, along with everyone else, to see the fire. As I was heading out the door, I grabbed my camera. Here are some shots my husband and I took.

The 400 plus firefighters and 5 helicopters have tirelessly fought this fire thru the night. As I am typing out this blog post, they are still fighting the fire! These men and women of the Los Angeles fire department deserve a HUGE THANK YOU!!!!










We saw this small fire flare up. Looking at it thru binocluars and the camera lens, you could see that it surrounded by firefighters. They had this fire out in less than 15 minutes!



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Fire in the Angeles National Forest

Earlier this afternoon, a wildfire broke out in the Angeles Nat'l Forest. The smoke cloud can been seen for miles. I took this photo from the lookout on Gaffey St.

San Pedro High School Class of 2009

On the afternoon of Thursday, 18 June 2009, San Pedro High School had their 152nd Commencement ceremony. It was a joyous occasion for my husband and myself. Our youngest graduated! We are very proud of our daughter!

Congratulations to the Class of 2009! YOU MADE IT!!!!

Cloud Formations

Yesterday afternoon there were some amazing cloud formations over the South Bay area. I first started taking pictures as I was leaving the Coast Guard base. Then my husband came home, he changed out of his uniform and we grabbed our camera bags and headed out to take more pictures.

I took this photo from Friendship Park.

Los Angeles Zoo

A few pictures from my visit to the L.A. Zoo last week!

Tiger



Giraffe and Baby



Gerenuk


Gorilla


Zebra


Meerkat

Angel's Gate Lighthouse

This evening I went thru some files of photo's that I had taken last summer(2008). I came across this one of Angel's Gate Lighthouse (built in 1913, it sits at the entrance of the Port of Los Angeles) and decided I'd play around with it. When I first edited the original last summer, it is way too blue! Again, inspired by the photos I've seen of San Pedro from the early 1900's, I just had to convert this picture!


Here is the photo after I did the editing last summer. TOO BLUE!!





After the re-edit tonight. I prefer this one!

Playing with Overlays

I took this photo a few days ago while walking around downtown San Pedro. I was inspired to convert the picture to black and white and to do this overlay to give it an aged effect when I saw old photos of San Pedro from its "hayday" as a bustling port.

Fiery Sunset

Taken on the evening of 6 May 2009. The warm colors are courtesy of the smoke and ash in the air from the wildfires burning in Santa Barbara, California.

Korean Friendship Bell

Thunderhead Over Long Beach, California

You have San Pedro in the foreground, the Port of Los Angeles in the middle and Long Beach.