Fumble

Who's going to get it? This is the beginning of two football games at two different locations. This is the first part. This player in the green slipped and he is trying to get the ball from number seven on the white team. By the title and some of my hints, I think you will know what tomorrows post is going to be.

Miniature Castle

This miniature castle has everything that a minute king would want. Columns to protect against rebelling townspeople and guardsmen. This really is a model of a palace that was made in the late 1800s. This is the last picture before we take off back to Dallas.

Still Fountain

On day two of fountains and water features, this is like a picture I took earlier. Back in the Dallas Arts District, there is a museum that has fountains like this but they are sticking out from a wall. These are cooler because on this I can stop the water. In the other museum, I couldn't. The water was moving too fast. Not this water, it is moving just slow enough for me get this shot.

Rock Fountain

The Getty Museum is not only oil paintings from the 1800's, but it's also a museum. It has amazing views, fountains, and obviously oil paintings from the old times. This fountain is cool because of the rock behind it. It has different colors which confuse your mind it confuses mine too. I think that the water has something to do with the changing of color. I have never seen a rock, even rocks in the water, turn yellow. I wonder what caused this rock to turn this weird yellow.

Downtown Distance

In a smaller city, Brentwood, we can see the skyscrapers of its metropolitan area. This is cool, but an object in this picture that I wouldn't get in Dallas is the fog behind it. Behind the buildings is the ocean. In the morning when the cold air goes over the warm water it creates fog that forms over the ocean and along the California Coast. If there was no fog we could probably see all the way to the ocean.

Dinner is Served

Here is your dinner, it consists of a lot of apples, three jars, and wine. It sounds like a really filling dinner. This seems like what the Romans would eat when they were alive. The only problem is that it was made in 1892, not between 27 BCE and 1453. He is close-ish, he must have a relationship with the Roman Empire.

Blue Bonnets

These flowers might not be the real blue bonnets, they are Irises, but they sure look like them. This picture, maybe not this exact one, was made in 1889 by Vincent Van Gogh. It looks like some of the pictures I take but in physical form and expressed by hand. I think Vincent was copying me. 

Los Angeles Skyline

At the Getty Museum, there is a cafe that overlooks in the very distant distance, Santa Monica. This is the city of Brentwood. The tall buildings are downtown and then way out there is where we stayed. The Getty is the last place I went then back to Dallas I go where I watched two football games and took pictures too.

Olympic Stadium

This was snapped on the last day we were in Los Angeles. It is the site of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. This is also where the Los Angeles Ram and USC football have their home games. The stadium covers 18 acres and can hold 93,600 thousand fans. This is the last few pictures of California before I move back to Dallas.

Flying in dusk

The helicopter might have ruined my perfect sunset picture, but it is cool. The sunset was perfect. The bottom was red and then orange then to the dark night blue, and then the helicopter came in. I don't know if it was watching for sharks or protecting the shores. It must be a really good view from up there.

Night Sunset

This sunset is to the left of the picture but you know that it is there because of the color of the sky and the color on the tree. The sun shines it's color all across the picture. One of the cool things about not shooting at the sun for a sunset picture is shooting at things affected by the sunset. This light pole had the sunset colors onto. It is a night light that has day light on it.

Sunset Rose

This is the same rose as the picture two days ago but it's pink this time. This rose looks like a sunset. You might think it is too pink but let me tell you why. The pink, yellow, and hints of orange show what a sunset is like. Then just like a sunset, it fades away.

Carnival Pier

It's the one and only, Santa Monica Pier. We went on a walk to dinner one night and went on the pier but I didn't get any pictures. Then on a late afternoon walk, I snapped this picture through the palm trees. It's been there for more than 100 years, built in 1909. It's been there through the storms of '83 and even the collapse of the deck.

White Rose

The sunset in the back lighted these twin roses from the front. The back of the roses faded into a dark white and even into a light black. I didn't remember the sunset being this yellow but I guess my memory isn't as sharp as the picture.

Swaying Trees

These palm tree had a lean into them, they were leaning into the ocean. It might have been from a hurricane offshore or it could have been me tilting my camera. I think it was a hurricane. These trees were also on a cliff, the cliff might be to blame too. Another cool thing about this picture is at the end. The sky goes from a dark blue into a lighter blue and even into a white color.

Trunk to Leaves


The trees grow from the bottom to the top and the tree goes from the trunk to the leaves. The tree goes from the trunk into the palm leaves. While we were in California, the sky's were almost always blue. The tree trunk and the palm tree leaves are completely different from the light blue sky. This tree looks like it is dying, I probably should have cause a tree that wasn't as dead.

Hollywood

After a long and curvy forty-five minute drive up a mountain, we made it to a park. From the park was a perfect shot of the Hollywood sign. It has been up for 87 years and the first sixteen of those years it read, Hollywood Land. The H, O, and Y have been restored two times while the others have been restored one time. The first time was because they wanted to resize the letters.

Full Moon

The full moon provided for some new pictures that I have never had before. Not only that but the California palm trees raise the picture to a whole new level. I couldn't focus on the moon but I could focus on the palm tree semi-covering the moon. The brightness of the moon cuts through the dark night and it brightens up the picture.

Down to the Beach

This packed street led me right down to the beach. The packed street and palm trees take your attention everywhere. The left and right of the picture and the cars draw you to the end of the picture where the real surprise is.  The ocean and cliff that is a picture on its own. This is a great picture as we come to my final two days in Southern California.

Final Stage Sunset

This was one of the last pictures of the sunset before it faded away. Luckily the clouds hid the sun. The clouds also gave way to yet again the sun streak. It also helped to show the orange from the sunset. The small openings in the clouds give out amazing bursts of orange and yellow specs in the sky.