It’s still morning on the West Coast. I took this this morning during our walk at Emma Wood State Beach. It was a crisp beautiful morning. I don’t feel like a half stuffed limpy scarecrow anymore. Hope you all have a great weekend.
Too Much Fun Leaves Me Limp…
This is how I feel right now. So many fun things on my plate that have made me a little limp. I’m looking forward to the weekend and some relaxation. I’ll post some photos from the Homecoming for Blue Monday and Mosaic Monday.
Homecoming!
Today two of my sisters are meeting me at Montebello High School for a Homecoming BBQ. It’s special this year because our High School is celebrating their 100 year anniversary. Kathy graduated in 1964, Vera graduated in 1966, Fred graduated in 1967, and I graduated in 1968. It wasn’t easy following my older sisters and brother through school because they were a lot more compliant and successful then I was. I’d always hear comments like “you aren’t like your sisters”,or “I thought you’d do better because you are a Bagdanov”. My sister Kathy was G.A.A. president. My sister Vera was Valedictorian of her class, a wiz in mathematics. Back then there were no calculators and you should have seen her work that slide rule…amazing. My brother Fred was ASB president. Our 4 younger brothers and sister graduated from high school in Whittier. Was it Monte Vista Lana?
I’m looking forward to meeting a couple who I’ve met through my blog who graduated in 1951 and 1954. I’m also hoping to see other people I haven’t seen for 41 years.
Have a great Thursday everyone.
Window Views from the Getty Museum
Window Views and Doors Too is a fun weekly meme with it’s own blog site hosted by Mary the Professor. Click on over and join in the fun showing us some doors and windows you’ve found.
My views this week are windows. They are from the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California.
This is the main lobby that you first enter after coming up the hill from the parking structure on a tram.
There are a few magnificent “Period” Rooms with great furnishings and paneling.
The outside views are spectacular, too.
I highly recommend a visit to this Museum if you are ever in the Los Angeles Area. If you scroll down you can see more posts about the Getty Museum.
Photobucket is holding all my photos that I stored on their site from 2007-2015 hostage replacing them with ugly grey and black boxes and asking for a large ransom to retrieve them. It is a slow process to go through all my posts deleting the ugly boxes.
WFW ~ Proverbs 8:34-35
Proverbs 8:34-36 (English Standard Version)
34 Blessed is the one who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.
35For whoever finds me finds life
and obtains favor from the LORD,
36but he who fails to find me injures himself;
all who hate me love death.”
To see more Word Filled Wednesday Posts visit Penny.
Outdoor Wednesday ~ The Getty Museum
Boy do these weeks just seem to be flying by. It’s time for Outdoor Wednesday again. So visit Susan at A Southern DayDreamer to see the outdoor world through the lens of bloggers.
Last Friday 3 of us bloggers got together at The Getty Museum in Los Angeles. The Getty sits high above Brentwood in the Santa Monica Mountains. We had great views this day of the Pacific Ocean, Catalina Island, Santa Monica, Westwood, The Miracle Mile. We could see all the way to Downtown Los Angeles.
This is Willow from Willow’s Cottage and me. Behind us you can see the Miracle Mile on Wilshire Blvd.
Sara from Much Ado About Something has a great post that talks about the architecture and amazing travertine marble used in the structures at the museum.
The travertine blocks are rough and filled with crystalline deposits and fossils.
Looking back at the main buildings from the Sunken Garden
Our time was at it’s end and Willow and I headed back North on the 405 fwy over the Sepulveda Pass and Sara headed south on the 405 fwy.
Tea Things Tuesday ~ Moss Rose
Time to visit Kim at Shabby Pink & Pretty for Tea Things Tuesday
In 1973 when I was on a singing tour in England I decided to buy my very first Tea Set. I chose this Royal Albert pattern called Moss Rose. I really loved the shape of the teapot and tea cups. Dear and I were married in 1974 and in 1976 when we were at a replacement china shop in Windsor, Canada we bought a dinner set to go with my tea set.
I now have service for 12 of this pattern and some nice serving pieces, too.
Ruby at the Getty Museum…
It’s time to visit Mary at Work of the Poet for Ruby Tuesday.
All my Ruby sightings were at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California. The Getty Museum sits on top of a hill overlooking the Los Angeles Basin and the Pacific Ocean.
In this shot my ruby is on the right. I’ll show close ups of these large bougainvillea plants.
I think it’s really cool how they are shaping these plants.
The Sunken Garden
The Sunken Garden
This Pomegranate tree was growing in the sunken garden area. I’ll leave you with a couple shots of Ruby from inside the Museum.
I’ll be posting some window shots and more outdoor shots from the Getty Museum later this week. Thanks for stopping by and Happy November everyone…
Getty Museum ~ Blue
It’s time for Mosaic Monday hosted by Mary at Little Red House and Blue Monday hosted by Sally at Smiling Sally.
My mosaics and photos are all from the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California except for one. If you are ever in the L.A. area and have the chance to visit this museum it is well worth it. The museum is free. Parking is $15.00. I will be sharing more photos from the Getty all this week. I’m starting with an outdoor mosaic. I spotted this hummingbird in the sunken garden at the museum.
I’m sure you will recognize the following works of art.
Irises ~ Vincent Van Gogh
Sunrise by Claude Monet
The Bridge over the Water-lily Pond ~ Claude Monet
The Rue Mosnier with Flags ~ Edouard Manet
Dancer Taking a Bow ~ Edgar Degas and The Laundress
My final blue is the pumpkin my daughter and a co-worker created for a no carve pumpkin contest.
Happy November everyone!
Come, Heaven-Bound Pilgrims ~ Hymn
Come, Heaven-Bound Pilgrims
Come, Heaven-bound pilgrims, and join in God’s praise,
Come seek now His blessing and learn of His ways,
In humble devotion bow low at His feet,
In true spirit worship, His favor entreat.
Let each one consider the price we have cost,
Let each one be burdened with souls that are lost,
And seek that infilling of pow’r from above,
That fits us for service and fills us with love.
Remember each other in true, fervent prayer,
Pray too for God’s servants that they may declare
The message of truth with an anxious desire,
That all be enkindled with heavenly fire.
O gracious Redeemer, be with us we pray,
Breathe on us Thy Spirit to show us the way,
And fill us with goodness, with peace and delight,
That all to Thy glory may shine as a light.
Words: John M. Shenk. 1902
