The evening was pleasant, cool but not cold, and the play was entertaining. Photographs were not allowed---so no blurred, over exposed pictures of the stage this time, but I did take a few outside the theater.
The view from the second floor inside the Ahmanson.
The second floor of the Ahmanson Theater
OK, I lied. There's got to be at least ONE blurry shot of the stage. When I said you'd be spared, I meant spared of attempts at shots of the play in progress.On a roll, I decided to create yet another blog for the home and backyard shots in
What new family member? I don't want to give it away. Go ahead and take a peek at “Home Home on the Range” and you’ll figure it out (in a couple of weeks). Since the page opened with Araneidae (Orb Weaver Spiders) and an Odonata (dragonflies), I’ll provide a hint here that the newest member of our family is a …. Oh, let’s not make it too easy….let's just say, “mammal”. I've included the links to each blog in the right column of each page.
OK, back to Day-Trippin’, or in this next case, “Night-Trippin’”. Going back to July again, Don and I went to the Orange County Performing Arts Center to see a group called “Celtic Woman”. We had a fabulous time. The pictures inside the theater did not turn out so great. I forgot to speed up the ASA and, too, I didn’t realize my little automatic camera would try so hard to expose the dim areas, totally over exposing the subjects within the spotlights. I’ll toss in a few of these just for a sense of the thing though. I have not decided whether I’ll throw in the picture of Don and I that we asked someone to take. The gentleman we recruited pressed down on the shutter and nothing happened. I started to explain that the camera is slow to respond in the dark when the darn thing flashed, catching me mid word.
The concert was fabulous! The music was pleasant on the ears and the ladies were lovely and entertaining. Besides the lilting voices of the four primary ladies, one of them dances about playing her fiddle and another plays a harp. With equal stage presence and aplomb, backup singers and musicians complete the ensemble. If you haven’t heard Celtic Woman, and you like Celtic music that's a bit remeniscent of Enya, you really should find the "Celtic Woman" CD, and if you can catch them in concert, all the better!
On approach.
Outside the theater
(Maybe over exposed and a little blurry is a better look for me--my age is less obvious. The big black purse has got to go though.)
And this is the one I told you about--just when I started to explain to the photographer about the delay, the pesky thing finally worked...but isn't Don handsome?!
Here he is again. Now we're inside.
The theater with the lights up, before the concert started.
The concert.
The concert.
The concert.
The concert.
Looking back at the entrance as we're leaving.
OK, and could we have a vertical shot of that?
The banners on the light posts say:
Leatherby Library touched by a little lens flare.As I’ve mentioned before, I take my camera everywhere. I will often spend a break at work taking pictures. Fortunately, the Chapman campus is photogenic—at least in my opinion it is.
The law school is on the West side of Glassel and the main campus is (primarily) on the East side of the street. I say primarily because Chapman owns many buildings in the area on both sides of the street and on cross streets.
These are a few images I took, while on a morning break, of the Leatherby Library on the main campus. (You can tell it's morning because with these first images I'm facing East into the sun. Sorry about the lens flare, but personally I'm fond of rainbows and kinda like it.)
Leatherby Library West Entrance
Still Leatherby's West Entrance after I moved South a bit.
West face and I'm still moving South
Yep. Same subject still moving South
When I got to the far South end, I turned Left. This is the South face of the building at the East corner. The fountain bares upon its plaque these words:
"Gentle Spring
by Norm Hines
Presented by Town & Gown
1984"
Same subject from greater distance.
Same subject, I'm still moving away and a little farther East.
Are you bored? O.K. The next one will be a new angle.
New angle as promissed. East face of Leatherby Library.
One more of East face at North East corner.
And, not to be left out, here's one of the North face (still at North East corner).
Ooops, sorry. I skipped a week last time. I guess that makes this a flash-back, of sorts.
Two years ago this day we bought my PT Cruiser at the Irvine Car Faire and she became Gandolfa. Does that make this her birthday?
Eighty-eight years ago this day my Dad became Stewart Douglas (Burtt) in
So how did we celebrate this day?
Well, it started out with an urge for exercise.
This happens to Don and I periodically, and when it does, we usually set out to find a trail. Sometimes, however, what actually happens is that I get so enthralled with the scenery that what takes place isn’t anything near hiking. It’s not even walking so much as, step-step aim-click, step-step, aim, click. “Oh wow!” Aim, click. Step step step, turn, aim, click-click-click-click. You get the picture. Or, you will if you look below.
(By the way, in case you were not aware of it, if you click on any of the photos on this blog you will see a larger version of them. Sometimes that is good. Sometimes [when they are not sharp, or they are of me] that is bad.)
Great Egret
Great Egret
Caspian Tern (I think)
Dowitcher
Dowitcher
Black Necked Stilt
Black Necked Stilt
Black Necked Stilt
Black Necked Stilt
Black Necked Stilt
Black Necked Stilt
Black Necked Stilt Adult and Juvenile
Black Necked Stilt Juvenile
Black Necked Stilt Juvenile
(Check out his little foot-prints!)
Black Necked Stilt Juvenile
Black Necked Stilt Juvenile
Black Necked Stilt Juvenile
Black Necked Stilt Juvenile
Black Necked Stilt Juvenile
Black Necked Stilt Juvenile
Black Necked Stilt Juvenile
Black Necked Stilt Juvenile
Black Necked Stilt Juvenile
Black Necked Stilt Juvenile
Black Necked Stilt Juvenile
