Reflections of Balboa Park

Spreckels Organ Pavilion

It's funny how I have been to this park several times, but never really seen it.......

As I wandered around with my camera, I saw details I never saw before......

And all over, were the faces that leapt from the plaster walls....

All photos were taken at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in San Diego. The pavilion was donated by John D. and Adolph Spreckels specifically for the Panama-California exposition in 1914. It was built by Harrison Albright, a self taught Architect. This beautiful pavilion houses the 4,530 pipe organ. Since 1917 the City of San Diego has had a civic organist who performs free concerts each Sunday in Balboa Park.

Along the beach pathway

Walking along the beach we saw this incredible house......

I wondered who lived there, wondered about their lives and how often they came here.......

Then I saw the name.......so I printed these up and framed them, and gave them to a dear friend whose last name is Bruno.

I asked her why she has never invited me to her enchanting villa.......

All photos taken walking along Newport Beach, California

And it was morning.....

 Morning time at my workplace.....before I tuck in to my little 12 hour computer world......

Moonrise over the basketball courts.....they do allow us out to play once in a while!

Evening falls in the back patio....and I must go back in to finish my Shift......

 

Christmas at Intel....some of the palms wearing their sequins.......

Christmas, however does not stop construction at Intel......

 

My shift is over......and then there was evening.......

The end of my 12 hours for another day.....................heading home.