November 29, 2021 at 10:33 pm (Artists and Writers, destinations, Holidays, Links, Lists, postaday, Surprises)
Tags: art, Cee Neuner, Christmas, Frida Kahlo, fun, humor, inspiration, Mondays, museums, photo challenge, shopping
Still playing catch-up with the Photographing Public Art Challenge (PPAC) co-hosted by Cee Neuner and Marsha Ingrao.
Such a fun challenge, self is so happy whenever she gets to post.
She happened to be at her local car-wash, and she was amused by some Frida Kahlo items:
And these Christmas ornaments were in the SFMOMA Store:
And finally, from the Ashmolean Museum Store in Oxford, UK:
Self’s personal favorite is the Frida Kahlo pillow.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
November 18, 2021 at 12:45 am (destinations, Links, postaday, Recommended, Traveling)
Tags: architecture, England, lens-artists photo challenge, Liverpool, London, memories, museums, photo challenge
This is self’s second post on the same Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Shapes and Designs. Today, she is focusing on architecture.
The London skyline is endlessly fascinating. She took these pictures the last time she was in London, November 2019:
Self has a friend who lives in Manchester. In November 2019, self went to see her, and her friend drove to nearby Liverpool. What fun to walk along the docks! The Museum of Liverpool had a very unusual design.
November 13, 2021 at 2:17 am (Artists and Writers, destinations, Flowers, Food and Drink, Links, Lists, Places, postaday, Recommended)
Tags: art, California, Gardens, Golden Gate Park, museums, photo challenge, San Francisco, Stanford
Self is waaaaay behind but she’s still manfully posting. Someday she will catch up.
For this PPAC Challenge, self wanted to focus on outdoor art.
Stanford campus is full of outdoor art, but this one, in a grove of oak trees near the entrance to the Anderson Collection, really spoke to her.
Reaching Toward Warmer Suns by Kiyan Williams
This one’s just outside the de Young Museum café, in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. She doesn’t know who the artists are. An interview with the designer of the sculpture garden talks about the concept of the design, but not the individual artists whose works are pictured, which is a crying shame.
Finally, a little garden shed in a very wee garden store in Woodside. Self will just keep the name of the store to herself for now, but it’s been featured in Architectural Digest, and ever since then, it’s been impossible to find parking, unless you go right at store opening.
November 12, 2021 at 3:22 am (Artists and Writers, Books, Dearest Mum, Family, Holidays, Movies, Pianos, Places, Plays, Recommended, Weather, Women Writers)
Tags: art, biographies, Cal Shakes, COVID Reading, environment, Ethel Rosenberg, exhibits, favorites, Golden Gate Park, Grimdark, Halloween, history, Judy Chicago, Literary Magazines, memories, murals, museums, mysteries, noir, Palo Alto, Pembroke Magazine, photo challenge, Pismo Beach, porch, reading lists, road trip, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, short story, Stanford, summer, Thomas Perry
October 30, 2021 at 12:47 pm (destinations, Explorers, Food and Drink, Links, Places, postaday, Recommended, Surprises, Traveling, Weather)
Tags: Chinese food, discoveries, England, life of B, Liverpool, memories, museums, photo challenge, restaurants
The Past Squares Challenge ends tomorrow. Becky, who hosts the challenge from Life of B, announced that the next Challenge will be in February.
The very best Chinese food in Liverpool is directly across from the Liverpool Cathedral. Self has a friend who moved to Manchester, and this friend knows all the BEST Chinese restaurants in Manchester and Liverpool.
The Museum of Liverpool, on Albert Dock, is one of those must-sees. And here is self! Who rarely appears in pictures! She’s wearing a hat given to her by a friend in Philadelphia, who told her this would be the only way to survive an English winter! Thanks much, Anne-Adele!
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
October 15, 2021 at 1:16 pm (Artists and Writers, Links, postaday)
Tags: art, exhibits, fashion, Fridays, life of B, memories, museums, Paris, photo challenge, San Francisco
How much fun is it to join the Squares Challenge? Super super fun!
This month, the theme is the PAST (or Past Squares, your choice!)
Self has been looking back at the memorable exhibits she’s seen over the years.
In 2017, the Legion of Honor had an exhibit on Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade. Self had a blast! Here are a few pictures from the exhibit:
October 10, 2021 at 2:50 pm (Artists and Writers, destinations, Links, Lists, postaday, Recommended, Sundays)
Tags: art, exhibits, Frida Kahlo, Golden Gate Park, inspirations, Judy Chicago, memories, museums, opportunities, San Francisco
For today’s Past Squares challenge, she’s posting a couple of photos from two big exhibits she saw this year: the Frida Kahlo and Judy Chicago exhibits, both in the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park.
Self had tickets to see the Frida Kahlo exhibit last year, but the week she was supposed to go, the whole city abruptly went into pandemic lockdown mode and stayed locked down into 2021. As soon as the de Young re-opened to the public, just this past spring, self rushed over. YAY!
The Frida Kahlo exhibit was followed by the Judy Chicago retrospective (which is still on; everyone within driving distance should go: it is FANTASTIC!)
October 3, 2021 at 9:47 pm (destinations, Links, Lists, postaday, Sundays, Traveling)
Tags: A Photo a Week, Dublin, England, Events, Ireland, Liverpool, memories, museums, Nancy Merrill, photo challenge
What a great theme for this week’s Photo a Week Challenge: Vanishing Point! Thank you to host Nancy Merrill!
Self loves looking back at her travel photos, and looking for Vanishing Points was fun.
The last time she was in Ireland and England was Fall 2019. She happened to arrive in Dublin on the day of the Dublin Marathon. The route was right in front of her B & B, so she was able to catch a few stragglers:
Dublin Marathon, October 2019
She visited IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art) and walked from there to Dublin Castle, through a gorgeous tree-lined avenue.
Walking from IMMA to Dublin Castle, October 2019
From Dublin she flew to Manchester to stay with an old classmate from the Philippines. She introduced self to Liverpool!
Museum of Liverpool, Albert Dock, November 2019
September 7, 2021 at 5:18 pm (Artists and Writers, destinations, Links, postaday, Recommended)
Tags: art, exhibits, Golden Gate Park, museums, photo challenge, Ruth Asawa, San Francisco
Self does not know whether she’s interpreting the challenge correctly: Find a picture that contains both GRAY and ORANGE.
She didn’t think she could find any pictures that fit, but — will wonders never cease? She found two pictures from a visit to the de Young Museum, a few weeks ago: Ruth Asawa art!
Without further ado:
Ruth Asawa: Permanent Installation, Education Tower, de Young Museum, San Francisco
Ruth Asawa: Permanent Installation, Education Tower, de Young Museum, San Francisco
Stay safe, dear blog readers. Stay safe.
August 25, 2021 at 7:56 pm (Artists and Writers, Flowers, Food and Drink, Links, Lists, postaday, Recommended)
Tags: art, exhibits, flower photography, Life in Colour, museums, Oakland, photo challenge, restaurants, San Francisco, summer
Oh, self had fun this morning, searching through her garden for any red blooms. There were a few choices, but the ones that photographed best were geraniums. In her archives, there was this sweet little mini-Cooper parked in front of Horn Barbecue in Oakland.
Self is throwing in a Calder from last spring’s Calder/Picasso at the de Young Museum.
Thanks so much to Life in Colour for hosting this challenge.
Stay safe, dear blog readers. Stay safe.
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