April 25, 2021 at 9:01 pm (Artists and Writers, destinations, Links, postaday, Sundays)
Tags: art, Calder, exhibits, Golden Gate Park, inspiration, museum, opportunities, San Francisco
Self hasn’t missed a day in April! Here’s how to join:
Post anything that’s
sparkling, polished, shining, clever, cheerful, colourful, astute, brilliant, sunny, glorious, translucent, distinct and clear
But whatever you post has to be in the shape of a square. Get inspired by the galleries on The Life of B.
Today, a gallery of Calders from the Calder/Picasso exhibit at the de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park. Photo # 3 is Calder’s homage to Josephine Baker. LOOOVE the fish.
’twas a memorable exhibit. Going on at the same time as the Frida Kahlo.
Stay safe, dear blog readers. Stay safe.
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April 23, 2021 at 4:44 pm (Artists and Writers, Books, destinations, Links, Places, plans, postaday, Recommended)
Tags: art, exhibits, Frida Kahlo, Fridays, Golden Gate Park, inspiration, museum, opportunities, San Francisco
April Bright Squares have been so much fun!
The host of this challenge is Becky at The Life of B.
Yesterday was her birthday. Happy, Happy Birthday, Becky!
Self took loads of pictures at the de Young last Tuesday. And she bought the Frida Kahlo exhibit catalogue (a steal at $19.99). The exhibit was supposed to open last year, self had a ticket for March 2020. Finally, finally, over a year later, she saw it!
Stay safe, dear blog readers. Stay safe.
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April 21, 2021 at 2:21 am (Artists and Writers, Links, postaday)
Tags: art, exhibits, museum, San Francisco
Want to join in the fun?
Every month, Becky at The Life of B announces a new Squares Challenge. The challenge for April is BRIGHT.
Stay safe, dear blog readers. Stay safe.
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April 16, 2021 at 7:31 pm (Artists and Writers, destinations, Links, Places, plans, postaday, Recommended, Surprises, Weather)
Tags: art, exhibits, Golden Gate Park, happiness, museums, San Francisco
This is today’s BRIGHT SQUARE. Thanks to Becky at The Life of B for the challenge!
A few days ago, self met her friend Caroline at the de Young in Golden Gate Park. What a BRIGHT BRIGHT DAY. Museums are open again!
Lots of squares in the lines of the building, and on the pavement. The ferris wheel is a new thing. Wasn’t here last year! She likes it.
So HAPPYYYYYY!
Stay safe, dear blog readers. Stay safe.
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April 5, 2021 at 2:47 pm (destinations, Flowers, Links, Places, postaday, Recommended)
Tags: Gardens, inspiration, Mondays, Palo Alto, San Francisco, spring, websites
Every day in April, self will post a pair of squares. She usually looks for something “squar-ish” within the photograph, as well as bright colors.
The host of The Squares Challenge is The Life of B. See her gallery here.
Today, self chose these two photos:
- a living wall at the Apple Store in Union Square, downtown San Francisco
- a tulip bed in the Gamble Garden, Palo Alto. If you live anywhere within driving distance of Gamble Garden, this is a great time to visit: the tulips and daffodils are simply spectacular! If you happen to miss them at peak bloom, a lot of the roses looked ready to burst!
Spring has definitely sprung!
Stay safe, dear blog readers. Stay safe.
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April 3, 2021 at 7:05 pm (Artists and Writers, Books, Links, Places, postaday, Women Writers, Writing)
Tags: diary, inspiration, San Francisco, Saturdays
The host of this challenge is The Life of B. Self aims to post at least one bright square every day through April
I want everyone to have fun. So you can join me posting squares daily or simply pop by as and when suits you and your blog. You can interpret the theme of bright strictly or let it take you somewhere random.
The Life of B, Bright Squares Photo Challenge, April 2021
- Apple Store, Union Square, San Francisco
- Daily Journal
Stay safe, dear blog readers. Stay safe.
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March 16, 2021 at 6:52 pm (destinations, Links, Places, postaday, Recommended, Traveling, Weather)
Tags: Annaghmakerrig, England, Ireland, memories, San Francisco, Tyrone Guthrie Centre
Love discovering new photo challenges.
This one was particularly intriguing: the Sunday Stills Photography Challenge. Your Best Black-and-White Photos.
Self went searching through her archives and found a few that were not intentionally “black-and-white” but became so because of the shooting conditions — in most cases, gloomy weather.
Two of the pictures were taken on Caltrain headed north to San Francisco, one was taken on the train from London to Manchester, and the last picture was taken inside her cottage at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig, Ireland.
Stay safe, dear blog readers. Stay safe.
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September 29, 2020 at 6:47 pm (Artists and Writers, destinations, fpj-photo-challenge, Links, Places, postaday, Surprises, Traveling, Women Writers)
Tags: Annaghmakerrig, art, London, politics, San Francisco, seasons, Tyrone Guthrie Centre
P. A. Moed explains the reasoning behind this week’s Challenge:
- Architects in ancient lands, like Greece, Rome, China, and Egypt, experimented with form and balance. They discovered that the human eye likes patterns and architectural features that are symmetrical. That’s why a row of pillars or arches is pleasing to the eye.
In January, self canvassed South San Francisco and Millbrae for Elizabeth Warren. This was the canvassers’ meeting place, in South San Francisco. She chose this picture because of the enthusiasm for Warren, and the two armchairs.
Stumbled on this sculpture on London’s Canary Wharf, last November. Very “Handmaid’s Tale”!!!
Finally, trees of the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, Ireland. It was October.
Stay safe, dear blog readers. Stay safe.
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August 6, 2020 at 12:44 am (anthologies, Artists and Writers, Calls, Filipino Writers, Links, Philippine History, Places, Recommended)
Tags: Asian American Writers, San Francisco, SOMA, workshops
Ah, San Francisco. A city of neighborhoods. Never has she needed your help more than at this moment.
Liwanag is a cultural organization with deep roots in a section of the city historically populated by Filipino residents (not so anymore, but the traces are there).
They’re putting together an anthology (Deadline: Aug. 23, 2020)
Information on submission guidelines, and on two upcoming workshops, are on the website
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June 12, 2020 at 7:06 pm (Artists and Writers, Books, Family, Food and Drink, Links, Niece, Relatives)
Tags: art, Cee Neuner, exhibits, Fridays, magical realism, memories, museums, San Diego, San Francisco, summer
Bless Cee Neuner for keeping Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge so FUN!
For this week’s Fun Foto Challenge, HATS, self found a couple of pictures from her archives.
Self’s baseball-cap wearing niece, Angela, an undergrad at the University of Michigan, spent a summer as an intern at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park. Self had a lot of fun hanging with her:
The Martian is son’s favorite novel (after the Dune novels; son is an avid science fiction reader). He met the cap-wearing author at SDCC 2018:
Finally, one of Magritte’s most iconic images, the man in the bowler hat, at an exhibit in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, July 2018:
Other hats:
Stay safe, dear blog readers. Stay safe.
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