We visited the old lighthouse and its museum where we learned about the fresnel and I took pictures from a number of angles, attempting to capture the colors passing through the prisms. We also visited the adjoining lighthouse keeper’s home and ascended the stairs and took a look out the window across the bay to San Diego.
According to Google image search this is a houseleek, another plant I don’t recall ever having seen before coming to Southern California.
Surplus to requirements under the current administration.
With over 500 images still to sort through from last month’s California visit, we’ll be ramping up to 2 or 3 posts a day till we get through them all.
While at Point Loma we observed a pair of ravens hectoring a hawk.
We went up to Presidio Park and visited the Junipero Serra Museum (the Spanish Missionary who planted a cross here, declaring the lands in the name of Christ). Afterwards we walked around the Park and eventually descended the hill to Old Town.
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With the airport right in the city, there are places where the planes come in very close overhead.
The cactus garden at Balboa Park is full of exotic looking cacti and other succulents that were new to me and looked exotic to my East Coast eyes.
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I often find in museums a place to photograph myself in reflection. The Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park (surprisingly lacking in photographs when we visited) provided the perfect opportunity for reflection.
