There’s a lot of street art in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach, which is great. This underwater sea-ne adorned the side a building not far from our B&B. And yes, of course, there were doors. 🙂 Much better than looking at the blank side of a boring building, right?
Our daughter and son-in-law enjoy coffee and I enjoy street art so our interests coincided one morning in a parking garage where we made a stop for a caffeine fix. Question. Is it street art when it’s not actually along the street? No matter. It was fun to see whatever you call it.
Naturally I had to get out of the car for photos but as it was under the building, not only was whatever sunlight came in a factor but those pesky cars that insist in parking in parking garages caused me to have to squeeze in front of several of them, hence the angle and light in some of the shots. I like them all but the dolphins are my favorite.
As far as the coffee shop and its caffeine-seeking clients are concerned, the best art is probably this one (which apparently wants you to have your coffee in Joshua Tree National Park.) All in all, it was a good way to start the day.
We’ve all agreed that we’d like to see every dull, boring, grey/gray power boxes painted something else and I found several I really liked while walking in downtown Aurora, Illinois with my friend who was willing to patiently wait while I took photos. 🙂 I especially like this first one because the colors are so arresting. Anyone else get a bit of a “Matrix” vibe?
I was loving the Art Deco look of this pair.
And finally here’s another power box for your Thursday enjoyment. Here we are already in December. How did that happen??
Thursday Doors is hosted as always by the Door Keeper in Chief, Dan the Doorman AKA Dan the author. Thanks, Dan.
It’s that time of year again, time for me to do the two-day drive to Wyoming (about 10+ hours each day) to spend 2 1/2 weeks in the Bighorn Mountains, time I crave each year. There’s very, very limited wi-fi access there and no phone access unless you have a satellite phone. You can get wi-fi but we have yet to do so. It’s become a discussion, but I do like not being online that much. I go on to check (and delete) email or to send a text or photo to family and friends but why be on vacation if I’m on the internet all the time? So until the second week in August, keep this California mural in mind to let you know how I appreciate you. And of course, there will be photos, many photos, and a surprise or two as well.
Dan says he’s serving leftovers in today’s Thursday Doors post. I like leftovers! After visits to California and Prescott, I now have a plethora of doors as well as doors left over from previous trips. So let’s get started using some of them.
I’ve said it before and I’m obviously saying it again: I love when cities put art of otherwise drab, boring doors. Here are two examples from Redondo beach and two views of each. I guarantee they’ll brighten your day.
This morning I’m off for another meet-and-greet with fellow bloggers: Donna of Wind Kisses, Marcia of Always Write, Terri Webster Schrandt of Second Wind Leisure Perspectives, and another blogger with whom I’m not familiar. But I will be after this morning. 🙂 Enjoy Thursday!
Tina’s challenge to us this week is to feature eyes. Let’s have a little fun with that theme.
“An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.”
― Martin Buber
What do you think these eyes are saying? Are they wistful or just enjoying what they see? Apologies for any imperfections but I took this photo through the car window with my phone, stopped at a light I hasten to add.
Here I offer you two eyes and one I in some California street art. 🙂
“His eyes are so intense I want to look away . . . or never look away, I can’t decide.”
― Kasie West, The Distance Between Us
Hunter’s eyes.
“I watch what I eat every day. I mean, who actually eats with their eyes closed?”
― Brian Celio
But what if it’s looking back at you??? Pancake eyes.
Soft but stubborn mule eyes or at least one of them.
And finally we have ramen eyes, one of tastiest types of eyes. I told you we were going to have fun and now you have a delicious meal as well. Eye yie yie yie!
Thanks for a theme that let me have some fun, Tina. I hope everyone of you is having a wonderful weekend.
I found the answer to Patti’s challenge of finding street art during a recent visit to Redondo Beach, California. This isn’t your street art by well-known artists, but rather the sort you find as you walk around the shops and businesses in a neighborhood.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. ~Pablo Picasso
That’s the test of street art – to see if anybody stopped. People would cross out ones they didn’t like and would star others. I liked that people would engage with them. Jenny Holzer
Speak softly but carry a big can of paint. ~Banksy
(Sorry about the railing, but I wouldn’t get the entire picture if I was on the other side of the railing.)
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