Weather

The sun always shines in LA, even when it doesn’t. We got some rain this weekend. I have a theory that California goes through its cycles, drought, fire, rain and then mudslides.  This summer the fires were horrendous. So now we are seeing rain.

p1170365Which means our landscapes change drastically with clouds.

p1170364Taking a walk in Griffith Park yields wonderful vistas.

p1170369I guess the water tanks get named by the closest landmark. We parked our car at Travel Town. Because we didn’t have grandkids with us, it was a hike up the hill rather than visit the trains.

p1170368Looking down into the valley towards Forrest Lawn cemetery. Cemeteries end up being such beautiful, pastoral places. That Church could be in New England.  What is interesting here is that the mosaic wall in the foreground is part of Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, the Jewish cemetery.

p1170366In Griffith Park, the walkers share the paths with horses and the roads with bicycles.

p1170374She posed! Her rider said that she saw my camera and posed. What a beautiful horse!

p1170370I love the fact that someone came out and decorated the tree.

p1170371An elf instead of an angel.

p1170373Sadly many of the bows were already knocked down to the ground.

p1170375Joel was wondering why I was taking pictures of the trunk of a tree. Look at this! Even the smallest, mondane parts of nature are beautiful!

 

Leah

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