Random photos from this week

This week has been really busy - Passover started Monday night and preparations took up a lot of my time.

Below are some random photos from the past week - farmers' market, blooming garden, sunset hike, beautiful tudor revival house, and a pretty sky over LAX. Enjoy.

Bonus post - some of my calligraphy work

Ask and ye shall receive :) Here is some of my work from my calligraphy classes. In order: Gothic, Uncial, and Copperplate. Enjoy.

Calligraphy

This past Sunday I went to a workshop organized by the Society for Calligraphy. The leader was Ed Fong, a long-time calligrapher for the City of Los Angeles. He showed us examples of work from his office (including a series of comic signs that were for in-office fun) and then he showed us his method of adding dramatic watercolor clouds and texture around the calligraphy. It was a lot of fun - and I can see using it in some projects I have in mind. It was nice to have a day of creativity.

Flora, fauna, sky & homes

Today is a mix of photos: I thought the sky with the contrail and moon looked very geometric. The moth was an early morning visitor on my garage door. The view of the Griffith Park Observatory on a gloomy afternoon. A pseudo-villa on the open-house Pasadena Heritage Spring home tour, including dragon lanterns and grapefruit orchard. Enjoy.

Purim

This past weekend was the Jewish holiday of Purim (there was also a "super moon" - see the first picture). It's my most favorite holiday - family, friends, food, charity, and parties :) What could be better?

Light

This week, just some views from my commute: different views of light.

Flora on Clinton St

I walk a lot on Sabbath - yesterday I went for an hour walk in the morning and a two hour walk in the afternoon - but I'm not allowed to take photographs. This afternoon, I went back along Clinton, a nearby street, and took some photos of flowers and plants I had noticed yesterday.

The first photo is of a blooming star jasmine that actually grew up through the stop sign/street sign pole and is tumbling blossoms from the top! The second is of camellias, the third is a creeping fig, the fourth is a tulip tree (a type of magnolia) and the last is a succulent known as "Sticks on Fire" for obvious reasons.

Today feels like spring - we'll see if it lasts awhile.