Los Angeles in Winter

I need to go back home to Chatsworth soon so I can see the snow on the mountains around the valley.

Thank you!

It was pretty amazing...

This next storm coming in now will most likely melt most of the snow you see here...

There were a lot of photographers out in the Kenny Hahn Regional Park I went to...

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On a clear day, LA sits in an incredible setting.

Yeah, Mt.Baldy is over 10,000 feet!

That makes it a real mountain to me...

Pictures like these, and better ones, are among the reasons that folks move to LA!

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in LaVerne and had a great view of it from the front of our house. After a good snowfall we would drive up to Manker Flats and go sledding. Then, before returning home we'd fill the back of the pickup full of snow and race home to dump it in the front yard. We would make it into a snow slide for the neighborhood kids to play on. I'll have to dig out those photos of the kids... in shorts and eating Popsicles on top of a quickly melting pile of slush.

I always enjoy your SoCali photos, Peggy! :loveya:

I'll bet your view of Mt. Baldy was impressive!

I haven't been up there in LaVerne recently ...

Please do dig out your photos!

I'd love to see them, sweetie!

Glad you enjoy my pics...:hug: :loveya:

Wow...it is really crystal clear out there today, isn't it? That's my favorite part of getting rain.

I also love, love, love the snow on the mountains.

You have found the perfect spot to photograph the city. I can't believe how much of it you can get in one shot. Downtown AND the Hollywood sign from the same location? Amazing.

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Oh, thanks sweetie!

You are too kind, really...

That new lens is making me very happy!

The location is the Kenny Hahn Regional Recreation Area, or some such, in Inglewood, I think...

Just off La Cienega ...Baldwin Hills...

There were lots of people taking pics there today...

I wish I'd gone this morning...alas...

The mountains had no cloud cover at all, and the snow was visibly heavy; even more so than in these...

Next time I'll stop what I'm doing and head on over...

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AH....LAX my 2nd favorite city outside PDX and DCA :hi: :hug: :hug::hi:










"Who has not seen the dark corners of great cities, whose small and shabby creatures wander without purpose in the secret corners of the night? Without purpose? There are those whose purpose reaches far beyond our wildest dreams..."

Ah, Portland, with a real mountain!

And what is the second location?

I like LA too...

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Thats takeoff from PDX !!! :hi:


"Who knows? Perhaps the alteration of one small event may someday bring the end of the world. But that someday is a long way off, and until then there is a good life to be lived in the here and now."

Yeah, I hear ya!

What city is PDX???



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Oh I always speak in airport codes.......LAX- PDX=Portland.......

I know over 350 airport codes by heart.....:hi:
:rofl: :rofl:

"For centuries, Man has looked to the skies and sought to uncover the mysteries of the universe. The telescope brought into focus the craters on the Moon and the canals on Mars, but it was limited, and Man's insistent hunger for knowledge and experience would not be satisfied until he broke the massive chains of gravity and set foot himself on a planet other than his own. Project Mercury was his first venture into space—a testament to his technical ingenuity and courage, a green light to a hundred other projects which would take him still further.

I should have figured that one out!

Thanks, sweetie!

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There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity.;-)

Hey, you're supposed to be talking to me!

Your quote is hilarious!

I remember hearing that in my childhood...

Now, how's about telling me if you like the pictures?


:P

Thanks, sweetie!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnmwOq3VwuA&feature=related :hi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhpoh-QOayw

Thank you for those...

I haven't seen that program in many years!

Now I understand where all the quotes in your sigline have come from, sweetie...

I appreciate your input!

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The mountains nearer to us are gorgeous as well. We had to drive up to Placentia today and I could barely take my eyes off the snowy mountains.

They are amazing after substantial snowfall!

I was showing them to B on our way to lunch, and he couldn't believe how beautiful they were!

Thanks, sweetie...:hug:

;)

:D

but my thread is pretty cool

beautiful....
wow



aren't you afraid of


earthquakes.....

I'm here and they scare the bejeebus out of me....


lost

Nah, I'm not really afraid of earthquakes...

But I've lived in CA since I was 13, and I'm used to them now...

We have no control over them, and so it's useless to worry!

You just try to be prepared with food, water, batteries and so on...


The mountains, on the other hand, are to be enjoyed, esp. on a day like today!

Glad you like the pics, sweetie...

I'll find your thread!



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Oh, you're welcome, sweetie!

I'll bet you had a grand view too!

And they were even snowier at that hour, than here...

Never again will I let a trip to the gym interfere with my picture-taking!

:hi: back atcha!

i love california! i was out there two years ago. some of the sights are breathtaking! im jealous you get to live there!:spank:

Thank you so much!

There are some wonderful sights here...


However, seeing the 405 at rush hour is not one of them! :scared:

I once had a dream (before I got out here) that the Ko'olaus were getting a dusting, with sleet at the Pali just above town... :scared: :scared: :scared:

That sounds pretty scary!

Hawai'i is way too warm for that!

Glad you enjoyed my pics...

Thanks!

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I'm a "mountain girl" -- from Western NC. I appreciate the panorama and am pleasantly reminded that YOUR mountains in CA are waaaaay, waaaay bigger!

....although our's in NC are much older ;-)

Those are breathtaking images :thumbsup:

I'm so glad you enjoyed my pics, sweetie!

And indeed, your mountains in NC are much older...

I've studied a bit of geology, and I've always enjoyed it!

Thanks!

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More spectacular than a fireworks show in GD:P!

Wow....really?

That's pretty spectacular!

Thanks, sweetie! :hug:

These pictures are the best ones I have ever seen of LA! I guess I never realized how beautiful the city is with the mountains in the horizon. I hope be posting more often soon, I have a little more time on my hands. I always enjoy your posts Peggy! Thank You!

Wow, thank you so much!

I'm nearly speechless with your praise...

I hope to see you posting more too...and not just because of what you just said!

I'm honored that you enjoy my posts...

I look forward to talking more with you...

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Yup, real mountains!

The tallest visible here is just above 10,000 feet...

Thanks, sweetie!

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Thanks for posting!

Glad you like them!

Yeah, we have a lot of lousy gray days here in the winter...

I stay away from my camera on those days!

Thank you for your praise...:hug:

...Just kidding, Peggy. I know you would stop before it went THAT far. Dammit.

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Great pics. It beats Dallas- nothing but hundreds of miles of scrub lands, rednecks, AND George *bush...

Oh, dammit, you made me laugh!

And that is a good thing, sweetie...

I rather doubt I could kick anything out of a big guy like you, anyway! Dammit.

Glad you like these...

Hopefully the next ones will be better!

Thanks, baby...:hug:

just beautiful. :applause:

Thanks for coming by, sweetie!

Glad you like these!

Thanks...:hug:

it reminds me (sort of) where I grew up

only a HELL of a lot more people

but the mountains and the snowline in the background

beautiful pics

"This is the city, Los Angeles California, my partner and I were working bunko" (no not the kind that midlo plays :rofl:) your pic reminded me of Dragnet

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Yeah, there's a couple of people here....lol!

Maybe a couple MILLION!

Glad you liked these...

Dragnet! I remember that show...

Thank you!

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Such gorgeous topography! Nice shooting.

Oh, from the master...I do appreciate your comments so much...

Thank you!

If you do get out here, let me know...

I'd love to meet you and your family...

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Those shots are just beautiful!

Yesterday I had a chance to see those mountains, covered with snow.
The snow level had dropped to 2,000 ft. elevation in some areas.

It was breathtaking.

Aren't those green hills a beautiful sight, too?

Now I'm starting to love winter in SoCal, again.

Rain, green hills, snow covered mountains and the whales,
migrating off our coast- that's winter here in SoCal.
;-)

Thanks so much for sharing these.

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Wow, thank you so much, sweetie!

All the things you pointed out...those are the good things about winter here!

It is always my pleasure to share whatever beauty I see here...

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Ah, LA can be a paradise...

And days like this one it truly is...

The view from the Getty is amazing!

A bit harder to get to though, alas...

Thank you so much!

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Especially after looking at these pictures! Beautiful!

Aw, sweetie...

Sorry I made you homesick...

I'm glad that you like the pictures, though...

Thank you!

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Great shots my dear CaliforniaPeggy!

I thank you!

But Mother Nature did the work...

All I did was point the camera at the mountains, and click!

Well...

There might have been a little judgement in there too...

Thanks, sweetie...

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But... to a midwesterner, winter looks more like this:

Wow!

Your pictures deserve their own thread!

Each one has gorgeous things going on ...

I can absolutely feel the cold in the first one...and that gorgeous sky!

The tree outlined with snow is wonderful and delicate!

And the last one just is overwhelming in all the snow everywhere!

Thank you for sharing those with us today...

And I'm so pleased that you like mine!

Thank you so much!

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The first 2 are in/from my front yard.

The 3rd was taken just up the road while I driving. It's part of the Ice Age Trail - http://www.iceagetrail.org/.
The Ice Age National Scenic Trail is a thousand-mile footpath — entirely within Wisconsin — that celebrates the legacy of the Ice Age. Diverse geological features along the Trail rank among the finest examples of continental glaciation anywhere in the world. Beyond any textbook, the Ice Age Trail lets us see and touch glacial history.

The Ice Age Park & Trail Foundation (IAPTF), a volunteer- and member-based non-profit organization, protects, promotes, builds and maintains the Ice Age Trail. IAPTF staff and volunteers work cooperatively with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, National Park Service, local governments, businesses and private landowners to shape the Ice Age Trail into one of the premier hiking trails in the United States.

The Ice Age Trail is built and maintained by volunteers organized into 24 local chapters who annually give over 80,000 hours of their time!

The last 2 were after a beautiful snowstorm about a month ago - the sunset was just last week out my living room window. The picture does not do justice to the colors I saw.