WallHouse #2 by John Hejduk

WallHouse–click on the image to view panorama–

John Hejduk designed this house in the 70s, but it was built much later, in 2001 on the outskirts of the City of Groningen in the northernmost province of the Netherlands. The house was a radical conceptualization of the idea that work and living space should be separated, in this case by an over sized concrete wall. Recent research about the detrimental effects of the growing intermingling of working and living, suggest that Hejduk had the right idea.

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Independence Day Parade in Avalon

Trojan Marching Band–click on the image to view panorama–

Independence Day is celebrated in style on Catalina Island. The Trojan marching band (USC) leads the parade of decked-out golf carts and local dignitaries. Go here for the Catalina Island Gallery.

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Tufa formations at south Mono Lake

Convict Lake–click on the image to view panorama–

Much of the water that flows down from the Eastern Sierras has been siphoned off by Los Angeles County since the early 1900s. The water level at Mono lake was in steady decline, the Owens river reduced to a sad trickle, and Owens Lake dried up, blowing toxic dust in all directions and dangerously polluting the otherwise pristine air of the high desert surroundings. Continue reading ‘Tufa formations at south Mono Lake’

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