'Tis the Season

'Tis the season for a Christmas post.

Hubby and I went to Roger's Garden, in early November, to see their annual Christmas Shop. Every year it is a riot of festive colour and style. 

Here are some of the photographs with minimum input from me.

These sweet treats have no calories.

Of course, in southern California, we don't really want snow, just the idea of snow.

A British-themed tree - my favourite.

More festive delights next time.

Elephants on Parade 7

The word was that all the elephants were gathering in a Dana Point park before being sold at a charity auction so I headed out to track down the ones I hadn't photographed yet.

It was just after 8am and there was a beautiful light over the ocean.

However, not all the elephants were there. Apparently some of them were reluctant to leave the resorts they'd been staying at.

Thanks to the nice people at the Laguna Cliffs Marriott & Spa I was able to go into the resort and photograph a few more.

There was also a display of miniature versions of elephants from previous parades.

Elephants hanging out in the park.

There are still there still three elephants I haven't photographed but, at this stage, I'm not sure if I will be able to but tracking down wildlife can be so unpredictable.

Elephants on Parade 6

In my last post I said that some of the elephants I had hoped to spot had moved to Los Angeles for a short time. Today I went out to see if they were back.

This first elephant represents an elephant that is being helped by the charity behind the parade.

This one is at Dana Point Harbour.

I photographed this one on Saturday but I forgot to get a photo of the other side.

From another area of the Harbour.

Lantern Bay Park. It was very sunny so hard not to get these reflections.

All the remaining elephants are on the grounds of the area's resorts so I will have to wait until they are all gathered together in mid-November to photograph the remaining 11.

Elephants on Parade

Dana Point in South Orange County has been invaded by elephants in order to highlight and raise funds for the Asian Elephant Foundation. Until 10th November, 37 decorated elephant sculptures are on display at various points around Dana Point.

Here are four of them that I have taken pictures of so far. Check back here for the others that I track down over the next few weeks.

Come and Sea

Last month I posted about an exhibition I saw at the Laguna Art Museum. Today I wanted to show you another exhibition that was there at the same time.

The upper floor of the museum was transformed into a handmade sea bed.

Entering through a fabric recreation of sea kelp.

A combination of hard and soft materials are used to create a coral bed.