California Building Tower. Balboa Park, Uptown San Diego. January 2015.
In the past couple of months, we’ve had the most spectacular sunsets – the most magnificent skies, really.
In addition, balmy, magical nights.
I don’t know if it’s just me, but San Diego and Southern California are becoming more and more lovely and precious each day.
It is like falling in love, all over again.
Tonight I want to share some night and sunset shots, reserving the day skies for another post.
These photos have all been taken and corrected on my HTC One camera, hence the sometimes annoying light ‘spilling’, low res and graininess.
I will start carrying my Panasonic camera again, and correcting on Photoshop. I realize that my photos look better on a small screen…
One day I would like to invest in a proper Digital DSRL, but for now accept these artisanal shots.
I have taken to making nightly pilgrimages to our Balboa Park.
This is our cultural park, with more than twenty art museums and Spanish Colonial Revival architecture. The pairing of Spanish architecture and tropical greenery take me to Cuba, to Puerto Rico…to the Caribbeans. Balboa Park was built in 1915 for the Pan-American Exhibition, and is celebrating its Centenary this year!
The central plaza, Plaza de Panama, is now restored as the living room of the city.
To my eye, the park is more and more beautiful each month that goes by.
View from Cabrillo Bridge. Balboa Park, Uptown San Diego. January 2015.
Night view from Cabrillo Bridge. Balboa Park, Uptown San Diego. January 2015.
View of Plaza De Panama. Balboa Park, Uptown San Diego. March 2015.
Balboa Park, Uptown San Diego. March 2015.
Arboretum. Balboa Park, Uptown San Diego. March 2015.
Sculpture Garden. Balboa Park, Uptown San Diego. March 2015.
Museum of Man. Balboa Park, Uptown San Diego. March 2015.
And here are other end-of-day scenes from San Diego.
Normal Heights, San Diego. January 2015.
Bankers' Hill, San Diego. January 2015.
Hillcrest, San Diego. February 2015.
University Heights, San Diego. February 2015.
Hillcrest, San Diego. February 2015.
Downtown San Diego, Gaslamp Quarter, Horton Plaza. December 2014
Downtown San Diego, Gaslamp Quarter, Horton Plaza. December 2014.
Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego. Cafe' Sevilla. January 2015.
163 South Highway towards Downtown San Diego. View from Cabrillo Bridge, Balboa Park. March 2015.
And now, two poems to the Night.
The Night is Still
by Edith Matilda Thomas
The night is still, the moon looks kind,
The dew hangs jewels in the heath,
An ivy climbs across thy blind,
And throws a light and misty wreath.
The dew hangs jewels in the heath,
Buds bloom for which the bee has pined;
I haste along, I quicker breathe,
The night is still, the moon looks kind.
Buds bloom for which the bee has pined,
The primrose slips its jealous sheath,
As up the flower-watched path I wind
And come thy window-ledge beneath.
The primrose slips its jealous sheath,—
Then open wide that churlish blind,
And kiss me through the ivy wreath!
The night is still, the moon looks kind.
….
A Gift
by Leonora Speyer
I Woke: —
Night, lingering, poured upon the world
Of drowsy hill and wood and lake
Her moon-song,
And the breeze accompanied with hushed fingers
On the birches.
Gently the dawn held out to me
A golden handful of bird’s-notes.
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