Located just west of Downtown Los Angeles, the 3.5 mile Santa Monica beach is an iconic example of the famed beautiful beaches of Southern California.
The beach sign below has cutouts for the umbrella and the birds so that the colors change depending upon the shade of the sky in the background.
A view of Santa Monica (California) and its beach from the Santa Monica Pier
Set in California at Santa Monica’s westernmost point, the Santa Monica Pier is a staple of this picturesque seaside community. Packed with family-friendly activities, vibrant street performers, restaurants and shops, the public pier also has stunning views and over a century’s worth of history. Here is a corner view of the famous pier.
A colorful, shaded, resting place overlooking Santa Monica Pier and the Pacific Ocean in California
Man-made colors on the pier are enhanced by natural colors of the sky, clouds, ocean and even flowers on this home in Santa Monica, California
A colorful home stands in quite contrast to the plain one next door at Santa Monica Beach, California
Spectacular clouds hang over the Santa Monica Pier as it juts out into the Pacific Ocean, California
From the elevated height of Palisades Park, Santa Monica, California, well protected paths provide vantage views of the Pacific Ocean, beaches, and the Santa Monica Pier.
Palisades Park is a 26.4-acre park in Santa Monica, California. The park is located along a 1.6-mile section of Ocean Avenue on top of an uplifted unconsolidated sedimentary coastal Quaternary terrace with exposed bluffs, offering views of both the Pacific Ocean and the coastal mountains.
Walking along the park on a hazy morning, one can see a pier in the distance. The Santa Monica Pier is a large double-jointed pier at the foot of Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California.
Santa Monica is a coastal city west of downtown Los Angeles, California. Santa Monica Beach is fringed by Palisades Park, with views over the Pacific Ocean. Will be posting images from our recent trip to Santa Monica.
This 18′ high art deco sculpture “Santa Monica” by Eugene Morahan is located on the bluff at the foot of Wilshire Blvd. It is a statue of Saint Monica, for whom the city of Santa Monica was named. Apparently, Spanish explorers were reminded of the tears Saint Monica shed for her errant son while they were drinking from a refreshing spring in West Los Angeles. Because that particular day was St. Monica’s day on the religious calendar, they named the area “Santa Monica.”
An overlook from the cliffs of Carlsbad, California with waves of the Pacific Ocean gently brushing the shoreline
Oceans have featured prominently in our various trips around the world. This week’s theme is scenes by the oceans. Here is an image of full tide at Half Moon Bay, California.
A colorful sunset sky creates a striking silhouette of an old railroad bridge in Santa Clarita, California
An artist paints the Bay Bridge between San Francisco and Oakland in California
The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, known locally as the Bay Bridge, is a complex of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay in California. As part of Interstate 80 and the direct road between San Francisco and Oakland, it carries about 260,000 vehicles a day on its two decks.
Posting a series of images of bridges across the country and the world.
The 1.7-mile-long Golden Gate Bridge, an icon of the San Francisco Bay region, connects the city of San Francisco to Marin County, California. At its completion in 1937, the suspension bridge was considered an engineering marvel—the longest main suspension bridge span in the world.
We end this series on images from Tierra Rejada Golf Club in California with a picturesque setting
Picture Perfect Setting
Green fairways and blue sky at Tierra Rejada Golf Club. Moorpark, California
Green Fairways at Tierra Rejada
Greenery and colorful hills in southern California from a few weeks ago
Green and Colorful Hills
This putter is focused on his putt, completely oblivious to the picturesque setting at Tierra Rejada Golf Club, Moorpark, California
Oblivious to the Picturesque Setting
Photos by Ravi 