Garden

This is a matilija poppy which took a year to grow - yay! Sometimes it is a good reminder to keep dry plants dry....and keep at it. Looks like an egg...and it's nickname is fried egg plant.

These were grown from seed from the Theodore Payne native garden center in a packet called blues and purples. So success on this one as well.

Hummingbirds

Santa Monica Beach - cloudy day

Los Angeles - Near Mount Washington

Some parts of Los Angeles are so incredibly beautiful especially in the winter....hard to believe there are rolling hills and such green mostly due to the recent rains.

Weather - rain rolls in

Trees up and down

Wende Museum Cold War Museum

Wende means "to turn" or "to change" Here at the Wende Museum, the focus is to look at the impact of the Cold War had on Eastern European countries and Russia from the late 1980's when the Berlin Wall went down.

In Russia, 1970's - she has steel teeth

A Russian reading library 

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Open spaces brings real freedom

In 1970's Russian mother with child.

The building had been an armory and had undergone a major renovation finished in Nov 2017.
The artifacts, art and pieces explore what life was like under repressive regimes. The art does prevail in reminding us of the great human spirit behind the veiled curtain.