Find out what makes Hahamongna Watershed Park so special, why every visit there inspires me and so many others, and why I can't resist taking pictures at every step along the trail (bring your camera!). Learn from experts about the history, natural habitat and current threats to this special place, including LA County's giant sediment removal project. All that and you get to walk. About.
If you want to be an insider, you can volunteer to help. Last year's Walkabout was a huge success. I'm told this year's will be even more fun, but I find that hard to believe.
Seems I've been giving you a lot for your calendar lately. There's so much good stuff I can't post it all. Is March always this busy?
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Now THAT'S the kind of art I like. Better than a levitating rock being moved at great cost from A to B. I like the way you framed Mt. Lukens.
I've volunteered to be a tour guide this year. I'd recommend anyone not familiar with this vast natural playground to come along - the walk's not very far or fast, and you'll learn lots of fascinating information about the birds, plants and animals that call this place their home.
Bellis, I love this work, too! The picture is from my cache of a couple of years ago and the work could be by Leo Snyder.
Here's a video of last year's talk by Tim Martinez. He delighted the crowd, partly with his knowledge of the different uses of plants growing at Hahamongna, but mostly with his personality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIWyGo_0DyQ
Bellis, I couldn't find a video of you from last year. Thank goodness there isn't one of me.
Love that the image includes the sign trail for danger - three stones on top of each other. Care needs be taken. Gives another layer of meaning to the image.
Does it, Roberta? I had no idea. Maybe not the best choice for inviting people to come! Well, I can promise the coyotes will keep to themselves while people walk around, and you can bet the mountain lions will, too. The biggest danger at Hahamongna is the people.
I like this art piece, too, and love the photo of it. Bellis, so I'm not the only one who finds the migration of that large boulder a big waste of money and energy.
Last year I attended the walkabout dog-free. This year I think I'll bring Tommy - or Louise.
Glad you're not walking about today--
nature's art.
Sounds like fun!!! And interesting too!
I believe I remember some dogs on last year's Walkabout, Susan. Either one would love it. And I agree about the rock. Not only a waste of money and energy, but an environmental travesty as well. They should all be embarrassed.
No kidding, Desiree, such lovely rain! Boz will have nothing to do with it, so I get to stay cozy.
Alex, I've seen some lovely works out there.
Chieftess, it is indeed both.
Here's the giant rock:
http://framework.latimes.com/2012/02/29/lacma-rock/#/0
now that is such a beautiful photo....it is my first time to visit and I am loving everything here...and you are...nice, smart and good looking too :-)
Haha, thank you, kulasa! Welcome!
I think you're right Petrea. The danger is in our not taking care of the natural beauty in Hahamongna and elsewhere. Several friends who are visual artists wish the same money had been spent on art ed for young ones - and not so young ones.
Thanks. Even if I were the only one who felt this way about that rock, I'd say it's a shame and an embarrassment to the artist and to LACMA. I know it came from a quarry. I probably shouldn't start on this subject!
You mean the giant rock guy? I think you mean the giant rock guy. The art in the photo is by a friend of mine who no longer lives in Pasadena but who, when he did, could never resist beautifully arranging found objects when he walked his dog in Hahamongna.
I'm stumped, too, Patrizzi. They have no local support. Not one person at the City Council meeting about the soccer field expressed anything except "please don't build this." No one wants it. And they're going ahead. I find it mind-boggling and infuriating that the City would oppose the citizens in this way.
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