tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post3601039423966462161..comments2023-10-25T02:14:11.431-07:00Comments on Living Vicuriously, aka Pasadena Daily Photo, has moved.: What Matters: NowPetrea Burchardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-41684396127899756932010-04-30T08:01:29.668-07:002010-04-30T08:01:29.668-07:00I enhanced the photo a little, Linda, to get the g...I enhanced the photo a little, Linda, to get the glare off the glass. But it's luscious in there.<br /><br />Leif, I think it might just be the entryway and not the living room at all!<br /><br />Pascal Jim, how'd you find out?<br /><br />Shanna, I find myself attracted to symmetry as well.<br /><br />Another world indeed, Katie. Seems like a lost world, though bits of it still exist around here.<br /><br />Good thought, Amy. Now that the property is changing hands it may not get cleaned as often for a while. I wonder how the developers will use it? I hope they use it well.<br /><br />You know that's one of my favorites, J.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-62265925739323090402010-04-29T21:37:45.839-07:002010-04-29T21:37:45.839-07:00The past is, well, gone forever. The present—oops,...The past is, well, gone forever. The present—oops, it just became the past. The future? That's where I'm headed, like a metaphysical lemming. <br /><br />When the Upanishads, et. al, tell me that time is an illusion, I have to think a moment. But my thought's like a prayer cloth: tattered by the existential wind. <br /><br />Does now even matter? I can't get it in my hand, but it's where I seem to live. My loss.<br /><br /><br /><i>THE FURNITURE<br /><br />To things we are ghosts, soft shapes<br />in their blindness that push and pull,<br />a warm touch tugging on a stuck drawer,<br />a face glancing by in a mirror<br />like a pebble skipped across a passive pond.<br /><br />They hear rumors of us, things, in their own rumble,<br />and notice they are not where they were in the last century,<br />and feel, perhaps, themselves lifted by tides<br />of desire, of coveting; a certain moisture<br />mildews their surfaces, and they guess that we have passed.<br /><br />They decay, of course, but so slowly; a vase<br />or mug survives a thousand uses. Our successive<br />ownerships slip from them, our fury<br />flickers at their reverie’s dimmest edge.<br />Their numb solidity sleeps through our screams.<br /><br />Daguerrotypes Victorian travellers<br />produced of tombs and temples still intact<br />contain, sometimes, a camel driver, or beggar: a brown<br />man in a galabia who moved his head, his life<br />a blur, a dark smear on the unchanging stone.<br /><br /><br />(John Updike, 1985)</i>John Sandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08149954535616537207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-16852813930574115932010-04-29T19:55:49.068-07:002010-04-29T19:55:49.068-07:00I'm glad your brother helped you explore in cl...I'm glad your brother helped you explore in closer. This is quite the view. I wonder how often someone comes to clean. At least they don't have to move any furniture while sweeping.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302700145350385530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-32909880477240924542010-04-29T19:13:03.491-07:002010-04-29T19:13:03.491-07:00Love the peek into another world. All that wood is...Love the peek into another world. All that wood is amazing; and I'm curious about the art above the fireplace. Yay for your brother giving you a bit of courage to approach the house and photograph through the window! Have a great visit!Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05017577882203582185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-73594553210728017962010-04-29T15:05:35.122-07:002010-04-29T15:05:35.122-07:00Gorgeous. I love the symmetry of the room. And the...Gorgeous. I love the symmetry of the room. And the wood is really beautiful.Shannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01608168607510299123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-72278529288396296642010-04-29T10:58:02.060-07:002010-04-29T10:58:02.060-07:00The bronze doors I mentioned yesterday, are locate...The bronze doors I mentioned yesterday, are located at Forest Lawn in Glendale, housed in the hilltop museumPascal Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00136769961112420031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-14104422559948794062010-04-29T10:37:45.027-07:002010-04-29T10:37:45.027-07:00What a grand living room with a dazzling chandelie...What a grand living room with a dazzling chandelier and fireplace!Leif Hagenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268045909244159357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-90049473059693422722010-04-29T09:20:32.609-07:002010-04-29T09:20:32.609-07:00Wow, that wood is really beautiful. Looks a littl...Wow, that wood is really beautiful. Looks a little like curly maple.Linda Dovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02776352090489595324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-46400641465251536632010-04-29T08:47:24.930-07:002010-04-29T08:47:24.930-07:00Dina, it was so much fun to explore this place wit...Dina, it was so much fun to explore this place with him. We don't see each other often enough.<br /><br />Hi Gunn. I was surprised to see the lamp. "Chandelier," I'd call it. Very fancy.<br /><br />Hi Bellis! I'm beginning to think you're never coming back.<br /><br />Hello, B Squared. I think most Pasadena residents would agree with you. Though our "old money" past is (mostly) past, we love those mansions and want to keep them for posterity.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-30638670809101051072010-04-29T06:55:51.280-07:002010-04-29T06:55:51.280-07:00It would be a tragedy to loose something as beauti...It would be a tragedy to loose something as beautiful and timeless as this.B SQUAREDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510619553483917078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-50792001554387242672010-04-29T06:55:23.685-07:002010-04-29T06:55:23.685-07:00I've never dared look in, so I'm grateful ...I've never dared look in, so I'm grateful you were bold enough. I think the Worldwide Church of God, who owned the Ambassador campus,must have lavished a lot of money on their properties and landscaping. <br /><br />wv: junwis. Sounds Dutch. I'm in the beautiful bulb fields of Holland at the moment.Bellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10168550139269893109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-67258073583458198742010-04-29T00:51:02.915-07:002010-04-29T00:51:02.915-07:00Thanks for sharing.
it looks pretty, and I love th...Thanks for sharing.<br />it looks pretty, and I love the lamp and the shiny wood in the room.Gunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11025645899081000493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-16388046398288805962010-04-29T00:30:38.128-07:002010-04-29T00:30:38.128-07:00Glad your brother was there to add extra boldness ...Glad your brother was there to add extra boldness in your adventure.Dinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461925401870320466noreply@blogger.com