Comments on Pasadena Daily Photo: Zen Monday: #69

Sweet.

2009-10-31T07:38:59.442-07:00

Sweet.

I want to believe it's an old, old, love letter......

2009-10-30T22:31:38.652-07:00

I want to believe it's an old, old, love letter...

I like that, Italo.

2009-10-27T16:30:45.348-07:00

I like that, Italo.

Word is life

2009-10-27T08:02:10.946-07:00

Word is life

I think you & I need to go back up to the park in ...

2009-10-26T21:37:40.780-07:00

I think you & I need to go back up to the park in daylight and locate the source of this relic. First, I'm going to reexamine that stone bridge.

Thank you all. This is one of my favorite Zen Mond...

2009-10-26T21:27:57.105-07:00

Thank you all. This is one of my favorite Zen Monday shots ever.

Bellis IS onto something. It sounded familiar to me because I'd blogged about it before. In the 1920's, Theodore Payne was one of the landscape designers of Washington Park. That's where I took this photo.

So was this part of a commemorative sign? Maybe not. But if it was, why was it destroyed? And where are the other pieces, I wonder? Ooh! I just got chills.

Zen Monday mystery history! Either that or Wayne has Boo Radley's nuts.

Mystery history!

2009-10-26T21:07:37.456-07:00

Mystery history!

Hmm—Bellis may be on to something. The odd part of...

2009-10-26T20:32:44.646-07:00

Hmm—Bellis may be on to something. The odd part of the fragment is the lettering isn't incised (as you'll see sometimes in a sidewalk or driveway, done by a childish hand). This lettering is raised—i.e., someone molded this message from a negative; some effort went into the legend. But there are no other fragments in the area, nor any obvious wall or plaque from which the piece might have come.

Perhaps the tree was planted by Theodore Payne? He...

2009-10-26T19:57:18.229-07:00

Perhaps the tree was planted by Theodore Payne? He did quite a bit of landscaping in Pasadena back in the early 1900s, including some of the parks. When he came to LA in 1893, he fell in love with the native flowers and plants and dedicated his life to their planting and preservation.

I have nothing pithy, but I must say that this is ...

2009-10-26T19:42:31.654-07:00

I have nothing pithy, but I must say that this is my all time favorite of yours. Beautiful, P.

A mystery we can think about when we can't sleep a...

2009-10-26T19:29:34.465-07:00

A mystery we can think about when we can't sleep at 3 a.m. :)
Nice photo.

yes J+P you get to kiss the photographer! ;-)

2009-10-26T18:09:42.151-07:00

yes J+P you get to kiss the photographer! ;-)

I have no extra comment, but my word-verification ...

2009-10-26T16:18:36.142-07:00

I have no extra comment, but my word-verification is "cement." Honest.

Do I get something for this …?

I'm so not good at this P, so it begs the question...

2009-10-26T15:45:25.686-07:00

I'm so not good at this P, so it begs the question: WHY do I keep doing it every Zen Monday? I dunno. Here goes...... "I have your nuts. If you're smart you won't call the police. Meet me at the big elm on Oak Street at midnight. And come alone."

Vanda, that's brilliant! I tried to make something...

2009-10-26T15:09:13.055-07:00

Vanda, that's brilliant! I tried to make something out of those word fragments but gave up. Maybe you're an archeologist?

Tree inspected by Wayne.

2009-10-26T11:58:04.304-07:00

Tree inspected by Wayne.

Nothing witty to say this week, just its a wonderf...

2009-10-26T10:34:09.354-07:00

Nothing witty to say this week, just its a wonderfully unusual photo.

The picture stopped me in my tracks -- love it. Be...

2009-10-26T10:28:54.924-07:00

The picture stopped me in my tracks -- love it. Besides, I kind of gave up after I read Susan's comment.

I got nothing. You guys are too clever for me.

2009-10-26T09:45:26.575-07:00

I got nothing. You guys are too clever for me.

Boo Radley takes up writing.

2009-10-26T09:21:24.165-07:00

Boo Radley takes up writing.

FA---more like the "15 commandments (crash), uh, t...

2009-10-26T08:37:58.950-07:00

FA---more like the "15 commandments (crash), uh, the 10 commandments, yeah, 10!"

"what the 110 freeway would do to this tree---diverted by a traffic layne, see, told ya it would happen!"

sorry, I grew up in SoPas...the fight that never ends

Yeah, love this photo. It's like the tree couldn't...

2009-10-26T08:10:08.258-07:00

Yeah, love this photo. It's like the tree couldn't wait for paper to be invented.

A riddle wrapped in an enigma inside a tree trunk....

2009-10-26T07:54:41.614-07:00

A riddle wrapped in an enigma inside a tree trunk.

I see a piece of the Ten Commandments tablet that ...

2009-10-26T06:59:16.007-07:00

I see a piece of the Ten Commandments tablet that was broken by Moses.

I just stumbled on "Overdog". What a great way to show more of your great photos!

beauty of a photo, P.

2009-10-26T00:47:04.832-07:00

beauty of a photo, P.