Penny Richards' photos

First panel, post office mural

14 Apr 2008 1 176
There's a 1937 mural in the Redondo Beach Post Office, mounted way up above eye level, so the angles here aren't great, but this is a series of photos to document it.

Wheelchair athlete in mural

10 Apr 2008 1 236
This is a corner of a very large mural at the Museum of Science in Boston, second floor, background to a big exhibit on "science at the playground"--the wheelchair user is among many people depicted in a parklike setting.

Plants in my neighborhood 1

27 Mar 2008 1 159
Just walking around doing errands, noticing all the cool stuff in people's yards...

Plants in my neighborhood 2

27 Mar 2008 184
Just walking around doing errands, noticing all the cool stuff in people's yards...

Plants in my neighborhood 3

27 Mar 2008 183
Just walking around doing errands, noticing all the cool stuff in people's yards...

Yellow wall, pink tree

08 Mar 2008 219
A tree and a house in my neighborhood--just liked the colors together

Produce nets

08 Mar 2008 197
At a market on Artesia Blvd in Redondo Beach--I assume these are to keep away bugs and/or birds?

Urho Saari Swim Stadium

27 Feb 2008 1 241
El Segundo CA--built by the WPA in 1940. On Mariposa Street.

Plaque, WPA 1940

27 Feb 2008 1 186
Urho Saari Swim Stadium, El Segundo CA.

Plaque, WPA 1940

27 Feb 2008 1 192
Text reads: "Erected 1940 / Play for the Child, Sport for the Youth, Recreation for Adults, are the Essentials of Normal Life / Board of Trustees RR Thorburn, president; WR Jeppesen, clerk; JC Bixler, Ejnar Smith, Mrs. RC Burket / Superintendent CL Broadwater/Architect John C. Austin"

Toes

27 Feb 2008 1 287
Toes of the male swimmer sculpture, outside the Urho Saari Swim Stadium, El Segundo CA--built in 1940 by the Works Projects Administration (WPA).

Male Swimmer

27 Feb 2008 2 335
Two-story-high relief sculpture of male swimmer, outside the Urho Saari Swim Stadium, El Segundo CA--built in 1940 by the Works Projects Administration (WPA).

Female Swimmer

27 Feb 2008 3 284
Two-story-high relief sculpture of female swimmer, outside the Urho Saari Swim Stadium, El Segundo CA--built in 1940 by the Works Projects Administration (WPA).

My first quilt square ever

27 Feb 2008 187
Made for a group project with a "Hands" theme--it was quick and fun to make with my daughter

Wet Pink Walk

24 Feb 2008 1 2 191
I liked the bits of green living in the gaps...

Onions

07 Feb 2008 193
El Segundo Farmer's Market, Feb 2008

Cabbages

07 Feb 2008 234
El Segundo Farmer's Market, Feb 2008

Strawberries

07 Feb 2008 191
El Segundo Farmer's Market, Feb 2008

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