This is out of the archives from a few years ago. I set up a webcam upstairs to take a series of pictures of the street below. This is the result.
Bob
USPS Jedi Master Mailbox
While taking my after-lunch walk today, I saw this mailbox painted up to resemble R2D2. Apparently, there is a contest underway to select which Star Wars character gets depicted on a stamp. Yoda is ahead. Click the image for a full-sized view.
From the Washington Post:
Under cover of night, officials at the USPS stealthily deposited 400 of the costumed letterboxes on high-traffic street corners nationwide — about a dozen in the Washington area — to promote a new line of postage stamps. They unbolted mailboxes from sidewalks and replaced them with ones decked in decorative adhesive panels.
The switcheroo, carried out March 16, was intended as a teaser until the new postage design was announced.
The 41-cent stamps — the rate is going up May 14 — were unveiled Wednesday in Hollywood to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Star Wars phenomenon. You know the one. And if you don’t, well, that sort of admission will find you subject to all sorts of derision.
Red Orchid
I didn’t find the name of this exotic variety of orchid on the pot in the store, but it sure is pretty! I took this picture inside the hothouse at Lowe’s garden center. We were there getting some supplies for the yard and garden today.
Water Fountain
This is certainly not as elaborate as the Fountain at Trump National, but is a simple water feature in front of the Manhattan Beach Marriott Hotel. I pass by this fountain a couple times a week when I take my after-lunch walk. The hotel recently had some work done on it to repaint the basin in a deeper blue color. I think it looks nice. Click on the picture for full-size view.
Manhattan Parkview Panorama
When I take my after-lunchtime walks, I sometimes pass this intersection where the end of the Manhattan Village Mall meets the Parkview Business Park. Click for the full-sized panorama.
Wildflowers
This colorful flower is growing on a slope next to the tennis courts near my office. Nobody plants these there, but every spring the otherwise barren slope sprouts a few of these bright daisies. Maybe they are remnants from a previous time when perhaps the slope was covered with these in order to control erosion. I don’t really know that, however. I guess I’ll just enjoy the nice flowers during my springtime walks after lunch — and now you can enjoy this one too. just click on the thumbnail to see the big picture.
