This inviting spot at San Diego’s Safari Park is located in the World Gardens section of the zoo. It’s far away from the crowds and tourist monkeys scampering all over the more popular attractions and Kongo likes to sit on a little bench under a big pine tree there and listen to the birds. He thinks this is a good image to add to Ailsa’s “Inviting” travel theme this week.
Monkeys like the night so this week’s Word Press Photo Challenge was right up Kongo’s tree house. The San Diego skyline just after sunset on a clear day is always a great photo subject. Kongo snapped this image Thursday evening from Harbor Island, just across from the San Diego airport, taking several time exposure images at different exposures then blending them together to make this HDR rendition. Some critics have said the San Diego skyline resembles a smile with several missing teeth. I get their point but I still like it! See more nighttime images at the challenge page. Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Nighttime
So the monkey has been really busy. As in crashing on one major proposal after another, sweating in those 18-hour days, composing hundred-page attachments and losing his eyesight in spreadsheets with dozens upon dozens of linked tabs. Some of you know how that goes. Anyway, last month Kongo got a new birthday camera but hasn’t had that much time to play with it. This past week, with Mrs. Kongo back in Boston playing with the new granddaughter (her name is Persephone, BTW) Kongo put the computer in sleep mode and went out to spend a few hours at sunset. The image above is the San Diego skyline from the lawn next to Peohe’s in Coronado. Continue reading “New Camera Old Sunsets”
These two steely-eyed young women turned out to be pretty amazing at picking winners during a trip to the horse races at Del Mar. The two grand girls are visiting for a week while Mom and Dad are relaxing on a much-needed adult getaway so Kongo got to play. Mrs. Kongo provided the fashion accessories.
Nestled beneath the San Diego side of the Coronado Bridge is Chicano Park. This is a fascinating place filled with interesting characters, dozens of intersecting lines, and some of the most magnificent street murals in the world. The murals are the real draw to this little culture pocket a mile or so from glitzy downtown. Kongo visited it this evening with friend John. Continue reading “Chicano Park”
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