White Alders Wind Through The Canyon

The tops of White Alders - lower, center of photo - wind their way up through the canyon.  Since White Alders don't grow far from water, it's easy to guess the location of the stream.

Spring Brings Poison Oak

Be careful when hiking in the local mountains, poison oak is growing like crazy and is everywhere.

Former Mervyn's, Future Kohl's

Right now, just a large empty building.

Freeway Sign Worker

Working on a sign on a section of freeway near Mayflower Ave.

Late Night At The Car Wash

Bark Beetle Or Termites?

Spotted this tree in the canyon and there's been some back and forth about whether this is damage from the bark beetle or termites.  After doing a little research and looking at other photo's of damage, I'm leaning toward bark beetle.  What do you think?

Wild Rose Tract Historic District Craftsman Homes

Just a small sampling of the homes on the street with the new sign on the corner at the far left.  Mainly Craftsman homes along the entire block (and beyond), both sides of the street.

Seven of the Craftsman homes on this block will be part of the Monrovia Historic Preservation Group's annual Mother's Day Tour this May 10th, 2009.  More info on the tour can be found on the MOHPG website.

Wild Rose Tract Historic District Sign

These signs were placed last Tuesday (3/17) at each end of the block on a street full of amazing Craftsman homes.

Green On Blue

No other reason for this other than I love the colors in nature.

Taken from the parking lot outside the Monrovia Canyon Park Nature Center.

Temporary Buildings At Monrovia High School

Another part of the renovation.

More Work Begins On Monrovia High School Renovation

The is the front west corner of the school.  The area has been fenced and the ground (grass) cleared.

A time line for the work to be done can be found here (.pdf) or here (html).

Seeing The Forest Through The Trees

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Taken along the waterfall trail in Monrovia Canyon Park.

Ilsa Setziol At Monrovia Canyon Park

Ilsa was the guest speaker at last Tuesday's volunteer meeting.   She provided a lot of information and answered several questions on the environment and global warming and it was obvious she cares very deeply about the topics.

A big Thank You to Ilsa for joining us.  This was a meeting that many of us were looking forward to and we weren't disappointed. 

Be sure to visit her website at Rambling LA.

Over The Side

All part of keeping the trails maintained.

Guess What I'm Doing Today

Not here though.  I'll do them myself.

Picnic Area

Water Under The Bridge

A little water flowing under the bridge just north of the cabin in Monrovia Canyon Park.

Also, since we have a photo of the environment in Monrovia Canyon Park, the guest speaker this Tuesday night (March 17) at the park cabin will be award winning environmental reporter Ilsa Setziol.

If you listen to public radio, in particular local station KPCC, I'm sure you're familiar with her work. She was visiting the park recently and was nice enough to come back and speak at one of the volunteer meetings.

The meetings are open to the public, start at 7:30 and are held in the cabin in the park. There's no parking fee to attend the meeting but bring a flashlight, it gets pretty dark at night.

VegeUSA Part 2

As this new building nears completion, I've been getting a lot more interest in the first photo I posted here. The increased activity convinced me it was time for an update.

Company website: VegeUSA

Blue Atlas Cedars

Adds a nice variation in color to Monrovia Canyon Park.

Striped Fungus

Monrovia Public Library Update 03/10/2009

Time for another update on the progress of the new library. This photo was taken 3/10/2009.

Rock Face

This one isn't nearly as obvious as yesterday's photo.  Then again, maybe I'm seeing something that isn't there.  At the front end of the big rock, it looks like a face to me.

Skull Rock

Directly under the fence post on the left.

Free Residential Household Hazardous Waste / E-Waste Collection Event - Part 2

Took a quick snapshot of the event while stopped at a red light yesterday.

Myrtle Avenue Beautification Project Plaque

Located on the corner of Myrtle and Foothill by the Washington Mutual / Chase Bank.

Took this at the same time as the Presbyterian church in the post of a couple of days ago.  Doesn't look much like night time in this photo.

Monrovia Recycling Center

Next to the Nu-Way car wash on Duarte Road.

First Presbyterian Church

Runaway Cart

A Glimpse Inside The New Wang's Place

The covers were off the windows providing a look at the still unfinished interior of the new location for Wang's Place.  The sign in the window says they expect to open this month.

The new address is 120 E. Lemon Ave.  Monrovia.

McDiner

As promised, here's the expanded view of yesterday's photo showing the glass blocks.  It's the local McDonald's done in a retro 50's style and called a McDiner.  Along with the glass blocks are lots of neon and "Speedee" above.

There is a local connection to the McDonald's company here also.  In 1937, Patrick McDonald opened a restaurant called the Airdrome at the (now long gone) Monrovia Airport.  The restaurant was later moved to San Bernardino and renamed McDonald's.  Years later Ray Kroc bought out the business and turned it into the empire we know today.  While San Bernardino is considered the home of the first McDonald's, the roots go back to Monrovia. - Source: Wikipedia.

Update with additional links:

Abandoned and Little Known Airfields: California - A little more history and photo's.

Pomona Public Library - A photo from the airport.

Monrovia Airport tile mural at the Monrovia Albertson's - 2 previous posts here and here.

City Daily Photo Theme Day: Glass

This photo is from a newer building of a well known company built in a retro style including the glass block wall above.  Tomorrow I'll show the rest of the photo revealing which company it is.

In the meantime, be sure to check out how all the participating City Daily Photo blogs around the world approached this month's theme of Glass by clicking on the link below:

Click here to view thumbnails for all participants