Coming To Monrovia

The announcement was made by the Mayor in the recent State of the City Address.

Tonight, not coincidently, is a new episode of California's Gold in which Huell Howser gets exclusive access to In-N-Out stores and headquarters.  Check your local listings for times and stations.

Minor Slide Area

The trails in Monrovia Canyon Park held up very well in the rains of a little over a week ago.  This was the worst of the damage and you can see that the trail had already been repaired by the time this photo was taken last Monday.  A section of the slope above slid down and left a mound of dirt about 5 feet high blocking the trail.  The trail at this point used to be more or less flat, now it has a definite rise to it from the left over dirt.

Reflection Of Monrovia

Monrovia Train Depot in black and white.

Monrovia High School Front Entryway

The front doors are fenced off at the moment due to the work being done on the building.  The bottom of this photo starts just above the fence line.  This was taken the first clear day after the recent storms.  The exterior is freshly washed from the rain and basking in the late afternoon sun.

Reflection In Black And White

Monrovia Train Depot.

Monrovia High School Bell Tower And Moon

Clear skies in the late afternoon sun.

Reflection

Monrovia Train Depot after the recent storms.

Weathered

Blue Sky Returns

Road Work In The Rain

The block south of Olive on Myrtle Ave.

It Was A Dark And Stormy...Afternoon

It looks like it should be later in the evening but this photo was taken just a few minutes after noon this past Tuesday the 19th.

Monrovia Canyon Park Volunteers Recognized By The City Council

Last night, at the City Council meeting, two of Monrovia Canyon Park's finest were recognized by the City Council for the huge amount of hours and work they've given to the park over the years.  On the left is Gabby Gresheck, AKA the face of Monrovia Canyon Park and a favorite of the park visitors.  On the right is Ed Cunningham, someone I'm lucky enough to get to work with every week, and the guy that can do it all - and then some.  Congratulations!

Stand Tall

The Monrovia Train Depot in both color and black and white.

Colorado Construction

New construction in the 100 block of east Colorado Blvd.

Coffee In The Rain

New Monrovia Library Park Playground

City Daily Photo Theme Day: Best Photo Of The Year

I don't know about the best, but it was certainly the most popular when I first posted it back on September 1st, 2009.  This is a pyrocumulus cloud over the huge Station Fire we had in our local mountains.  Just to keep things interesting, I reprocessed the image and made it a little less dramatic this time.

Click the link below to visit other City Daily Photo bloggers around the world to see what they chose as their Best Photo Of The Year:

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World Vision International Global Office - Monrovia, CA

World Vision is just one of many organizations accepting donations and organizing support for the victims in Haiti.  You can donate through World Vision here.

Many more organizations that are providing aid and to which you can make donations can be found here:

What I Didn't Get For Christmas Sale

At Twinkle Twinkle Little Store - 519 S. Myrtle Ave. in downtown Monrovia.
Always a great window display for kids of all ages.

Removing The Decorations

The work continues returning things to normal.

Small Storm Expected

Look at all those trees.  The Monrovia Canyon Park cabin is nestled down in there somewhere.

Possible a few sprinkles expected.  Some haze today visible right across the center of the photo.

Reach For The Sky

The End

Monrovia Canyon Park Stream

Monrovia Train Depot Archway

Clouds Over The Monrovia Train Depot - Black and White

Same image as yesterday, this time in black and white.

Clouds Over The Monrovia Train Depot

Taken right around sunset. The black and white version tomorrow.

Paragon At Old Town - Coming Soon

Not a lot of info yet, but they now have a new website with contact info.

Decay

Two Trees

January 2010 City Daily Photo Theme Day: Changes

Lots of changes taking place in Monrovia these days.  Some of the new construction taking place at the high school is shown above.  Around town, new businesses have recently opened and others are soon to open.  Popular businesses have also closed.  The new library opened and has become very popular.  One of the largest projects is the new retail / office / apartment development on Myrtle Ave. due to open early this year.

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

Click the link below to see how photobloggers from around the world interpreted the theme this month:

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