THE SCENT OF RAIN...

UNDER THE TOWERS OF POWER

VOS STREET: BIRCH & STOCK TREES

APPIAN WAY

PROP HOUSE: GRAVESTONES,MAUSOLEUMS, ETC.

Refections after the rains give the yard a rather haunting look if not surreal.

CACTUS YARD

BIRCH OFFERINGS

A view of birch branches with a backdrop of juniper topiaries. 

EUGENIA TOPIARIES AS NOIR

EUGENIA HEDGES AT PROP HOUSE NURSERY

PROP HOUSE PALM TREES

JUST ANOTHER HOLLYWOOD SET...

It was appreciative lighting  and the right time of 

day....Scudding clouds and all.

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EASTER ISLAND IN LOST ANGELES

Another prop house in Hollywood. I had been driving by for a year trying to capture a moment without cars. The clouds were an added bonus. 

THE GATES OF BECK I NORTH HOLLYWOOD

There are days when Lost Angeles can 

be OZ. This day was one of them.

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ASLE H: AFTER THE RAINS

In the afternoons the doves burst from hidden spaces in the nursery. It always reminds me of the enchanted forests in every fairy tale ever written.

CACUS IN REPOSE

There is nothing more fascinating than a Hollywood Prop House for me.  Caught in the fading light of day: its magical...

LEMON TREE VERY PRETTY

Jackson Shrub Supply: North Hollywood

Enterance at Beck Street.

FRANK MCCLANE PHOTOGRAPHY

                                 "Its' better to be looked over than overlooked."

                                                                                                –Mae West

Nothing is more intimidating than a blank page. So, I'll let the images speak for themselves.