My walk early this morning through downtown San Diego was filled with more wonder.
I observed magical light, human creativity, and an unexpected profusion of butterflies!
The butterflies had gathered on the windows of The New Children’s Museum!
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The day that many in San Diego have anticipated for nearly three months has arrived!
Balboa Park is reopening!
During the coronavirus pandemic, the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park–the beloved center of San Diego’s cultural life–has been closed to the public. But that changes today! While most of the museums aren’t quite ready to open yet, visitors will again be able to amble down El Prado and enjoy the park’s sunshine, gardens and architectural beauty.
And a few places in the park will be open!
The world-famous San Diego Air and Space Museum will be open! So will the Visitor Center, the Prado Restaurant and the Japanese Friendship Garden’s Tea Pavilion! Visitors will notice that modifications have been made to ensure social distancing and generally increase public safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
You can bet I’ll be heading to Balboa Park first thing after work today. And I’ll be there all weekend. I miss it so much.
Here are a few photographs from my rather inactive blog Beautiful Balboa Park. These photos were taken at sunrise on a summer day almost three years ago.
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The reliable sun rose again this morning. It cast its warm light over San Diego.
The sun promised to eventually climb above downtown skyscrapers.
Breathing in fresh air, moving between long shadows and seeping sunlight, I aimed my camera eastward and took a few photographs as I walked along the Embarcadero.
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This morning, during my walk to work, I witnessed a strange contrast.
I began by walking through downtown, heading down the length of the Gaslamp Quarter. I saw a few broken windows, many boarded up businesses, much graffiti.
After a crowd of thousands gathered downtown on Sunday, peacefully protesting the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police officers, a few hundred rioters brought chaos to our city after dark. These people moved at random down streets and around corners, vandalizing businesses and looting. A peaceful and quite powerful protest had been hijacked by a relative few and made ugly.
Later this morning, as I neared work, I walked a short distance along the San Diego River. The sun was up, illuminating the bright green growths of Spring.
A thought-provoking morning experience.
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It was foggy in downtown San Diego early this morning.
As I walked west down Broadway, I turned back to see rays of light breaking through the gray curtain. Sunlight reflected brightly from windows along the edge of the new federal courthouse.
A few minutes later, the fog–poof–was gone.
The sky turned San Diego blue.
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A gentle winter morning on the Embarcadero.
The rising sun tinted clouds across San Diego Bay.
Lights strung on the beautiful tall ship Star of India were on, creating a magical scene…
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I love to walk out onto Broadway Pier on a clear morning.
The early sunlight can produce uniquely beautiful and interesting photographs.
There are birds, long shadows, bright reflections, drops of glistening morning dew on tables, and perhaps an arriving ferry boat.
Surrounded by the quiet water of San Diego Bay, to stand alone at the end of the pier is very peaceful.
Here are a few photos from my walk onto Broadway Pier this morning.
(That first bird is a cormorant. Right after I took the above photo, it dived straight down into the water and disappeared like a stealthy submarine.)
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The Rolling Stones are returning to San Diego this year!
Monster Jam is coming to Petco Park next weekend!
The Shell, the San Diego Symphony’s new performance stage at Embarcadero Marina Park South, will be completed in time for this year’s Bayside Summer Nights!
I saw evidence of all this during my morning walk near Petco Park and behind the San Diego Convention Center…
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