a token pasadena sky

of course a trip to pasadena needs to include a few gratuitous shots of the big sky.

#3 - sky

august will be the last month of the sky is big in pasadena.  

i have accepted a position at salford mennonite church in harleysville, pennsylvania.  we will be moving in september, so august will be my farewell month to the city of pasadena.  when we moved here from virginia i posted a list of the ten things i would miss most about harrisonburg.  i figured that would be a good way to end our time here, so each day i will be doing one final rundown of life in this great city.  i have prepared two lists - ten things i won't be sad to leave behind, and twenty of my absolute favorite things about pasadena.  we have arrived at the top ten things about life in pasadena.


#3 - sky

okay, i know the title of this blog has the word sky in it.  you would think this would have come in at #1, right?  well, to be honest, it almost was #1 just out of principle, but i think my top two come in just above. 

this blog has shown hundreds of photos of the beautiful pasadena sky - many of them coming as part of the incredible skywatch friday photo community (all of which you can see here).

#17 - old town pasadena

august will be the last month of the sky is big in pasadena.  

i have accepted a position at salford mennonite church in harleysville, pennsylvania.  we will be moving in september, so august will be my farewell month to the city of pasadena.  when we moved here from virginia i posted a list of the ten things i would miss most about harrisonburg.  i figured that would be a good way to end our time here, so each day i will be doing one final rundown of life in this great city.  i have prepared two lists - ten things i won't be sad to leave behind, and twenty of my absolute favorite things about pasadena.  i am going to start with ten positives and ten negatives, alternating back and forth each day.  concluding with my top ten things about life in pasadena.

#17 - old town pasadena

slightly trendy and a bit more upscale than we usually appreciate, we've still loved how close we are to this pasadena hotspot.  old town has a bit of everything.  it is walkable, accessible, and certainly one of the most appealing things about life in pasadena.  today's photo is of the corner where the kitchen is located - one of our favorite places to eat in old town.

#10 negative - helicopters

august will be the last month of the sky is big in pasadena.  

i have accepted a position at salford mennonite church in harleysville, pennsylvania.  we will be moving in september, so august will be my farewell month to the city of pasadena.  when we moved here from virginia i posted a list of the ten things i would miss most about harrisonburg.  i figured that would be a good way to end our time here, so each day i will be doing one final rundown of life in this great city.  i have prepared two lists - ten things i won't be sad to leave behind, and twenty of my absolute favorite things about pasadena.  i am going to start with ten positives and ten negatives, alternating back and forth each day.  concluding with my top ten things about life in pasadena.

here is the first negative about pasadena...

#10 negative - helicopters

i'm sure there is a good reason for having noisy flying machines buzzing overhead...  news, traffic, and police all use them i'm sure.  but for the amount of noise they create, and the time of day they fly (usually late in the evening), they are certainly one thing i will not miss about this city.

pasadena palmed sky

quintessential photo for this blog.

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quite possibly, my favorite pasadena sky

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looking north on los robles ave

memorial day

my faith tradition happens to be one that historically rejected the violence of war and has kept a strong peace stance.  a phrase i heard growing up on days like rememberance day, veterens day, memorial day, or other holidays celebrating military history is the following...  to remember is to work for peace.


for many of you, memorial day means remembering your relatives and friends who served (or serve) in the military, but my own family history owns little of that story.  my great-grandfather's business was blackballed because he was a conscientious objector during world war 1.  during the second world war, my grandfathers gave their time in alternative service because of their convictions.

so for this reason i try and remember heroes of non-violence and peace on memorial day.  people like gandhi, martin luther king jr, desmond tutu, and many others including my friend rob who is currently serving with christian peacemaker teams in the west bank.

you can read all about rob's incredible journey of peace right here.

palm tree sky

friday is here.  have you been riding your bicycle this week? 

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palms on parade at dusk

sorry for the delay on today's post, but blogger has been shut down for a little while due to some maintenance. 

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lake avenue church and a gray sky

our recent weather has been much more bright and sunny with some warm weather due this weekend.  have we come to the end of our winter gray in pasadena? 

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sprouts

sprouts' sign may say they are a farmers market, but that's not really the case.  sprouts is more like a scaled down version of whole foods market - mostly health foods, dried goods, and produce.  still, we enjoy shopping there from time to time.

the land of the freeway

pasadena's really not that bad compared to the rest of los angeles county, but we do have a few massive freeway interchanges in town - this one being no exception.

rainy days

we've been getting some seasonal gray weather and rain this weekend - even some thunder and lightning yesterday!  here is a picture of our soggy city hall. you can't even see the san gabriel mountains because of the hanging cloud cover.

a bit late for this week, but we'll consider this skywatch friday on a sunday.  you can see more at the skywatch website right here.

palmed sky

every once in a while i have to pinch myself.


this is where we live? 

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familiar faces

a familiar face on this blog is the face of the clock on the st. andrews tower.  this pasadena landmark has been featured dozens of times through the past few years.  you can see them all, right here.

golden horizon

another friday rolls around, and another beautiful (and slightly jarring?) pasadena sky.

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beautiful sky

i love the layers in this one.

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from blue sky to trees to tarmac.

pasadena has many of these locations where the urban bumps up against nature in strange and beautiful ways.  you might even say it is where nature meets the road.

pacific asia museum sky

a little museum silhouette for your skywatching pleasure.

i hope you have a happy friday!  more skywatch friday found right here.