Monday - July 29 -- LA @ The Huntington Library

Today we spent the day at the Huntington Library in Pasadena.  Lenora drove - traffic not so crazy - even seemed do-able for us if not at rush hour.

Huntington is huge - we only had 4 hours or so - Dan was able to join us after a meeting.

Got to see our first orange trees. (No pics)

Amazing museum of European and American art - two separate buildings out of the many beautiful buildings on the grounds.

I especially liked the gallery of Madonnas.

 Above is the famous painting of Dr. Samuel Johnson by Sir Joshua Reynolds

This photo is for Joyce -- see the rooster announcing Dawn

Sadly the library with all the old manuscripts - Chaucer, Shakespeare, Blake, Dickens, etc was closed until November!

 Saw the Shakespeare Garden.

 

This garden with its beautiful flowers was a magnet for hummingbirds.

Lots of statuary - mostly mythological figures.

Huge rose garden

We close today with classic Andy Warhol and one of my favorite soups...