Windows Views and Doors,Too and Color Carnival / An Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California USA

This very colorful door leads into an art gallery in Laguna Beach, California USA.

Window Views and Doors, Too

Color Carnival

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot / " Houses of Worship"

This is the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Orange County, California.

The main sanctuary was constructed with 10,000 panes of rectangular glass and was designed to withstand an 8.0 magnitude earthquake.

It is a Christian Protestant church with an international congregation.

The Sunday worship services are also televised on the "Hour of Power" each week.

Up to 2900 worshipers can be seated in this "mega-church."

Considered a southern California landmark, this church attracts many daily visitors year round.

My family has attended a few special programs and services in this church...but, we are not members here.

Click on photos to enlarge!

 

The bell tower is quite unique.

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot

 

ABC Wednesday / "X"

My ABC Wednesday word for "X" this week is xerophyte.  Xerophyte is any of various desert plants, such as the cactus, sagebrush, yucca, and agave, that store up water or give off very little to the air.

Therefore, this Saguaro is my post for this week.  I photographed this "cactus with personality" just north of Phoenix, Arizona  in late November.

Sepia Scenes #44

This very modern style sculpture is part of the architecture of the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, California photographed in sepia.