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Here’s another mural from Three Rivers, California, and yet another one by artist Nadi Spencer. A few weeks ago, up here was a post on a mural called How Crow Became Black. That was a mural based on a story of the Native Americans who called this area home....

Found in Three Rivers, CA: a painting of a river and its green and rocky environment. One for Monday Mural. ...

When you choose to tour the Grand Rooms of Casa Grande you get a peep into what it must have been like to be a guest at Hearst Castle. Grand indeed >>...

This palatial house on the hill is a showcase of William Randolph Hearst's art collection: sculpture, tapestry, furniture, even doors, ceilings and building facades. ...

For this week’s Monday Mural, is an interesting mural from Three Rivers, California. I spotted this mural at the Village Centre in Three Rivers, when we went out to lunch at a Mexican Restaurant in the town. The mural seemed to say, ‘TRUS 2009 with Nadi Spencer’ and I...

This Thousand Lake Wilderness mural was found in Burney, California. Burney is a small town in the Southern Cascades in Northern California. It lies somewhere between Mt. Shasta and Mt. Lassen, two famous volcanoes of the Cascade Mountain Range.  We were in Burney, CA in the summer, when we’d made a trip...

A few years ago, while we were waiting at the SeaTac International Airport in Washington, I came across an eye-catching installation art near one of the luggage carousels at the airport. It was a line up of vintage suitcases and bags. The luggage seemed to be strung onto a steel...

This countryside mural was found at the Eagle Feather Trading post in Kettleman City, California. The store itself is in a barn-styled building. It made a fun stop. The Trading Post is quite an attraction by itself. It’s in the middle of nowhere, or almost. If you are driving...

Across from Doc’s Lab is a mural I came across just off Cannery Row in Monterey, CA. Look at this picture and you will see what looks like a scene from ‘back in the day.’  Now, if you’re familiar with Cannery Row – the book, chances are that this...