Thursday, December 11, 2008

Support Leucadia Artists

Here is a Fish that local friend and artist Rodney McCoubrey gave me as a gift this year.  It is made of  recycled material and articles from my Grandmother's kitchen. Years after her death we cleaned out a storage shed and gave everything we didn't want to Rodney so he could make his art. In return he hooked me up with this piece.  It is a favorite of mine. 

The funny thing is that in 1942 my Grandparents lived in Leucadia at the Royal Motel.  Back then it was a long term rental.  My Grandfather helped build Camp Pendleton and when my mom was born she lived in the one room with  them.  I can imagine that my Grandma and mom walked 101 and looked at the waves, just like all the mothers that live here now. They didn't stay too long as they moved to LA when the work was finished, never to return. 

Fifty four years after that I moved here.  Not knowing the history, I naturally settled within 200 yards of the motel. Now 66 years later their items have made it back to Leucadia, now not more than 100 yards away from where they lived. 

Anyway, thank you Rodney for the memories.  If you don't know Rodney or his work, go to his website www.rodrigosrecycledart.com and take a spin.  He is also having an open studio Saturday the 13th.  Everyone is welcome. We will be featuring Rodney more later. He has promised to locate some Leucadia nostalgia for us to display.

More of Kirk

Here is one of Kirk I like. If you ever watch him surf he has great "Hand". His left hand tells you what he is going to do. Here he is telling you as you watch from outside that he is going off the top. Look at other shots of him, he has his own surf sign language. I think it's cool and original.

Photo by David Gray

Stop and Enjoy




Here are a few I took one morning.  When it is early and the surf is small the beach is pretty quiet.  You get to look around a bit more since you aren't going crazy about getting in the water as fast as you can. Those of you who walk early know the feeling. The beach is so quiet and so healing.  At those times look around at the things that you normally don't appreciate. The stairs are a good example. They are our point of entry and life line to our source of fun. They are also beautiful and built by a Leucadian.

Photos by Ed Lewis

More Leucadia Sunshine






Following David's lead, here are a few golden hour shots I took of my favorite place on earth. We are really lucky to surf in this environment. If the surf is small we still get to look at the sunset and bluff. 

Photos by Ed Lewis
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