The town
I live in the lovely "old" town of Upland, where there are a number of turn-of-the-last-century (1900) homes near the downtown area, 
or scattered up the hill where there were citrus groves not long ago. Here is a mural that was painted recently in downtown Upland to show our history. You can read about Upland’s history on the Chaffey Cultural Center website.
Pictures
Almost every time we walk on the mountain I have my camera with me. I have collected some flower pictures taken in May and June 2002 in this slide show I created in Shockwave.
Here are all the pictures I have tagged as "Upland" on Flickr
I have uploaded many albums of pictures to a website called Snapfish. You can see some of them by clicking on the following links.
Downtown Upland, May 2001
Upland, Magnolia district
I had a long commute to a temp job in El Segundo near the LAX airport in March 2003. Here are pictures I took from the stations and the Red, Blue and Green lines.LA from the trains, March 2003
These are albums from Mt Baldy, old buildings in Upland, our local winery, the Joshua Tree National Forest and the Coachella Valley Preserve in the desert, as well as from the Lotusland gardens in Montecito, which was the birthplace of my grandmother.
Pictures from Southern California.
Pictures from the Claremont Wilderness, showing part of the area burnt last September. It is interesting to compare them with pictures I took at Claremont Wilderness in January 2001, which are unfortunately reather dark, because we were walking in the late afternoon. Note how the "MacMansions" are just beginning to show in the area (picture 8) and the grasses are all brown.
The mountains and desert
Just to the north of Upland lie the San Antonio Mountains, part of the Angeles National Forest, with Mt. Baldy, where John and I love to spend a Sunday afternoon. This picture was taken at Baldy Notch in September 2001. The sky is really that blue up there!
Here are all the Flickr pictures I've tagged "Mount Baldy".
We have also taken long walks in the desert east of here, particularly when I was working in Palm Desert. The wild flowers in the spring can be fantastic. We're also fascinated by the oases with the palms that gave the area it's name. You don't see them until you look for them.
About Shockwave
If you don't have Shockwave installed, you will be asked to do so when you click on the link. I plan to create more slideshows, so it will be worth installing to be able to see them.
The installation process takes about 5 minutes.
- Click install.
- Save the installation to your hard disk.
The downloading and installation proceed without you're having to do anything. - Register with your name and e-mail address.
- Unclick the box about sending you e-mails.
- You may want to accept having Shockwave updated automatically.
- Click the back arrow on your browser to get back to this page after it is installed.
Have patience getting the little slide show opened. There is a little game you can play while you’re waiting!
Updated August 4, 2006