Trash Tuesday #58: Where Getting it Cheap is Part of the Esthetic
by Pasadena Adjacent
Rocks and bottles: more specifically, river rocks and blue bottles.
I like the concept of asking the universe for what you want. But I usually just ask friends; they tend to be more reliable. To this end, I went forward with my heart’s desire to build a cord wood structure at the bottom of my hillside(think Grandma Prisby). Although I put out the call for blue bottles, the universe came up short. Compromised, I used the collected bottles in a wall I built with local river rock.
River rock collected from the lot above. The former site of The Virginian restaurant. I may never have dined in Virginia, but I do remember arriving at the nearby stables minutes after the owner’s sister jumped off the York Blvd Bridge. A memory that’s followed me symbolically in my paintings and now into my wall. I blame the event on menopause; an unkind condition that afflicts women.
Remember reading Highlights Magazine as a child? My favorite challenge was identifying the hidden objects in a Highlight illustration. Your assignment here in the “adjacents” is to name the past Trash Tuesday items appearing in my wee video production. The winner will receive a fabulous prize (if they get their ass over to that other blog)
dbdubya: thanks for the memories/recall
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In my neighborhood, trash collection takes place on a Tuesday. The night before is a good time to canvas the neighborhood for castaways. It’s great sport. I use Tuesday on my blog to post my treasures. The phrase “getting it cheap is part of the esthetic’ was coined by my photographer friend D Gordon
http://www.dgorton.com/
Tressa Prisby: the creator of Bottle Village and Pasadena Adjacent’s spiritual sister created her masterpiece with material collected from the junk yard. Watch this excellent filmed interview of Grandma Prisby.
http://www.folkstreams.net/film,102
Pasadena Adjacent is not the author of the superb masonry work appearing in the first photo. This work can be found at a house behind the Altadena Public Library located on Mariposa Ave.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2779/4437941132_24e83e5da1_b.jpg
Pasadena Adjacent’s masonry work borders on deplorable functionality
The marbles in the wall once belonged to Pasadena Adjacent’s father when he was a child.
The garden is so pretty and green. But now I must lay down because I’m dizzy from the video.
The hidden objects was my favorite part of highlights magazines too. They were often already circled as I read them waiting for my orthodontist to see me. I can’t find anything in your video because it gave me motion sickness!
I think your wall is a treasure. And I love the staggered, sculptural look of your (solar?) lights.
Ok, I’m confused. The second wall of china is yours, right? I think it’s beautiful. Yes, we are all children of the Highlights. I admired Goofus.
Your garden looks delightful. I wish we had better soil – and a terrace. We had a harsh winter and now what little is in my garden looked like melted candles for a time, although, there are a few trees starting to green up. You’re a whirlwind of creativity PA and I love your wall.
No. I don’t remember reading Highlights magazine as a child.
I don’t even recall seeing any magazine by that name.
Did it really exist? Or was it just legend?
If it’s real, and you have good copies, you may bee a rich woman, PA. :P
I haven’t been following your blog long enough to come up with an answer but now that you put me on your e-mail list I’ll be ready next time.
I don’t think I’ve ever been over during daylight hours. Thanks for the tour. Yours is a great house for summer parties.
Now whats that little bit about the woman and the bridge? Curious
I can vagely recall The Virginian…now I’m on a hunt to find more about it. I’ll have to pull up the LA Times archives on the woman.
I was going to ask how you got the perfect cement around the rocks – it’s amazing craftsmanship, but I like your wall much better.
Will go on a hunt for objects from home. CP, a post elementary-school immigrant like myself has seen copies of the Highlights mag…I’ll have to get a couple of vintage copies for your office for the clients to browse thru.