I was strolling through a plant nursery and spotted a bush with pretty little purple clusters of flowers. I looked at the container and it showed Saint Duranta tree which I had never heard of. I looked

I saw this pretty,lavender colored, smaller sized flower and had to take a pic. It is called I looked it up online and learned that this plant prefers sun and can be grown as an annual. Bees like this

I saw this flower and it caught my eye. It is called a Babylon Red Dahlia. I looked it up online and it said it is a Dinnerplate Dahlia that can grow up to 8 inches or even bigger. The bloom is a double

A landscape painted on the side of a warehouse along Chandler Blvd, North Hollywood, CA.

Here is another wall on the Chandler Blvd. art area in North Hollywood, CA.

I believe this is Huntington Beach, CA. I always get it confused with Manhattan Beach... It's a New York thing.

More art on the Chandler Blvd. art walls.

I was living in Los Angeles for at least 5 years before we discovered this place. It never made sense to me how there could be so many amazing views in the San Fernando Valley and not be any restaurants

Driving the PCH and this is what you find. Copyright 2018 @lacollective

. Here's a classic style car wash sign at a still functioning, very busy Hollywood car wash located in Burbank/Toluca Lake, CA. Copyright 2018 @lacollective

Here's a building painting located across the street from the murals on Chandler in North Hollywood. Can you name the members of this all-star band? Copyright 2018 @lacollective

Along Chandler Boulevard in North Hollywood, there is an abandoned railroad track and blocks of murals painted on the buildings facing the bike path and other industrial buildings. Copyright 2018 @lacollective

L.A. River mural section. This project was sponsored by the City of Los Angeles. Copyright 2018 @lacollective

This is an old photo of what used to be painted on the Warner Bros. studio wall in Burbank, CA. Copyright 2018 @lacollective

The Mural along the L.A. River depicts Japanese Internment. Copyright 2018 @lacollective

Illusions of Prosperity and Prohibition depicted on LA River Mural. Copyright 2018 @lacollective

The Dustbowl is featured in this section of the wall that runs along the L.A. River on Coldwater Canyon in the San Fernando Valley. Copyright 2018 @lacollective

Thomas Edison is featured in this section of the wall that runs along the L.A. River on Coldwater Canyon in the San Fernando Valley. Copyright 2018 @lacollective

The L.A. River Mural along Coldwater Canyon in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California Copyright 2018 @lacollective

A view from the Santa Barbara Pier to shoreline. Copyright 2018 @lacollective