Morning Walks

Every Morning i take a walk and lately it has been foggy

and i really like it because its not too cold 

sometimes i feel like im in a scary movie! 

just walking into the distance and disappear.

On my walks i listen to music, and i vary my music in all genres
it can go from 70's to Big Band to Led Zeppelin some jazz and sometimes Tupac.
lately i have been listening to a lot of Chuck Berry!
i love all kinds of music.. i like a little bit of everything.
Anyways, when i listen to music, in my head i ALWAYS pretend that im the one who is preforming the one who is playing the instruments ALL of them not just one, like, theres a BUNCH of carols in my little senario playing the trumpet, the drums, the piano guitar and so on..
and gosh darn it! im good at it!
i like walking by myself, its my "me time" and it truly clears your mind, you think about everything! mainly about your future, what you're going to do and how you're going to do it.
its scary but its reality.
and i always remind myself who i truly am and what i want to accomplish either for the day or for the future.

so after these walks i always end up with a clear mind and ready to begin my day.
it is truly wonderful.

Peg Entwistle "Hollywood's Girl"

Peg Entwistle 

Born: February 5, 1908 in Port Talbot, Wales
Died: September 16, 1932 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

Peg moved to Los Angeles in 1932 to be the next big film star
she was very well known Broadway actress, so going into film was her next big step!.
She didn't have great luck, Peg got a small part on the film Thirteen Women
of which it premiered on 14 October 1932, a month after her death.
It was first released in New York and then in Los Angeles. The film was not a success, In 1935 it was re released and they cut off 14 minutes from the film and it was mainly her parts.

Hollywoodland

The Hollywoodland sign was built in 1923 for a Real Estate Development
to attract home buyers, with already being a place where films were being made.. it was no problem for the public to get a home near there.
The sign was only meant to be up for a year and a half, but we all know it lasted much more than that.
The letters are 50 feet tall and 30 feet wide.

After filming Thirteen Women Peg couldn't find another job, she auditioned for many parts but no luck, She needed to save some money to go to New York.. but she had no savings she couldn't even leave the city.
While living with her uncle she was just hanging around the house,
One night Peg told her Uncle she was going to visit some friends and go to a nearby drugstore,
that was the last time her uncle saw her.

Peg took a different route.. To the Hollywoodland sign.
since there was no restrictions to the sign at the time.. she had no problem going,
once she reached to the letter 'H' she found a latter that was near by,
climbed it, and jumped.
Two days later a lady who was hiking found a purse and a coat and inside the purse she found a suicide note. she looked down further down the hill and saw a body.
The lady then made an anonymous call to the police

Transcript of the call she made to the LA police department:

"I was hiking near the Hollywood sign today and near the bottom i found a woman's shoe and jacket. A little further i noticed a purse. In it was a suicide note. I looked down the mountain and saw a body. I dont want any publicity in this matter, so i wrapped up the jacket, shoes and purse in a bundle and laid them on the steps of the Hollywood Police Station"

The Note said,
"I am afraid I am a coward. I am sorry for everything. If i had done this a long time ago, it would have saved a lot of pain" P.E.

The cause of death, she had many fractures of the pelvis
they say she died quick.
This was all over the newspapers.. and her suicide note was published to see if anyone would have a clue who she was, and her uncle saw it and recognized the initials and instantly thought, that was his niece.
later he went to the morgue to identify her body.

  

She was 24 years old.
 After her death there was a letter mailed to her uncle's house where she lived, about a part they wanted her to star in about a young girl who commits suicide. The irony..

 

You're probably wondering why she did it.
some say she was depressed because being in Hollywood around many stars she felt she wasn't a good actress,
others say she was drunk while she walked up to the sign, but then again she already had a suicide note.
i wonder how long she carried that note and when she decided to end her life, or maybe she wrote it before she left home.
i wonder why she chose the Hollywoodland sign, was it because it represented fame? success? a sign that failed her or she failed the sign?.

The thing with Hollywood, some think that just by being there they will be successful or someone will discover them,
some are lucky some are not, it's not impossible...but, it's not a glamorous world.

Today,
 there has been sightings of a woman dressed from the 30's wandering around the Hollywood hills,
people who have encountered her say that after seeing her or when they're just walking near the sign they smell a strong scent of gardenias..when there's no gardenias in sight.

Why is she still there? is she stuck? is this a reoccurring haunting? does she relive her suicide?
Hollywood has witnessed many deaths, lost hope and broken dreams.
If only that sign could talk.

i encourage you to read more about Peg, her early years, life in Hollywood and her death.
there is so much more details to know.






 i got this information from reading over the years and this is based on my knowledge,
all the images i used on this post are from google, i do not own them.

Thank You for stopping by!
Love, Carole

Beauty outside the lens

When you want to take a picture of something beautiful in the sky, and sometimes it doesn't come out how you saw it.. well i truly believe that some things has to be seen in person, and you cant capture something so beautiful.. so, when you have the chance.. put the camera down.. and enjoy the magic happenings on earth. :)) 

Mark the Seagull.

okay at first you're probably thinking.. 

"why did you took a picture of a seagull?" 

i have two reasons.. one: why not take a picture of a seagull

and two: this seagull has a story like any other living creature in this world.

i took this picture in Santa Cruz at a beach

if you look carefully you can see some fishing line on its right leg,

the first thing that popped in my head was.. "wow! im surprised this thing is still alive"

because a lot of birds do get caught around areas where people fish 

it can get dangerous for them, but they still hang out around there because they know thats where they can get a good meal. 

but anyways i was super close to this thing lol and i was shocked how close it let me get to him but them it flew away! hahah 

Broken Ballerina

Broken Ballerina?

She danced even when no one saw her.

when times got rough 

she would tie ballet shoes up to her ankles.

cuts and bruises 

wont stop her living her dreams,

dreams she had dreamed for years.

falling apart piece by piece

she glued herself back together 

day by day she keeps 

hoping she would find love.

but too distracted by her scars

but kept dancing.

always with a smile on her face

Absent Fishing

i randomly took this picture when i went to SeaCliff when we went to Santa Cruz

i actually entered this picture to a Photo contest here in my town 

im really happy i had the opportunity to enter! 

ive never entered for anything! 

anyways! i really love how this picture came out! hope you enjoy it! 

info on the ship in the background:


SS Palo Alto was a concrete ship built as a tanker at the end of World War I. She was built by the San Francisco Shipbuilding Company at the U.S. Naval Shipyard in Oakland, California. She was launched on 29 May 1919, too late to see service in the war.


She was mothballed in Oakland until 1929, when she was bought by the Seacliff Amusement Corporation and towed to Seacliff State Beach in Aptos, California. A pier was built leading to the ship, and she was sunk a few feet in the water so her keel rested on the bottom. There she was refitted as an amusement ship, with amenities including a dance floor, a swimming pool and a café.


The company went bankrupt two years later and the ship cracked at the midsection. She was stripped of her fittings and left as a fishing pier. Eventually she deteriorated to the point where she was unsafe for even this use and was closed to the public. Today she remains at Seacliff Beach and serves as an artificial reef for marine life.


i straight up copy and paste the paragraph above lmao!


but here's the link where i got it from!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Palo_Alto


also! there's an before and after picture of the ship!


http://www.concreteships.org/ships/ww1/paloalto/


:))

Hey,

Hi! okayyyyy soo i thought i'd talk a little bit about myself because i dont think i have yet, or maybe i have.. so if i have.. YOU'RE GONNA HEAR IT AGAIN! haha 

anyways..

HI

so this is my second blog, where im going share my "poetry", "short stories" and "photography"

i like writing, i remember when i was a kid i used to write about monsters and read them to my mom and she thought i was gonna be a serial killer because they were quite violent, im not a serial killer and im not violent.. haha

i like writing poetry because you can use few words to create a story

i told my english teacher in high school that one day im going to publish a book, and that is still a goal for me, and im going to accomplish it. 

i usually write dark stuff, why? i dont know.. it just happens.. i guess i like to explore that part of my brain, im not a depressed or negative person but i like to think about it because im open to anything, open to possibilities that can happen to me.

i also write about hopeful things

i write about the sky, the clouds, and the stars,

i feel like people do not appreciate them enough.. 

i always think about the big picture... usually people worry about how they look, and get sad because they do not look how they want to , where as i think about, "well, it is what it is and im not dead, im alive and let's move on" 

(trust me it makes life a lot easier)

its funny

i always have to either have my note pad or my phone to write down whatever comes to my mind because, when i think of something i have to write it immediately otherwise i will for sure forget it and it will be gone forever, i have the worst memory in life! 

if i remember your name you're lucky, that means i love you

i've always liked taking pictures,

i think its really fun and very interesting how you can capture a moment 

like, a moment that COULD be a memory but it is imprinted on a piece on paper to be viewed forever.

im more intrigued by Black & White pictures, because i think it has more depth and has more story to it.

when i was 14 i wanted to be a photographer and my mom was super happy of this decision

my mom was a photographer at a hotel in Mexico where she used to work she was in charge of taking pictures of celebrities and models who came to the hotel   

i never pursued to be a photographer i wanted to be many things when i was younger, i wanted to be an Astronomer, fashion designer, photographer, actress, dancer, film maker, writer and probably much more... haha
i never pursued any of that because i honestly dont know what i want to do with my life.. but at the same time, why not do it all.
because think about it.. you live on this earth once.. why stick to only one thing? that would be super boring.. my goal in life is to do a little bit of everything to try out everything the world has to offer.
who knows maybe in the future i'll be able to dance like Fred Astaire ..
ok maybe not like Mr. Astaire... but close! hahah
i wanna learn how to Tap Dance though..
anyways
i will be posting all those 3 things on here! poems, short stories and my photography
i think that is it .. i mean if you have any questions about me or other things you can tweet me : @carolcarol92
im always on twitter
:))