RON HENGGELER |
December 23, 2015
Photos from a rain-soaked weekend
My two days off from work this week were soaking wet. After four years of drought, California is finally getting the long waited for and much needed rains and snow. On Sunday, to stay out of the rain, Dave and I went in the late afternoon to the Legion of Honor Museum for the Christmas organ concert. While there, with the organ music playing throughout the galleries, I photographed the paintings in the museum's collection that depict Mary and the Christ Child. The next day Monday also saw a full day of torrential pouring rain. When Dave and I went out to do some errands, I brought the camera along and photographed some of the rainy day scenes. Remarkably, the stretch of 13th Street under the freeway from Folsom to Mission Street had become an encampment of homeless people being sheltered somewhat from the rain by the freeway above. The homeless souls with tents were the fortunate ones. The homeless ones without any shelter were having a very rough day.
A rainy day view of City Hall from my window upstairs. |
Church and Market in San Francisco |
Madonna and Child, ca. 1504-1505 by Giovanni Battista Cima, called Cima da Conegliano Italian, Venetian 1459-1518 Oil on panel |
Church Street near Market |
What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice. Ronald Reagan |
Rest on the Flight into Egypt, ca. 1550 Oil on panel by Polidoro da Lancing Italian, Venetian, 1515-1565 |
Home is where the heart is. Pliny the Elder |
Tom and Jerry's home decorated for the Holidays 21st at Church in San Francisco |
Madonna and Child with Two Angels, ca. 1525 Oil on linen panel by Studio of Pontormo (Italian, Portorme 1494-1557 Florence) |
A glimpse into Golden Gate Park from Fulton Street |
Madonna Enthroned with Saints and Angels, 1502 Oil on panel by Raffaellino del Garbo Italian, Florentine, 1466-1524 |
Church Street near 18th |
detail of: Madonna and Child, 1481 Tempera and oil on panel by Bartolomeo Vivarini Italian,Venetian 1432-1499 |
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. Langston Hughes |
detail of: The Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1490 Oil on panel by Bartolomeo di Giovanni Italian, Florentine 1488-1500 |
Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams. Ashley Smith |
detail of: The Holy Family, ca. 1614-1617 Oil on wood panel by Jacob Jordaens Flemish, Antwerp 1593-1678 |
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Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist and Attending Angel, ca. 1485 Oil on panel by Jacopo del Sellaio Italian, Florentine ca. 1441-1493 |
The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfillment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall. Helen Garner |
Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. George, ca.1514 oil on panel (transferred to pressed wood) by Cesare da Sesto Italian, Lombard, 1477-1523 |
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. John Ruskin |
detail of: Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. George, ca.1514 oil on panel (transferred to pressed wood) by Cesare da Sesto Italian, Lombard, 1477-1523 |
“Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.” Vladimir Nabokov |
detail of: Virgin and Child Enthroned with Angels Oil on tempera on panel by Master of the St. Lucy Legend Flemish, active in Bruges the last quarter of the 15th century |
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Madonna German ca. 1500 Wood, polychromed, with linen |
“Are the days of winter sunshine just as sad for you, too? When it is misty, in the evenings, and I am out walking by myself, it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing it to crumble into ruins.” Gustave Flaubert |
Virgin and Child with Putti, ca. 1490-1495 Glazed terracotta relief by Andrea della Robbia Italian, Florentine, 1437-1525 |
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detail of: The Adoration of the Magi Oil on pine panel by Rodrigo de Osona the Elder and Assistant Spanish, active ca. 1464-1510 |
“The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.” Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat |
detail of: Madonna and Child, ca. 1400 Tempera on panel by Tadeo di Bartolo Italian, Sienese ca. 1362-1422 |
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detail of: The Adoration of the Shepherds Oil on panel Unknown Flemish Artist Antwerp, ca. 1530 |
“The only noise now was the rain, pattering softly with the magnificent indifference of nature for the tangled passions of humans.” Sherwood Smith |
Virgin and Child Enthroned with Angels Oil on tempera on panel by Master of the St. Lucy Legend Flemish, active in Bruges the last quarter of the 15th century |
Virgin and Child, ca. 1475 Oil on panel by Dieric Bouts and/or Workshop Netherlands, Late 15th century |
Most people, if you live in a big city, you see some form of schizophrenia every day, and it's always in the form of someone homeless. 'Look at that guy - he's crazy. He looks dangerous.' Well, he's on the streets because of mental illness. He probably had a job and a home. Eric McCormack |
detail of: Madonna and Child with Angels ca. 1405-1410 by Lorenzodidi Bicci Italian, Florentine ca. 1350-1427 |
You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course. Jello Biafra |
detail of: The Nativity Oil on pine panel byMaster of the Retable of the Reyes Catolicos Spanish, last quarter of the 15th century |
The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
detail of: The Adoration of the Shepherds, ca. 1598-1599 Oil on canvas by Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael Dutch, 1566-1638 |
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Madonna and Child, ca. 1370 Tempera on panel by Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci Italian, Florentine , 1339-1399 |
Seven out of 10 Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless. Pras Michel |
Madonna and Child with Angels, ca. 1430 Tempera on panel by Giovanni di Marco Italian Florentine, 1385-1437-42 |
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Madonna and Child, ca. 1400 Tempera on panel by Tadeo di Bartolo Italian, Sienese, 1362-1422 |
“I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.” Charlie Chaplin |
Madonna and Child with Angels ca. 1405-1410 by Lorenzodidi Bicci Italian, Florentine ca. 1350-1427 |
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The Adoration of the Shepherds, ca. 1598-1599 Oil on canvas by Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael Dutch, 1566-1638 |
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detail of: Madonna and Child, ca. 1504-1505 Oil on panel by Giovanni Battista Cima, called Cima da Conegliano Italian, Venetian 1459-1518 |
Lincoln Park The Palace of the Legion of Honor San Francisco |
Madonna and Child with Two Angels, ca. 1525 Oil on linen panel by Studio of Pontormo (Italian, Portorme 1494-1557 Florence) |
The Palace of the Legion of Honor San Francisco |
detail of: Madonna and Child with Two Angels, ca. 1525 Oil on linen panel by Studio of Pontormo (Italian, Portorme 1494-1557 Florence) |
An old tree brought down by the storm in the Presidio Cemetery |
detail of: Madonna and Child, ca. 1570-1572 Oil on canvas by jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto (Italian, Venice 1519-1594) |
The Presidio Cemetery's 28,000 historic headstones are being upended for resetting. The work started in 2012, and about 16,000 markers have been reset and the sod replaced - about 500,000 square feet of new grass. The project is expected to take two more years. |
Madonna and Child, ca. 1570-1572 Oil on canvas by jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto (Italian, Venice 1519-1594) |
The construction includes removing the headstones and digging a trench, filling it with concrete and building individual concrete boxes for each grave marker. The headstones never leave the grave site. This is an effort to honor those buried there by ensuring that their headstones are level and plumb, and not subject to the shifting sands of time. |
detail of: The Adoration of the Magi Oil on pine panel by Rodrigo de Osona the Elder and Assistant Spanish, active ca. 1464-1510 |
Presidio Cemetery |
Crissy Field in the Presidio and a distant Palace of Fine Arts |
detail of: Madonna and Child with Two Angels, ca. 1525 Oil on linen panel by Studio of Pontormo (Italian, Portorme 1494-1557 Florence) |
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detail of: The Holy Family, ca. 1614-1617 Oil on wood panel by jacob Jordaens (Flemish, Antwerp, 1593-1678) |
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The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, 1626 Oil on panel by Simon Vouet, (French 1590-1649) |
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detail of: Virgin and Child Enthroned with Angels Oil on tempera on panel by Master of the St. Lucy Legend Flemish, active in Bruges the last quarter of the 15th century |
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detail of: The Holy Family, ca. 1614-1617 Oil on wood panel by jacob Jordaens (Flemish, Antwerp, 1593-1678) |
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detail of: The Adoration of the Magi Oil on pine panel by Rodrigo de Osona the Elder and Assistant Spanish, active ca. 1464-1510 |
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detail of: The Holy Family, ca. 1614-1617 Oil on wood panel by jacob Jordaens (Flemish, Antwerp, 1593-1678) |
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