Pink Saturday - Pink Hacienda

Beverly at the blog How Sweet the Sound has a great idea! It's Pink Saturday. Post about something pink, on Saturday. Here are the rules if you want to Get Pink!

Everyday I drive to work along the Pacific Coast Highway and pass this pink house. It's a Spanish revival house probably built in the 1920s. It's just a few yards away from Thelma Todd's restaurant. It's cherry blossom pink. Pink oleander pink. Strawberry mousse pink. Pepto-bismal pink. With green trim.

The house rambles and fits its contours to the slope, nestling down the bluff. A set of steps, protected by an old stone retaining wall curves down to the lower level from the roadway that rises up from the beach highway. Its balconies and walkways view the ocean.

It's surrounded by pampas grass and palms, and big leaves of giant birds-of-paradise plants. A bright pink bougainvillea cascades over the railings. There are potted pink geraniums and herbs. There are aloe and yuccas and succulents. There is a wicker chair on the balcony, big earthenware ollas to hold flowering plants.

Lately there have been workers patching the stucco, touching up the trim, resetting roof-tiles, and adding another course of blocks to the retaining wall. It's nice to see this house get some loving care.

I hope they keep it painted Pink.