Traveling around in #SanJose and #NearbyToSanJose at 825 mph on our spinning planet.
These came out beautiful. You can see the post I made of these murals when they were still in progress here: https://825mph.com/underpass-murals. It is wonderful to see a little of how they became what they are now.
These four murals under West San Carlos Street on Dupont Street were created by artist Jesse Hernandez (http://www.jessehernandez.net/about.html).
These murals by artist Ange Cox (https://newalmaden.com/mural/new-almaden-scenes/) are found in the historic New Almaden quicksilver mine area near Quicksilver County Park.
This mural above is by artist Ricardo Gonzalez (Ricardo Gonzalez : Design (ricardogonzalezdesign.com) and is found inside of Nirvana Soul coffee shop; a great place to enjoy coffee, the environment, San Jose, and art. Enjoying the changing works by various artists on display is a great way to learn of artists and works you may not be familiar with. Be sure to go upstairs in the back to see more of the art on display.
I came across this mural on an adventure in Watsonville, near the Monterey Bay.
It is called “Watsonville History Mural” by artists Ome Garcia and Paul De Worken. (https://www.artscouncilsc.org/teaching-artist-directory/ome-garcia/, https://www.artscouncilsc.org/teaching-artist-directory/paul-de-worken/)
You certainly will not ignore it; it is bright. It does a good job of welcoming you to the trail as intended. You might look to notice more and see a fun mural. If you want to get greater amusement out of it, I highly recommend that you speak aloud and say what you see.
Is that a palm tree skateboarding with a fanny pack on? Yes, yes it is.
Hey look, a cattail eating a hotdog is bringing up the back of an extra long tandem bicycle. Why is the bird in front of him/her wearing a beret? I don’t know. Did I mention the cattail eating a hotdog?
The mural is called “Do You Know The Way To San Jose’s Guadalupe River Trail?” by Kristina Micotti. (https://kristinamicotti.com/ , https://www.powwowsanjose.com/2020-artists-murals-1 )
There are some creative rock artists in San Jose. These are from two different houses found on a walk.
When Bert was 13 years old, he lost his arm in a hunting accident. Something you are not likely to see everyday is that his arm received its own burial plot and tomb stone in the Hacienda Cemetery in the Almaden area of San Jose.
Also pretty interesting, is that the rest of Bert kept on going until it was 74. His body rests at Oak Hill Cemetery in San Jose. Arm and body separated by about 11 miles and 61 years of worldly experiences.
His arm, buried in the cemetery of the mining town, was apparently well known of in Bert’s day. When it was later decided to run a road through the old cemetery, yes- they paved over graves still under the road today, the road was named after its most famous resident. Take a drive down Bertram Road if you would like to visit. Thanks to volunteers, the old cemetery and headstones for those who are known are maintained. It is an interesting thing to walk among the graves and to read and to imagine the lives who worked and lived there before.
Little flowers everywhere in the grass at Hellyer County Park.
