Identify that Letter! Part 3: Snowy Yosemite and South Coast Botanic Garden

This picture was taken from Yosemite during winter. As one can see, it is a photo of a crest of a massive, leafless tree that has fallen down due to heavy snowfall. The solitary, long and bent branch protruding from one of its trunks gives the impression that it the tree is a giant lowercased letter “R.” Its slanted, horizontal position somehow expresses lethargy and/or leisure. Its dark and woody texture (and the fact that it is leafless)  allows it to stand out from the snowy background filled with other tall leafy trees.

This is another picture that was taken from Yosemite during winter season. It is a complete snapshot of a colossal and leafless tree, from top to bottom. Again, this is another example of an object that takes form of two different letters – it can either be seen as a capital “I” or “Y.” With the two thick vertical protuberances that are projecting on the top of the tree’s trunk, it can be visualized as a “Y.” However, if they are visually overlooked, it can be seen as an “I” since the trunk is very tall and thick.

This picture was taken from the South Coast Botanic Garden (along Crenshaw Boulevard). It is a group of metallic decorative patterns (corbels). It is apparent that the letter “S” that can be seen in this assemblage – both uppercased and lowercased. Moreover, the letter comes in two different sizes.  The two vertical corbels, from left to right, can be considered big and small (the smaller one, which is upside-down, is the lowercased letter). The horizontal corbel located near the top can be perceived as another small sized letter.

This is another picture that was derived from the South Coast Botanic Garden. It is a photograph of a tip or “hand” of a sundial. It can be visualized as an lowercased letter “P.” The base of the hummingbird symbol (its tail) can be thought of as the vertical extension of the letter. Furthermore, the curvilinear portion encircling the avian emblem is the arc. One important thing to point out is that the hummingbird is actually the logotype for the South Coast Botanic Garden area.