An Eventful Ride It Was

Let’s just say that at the same moment I was posing for this timed-exposure (click to enlarge) with The Phoenix in front of the Sepulveda Dam spillway this evening, RIDE-Arc leader Alex barreled by alerting that “The cops are coming! The cops are coming!” I managed to refrain from bolting and instead held the pose …

And We’re Rolling

Tonight is the June edition of the monthly RIDE-Arc ride, which will roll throughout the San Fernando Valley and if it’s anything  similar to the valley ride of last November it’s going to be a long night with a lotta miles. Though the route is scheduled to be somewhere around 25 miles by the time …

Follow The Bouncing Ball

Destined to become a YouTube classic, here in this seemingly endless and repetitive clip we find Pepper taking semi-mesmerized swipes at several tosses of Ranger’s ball until a crappy throw and all the excitement prove too much for Ranger to resist and she comes flying in from the wings to reclaim the thing to some …

Mocking The Mockingbirds

As I wrote Monday, there’s an ongoing saga between the mockingbirds that have nested nearby and our cat Jiggy who thrives on tormenting them with a nonchalant front that drives the rightfully territorial birds to madly and bravely put themselves at risk in almost entirely vain attempts to drive Jiggy away by divebombing him and …