Archive for June, 2007
Thursday, June 21st, 2007
It’s The Time Of The Season
Visually, the L.A. River between Fletcher Avenue and Los Feliz Boulevard is in the zone right now. The sweet spot. Especially in the later afternoon hours. I love the river 365 days a year but there’s just something about these days before and after the summer solstice (today) where the setting sun’s situation in the [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in nature, outdoors by Will
Thursday, June 21st, 2007
Batchelder Tile Update
Yeah, so I went off on a couple tile companies yesterday who were too slow for my taste in answering my inquiry about the Batchelder tiles I’d found. Felt good getting that off my chest. But did I give up the search for knowledge? Hell no! I also traveled down one additional avenue yesterday and [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in backyarchaeology by Will
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Hungr E. Coyote
If it’s Wednesday night that means I can usually be found biking up the L.A. River and through Griffith Park, the latter of which afforded me the opportunity to snap on the fly this skinny fellow, no doubt suffering a strict diet of practically nothing since the park’s devastating fires of last month (click to [...]
No Comments » - Posted in animals, biking, nature by Will
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Tile Rhymes With Awhile
Dear batcheldertiledotcom and missiontilewestdotcom,
You’ll notice first off in the salutation of this letter that I haven’t linked to your respective websites. I did that on purpose because I’m perturbed at you both and ain’t no way I’m giving you any kind of recognition. I won’t go so far as to say you suck because that’s [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in rants by Will
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Micheltorena Steps — 6:11 a.m.
Now that daybreak is coming early again, Susan and I have reinitiated our 1.3-mile dawn patrols these past two mornings, ascending the Music Box Steps and descending those from the Micheltorena ridge back down to Sunset Boulevard, like so:
No Comments » - Posted in neighborhood by Will
Monday, June 18th, 2007
Of Bike Lanes, Bank Cards & Birdies
Freshly outfitted I took The Phoenix out for its first ride tonight. Met Manny at Berkeley and Silver Lake Boulevard and we did what’s becoming our regular out-and-back up the river to Griffith Park. Exiting the L.A. River Bikeway at Victory we turned left and crossed the 134 Freeway to Zoo Drive, where we made [...]
No Comments » - Posted in biking by Will
Monday, June 18th, 2007
And The Phoenix Shall Rise Again
Though I’d been hoping for a Thursday or Friday delivery, the Shimano UN54 bottom bracket and Suntour Cyclone 7000 160mm road crankset I ordered from Harris Cyclery to replace the ones I ordered from Nashbar whose failure contributed strongly to me crashing June 8 arrived early this afternoon and The Phoenix in a matter of [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in biking by Will
Monday, June 18th, 2007
A Rhyme
The Vine
I aspire,
To go higher.
No Comments » - Posted in photography, writing by Will
Monday, June 18th, 2007
Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
Now that the RatCam has been retired I’m finding other faaaaaaascinating things around the backyard to catch video… all of which entirely by coincidence involve me including, chronologically: me reading in the hammock (with Ranger on the lookout for interruptions), me at the grill and me and my bay-bee dining with our good buddy Al [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in backyarchaeology, slice of life by Will
Sunday, June 17th, 2007
Quince-idence
I’ve been curious about a gangly tree shrub growing in the neighbor’s backyard next to the fence that separates the two properties since I moved in with Susan almost three years ago. Situated between the lowquat tree and a large cactus, each spring there appears at the ends of many of its spindly branches a [...]
