Morning Snap: A ‘Pilar Of The Community

It wasn’t more than a few days ago that Susan spied our first teeny tiny tomato on the vines she’s been nurturing since March and there was much rejoicing. Then today Susan found the first born ‘mater had an unwelcome guest that had moved in (click to triplify): Drats, but such is life in the …

Caw-Caphony

Did I see what I think I saw earlier today? I know that a small squadron of crows set to making quite a racket directly overhead in the backyard this afternoon. When Susan and I came out of the house to investigate I counted five of them circling our smaller palm tree and immediately I …

Iron Man: There Will Be Cheese

So my main beef — quite literally — with Iron Man derives in the first couple scenes when Tony Stark is safely back on U.S. soil after having been held prisoner by terrorists for long enough to McGuyver Iron Man 1.0 and kick their collective holy-waring ass. The first thing he does is turn to …

Moth RAH!

Here I go again celebrating the littler things such as this moth willing to let my camera get surprisingly close to it while sunning itself on the leaf of an avocado seedling.

Saturday 1:26 a.m.

Post RIDE-Arc ride, rolling back home solo I had to stop at the bright lifelessness of Chris Burden’s “Urban Lights” installation outside the L.A. County Museum of Art (click to humongify). It may seem odd to some, but those late hours are some of the most enjoyable to be on a bike in the city.

Filling A Desktop Void

I’ve been dealing with some things you know about — like the death of our upstairs neighbor — and some work-related things you don’t. And I’m just gonna keep that boring crap to myself. But on the office front, I opened a desk drawer that I hadn’t in awhile and found a frame I’d purchased …