Putting The Boom in Bloom

I just get speechless chills attempting to comprehend how from a tiny simple seed — one of a bagful sent us by my friend Jo — planted two months ago, sprung forth this complex and magnificent six-foot-tall example of glorious awesome. It is a miracle.

For The Birds

If you follow this blog, you know I make it a point to offer assistance to stray dogs I encounter on my bikings around town. Birds? Not so much. Not for lack of compassion as for lack of opportunities. But I had one this morning. Biking in to work along the Ballona Creek Bikeway beneath …

Our Fourth Batchelder

After sitting unused for more than 18 months, I finally broke out the electric tiller I bought for Susan two christmases ago (because she wanted one, not because I’m the kind of oaf to get my beloved a yard machine!) and put it to work breaking up the patch of hardpacked earth at the northwest …

Here Comes The Sun

I knew it, sunflower! I knew one of these days the truth would come out and expose yer true colors. Inside, yer aaaaall… yella!! (click to go big)

Let It Bee

Well, so far so good, I accomplished a buncha things on my Do List yesterday, the nicest of which was hiking up to the top of the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook with Susan and enjoying the spectacular views, be it wall-to-wall wide angled or a bit more up-close as in of this busy bee docking …

Somewhat Sisyphusian In Nature

If you read my somewhat cryptic first entry, “Scavenge some long-coveted discarded wood,” in the previous post listing my errands on tap this weekend,  let me ‘splain. I’m a sucker for big pieces of wood. Don’t know why, but when I see a header beam or a railroad tie or something of that nature I …