Pershing Square 1992

I continue to pull random negative strips out of the file cabinet and run them through the Imagebox negative scanner I got. Most of images aren’t worth sharing, but this one might induce nostalgia in anyone familiar with Pershing Square before it underwent its “It Came From The ’80s” transformation about a year or so …

Hey! You Got Your Giant Heart In My Hammock Stand!

The backstory is when the tenants who rented the house next door to us moved, they left this giant, rather elaborately fabricated and constructed heart behind. After the new owners bought the house a couple years ago at some point I mentioned how much Susan and I liked the thing. So he asked me if …

Yes, I’m Calling To Report Some Guy In A Lit-Up Santa Suit Taking Pictures From The 4th Street Bridge…

As seen previously, it’s one thing to put on a santa suit, augmented with several strings of battery powered lights, and go bike-riding with several hundred fellow All-City Toy Ridazz — a fair percentage of whom are also wearing similarly festive outfits. It’s another thing entirely to return home from Boyle Heights through skid row …

Treezup

After a deeeeelectable breakfast at The Village Idiot this morning, Susan and I ventured over to the DeLancy Street Christmas Tree Lot on Wilshire in Hancock Park and picked ourselves up a noble fir seen fully dressed above.

Today’s Hummingbird

At first entirely wary and hesitant of the feeder recently installed on the porch, this hummingbird (best guess is it’s a rufous hummingbird) eventually came back (as you’ll see in the latter half of this video) for a meal. PS. It’s much more enjoyable to break out of these meager dimensions and watch the thing …