Baby Rattler

I’ve heard seen my share of terrestrial wildlife while mountain biking in the Verdugos — lizards, toads, bobcats, coyotes, deer, a coast horned lizard, garter snakes. On this pre-gluttony Thanksgiving Day ride I added a baby rattlesnake to the list. Found, as seen below in the center of the frame, sunning itself on the asphalt …

Thanksgiving DAY, Thanksgiving DIY

Yesterday I followed rules 1 and 3 of the Fixer’s Manifesto and repaired our patio table umbrella, of all things. After almost eight years of exposure,  a foot-long section of the bottom part of the wooden pole, just above where it sits in the stand snapped clean through. I figured this out yesterday morning after …

Perserverance Personified

Buster is a mind-changer. Most of my life I considered tortoises to be plodding, simple-minded and uninteresting creatures. But then along comes this Russian tortoise into my life in October 2001 and she burned that opinion to the ground — and continues to do so. Even though this clip ends in her failure to escape …

Silver Lake Stormwatch: November 17

Now that’s a storm! No weaksauce zero-point-zero-one-nuthin’ rainfall total this time. Just a good, old-fashioned one-and-a-half-plus inches dropped until it stopped sometime between last night and this Sunday morning. November 17: 1.68″ Year To Date: 2.31″

With So Many Doors To Choose From Today’s Bike Ride Was A Bit Like “Let’s Make A Deal”

What’s Behind Door No. 1? The prize package emerging from this sweet looking El Camino revealed himself to me on Redondo approaching Washington Boulevard, while the treasure behind Door No. 2 flung herself directly into my ride line later in the afternoon on Sunset Boulevard just past Alvarado (click both images for the bigger pictures): …