Shortly after 8 a.m. this morning we found this inquisitive little mephitid doing what mephitids are known to do during the spring: seeking a reliable source of earthworms and insects. As Shadow whined from the kitchen floor and Jiggy moaned and scratched to be let out the back door (none of the other cats feigned …
I got confirmation today that one of my neighborhood’s fixtures, a colorful character who could regularly be found parading up and down Sunset Boulevard known as “El Circo Loco,” passed away last Friday evening. I first heard about it Saturday night when word circulated that he had been found dead on the street, but no …
Susan and I made good on plans to participate in today’s annual Blessing of the Animals down at Olvera Street. So we decorated Buster the tortoise with flowers and had a blast! But instead of wasting keystrokes telling you how much fun it was, I’ll just point you to the photo set I created over …
Walking up Maltman today I found a new granddaddy (see image below) of my current curb-level fixation with concrete carvings, which I dubbed Streetfiti in my post a couple days ago over on Blogging.la. I’ve even gone and created a public Streetfiti Group over on Flickr to post my growing collection of snapshots like this …
Sitting at my desk just a few moments ago I looked up to see what you see in the picture above: the banking of the morning sun’s rays off the wall of the apartment building across the street in through the library window to be projected onto the wall above my desk. Then, at that …
Instead of attempting to impart any words of wizdum, I leave you with Jiggy in the afternoon grass:
So I’ve let the dog out into the backyard to go pee, at about the same time as I do every day, and she trots on out, does her business then goes sniffing around the new look I’ve given the southeast corner before coming back to the grassy area under the tree with the fragrant …