How Many Wingbeats Per Second Of A…

Couldn’t resist posting this. On our way up to the reservoir meadow event yesterday we passed under a bottle brush tree on Silver Lake Boulevard and this wonderful hummingbird obliged me taking forever to get my camera and long lens together by keeping busy until I could capture it (click to enlarge):  

Treemail

To: thetree@nextdoor.com From: wildbell@gmail.com Subject: Inquiring neighbors wanna know… What gives, eh? It’s spring. Not fall. Not winter. SPRING. Please make a note of it, and stop with the excessive shedding, will ya!? The gardeners cleaned up after you Friday of last week and look (below and clickable) at what I had to sweep up …

One Bridge Burned

UPDATE (03.12 – 07:14 a.m.): A couple commenters to my original Blogging.la post on this matter have opted to be patronizing or antagonistic in their responses, either intimating that I’m a hypocrite or casting dispersions about my age. One is a fellow Midnight Ridazz supporter who knows me from my participation in those mass biking events. The …

Defeating The Purpose

As seen next to Echo Park Lake during our walk this morning: There’s something about carving a peace symbol into a living thing that just doesn’t work for me.

Sunday Morning Four-Miler

Susan and I took a wonderful four-mile stroll today along Sunset across Echo Park to Douglas Street up into Angelino Heights and then back down around Echo Park Lake and up the the Brite Spot diner for breakfast before coming back home. But now it’s time to get down to the business of grocery shopping …