After helping hang route signage between Boyle Heights and Vernon for tomorrow’s annual L.A. River Ride I got back to the L.A. River Center & Gardens and reacquainted myself with what a marvelous oasis it is — made even moreso by the discovery that there’s a permanently installed bike repair stand on the premises. Small …
Back in December was when I unearthed one of the more unique artifacts (pictured above) that’s now part of the permanent collection of the Will & Susan Campbell Museum of Backyarcheology. It was a mailing label plate for the uniquely surnamed P. Engensperger and I posted about it with the headline “What’s In A Name?” …
It finally happened. After a year and a half of riding The Phoenix I took a spill tonight. And it’s all my fault on several levels. See the drivetrain on The Phoenix had been cranky of late, doing a lot of creaking and groaning and crackling. I replaced the pedals Wednesday hoping that was the …
Had I my choice of what species of baby backyard wildlife I’d encounter to follow my adventure with the hummingbird chicks, it’s a pretty good bet a nest of baby rodents wouldn’t be at the top of my list, but that’s the way the ball bounces. And the fact is if I hadn’t gone digging …
Fellow blogger Julia who I met alongside the LAX runway when we both went there to see the humonstrous new Airbus A380 historically come to town back in March (who knew my YouTube clip of the landing would garner more than 11,000 views!) has tagged me with a meme that she in turn was tagged …
So my baby gets home and she’s getting dinner ready and I walk into the kitchen and she remarks how she’s going to have a glass of wine before dinner. I indicate a willingness to do the same but let it be known that the fixings have been acquired from which mojitos could result and …
And just like that, at 1:55 p.m., the nest is empty, or not quite. I went outside to look in hopes the younger of the two chicks had done what it’s older sibling had MOnday in venturing to a nearby branch for some pre-flight stuff. I gave the nest’s immediate vicinity a good look-around and …