Nothing Like A Good Chuckle To Start The Day
In my inbox this a.m. was the following urgentspam call to action regarding my “G MAI L” account (click to doublify): Yeah, as soon as I stop pffft’ing and snickering I’ll get right on that.
Cactus Flower Power: Before & After
Before whatever critter it is that comes and dines on it, I finally succeeded in capturing a bloom in full of what I believe is commonly called the San Pedro cactus growing just over the fence in our neighbor’s backyard (click images to triplify):  Before • 6:34 p.m.  After • 9:23 p.m.
That’s Wright
Last night’s Ride-ARC “Tourismo!!” ride was a long labor of love. All in I tallied about 35 circuitous miles from start to finish, which occured at 2:45 in the a.m. with me almost desperately hungry enough to tack on a couple more miles there and back to Tommy’s for some double-cheese-extra-pickles sustenance. But my fatigue …
Not Something One Sees Everyday
During a brief afternoon game of wallball with Ranger, she snatched the rebounding sphere out of the air thus effectively ending whatever streak I was on and ended up by the south side gate where she immediately set to growling through the wooden slats — ball still firmly in mouth — at something on the …
The Unadulterated Thrill Of A Good Interview
I’m not fully letting go with the whooping and hollering just yet. I’ve done so with past job interviews that I thought I’d nailed only to be let down like a lemming off a cliff in a Disney film. But at the same time I just got off the phone with an editorial director of …
Griffith Park & Ride
I put out fair warning to my fellow IAAL•MAF’ers that last night’s regular river ride was going to include a climb up the north side of the park via Mt. Hollywood Drive down to the Griffith Observatory. I’d been wanting to head up there for several weeks as I hadn’t ventured into that stretch of …
Morning Glories
Just a couple backyard butterflies (click to doublify):