Shake, Rattle & Roll
Yep, Los Angeles got shook out of sleep this morning with a preliminary-estimated 4.4-magnitude quake reportedly striking the Whittier fault beneath Pico Rivera at approximately 4:04 a.m. I immediately started tweeting:
Making Shroom
As found peeking up through some backyard blades of grass near the hammock stand (click for the bigger picture):
One From The Archives: Dunebug
Lacking content for an actual post, I’ll occasionally dive into the photo libraries and dredge up an image from the past, such as this captivating if otherwise unknown species of flying — presumably sting-capable — insect who was pretty protective of its sandy spot midway up Eureka Dunes in Death Valley, during the first time …
Sweet Serenade
I practically skidded to a stop when I heard them last night, because I’m the type of guy who while biking home in the darkness of Ballona Creek will do that kind of thing in order to listen to and appreciate the music of the night as sung by some unseen frogs somewhere nearby. They’re …
Hawks & Redrunners
I was much more uplifted by the first clip, featuring what I expect is a protective mama Cooper’s Hawk chasing off a nest-encroaching and substantially larger red-tailed hawk that I chanced upon this morning when on 4th Street and Rimpau I heard the telltale Cooper’s laughing call and was able to bring my digicam to …
Life & Death On Ballona Creek
A front-page story in today’s LA Times details the mysterious struggles brown pelicans up and down the coast are having to survive. Yesterday, biking to work in the morning along Ballona Creek between Overland and Sepulveda I found heartbreaking proof of that: I stood where I was looking for movement, but there was none. Had …
It’s Time To Get Busy Getting Ready
Haiti’s got me dwelling and waking up. The quake, it’s terrifying devastation and its chaotic aftermath have all served to show me how ill-equipped our household is and will be when an epic disaster strikes Los Angeles. When. Not if. Sure, we’ve got emergency food/supply backpacks in each of our cars. Plus there’s an emergency …