(Click to enlarge) I found this beauty coming down the Beaudry South trail from my latest ride in my beloved Verdugos this afternoon. It was the second garter that had shot across the trail before me into the protection of the brush. The first one made its escape over a berm, but this one got …
Eastsider L.A. has a post up considering the present loss and future restoration of the Echo Park Lake lotus. Showcased in the entry is an absolutely amazing picture of a lotus pad floating atop the reflecting waters while holding what looks to be someone’s spilled fruit punch. The unlikely combination of elements somehow combines to …
Back about a month and a half ago, I wrote “Cactus As Teacher,” a brief photo-post about the lessons in perseverence and resilience learned from a decrepit prickly pear cactus pad that was still managing to nourish five flourishing offspring sprouts even as it lay dying across the top of the fence separating our property …
For the past week or so, I’ve caught fleeting glimpses of it. Always on the move and quickly so, the hardworking white-lined sphinx moth is in its seasonal moment, and this one seems to find the flowers around our yard to be a good source of nectar. During the day the sphinx moth wastes little …
Not quite a year ago whilst biking to work one morning I passed a patch of passion fruit flowers growing on a fence alongside the Ballona Creek Bikeway near Sepulveda Boulevard and among the many marvelous blossoms found a big and busy carpenter bee hard at work on one. As I go nowhere without a …
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I won’t dilute things with an over explanation here other than to say I was out in the backyard this past weekend and to my astonishment I found new life springing vitally forth from a decrepit cactus pad hanging over the fence that taught me a lesson in perseverance. See for yourself:
It may still be a couple weeks until spring gets sprung, but to a batch of Ballona Creek amphibians making a racket loud enough to stop me and my bike cold last night for an appreciative listen, it’s already here. Hear them for yourself in this audio I captured on-scene last night by the Duquense …