If we keep to the plan at hand Susan and I are set for a pre-sunset excursion with cameras to walk along the L.A. River between the Fletcher and Hyperion bridges before visiting the Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood to take in the traveling replica of the Vietnam Memorial that’ll be there …
I can’t remember anticipating a television show at the level that I’m eagerly awaiting the arrival of the series finale of The Sopranos that airs in a few minutes. Will the last episode go Shakespearean in the proportions of its tragedy and make everybody and I mean everybody dead? Will A.J.’s suicidal tendencies manifest itself …
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 …
Yesterday while out back longing for one last look at the first hummingbird chick that flew the coop late in the afternoon, a tiny flurry of activity near the back of the yard got my attention and sure enough there’s a near foot-long bushtit nest veritably buried and well camoflagued in the boughs of the …
The larger of the two Anna’s hummingbird chicks has taken the big step of leaving its cramped nest to a nearby branch where it’s waiting for the right time to take wing (click to enlarge): And sticking its tongue out a lot. It’s not every day we humans have the privilege of seeing a hummingbird’s …
It was on several occasions that we’d seen an adult hummingbird hovering among the lower leaves and branches of the fig tree that grows over the backyard patio. Seemingly on the search for some food, I would wonder what the poor bird must be thinking because there’s literally nothing among the tree’s broad green leaves, …
Let’s just say that at the same moment I was posing for this timed-exposure (click to enlarge) with The Phoenix in front of the Sepulveda Dam spillway this evening, RIDE-Arc leader Alex barreled by alerting that “The cops are coming! The cops are coming!” I managed to refrain from bolting and instead held the pose …