tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315555062024-03-07T16:45:01.169-08:00Southern California Day-TrippinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger184125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-91779689784491507822022-12-29T15:21:00.006-08:002022-12-29T15:21:47.844-08:00Neighborhood Church, Palos Verdes Estates (8/15/2017)<p> Referring back to the previous post of the PV Bath house and Athletic Club, just steps from there is the lovely Neighborhood Church (415 Paseo del Mar, Palos Verdes Estates, CA) which has been an affiliate of the United Church of Christ since 1961. </p><p>Their webpage (https://www.ncpve.org/our-history) tells the story of the church's long history, beginning with this:</p><p><i>"Built as a summer home, J.J. Haggarty’s mansion was constructed in 1927-1928 and originally featured over 15,000 square feet of living space and 32 rooms. Designed by Italian architect Armand Monaco and landscaped by the Olmsted Brothers, the Haggarty Estate was built to model a Mediterranean villa with ceiling murals, carved balustrades, wrought iron gates and decorations that still bear the J.J.H. monogram. Later dubbed “The Merchant Prince’s Showplace” (a nod to Haggarty’s status as a merchant with department stores specializing in women’s fashion), the Estate featured sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Monica Bay. The property originally featured a waterfall, a grotto, a large swimming pool, a bath house and a private pier, the remains of which are still visible during especially low tide."</i> </p><p>Below are a few photos of the exterior:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaxvAlM0u35oaZPnhC1rSsnbUJtQsneIPB5Wd8kwGrx9wX9-Yf3P4ca18XMbmNlUsMgCUZV7XCc89fldTvfQyACi2hHJD9b2R_HLl0jVIP68XUTGbXrIUZDOhBb0XNi8-rsxYNG8uejYmYP2tG4kl2dJ3ucSSQ39qwEiPF5PRT1oqX-IB4mQ/s6000/2017-8-15%20NC%20DSC_0108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaxvAlM0u35oaZPnhC1rSsnbUJtQsneIPB5Wd8kwGrx9wX9-Yf3P4ca18XMbmNlUsMgCUZV7XCc89fldTvfQyACi2hHJD9b2R_HLl0jVIP68XUTGbXrIUZDOhBb0XNi8-rsxYNG8uejYmYP2tG4kl2dJ3ucSSQ39qwEiPF5PRT1oqX-IB4mQ/w400-h266/2017-8-15%20NC%20DSC_0108.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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I'm not sure how to get rid of them without starting over, which perhaps I will do later.) </p><p>As I have probably already mentioned, one of the reasons I loved working at the Palos Verdes Library District's Peninsula Library, was the fabulous community it was nestled in. </p><p>After Don and I drove to his work at Aerospace in El Segundo around 6:00 A.M., I would have at least a few hours, after the drive to Palos Verdes, to explore before my shift.</p><p>One of the spots I enjoyed was this area of the peninsula at the far North end of Palos Verdes--part of the section called Palos Verdes Estates, that looks towards Redondo Beach.</p><p>On this particularly cloudy August morning (8/15/2017), when I first arrived here at Roessler Point, my welcoming encounter was this placid cat lounging under a shrub with a food and water bowl just kitty-steps away. The community mascot?</p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio1fV6Ij9HloMmw4P8h_dANrnHrUvoKZJrL_wI5lCx7YxAn0k-AEWFgm0M--I9zVP4es4gSiKKu69YPWCuqDRzZ6SMJ7JON5PfTsBj9q91f5i2rn1pZjuw3ZgpjkK-3YtUm1ubWV1gk3SUZPByQCROnJh0XxgiBEY3p5thc5NEu-0seQhF5g/s6000/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0101.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cat under Shrub" border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio1fV6Ij9HloMmw4P8h_dANrnHrUvoKZJrL_wI5lCx7YxAn0k-AEWFgm0M--I9zVP4es4gSiKKu69YPWCuqDRzZ6SMJ7JON5PfTsBj9q91f5i2rn1pZjuw3ZgpjkK-3YtUm1ubWV1gk3SUZPByQCROnJh0XxgiBEY3p5thc5NEu-0seQhF5g/w640-h426/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0101.jpg" title="Roessler Point Mascot-Kitty" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Roessler Point Mascot-Kitty</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEye750_exaj4tME2J1oEMOO423flgnPkSoom4GNk_aPP3PY1Lg_gUqH8gnFBQHnYr2rOGlTnJPiUSeGOSvHkTaxCpBDOyHiOGf4Xy834X7E1_h4bSl6JHqyI_j78Nnxwq-2UkdVxjyUmQMoXQYWAdJzRx3PAclzv-sZCOPbSMtQjw4UDGA/s6000/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0098.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Paved Path from street at Roessler Point to Beach" border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEye750_exaj4tME2J1oEMOO423flgnPkSoom4GNk_aPP3PY1Lg_gUqH8gnFBQHnYr2rOGlTnJPiUSeGOSvHkTaxCpBDOyHiOGf4Xy834X7E1_h4bSl6JHqyI_j78Nnxwq-2UkdVxjyUmQMoXQYWAdJzRx3PAclzv-sZCOPbSMtQjw4UDGA/w640-h426/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0098.jpg" title="Paved Path from street at Roessler Point to Beach" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paved Path from street at Roessler Point to Beach<br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtTE1xz63nZv5fseAGjsjfUzpI1xza-KvrZQolTW1pZ83DzE7YeLP0Qtyzx8M8r2e_nVkvAQky8xZG4un2UhVi5pL3n6rhPJA9e3SOAwPcBmpzmRuJf81psUeUxPtvZyuAbMR_xMb1_3k40YQlicrPnOSwH_eNM0T6anQ8qxbEuVwQOBdKQ/s6000/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0110.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Rocks and ocean at Roessler Point, Palos Verdes Estates" border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtTE1xz63nZv5fseAGjsjfUzpI1xza-KvrZQolTW1pZ83DzE7YeLP0Qtyzx8M8r2e_nVkvAQky8xZG4un2UhVi5pL3n6rhPJA9e3SOAwPcBmpzmRuJf81psUeUxPtvZyuAbMR_xMb1_3k40YQlicrPnOSwH_eNM0T6anQ8qxbEuVwQOBdKQ/w640-h426/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0110.jpg" title="Roessler Point, Palos Verdes Estates" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Roessler Point - Beach level</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ70DjwlYXjQdjBTzhdNNMSkTv84buAVUGkvsS3u3bkNdZzgiuj8k_GuLtQNojjsTx_4bOxHbN10JfcZKuGMFVE5jBaK2WTC2icZthnxKzkCf_diVUMnisxnnRQLnuJsFa-AQ7RkHJdPfFrLmW2LfjWjIWH9IHifuGPppCLKu0A4gc7KU_hg/s6000/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0093.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ocean view from Roessler Point" border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ70DjwlYXjQdjBTzhdNNMSkTv84buAVUGkvsS3u3bkNdZzgiuj8k_GuLtQNojjsTx_4bOxHbN10JfcZKuGMFVE5jBaK2WTC2icZthnxKzkCf_diVUMnisxnnRQLnuJsFa-AQ7RkHJdPfFrLmW2LfjWjIWH9IHifuGPppCLKu0A4gc7KU_hg/w640-h426/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0093.jpg" title="Ocean view from Roessler Point, Palos Verdes Estates" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ocean view from Roessler Point, Palos Verdes Estates<br /></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_k-rOXG7iiMTlDNPwfv-v8fWM1yYC6-S_kZB7j5uBREo5ULfO_b6hJclZbkS2jZUfBVT3AHTKSclqS6bhL1UR7gQ3zmVoJpw4z05LYGTkAjAP_C0IUjjWy8D4Rm2wDbZ1rSYeDFyaCb2to3k7m1idCbvaTwkUlTUKafNgEXyGeAMJAxxbYA/s6000/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0111.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Wrought iron gate reads PV BAC" border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_k-rOXG7iiMTlDNPwfv-v8fWM1yYC6-S_kZB7j5uBREo5ULfO_b6hJclZbkS2jZUfBVT3AHTKSclqS6bhL1UR7gQ3zmVoJpw4z05LYGTkAjAP_C0IUjjWy8D4Rm2wDbZ1rSYeDFyaCb2to3k7m1idCbvaTwkUlTUKafNgEXyGeAMJAxxbYA/w426-h640/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0111.jpg" title="Palos Verdes Beach & Athletic Club" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Palos Verdes Beach and Athletic Club (389 Paseo Del Mar, Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274)</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Entry to the <a href="https://www.pvestates.org/services/recreation/city-clubs-concessions/palos-verdes-beach-athletic-club" target="_blank">Palos Verdes Beach & Athletic Club</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">("The Palos Verdes Bathhouse and Beach Club opened in June 1930 as part of the Palos Verdes Project. Noted architect Kirtland Cutter designed this beautiful landmark on the beach in Malaga Cove. In 1939, the newly incorporated City of Palos Verdes Estates assumed ownership from the Palos Verdes Homes Association.")</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCb0_UHBoy22Bm2RrvvknaYzL9ii3HFuu0oqBT7hpcguQuqX-PxDIYPQqC_Ih3PMVDqz5r_i7jsbs13qs-umWNM6F6wwq2uAP-dty79YMoBmlLpai0E07uocsqRqdsGrpIsKr3zQszS6ryvp4S2K1AZv98H1j8eAk4-Y9QkAR6F1ddnZyxQ/s6000/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0126.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ocean View from Palos Verdes Beach and Athletic Club" border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCb0_UHBoy22Bm2RrvvknaYzL9ii3HFuu0oqBT7hpcguQuqX-PxDIYPQqC_Ih3PMVDqz5r_i7jsbs13qs-umWNM6F6wwq2uAP-dty79YMoBmlLpai0E07uocsqRqdsGrpIsKr3zQszS6ryvp4S2K1AZv98H1j8eAk4-Y9QkAR6F1ddnZyxQ/w640-h426/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0126.jpg" title="Ocean View from Palos Verdes Beach and Athletic Club" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ocean View from Palos Verdes Beach and Athletic Club<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKbQSA7fo86BBXt8uFPHknZphn5ke4dTbJbgxsk7Q2vpgB67Dv-CpawmRirludFwWlj-dJfL0JAce7LjgBpGsGoJ1wtrRPe-A3bwiU0N5k9PDx3ZPOCifHrSe31DTcyMYoL8VNZ06S_8cCTPzjUGkOygqAlqZXz4SrfD7UMWD-nhyLAmIEQ/s6000/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0112.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKbQSA7fo86BBXt8uFPHknZphn5ke4dTbJbgxsk7Q2vpgB67Dv-CpawmRirludFwWlj-dJfL0JAce7LjgBpGsGoJ1wtrRPe-A3bwiU0N5k9PDx3ZPOCifHrSe31DTcyMYoL8VNZ06S_8cCTPzjUGkOygqAlqZXz4SrfD7UMWD-nhyLAmIEQ/w640-h426/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0112.jpg" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Club building and the pool at Palos Verdes Beach & Athletic Club</span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtzcNWyNCFGhoml4gSsq4Ock300zPTo60xfG9LZsLDKBfaSIV8paxQ5g9jPC9_7H9vIrueknVcDmq65Ddh3Ovw334t9OYkjbvjFAFogZ0FIgsBODAg6DVmlPPH_dUQFrOsAoToqeGGuBFOlx5I6-bqE_wgg1UWyTLyeDfULNY2KW9w9f8-w/s6000/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0125.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtzcNWyNCFGhoml4gSsq4Ock300zPTo60xfG9LZsLDKBfaSIV8paxQ5g9jPC9_7H9vIrueknVcDmq65Ddh3Ovw334t9OYkjbvjFAFogZ0FIgsBODAg6DVmlPPH_dUQFrOsAoToqeGGuBFOlx5I6-bqE_wgg1UWyTLyeDfULNY2KW9w9f8-w/w640-h426/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0125.jpg" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pool and ocean view at Palos Verdes Beach and Athletic Club</span></div><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhth0pdz_Dp7izq8T5caqFDnglHd51OJa0g0w7PZlfGZLZAjhJjXPKIX1DxeN4we-pPsrd1Z1VH2AHaoLWs-w5CHklsQGs6vAb68hpdUIsHwnqrPnfl6UfE5NYc7ScVRFn8bzKKK1V3HCpD1S4NPiKc366OUDAj5c_7u36PwJItt5jIm6VpIA/s6000/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0094.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The pool at the Palos Verdes Beach & Athletic Club" border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhth0pdz_Dp7izq8T5caqFDnglHd51OJa0g0w7PZlfGZLZAjhJjXPKIX1DxeN4we-pPsrd1Z1VH2AHaoLWs-w5CHklsQGs6vAb68hpdUIsHwnqrPnfl6UfE5NYc7ScVRFn8bzKKK1V3HCpD1S4NPiKc366OUDAj5c_7u36PwJItt5jIm6VpIA/w640-h426/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0094.jpg" title="The pool at the Palos Verdes Beach & Athletic Club" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The pool at Palos Verdes Beach & Athletic Club<br /></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUuAZB3mt84o2s8Xj8tYOxHt0I-mwAHgTXL8i37wI447gZ3HUpTKppx9TrZxIwzaOzMkB8544WVIOwC-TJ4G8kqnU3ezRQkRTeKcEqr_HUa4-pDiSUjfSA8eISTjDoSl84tb8Jm7yU_vvhak3NShw8yqd7XhjMIsgPJewLsuL5I8eBMGaGA/s6000/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0122.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The pool at the Palos Verdes Beach & Athletic Club" border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUuAZB3mt84o2s8Xj8tYOxHt0I-mwAHgTXL8i37wI447gZ3HUpTKppx9TrZxIwzaOzMkB8544WVIOwC-TJ4G8kqnU3ezRQkRTeKcEqr_HUa4-pDiSUjfSA8eISTjDoSl84tb8Jm7yU_vvhak3NShw8yqd7XhjMIsgPJewLsuL5I8eBMGaGA/w640-h426/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0122.jpg" title="The pool at the Palos Verdes Beach & Athletic Club" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The pool at Palos Verdes Beach & Athletic Club</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhK4CE9ky66K6uPXQumSViQtLtgfJOr15DTbnAcC-dTOOVus1qFY__nFAuqaNSBfjaNSq-yZJ8GxUWh8rfcRoxVqad8IAWpcryIh0lAchnQ8D1965atvbZ60HvmaW2GirhRAjEaDoNbcnFT89d0puhr6ToqL8ly7wp7mDZxkTPvBWJJA12Jw/s6000/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0090.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The pool at the Palos Verdes Beach & Athletic Club" border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhK4CE9ky66K6uPXQumSViQtLtgfJOr15DTbnAcC-dTOOVus1qFY__nFAuqaNSBfjaNSq-yZJ8GxUWh8rfcRoxVqad8IAWpcryIh0lAchnQ8D1965atvbZ60HvmaW2GirhRAjEaDoNbcnFT89d0puhr6ToqL8ly7wp7mDZxkTPvBWJJA12Jw/w640-h426/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0090.jpg" title="The pool at the Palos Verdes Beach & Athletic Club" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The pool at the Palos Verdes Beach & Athletic Club</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxGadLwyuW_oKCa1e8zAnNXbEP2R8q5ew0UlMDbb5n5okLv3eat6sxRGgfBMN1RiGULwd5uvpo9mwBDw-bHf_wMAN_4UTIz7EcaMhts-QeBB36DUQjKtqvGy_JPMhBPBLdPASUHxtB7b7duy7EB49_0IoeqpQ15mHKZwsGPPJkX0OABXecw/s6000/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0106.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Seagulls enjoying ocean view atop the clubhouse at the Palos Verdes Beach and Athletic Club" border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxGadLwyuW_oKCa1e8zAnNXbEP2R8q5ew0UlMDbb5n5okLv3eat6sxRGgfBMN1RiGULwd5uvpo9mwBDw-bHf_wMAN_4UTIz7EcaMhts-QeBB36DUQjKtqvGy_JPMhBPBLdPASUHxtB7b7duy7EB49_0IoeqpQ15mHKZwsGPPJkX0OABXecw/w426-h640/2017-8-Roessler%20Point-DSC_0106.jpg" title="Seagulls enjoying ocean view atop the clubhouse at the Palos Verdes Beach and Athletic Club" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Seagulls enjoying ocean view atop the clubhouse at the Palos Verdes Beach and Athletic Club</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lovely place, right? <span style="text-align: center;">Sadly, according to the website, "the Club now has a membership of 640 families, with a waiting list of approximately 211 families. Membership applications may be obtained from the Club."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">And here's a little excerpt from the PDF about membership---</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Member Cost:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Initiation fee:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">$ 8,000 (Resident)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">$16,000 Resalable</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">$ 9,000 (Non-resident)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">$18,000 Resalable</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Member dues: (monthly)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">$215 (Resident)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">$235 (Non-resident)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fee: $30 - City residents, non-member day-use $20 City residents under 18 years-old </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pricey! And, it would appear, if you are a non-resident AND a non-member, day use is not an option.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">But admiring and photographing is free!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-70927816767496043552022-12-11T08:16:00.003-08:002022-12-11T08:19:56.262-08:002017-7-27 (Thursday) A Gray Hairstreak at the Madrona Marsh<p>One fine July morning, I visited the Madrona Marsh in Torrance, California. </p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidk0KFL7cN3N6zsQah0Dmu1-EaUVz4YVy9GCndf4WC0VniOSNxj0Cn0OAo5EoQwF6VD00CR8Oc7k0VERBJvKCVc0RyXNx3qcUe2vNPKgUP76XGvkQCUMBXaX7cTCQvqP3LTfxokxua9CEYFwX5rC8-vsygkfHIpAQEecXasm6obmzl5a3Z_w/s4893/2022-7-27-DSC_0577-Gray%20Hairstreak%20Butterfly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3709" data-original-width="4893" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidk0KFL7cN3N6zsQah0Dmu1-EaUVz4YVy9GCndf4WC0VniOSNxj0Cn0OAo5EoQwF6VD00CR8Oc7k0VERBJvKCVc0RyXNx3qcUe2vNPKgUP76XGvkQCUMBXaX7cTCQvqP3LTfxokxua9CEYFwX5rC8-vsygkfHIpAQEecXasm6obmzl5a3Z_w/w400-h304/2022-7-27-DSC_0577-Gray%20Hairstreak%20Butterfly.jpg" width="400" /></a> </p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABcm-MvfezSqCfJBzjfK3m6XRkRoWUDQakr-BW7RUPtdcbIDVpbE1XQGAarT7yZVDToKzlXDBuGd_tVzMhkdA6TCSvxQHy7QrvNj36SdZ1ivv6-YQVL5xFhCRM8k1TZYRHSHNCzYYndSGXwJD8tBPlrfw4V528Dm4yhy1jGo3y5UUm60oDQ/s6000/2022-7-27-DSC_0519-Gray%20Hairstreak%20Butterfly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABcm-MvfezSqCfJBzjfK3m6XRkRoWUDQakr-BW7RUPtdcbIDVpbE1XQGAarT7yZVDToKzlXDBuGd_tVzMhkdA6TCSvxQHy7QrvNj36SdZ1ivv6-YQVL5xFhCRM8k1TZYRHSHNCzYYndSGXwJD8tBPlrfw4V528Dm4yhy1jGo3y5UUm60oDQ/w400-h266/2022-7-27-DSC_0519-Gray%20Hairstreak%20Butterfly.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQT464ZempfxqhkrQYcjtd4g4fi09CpQ-Yc-7RPe1Zqe4yWVtj8n3aVpYWfBIJhEl_bT9OoqJpovKWtahgxI6wzl4IT4SQG7NQWH8qJICRFaeATmTzSrBsCCZ-S7JNPgT4RJ28fNNfv0V9rC51CJqbafJDZgW6FCq3UJFrEMjTrNlCen6gw/s6000/2022-7-27-DSC_0522-Gray%20Hairstreak%20Butterfly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQT464ZempfxqhkrQYcjtd4g4fi09CpQ-Yc-7RPe1Zqe4yWVtj8n3aVpYWfBIJhEl_bT9OoqJpovKWtahgxI6wzl4IT4SQG7NQWH8qJICRFaeATmTzSrBsCCZ-S7JNPgT4RJ28fNNfv0V9rC51CJqbafJDZgW6FCq3UJFrEMjTrNlCen6gw/w400-h266/2022-7-27-DSC_0522-Gray%20Hairstreak%20Butterfly.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p>Among many wildflowers, </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYRm9kK1Q2s5Wr1I-whk-TEYAheJqs9azftyF1XY6Fhd_tDnTY7DDlS2W4fD3b4vmZN8b0ShbC3wxh8OoTmnWGw9xec_bsfFxHku2G_3KvuPZSoLQfqjBuK7ya-OQLFIEg57HFj_kwc4e-IUR1njiqrho9e_WeJKW7mCAoz-fwUhPxO3S7g/s6000/2022-7-27-DSC_0589-Gray%20Hairstreak%20Butterfly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYRm9kK1Q2s5Wr1I-whk-TEYAheJqs9azftyF1XY6Fhd_tDnTY7DDlS2W4fD3b4vmZN8b0ShbC3wxh8OoTmnWGw9xec_bsfFxHku2G_3KvuPZSoLQfqjBuK7ya-OQLFIEg57HFj_kwc4e-IUR1njiqrho9e_WeJKW7mCAoz-fwUhPxO3S7g/w400-h266/2022-7-27-DSC_0589-Gray%20Hairstreak%20Butterfly.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p>I chanced upon a tiny little butterfly. </p><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Kv-CfaUOSwPFnglzwin8y3bo2-xDYA8Th8P6_hpKEJETwHEdaYUI9RxGIfqKIlD9dBjuFnN4Ee-bhkLfRxB9gqiOP3zW3gALnrePEzkRkcH2_K1jyfJuTa_ouGhmCOf6SYOZ2f9UzsDbZqo8sk1Fk7_NVXphwLmo9-GsJBIEAN57vMxjhg/s2780/2022-7-27-DSC_0558-Gray%20Hairstreak%20Butterfly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2019" data-original-width="2780" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Kv-CfaUOSwPFnglzwin8y3bo2-xDYA8Th8P6_hpKEJETwHEdaYUI9RxGIfqKIlD9dBjuFnN4Ee-bhkLfRxB9gqiOP3zW3gALnrePEzkRkcH2_K1jyfJuTa_ouGhmCOf6SYOZ2f9UzsDbZqo8sk1Fk7_NVXphwLmo9-GsJBIEAN57vMxjhg/w640-h464/2022-7-27-DSC_0558-Gray%20Hairstreak%20Butterfly.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>Long as I waited, I was unable to capture it with wings spread open, but I did get several with wings closed. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRi-QKmVByXlyF0oES0cafKOFJQIAlUMz546jJUhXpZd8lppedgwqZ65MN6z0mGX8bwKlM84D8ZABJnee4u459o3FgWeAkI3pAdu9GHjGH7vBtjB7LHSHwlR_Txz1HipuTkF41kpFTxZ5dfPY1FvsZlxURnNmctVeef0FjX-tOgFH52MxUQ/s1979/2022-7-27-DSC_0555-Gray%20Hairstreak%20Butterfly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1910" data-original-width="1979" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRi-QKmVByXlyF0oES0cafKOFJQIAlUMz546jJUhXpZd8lppedgwqZ65MN6z0mGX8bwKlM84D8ZABJnee4u459o3FgWeAkI3pAdu9GHjGH7vBtjB7LHSHwlR_Txz1HipuTkF41kpFTxZ5dfPY1FvsZlxURnNmctVeef0FjX-tOgFH52MxUQ/w640-h618/2022-7-27-DSC_0555-Gray%20Hairstreak%20Butterfly.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1855" data-original-width="1845" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwWTD5MjPqI37RktDQnRMKDuCTBIcDg4TqxEwNru8qS8c-Q8tF_XOxliSHh6ui9QLNxTRvpZku0r3Erj3tnTGI4_MtHE2MvAWfTtaI-psk3Ps7Nuzu3bMr2nBR7Mrm4aQqIuWXejV6zzzgQgYVCEuTdc9tFEpv5oth_bIWEE5vYykPlqbQw/w637-h640/2022-7-27-DSC_0562-Gray%20Hairstreak%20Butterfly.jpg" width="637" /></a></div><br /><p>According to Wikipedia, "The gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus) is also called the bean lycaenid or cotton square borer. It is a member of the Lycaenidae family, known as the gossamer-winged butterflies and the second-largest family of butterflies. It is one of the most common hairstreaks in North America, ranging over nearly the entire continent. It also occurs throughout Central America and in northern South America."</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Thanks for visiting!</i></b></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-65596736587880398032022-12-10T10:40:00.007-08:002022-12-10T13:19:36.404-08:00June 2017 - California Darner visitation<p> According to digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu, the flight time (which is also their entire existence as a dragonfly) of the California Darner Dragonfly is Mid-April to late June.</p><p>This sighting of a California Darner Dragonfly on our Leucadendron was June 30th (2017), so the dear creature may have been close to becoming an angel California Darner.</p><p>Apparently dragonflies spend most of their lives as nymphs in ponds, lakes, and the like. Typically, for four to five years they enjoy this stage of life, before moving from water to air; becoming beautiful dragonflies for a season.</p><p>I'm guessing my new friend here was happily dining on the resident aphids and midges spilling over from the neighboring hibiscus. We're not much on insecticides--while it's sad to see nibbled leaves, it would be sadder to see the creatures that use them for dinner plates keeled over in our yard from meals of poisoned bugs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1kEw13Gg0K4YXLCyhyF0FaSQnQJhX3fecV6FZVMTu_sbKr-xOYCrIcgr-NPtXmudK6-HY6llbzZhIkpnY3D05pj8kPgukh_YIaJtuk3pIMYqrxrduNXkWqXEn02NwG3X6ZEVSftQEsIUTY7A3x9wKNdwCX_NoxMVn73ItbVf8Zw2k1b-EQ/s6000/2017-6-30-DSC_0003-M-Blue-Dasher.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1kEw13Gg0K4YXLCyhyF0FaSQnQJhX3fecV6FZVMTu_sbKr-xOYCrIcgr-NPtXmudK6-HY6llbzZhIkpnY3D05pj8kPgukh_YIaJtuk3pIMYqrxrduNXkWqXEn02NwG3X6ZEVSftQEsIUTY7A3x9wKNdwCX_NoxMVn73ItbVf8Zw2k1b-EQ/w640-h426/2017-6-30-DSC_0003-M-Blue-Dasher.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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When they had a branch at the Main Place Mall in Santa Ana, I would drop in whenever I was visiting the mall, but the Newport Beach facility was always their central location--well, as long as I can remember, anyway. Apparently it actually started it's life on Fairview Rd. in Costa Mesa in 1965, fathered by a fellow named Roger McKinnon (in case you were wondering, "Who is Roger?"). But, if I ever visited it there, I've forgotten. Likely as not, I didn't. Growing up, we had no place for plants, let alone pricey ones.</p><p>According to the garden's website ( https://www.rogersgardens.com ), the nursery was purchased in 1970 by a friend, Gavin Herbert Sr., who five years later, moved it to it's current Corona Del Mar location in 1975.</p><p>As quoted from the Garden's Website, </p><p>"<i>In recent years, Gavin Herbert Sr. passed down the company to his son, Gavin Herbert Jr., who is now the President. The company has since grown to over 100 employees and hosts weekly educational seminars, events, and workshops. He also started the new business of an ever-evolving collection of home décor products. Everyone seems to want a little bit of Roger’s Gardens magic in their home and garden. Other significant categories that have been added and have grown over the years include gourmet foods, collectible and artisan collections, outdoor furnishings, holiday fresh floral arrangements, women’s accessories, children’s gift giving and of course Farmhouse restaurant.</i>"</p><p>I used to be on their newsletter mailing list, where I'd learn of the above mentioned upcoming educational events. The year after they opened their marvelous Farmhouse restaurant, we attended a cooking demonstration of <b>"Salsas and Relishes" by Chef and Farmhouse Restaurant owner, Rich Mead, and Chef Allan Aquinaga.</b></p><p>Below are the photos from that June 25, 2017 visit--first a few dahlias, and then the preparation steps of the Salsa with tomatillos--sorry it's not terribly instructive, and it's been so long I don't know where I stashed the recipe :-( :</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWygRHlccrI_GfkwDifIZF68B28nQzeaObgSLuLl4JVeGEh2kr5ANyKc8279LpY0rJioP06gMj8RpT_gX-IgHlbMIH1jw3UB_NRsAZlR5921xEXcp7ygPdUXVSJM4-S4P2Tkosg94xJ2DEi1CgIgU6D-zeJV-AVbCoK7mAXg2jLFJGvNBDxA/s3409/2017-6-25-DSC_0120-Rog-Gard-Dahlia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2278" data-original-width="3409" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWygRHlccrI_GfkwDifIZF68B28nQzeaObgSLuLl4JVeGEh2kr5ANyKc8279LpY0rJioP06gMj8RpT_gX-IgHlbMIH1jw3UB_NRsAZlR5921xEXcp7ygPdUXVSJM4-S4P2Tkosg94xJ2DEi1CgIgU6D-zeJV-AVbCoK7mAXg2jLFJGvNBDxA/w400-h268/2017-6-25-DSC_0120-Rog-Gard-Dahlia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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(I think a little lemon was squeezed into it also.))</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>THE END</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for visiting!</div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-8413240790088070622022-12-08T12:35:00.009-08:002022-12-09T17:05:00.147-08:00June 2017 - Huntington Central Park<p style="text-align: center;"><b>OWLS OF HUNTINGTON CENTRAL PARK</b></p><p>I used to work at the Huntington Beach Central Library. I worked there as a clerk of sorts, adding information about individual items, such as barcodes, into the catalog, and occasionally serving on the Circulation Desk, checking items out to patrons, and on the Reference Desk, assisting patrons when they couldn't find a book or resources on their topics of research. That was, 1999 to 2005.</p><p>I got my Masters in Library Science while I was working there, but they didn't need a Reference Librarian when I was ready with my degree, so I migrated to Chapman University to exercise my degree in the law library. That was fun, until it wasn't. After 9 years, people I knew left and new ones arrived, until eventually a new director had it in her power to change job descriptions enough to let the lot of we librarians go and hand-pick her own.</p><p>So I migrated again. This time to Palos Verdes Library District. Boy, if you haven't been to the libraries in this district, and you are a fan of libraries, you should visit them. Each has it's own unique charm, and all have lovely people both serving the community, and in the community. And the AREA is so pretty! And since I was part time, and was in want of more income, when the chance to work part-time at West Los Angeles College arrived, I snatched that up too. </p><p>Still thinking I might like more income, when a position for part-time Reference Desk work became available at the Huntington Beach Public Library, I was pleased when they hired me, and got to reconnect with all of my old friends. It wasn't long though, before I was also working at Los Angeles Harbor College, and the hours at Huntington Beach got in the way of my ability to accept hours at any of those three more lucrative locations. So, I left Huntington . . . again . . . but not before discovering that owls had taken to annually nesting in the eucalyptus trees outside the windows of the Children's department. (The library perches on a hill, so the treetops are an even line of sight.) </p><p>Perhaps, the owls were doing that before I left the first time, and no-one thought to tell me it was a regular thing, but I didn't know about it until this second time around and once I knew about it, I was hooked.</p><p>It was a habit for most of us working in Children's (and probably still is, for those still there) to see if we could peer deeply enough into the trees through the huge plate glass windows and find the baby owls, before we sat down to our shifts.</p><p>Walking in the Huntington Central Park behind the Huntington Beach Public Library was always a pleasant way to spend a lunch break, but since those owls started nesting there, I enjoyed visiting even though it was no longer just a step out a back door to get there.</p><p>So these pictures that I posted to Flickr in 2017 say June in my Flickr posts . . . I'm not sure if that is when I actually took them, or when I posted them, but here are a few from my Flickr stream of the beautiful juvenile horned owls of Huntington Central Park.</p><p>On this date there was a mother owl and three juveniles.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDBHZZ1JYEzGkvScdorEDhC1VcbOGfQ7XQhqYoojF7PLvBZi9bOOnuO4uWQvlYzpHlKyeq5UMccfIU--55Rlcjr0nttMu-QmpuoRJ-cDJtdYcMmLIf7Cqx5V_kG8tsOcoDPofqp_LRUKhFeTqOAOpwm35sZbeRL9oadc52fXOwIsfjntfqg/s1024/34537078383_67652fc82e_b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1024" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDBHZZ1JYEzGkvScdorEDhC1VcbOGfQ7XQhqYoojF7PLvBZi9bOOnuO4uWQvlYzpHlKyeq5UMccfIU--55Rlcjr0nttMu-QmpuoRJ-cDJtdYcMmLIf7Cqx5V_kG8tsOcoDPofqp_LRUKhFeTqOAOpwm35sZbeRL9oadc52fXOwIsfjntfqg/w640-h602/34537078383_67652fc82e_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Yaroooo! (as Flavia De Luce would say).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Through the Spring, I'd enjoyed car-pooling with Don and, even though I had no morning engagements in the area, I was not yet inclined to give up the practice. I determined to ride into L.A. early with Don, leave him at his work, and seek worthy photo subjects before heading to my own employment later in the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So, Monday, June 19th--destination; Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes (about 10 minutes from work). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'd actually been there the previous two weeks, parking at the top of a hill, and walking down to the entrance, which had given me a chance to notice that there is a public parking lot. Yes, really! For <i>non</i> guests! The second week it'd been full though. I realized later that morning, that most of the owners of the cars there were attending a conference. I'd also previously discovered a path that leads from that lot to a little beach (Terranea Cove), complete with umbrella-ed Adirondack chairs--nice! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My plan, then, was to go straight there so that I could park in that little public parking lot before it filled up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You know if you live in Southern California (well, and no doubt other places), that our June mornings can be thick with a marine layer (coastal, often low hanging, clouds), that the meteorologists, and so the rest of us, like to refer to as, "June Gloom", generally the condition until about 10:00 a.m., or later. <i>This</i> morning, however, was bright and clear . . . until, that is, I got over the hill and began my final descent to the ocean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Coming down Hawthorne Blvd. to Palos Verdes Drive South, a marine layer hovered lazily over the ocean, apparently prepared to swallow me whole.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 19th, 2017--taken from the drive into Robert E. Ryan Park, 30359 Hawthorne Blvd, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And so it did. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But I'm not easily discouraged....well, maybe from reading on the beach, but not from walking. I was still on the mission I'd started the previous month to walk as close to 10,000 steps as I could manage, daily if possible (according to Fitbit, some women's organization recommends that as a daily quota).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So, here are a few of the pictures I took along my walk: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There are multiple swimming pools at Terranea. This is the view of Cielo Point Pool from the South end. The structure contains restrooms, possibly a storage area, and the white square in the middle is a [closed] vending window for "Discovery Trail Refreshments".</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 19th, 2017, Cielo Point Pool<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The assortment of structures that comprise the Terranea Resort, are restaurants; pool facilities; a golf house; gift shops; and a hotel with balconied </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">guest rooms and suites. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> main lobby of said hotel has very comfortable seating, tables that guests can often be found propping their laptops on, a large fireplace, and a public terrace overlooking the ocean; and also with cozy seating . . . and patio heaters! The lobby often hosts musical entertainment. And as previously alluded to, the hotel also services several large meeting rooms. Then too, scattered around the Terranea development are bungalows, casitas, and villas. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 19th, 2017--The Hotel, fronted by Mar'sel Restaurant<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A great part of the approval success that Lowe Destination Development (LDD), the company that erected Terranea between 2002 and 2009 from the 20 year old (figurative) ashes of Marineland of the Pacific, experienced from the Coastal Commission and the highly environmentally conscious Rancho Palos Verdes Peninsula community, was due to the developer's reputation for creating a green and sustainable environment. Besides using energy efficient technologies and recycling construction materials, LDD's landscaping plans included installing indigenous plants, like this Romneya, commonly know as a Matilija Poppy (tree poppy), which boasts, at least according to Wikipedia, the largest blossoms of any member of the poppy family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Judging from the (literal) signs, I believe the trail that points south from the parking lot, forking down to the cove, and up along the cliff top, and then stretches in the other direction, north, to the main installation, is called in its entirety, "</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Discovery Trail". This path ribbons along the cliff affording picturesque views of the Pacific, in it's myriad hues of aqua, blue, gray, green, and silver; depending on the time of day; depth, topography, and flora of the sea below; and the mood of the sky above. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This path, punctuated by an occasional bench, guides its patronage through natural landscape; over lawns designed for festive gatherings; and finally, at its northernmost end, to Nelson's Restaurant and guest facilities.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I commenced to follow said trail in a direction I hadn't yet explored, south along the clifftop . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After taking stock, and seeing I did not reach for bunny treats, it meandered over to a tall fountain of wild grass and, after peering at me briefly through this screen, dismissed me to stretch a bit on its hind legs and busy it's little nose at seeking the tastiest fronds to nibble.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Carrying on, I stopped a few feet farther on to photograph the gentle waves sliding up and down the shore directly below, shrouded in the still dense fog, intent on their mission to break down and polish the stones into shiny-smooth pebbles.</span><br />
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The sound of cheery chirping from the sage brush drew my attention from the lovely gazebo to the lavishly scented lavender flowers. (One of my very favorite colors!)<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Growing a wee weary, visions of a cold dew coated glass of ice tea began to fill my head. "Hmm," thinks I, "I could go to that little coffee shop that's near the hotel entrance. What's it called? Sea Beans Market? Yeah, I think that's it. <i>That's</i> where I should be!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But then, I saw <i>another</i> path. This one led past these striking orange flowers -- some kind of Kangaroo Paw plant? (later learned they are called Lion's Tail) . . .which together with tules hid a tiny pond. The path ended at a walk that led to the golf house where a sign said something to the affect of, "student golfers only", so I backtracked and continued on toward . . . the Beans. . . .<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">OOOops! I was wrong--Model 3 doesn't come out until the end of next month, so I took a closer look at photos of the rear view--I'll add those below here. The Model 3 will be a little smaller than this one, though quite similar, and is expected to cut into sales on this model because it's so similar. This is the Model S 85D. So, not $35,000.00, but $85,000.00 . . .I think that's only the starting price though. I think requesting this blue color is another $1,000.00, and I have no idea what other upgrades are involved here. But I guess one can also keep in mind that there is a Federal Tax credit (in the U.S.) when purchasing an electric car that can be as high as $7,500. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once inside my own car, I finished my drink and recommenced scanning the Terranea brochure. A picture of the cove in the brochure suggested I visit, but I put off any more walking for another time. But wait. A close up of the ocean dressed in fog <i>would</i> be cool. So, back out of the car I climbed (the only way to emerge from a Miata<i> is</i> to climb), with my camera and my book, in case the fog cleared and I wanted to read for a spell. I admit it, books are like jackets to me, I just don't feel comfortable without one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">No, once on the rocks, I still couldn't see in the cave. But the roar of the waves on the rocks echoing in the cave was pretty amazing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As I sat there, on the rock, watching the waves, I thought of my mom. She'd have turned 91 today, if she'd not passed away in 2003. And then it occurred to me that one of the reasons she'd been adamant that her ashes be sprinkled in the ocean, might have been exactly for occasions like these, where I (or any loved one) could be on any shore, and she'd meet me there. So we sat there together, and remembering my earlier walk, I thought, how cool if it was Mom urging the little rabbit, the squirrel, and the bird, to sit for their portraits. There'd been an old cat too---I might as well share that picture too, since I've mentioned it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Despite the many dogs I'd owned, Mom associated me with cats--I wonder if she had some inkling then that one day (like now) I'd be caring for some 18 cats at once. Birthday cards often had sweet little kittens, and she'd once told me that the Meow Mix commercial always reminded her of me--so of <i>course</i> she'd included a cat. And now that I thought of how I'd almost left without visiting the cove, it seemed quite possible that she'd somehow orchestrated my change of mind, so we could come together and touch minds/hearts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mom adored the ocean. We moved frequently, Mom, my brother and I, and each time a primary criteria </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">for the next apartment</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, aside from allowing kids and pets, was that it not be far from the sea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Another thought that came to mind, was how, as an Astrologer, Mom liked explaining how personalities were like the elements of their signs--assuring me that Pisces (my sign) were stronger than they looked, by pointing out that water, while placid to the eye and gentle to the touch, ran deep and often swift with currents, patiently etched away the earth, infiltrated the sky, and in a storm, was a force to be reckoned with. It felt like Mom was reminding me of this as </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I watched the waves churn the many pebbles that doubtless had once been solid cliff. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-65384665105615139522012-07-22T12:47:00.003-07:002022-09-30T09:20:26.900-07:00Don and I have this lovely large backyard (lovely, in terms of size, I mean) but no time to do what we want with it. We've had a couple of false starts with some nice plants, but watering regularly isn't something either of us has time for. We only sporadically keep up with the front yard. What Don dreams of for back there is creating raised beds for herbs and veggies, with maybe some space still left over for an English garden. Let's just say we are currently reserving it for that. And in the meantime we treasure it as a blank slate-- a birdland, punctuated by gophers holes.....oh yeah, and most recently, it seems to have produced a couple of bicolored (cap & mantle) Fairy cats; Tinkerbell, and her kitten, Pixy.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-63839742117058947302012-07-15T19:50:00.001-07:002012-07-16T13:29:13.855-07:00Don and I went to Lakeside to visit my Dad, Stewart, and Step Mom, Julie (and her Dad, Tom) this weekend. Dad's birthday is Monday, so we wanted to celebrate. We landed at their doorstep at 7:30 a.m. and all headed to Perry's for breakfast. We then went back to their house where we sat on the front porch to chat and watch their new puppies play. These are red Poodles. The larger one with the trimmed facial fur is a girl who goes by the name of Sparkle--although I believe her real name is Sparkler. The smaller bundle of fur is "Dazzler", but he prefers, "Dazzle".<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-59316149993494896762012-06-15T15:46:00.000-07:002012-06-15T15:46:56.185-07:00Our trip to the Aquarium of the Pacific I just love the leafy sea dragons at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Don and I actually went to photograph the new Penguin exhibit, but of all the photographs I took this morning, I had the most fun with the sea dragons. After returning to Don who was taking a break in the food area, and telling him how exciting they were with their pretty eyes and their grace, I decided to take Don up on his suggestion that I use his camera and video them also. So here are a few of my videos of them.<br />
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There's more but I'm not even sure these will all fit so I'd better stop for now.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-82302483742597391892012-06-02T19:36:00.001-07:002012-07-16T13:35:14.400-07:00Carolina Turtledoves or Carolina Pigeons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="color: #073763;">(Scientific Classification: Kingdom-Animalia; Phylum-Chordata; Class-Aves; Order-Columbiformes; Family-Columbidae; Genus-Zenaida; Species-z. macroura.) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><br /> ____ </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Dove"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Dove</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Okay, okay, probably only Carolinians still call these birds either of those names in the title. Most folks refer to them as Mourning Doves because of that cool call of theirs that someone with the clout to bestow names, thought sounded mournful. For the longest time I thought the name was “Morning Dove” which seemed happy enough. Not so with “Mourning”. But perhaps it’s name was what granted me my sighting of these fine feathered creatures at the Fullerton Arboretum, as a foretelling of the news I would get the next day of my Uncle Harry’s passing the previous day (of my sighting). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Other sobriquets for the Mourning Dove are Western Turtledove, American Mourning Dove, Common Wild Dove, and Rain Dove. (</span><a href="http://www.avianweb.com/mourningdoves.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">http://www.avianweb.com/mourningdoves.html</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">There are five subspecies of Mourning Dove:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In Scientific speak Mourning Doves are Zenaida Macroura (hence, the Z. in the above list). It came from a zoologist, Charles L. Bonapart who named the birds after his wife, Princess Zenaide.</span><br />
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“You see that gnat down there, George? Should we get that for the kids? You think that’d be good with some milk?”</div>
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“I don’t know, Martha. Maybe we should stick with seeds—let them decide for themselves when they're older if they want to be carnivores.”</div>
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“Good point. Sunflower or Safflower? And would you like to do the milking honors or shall I?</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wait George. Just look at that gnat. It's <i>asking</i> to be eaten.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frankly, I've got my eye on that snail over there.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How about; you have the snail, I'll have the gnat, and <i>then</i> we'll feed the kids?</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martha! That gnat is hardly 20 % of your body weight! I do hope you plan to have seeds with that. I swear, you eat like a bird!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mourning doves eat a wide variety of seeds, waste grain, fruit, and insects. They prefer seeds that rest on the gound. Occasionally they eat in trees and bushes when ground foods are scarce. Their diet is typically 95% seeds or plant parts. Mourning doves eat agricultural crops, especially cereal grains</span><span style="color: #073763;"> </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">such as corn, millet, rye, barley, and oats. On rare occasions mourning doves can be seen preying on </span><a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Orthoptera.html" style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">grasshoppers</span></a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Formicidae.html" style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">ants</span></a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Coleoptera.html" style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">beetles</span></a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, and </span><a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Gastropoda.html" style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">snails</span></a><span style="color: #073763;">.</span> <span class="citations">(</span><a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Zenaida_macroura.html#c110db1956452395544f4b124c520efe">Basket, et al., 1993</a><span class="citations">; </span><a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Zenaida_macroura.html#919b45364b147dbb877f14d1f896c12f">Mirarchi and Baskett, 1994</a><span class="citations">; </span><a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Zenaida_macroura.html#48e88e6b4025d4748050e1ec106edf96">U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2007</a><span class="citations">) (</span><a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Zenaida_macroura.html">http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Zenaida_macroura.html</a><span class="citations"> )</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #073763;">Both male and female mourning doves share in incubating and feeding their young. Incubation lasts 14 to 15 days. Young mourning doves are fed regurgitated food by both parents. For the first 3 to 4 days after hatching the young are fed only crop milk, an energy rich substance that is produced in the crops of both male and female parents. After that time, parents begin to add more seeds to the regurgitated food until they are fed only regurgitated seeds by the time the young leave the nest. Female mourning doves feed the young most during the first 15 days after hatching but after that males take over the responsibility for feeding the young. The young continue to stay near the nest and beg for food after they have fledged, but can survive on their own after 21 days old if there is food nearby</span>.</span> <span class="citations">(</span><a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Zenaida_macroura.html#c110db1956452395544f4b124c520efe">Basket, et al., 1993</a><span class="citations">; </span><a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Zenaida_macroura.html#919b45364b147dbb877f14d1f896c12f">Mirarchi and Baskett, 1994</a><span class="citations">; </span><a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Zenaida_macroura.html#48e88e6b4025d4748050e1ec106edf96">U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2007</a><span class="citations">) ___ (</span><a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Zenaida_macroura.html">http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Zenaida_macroura.html</a><span class="citations"> )</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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The Mourning Dove is a medium-sized, slender dove approximately 31 cm (12 in) in length. Mourning Doves weigh an average of 4 to 6 ounces. The elliptical wings are broad, and the head is rounded. Its tail is long and tapered ("macroura" comes from the Greek words for "large" and "tail"). Mourning Doves have perching feet, with three toes forward and one reversed. The legs are short and reddish colored. The beak is short and dark, usually a brown-black hue.</div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">The plumage is generally light gray-brown and lighter and pinkish below. The wings have black spotting, and the outer tail feathers are white, contrasting with the black inners. Below the eye is a distinctive crescent-shaped area of dark feathers. The eyes are dark, with light skin surrounding them. The adult male has bright purple-pink patches on the neck sides, with light pink coloring reaching the breast. The crown of the adult male is a distinctly bluish-grey color. Females are similar in appearance, but with more brown coloring overall. The iridescent feather patches on the neck above the shoulders are nearly absent, but can be quite vivid on males. Juvenile birds have a scaly appearance, and are generally darker.</span><span style="color: #073763;"> </span> ___ <a href="http://www.avianweb.com/mourningdoves.html">http://www.avianweb.com/mourningdoves.html</a> </div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #073763;">The mourning dove is well known for being a fast erratic flyer in comparison to other species of migratory songbirds. Record "level-flight speeds up to 55 miles per hour have been witnessed from an automobile (Bastin 1952)," and although "normal" flight speeds are near the lower end of the range, "37 to 40 miles per hour have been registered by radar (Schnell and Hellack 1978)"</span> ___ </span><a href="http://www.savethedoves.org/flightspeed.html"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">http://www.savethedoves.org/flightspeed.html</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">The flesh of these birds is remarkably fine, when they are obtained young and in the proper season. Such birds become extremely fat, are tender and juicy, and in flavour equal in the estimation of some of my friends, as well as in my own, to that of the Snipe or even the Woodcock; but as taste in such matters depends much on circumstances, and perhaps on the whim of individuals, I would advise you, reader, to try for yourself. These birds require good shooting to bring, them down, when on wing, for they fly with great swiftness, and not always in a direct manner. It is seldom that more than one can be killed at a shot when they are flying, and rarely more than two or three when on the ground, on account of their natural propensity to keep apart. </span>__John James Audubon (<a href="http://www.abirdshome.com/Audubon/VolV/00506.html">http://www.abirdshome.com/Audubon/VolV/00506.html</a> )<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: #073763;">Perhaps one reason why Mourning Doves survive in the desert: they can drink brackish spring water (up to almost half the salinity of sea water) without becoming dehydrated the way humans would.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·</span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> The Mourning Dove is the most widespread and abundant game bird in North America. Every year hunters harvest more than 20 million, but the Mourning Dove remains one of our most abundant birds with a U.S. population estimated at 350 million.</span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #073763;"> The oldest known Mourning Dove was 31 years 4 months old. </span>(So sorry—now I can’t figure out which website I grabbed those little facts from.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">According to one website (</span>Emiley, A. and T. Dewey . "Zenaida macroura" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed June 02, 2012 at <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Zenaida_macroura.html">http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Zenaida_macroura.html</a>)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> , the average life span of Mourning Doves, however is 1.5 years in the wild, <span style="color: #073763;">“</span></span><span style="color: #073763;">but one wild mourning dove lived to 19.3 years old. Some areas of the United States allow hunting of mourning doves, in these areas average lifespan is lower than in areas where hunting is not allowed. “ </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Another interesting factoid, is that the Mourning Dove is a <span style="color: #073763;">“related species to the</span></span><span style="color: #073763;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_Pigeon" style="color: #073763;" title="Passenger Pigeon">Passenger Pigeon</a><span style="color: #073763;"> (</span><i style="color: #073763;">Ectopistes migratorius</i><span style="color: #073763;">), </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">which was hunted to </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction" style="color: #073763;" title="Extinction"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">extinction</span></a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> in the early 1900s</span><span style="color: #073763;">.</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Dove#cite_note-30" style="color: #073763;"><sup>[31]</sup></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Dove#cite_note-31" style="color: #073763;"><sup>[32]</sup></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Dove#cite_note-32" style="color: #073763;"><sup>[33]</sup></a><span style="color: #073763;"> </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">For this reason, the possibility of using Mourning Doves for cloning the Passenger Pigeon has been discussed</span><span style="color: #073763;">.”</span><sup> </sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Dove"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Dove</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> . </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Reading about the Passenger Pigeon in Wikipedia, I came to this bit about the last known specimen:</span></div>
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“On September 1, 1914, Martha, the last known Passenger Pigeon, died in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Zoo" title="Cincinnati Zoo">Cincinnati Zoo</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati,_Ohio" title="Cincinnati, Ohio">Cincinnati, Ohio</a>. Her body was frozen into a block of ice and sent to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a>, where it was skinned, dissected, photographed and mounted.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_Pigeon#cite_note-Shufeld-57"><sup>[54]</sup></a> Currently, Martha (named after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Washington" title="Martha Washington">Martha Washington</a>) is in the museum's archived collection, and not on display.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_Pigeon#cite_note-SI-25"><sup>[23]</sup></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_Pigeon#cite_note-r3-58"><sup>[55]</sup></a> A memorial statue of Martha stands on the grounds of the Cincinnati Zoo.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_Pigeon#cite_note-r4-59"><sup>[</sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> “</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I read that, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">after</i></b> naming my pair of Turtledoves here at the Arboretum, Martha and George.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And, now on to the symbolism and legend portion of our discussion. First this bit from Wikipedia:</span></div>
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The Eastern Mourning Dove (<i>Z. m. carolinensis</i>) is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>'s official <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol" title="Symbol">symbol</a> of peace.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Dove#cite_note-Wisconsin-25"><sup>[26]</sup></a> The bird is also <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>'s state bird of peace.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Dove#cite_note-USA_Today-26"><sup>[27]</sup></a></div>
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The Mourning Dove appears as the Carolina Turtle-Dove on plate 286 of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_James_Audubon" title="John James Audubon">Audubon</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_America_%28book%29" title="Birds of America (book)"><i>Birds of America</i></a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Dove#cite_note-Birds_of_America-7"><sup>[8]</sup></a></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">References to Mourning Doves appear frequently in Native American literature. Mourning Dove imagery also turns up in contemporary American and Canadian poetry in the work of poets as diverse as</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bly" title="Robert Bly">Robert Bly</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Carter" title="Jared Carter">Jared Carter</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Dove#cite_note-27"><sup>[28]</sup></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorine_Niedecker" title="Lorine Niedecker">Lorine Niedecker</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Dove#cite_note-28"><sup>[29]</sup></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wright_%28poet%29" title="Charles Wright (poet)">Charles Wright</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Dove#cite_note-29"><sup>[30]</sup></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">( <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Dove">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Dove</a> )</span></div>
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And from “BIRDS: A Spiritual Field Guide Explore the Symbology & Significance of These Divine Winged Messengers” by Arin Murphy-Hiscock:</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Interesting Facts</b>:Doves produce a milky substance in their gullets with which to feed their young: to eat it, the chick puts its head inside the adults mouth. The typical call of the dove is a low coo, sometimes characterized as a mournful cry.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Myths, folklore, and cultural associations</b>: Stereotypically, the dove is portrayed as white [I believe the white birds of the pigeon family are actually homing pigeons] and gentle, sweet and loving. The dove is a symbol of the Holy Spirit in Christian iconography. Some iconographers show Mary being blessed by a dove at the moment of Annunciation, and Jesus was blessed by the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove at his baptism. The dove is said to be so pure that it is the one form into which Satan cannot transform himself. Doves and pigeons were the only birds suitable for sacrifice by the Hebrews, as stated in Leviticus 1:14. The dove appears as a symbol of purity on the Holy Grail in Malory’s Morte d’Arthur. In Muslim lore, a dove murmured the words of God into the ear of Muhammad. </div>
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Today the dove is a symbol of peace, often portrayed with an olive branch in its mouth. This iconography is taken from the story of Noah releasing the bird to bring back proof that there was land again somewhere and that the floodwaters were receding. The dove is also seen as representing love; it was a symbol of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, and of Venus, her Roman counterpart. Lovers are said to “bill and coo” like doves. The dove is a monogamous bird, which may be the source of its connection with romantic and eternal love.</div>
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In Salvic folklore, doves were believed to conduct the souls of the dead to heaven. For the Celts, the mournful call of a dove meant the peaceful passing of someone.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Omens and divinatory meaning</b>: Doves call you to regain your serenity. Do you feel off balance, or out of step with the world? Are you harried or frazzled? The dove reminds you to take a deep breath and release all your tension and stress.</div>
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The dove also urges you to look at your relationships with your partner(s), romantic, work related, or otherwise. Are you in harmony with them? Is there friction? Reach out and smooth over any rough spots. Seeing a dove may be an omen of a new relationship, or a shift in an existing one.</div>
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Doves are also associated with purity and innocence. Do you feel as if life has jaded you? Try to recapture a sense of innocence, of wonder and love for the world around you. Operating constantly with a cynical worldview is exhausting. In a situation that is frustrating or upsetting to you, a dove may be encouraging you to wipe the slate clean and start again.</div>
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As a symbol of the Holy Spirit, the dove is associated with the mystical fifth element of spirit. Let your sighting of a dove remind you to reconnect with the spiritual aspect of your life; accept it as a blessing.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Associated energies</b>: Peace, love, blessing, patience, grace, hope, marital happiness, purity </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Associated Seasons</b>: Year round</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Element associations</b>: Air, water, earth</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Color associations</b>: White, ivory, buff, brown, grey </div>
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On August 26, 2007 I posted photos of the Crystal Cathedral
here, and wrote about my history with and multiple (somewhat remote)
connections with the place, from my Dad’s involvement with selling the founder
a painting, to living next door in my 6<sup>th</sup> grade year, to later
having a Supervisor in the late 1970’s, Pat Powell, who lived across the street and attended
it (her daughter was involved in the annual “Glory of Christmas” events), to
having an administrator of another job, Jan Halverson, leave to join the fund
raising efforts there in the early 2000’s, ending with my visit there with my
work colleague, Tanya Cao. Subsequent
to that posting, another former work colleague, Roger Hiles, having seen my
post, noted that the architect responsible for the “Tower of Hope”, Richard
Neutra <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Neutra">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Neutra</a>
, was the father of the architect for the building in which we’d worked
together at the Huntington Beach Public Library, Dion Neutra <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Neutra">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Neutra</a>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">So this is the update. My newest, equally remote, but still
interesting connection with the Crystal Cathedral Ministries at 12141 Lewis
Street in Garden Grove, CA (92840)</span> <a href="http://www.crystalcathedral.org/">http://www.crystalcathedral.org/</a> <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">is that
the University I work for, Chapman University in Orange, CA</span> <a href="http://www.chapman.edu/">http://www.chapman.edu/</a> , <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">nearly purchased it when it went bankrupt last
year. They were out-bid, however, by the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange</span> <a href="http://www.rcbo.org/">http://www.rcbo.org/</a> <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">who has
this to say about their new purchase:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">“Our
goal is to preserve an already cherished religious landmark and to enhance its
worship use for Orange County Catholics and all people of faith who may be
inspired by this wonderful, now Catholic, Cathedral,”<br />
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hope to return for some wide angle shots and a listen to this monstrous pipe
organ that Wikipedia says is one of the largest in the world. The gentleman we bumped into there, a church
elder by the looks of him, said the Crystal Cathedral Ministries will be
staying there for three years before they move up the street to the church that
the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange included in their payment for the
grounds. He said they are doing better
financially which lead Don to think there might be some chance of their keeping
the cathedral. Time will tell.</div>
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The Crystal Cathedral Ministries had it's origin in 1955
when Reverend Robert Schuller (Protestant), began the "Garden Grove
Community Church” on a piece of property that used to be a drive in. Robert
Schuller became well known after building the first church that he called
"The Tower of Hope", with his televised "Hour of Power"
that began in 1970. His dream of the "Crystal Cathedral" materialized
in 1981 and seats 2,736 people. When Reverend Schuller retired his children managed
the Ministry, until they fell into bankruptcy in October 2010 (their total debt
was said to be 55 million). They sold the Cathedral and grounds to the Orange
County Catholic Diocese for $57.5 million. There is more information at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Cathedral">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Cathedral</a>
, where the dates and numbers in this
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The acrylic dinette chair has wheels.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isn't this a <i>pretty</i> tea set???</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I especially like the sugar bowl.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the set from the other side of the shelf, for a better look at the tea pot.</td></tr>
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Occasionally, on a lunch break, I will walk down the street a few blocks from where I work at Chapman's School of Law on Glassell in Old Towne Orange (CA) to the Orange Circle (the intersection of Glassell and Chapman circles around a small park with a fountain in the center.). My actual mission had been to get some money at the bank--but once I had it, I just had to make a quick run to the Salvation Army Thrift Shop--particularly enticing since it's recent renovation.<br />
I snapped a couple of quick shots of the sweet cockatoo seen here on it's new friend's arm, found a great pair of two dollar shoes in the shop, and headed back. I hadn't intended to visit the antique shop this time but the acrylic dinette chairs caught my eye. I'm pretty sure the tag said they were $45.00 for the set, as was this nearby tea set, which I would have missed had the shop not been playing a Jim Croce album which bade me linger--at least until the current song (something about "one less set of footsteps at your door") had finished. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-53757870456011066382011-08-21T16:01:00.000-07:002011-08-21T16:19:18.352-07:002011-08-21<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejz1LOtmOki3oJ40xdV5cdP16aWO5Zl2Q-UkhoOMBzhxGCV9Gr0pVOFXms2i6vhbJXIdd-IbvZK8hGIj9vZ-7ThG1kcUqHNTVx-JOp4esKuzOzwu6hk3-JEObSCGQ80OUgR8H/s1600/DSC_0023.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643452206216826962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejz1LOtmOki3oJ40xdV5cdP16aWO5Zl2Q-UkhoOMBzhxGCV9Gr0pVOFXms2i6vhbJXIdd-IbvZK8hGIj9vZ-7ThG1kcUqHNTVx-JOp4esKuzOzwu6hk3-JEObSCGQ80OUgR8H/s320/DSC_0023.JPG" /></a>
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<br /><div>Well, it's been awhile since I have posted anything. I've been focused on Flickr--uploading images and occasionally identifying them.
<br />Anyway, today I thought I'd come back and pay a visit here instead. Don and I went to Dana Point yesterday in hopes of seeing the promissed Polynisian (sp?) canoes. I think 7 of them were expected to arrive and stay the night. I guess we were too early, so we took a few shots from the bluff above and West of the harbor.
<br />It was great to get a little excersize, enjoy the sun and ocean breezes.</div></div></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-49791221826446853692011-04-15T06:16:00.000-07:002011-04-15T06:28:22.792-07:002011-04-15 Thursday's lunch break stroll through Orange<div>I needed to drop a check off at Wells Fargo, so took the opportunity on my morning break to walk to Starbucks/Wells Fargo and grabbed a snack while I was at it. I brought my little camera and took a few pictures along the way. This was like an appetizer though. I wanted to take pictures for the rest of this beautiful day! </div> <div>So at lunch I took my serious camera for a walk. By then the sidewalks were teaming with like minded strollers out enjoying the beautiful Spring weather, so I ducked down a side street and went flower hunting through the residential streets.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5621836804/" title="DSC_0020 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5150/5621836804_520121f99e.jpg" alt="DSC_0020" height="500" width="333" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5621249205/" title="DSC_0004 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5621249205_680ef9f9e2.jpg" alt="DSC_0004" height="450" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5621835530/" title="DSC_0003 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5621835530_5affe3ac1c.jpg" alt="DSC_0003" height="475" width="500" /></a><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-76470874923920345782011-04-13T19:19:00.000-07:002011-04-14T14:37:14.581-07:002011-04-13 WednesdayWow, it had been so long since I'd posted on Blogger when I went to post yesterday that I messed up my own themes and put my garden entry on this one. I'd intended this one for local travel so I've moved that. Meaning, if you were here in the past 24 hours and are just sure you saw a post about our new "Creeping Cape Lilac". That post has been moved to the "Home Home on the Range" branch. I'll take you to the UCI Arboretum instead. If I can get this thing to cooperate with loading photos that is. I had the darnedest time yesterday loading photos that are on Flickr. I couldn't get "paste" to work at all. So today I read the Blogger "Help" and one solution was to try clearing the cache. The other was to use "Firefox" (I was on "Explorer" at the time). Using Firefox sounded like the easiest of the two since I already had it loaded and sure enough, that worked. So maybe the photo pasting will go better for me today. Here goes . . . <a title="DSC_0017 by tracie7779, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5603951555/"><img alt="DSC_0017" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5229/5603951555_2f16d086a5.jpg" width="463" height="500" /></a> How's that? Do you see the picture or just a bunch of characters? So far I see just characters. What happens if I click save? It stays the same. OK, I'll try "grab link" instead of "grab code" . . . http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5603951555/ How's that? Still I only see the characters and I've already clicked "Save". Grrr. OK, I could go into Flickr and try "Share". I've been having trouble with that too though, because it only sees one of my 4 (or is it 5?) blogs and won't let me train it, but this is the one it sees so I could try it-- still, yesterday Flickr insisted that it wanted to make a new entry and I don't want it in a new one, I want it in this one. I used to be able to do this easily. I'm thinking they've made too many changes to Blogger since I used it last November. Are they <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">trying</span> to frustrate me? Well, hold that thought. I may be back tonight, but since I've gotten home from work I've been gardening (i.e., am now exhausted) and I have not eaten yet (i.e. am on the verge of being cranky), so I'm in no mood for foolishness. :-) So more likely I'll try to get the image in here tomorrow. I'm going to post this though, just in case that is the magic I've yet to try. P.S. It was! It was! Hurray! Now I just have to remember that it's the "Grab Code" option in Flickr. Remind me if I forget, Okay?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-639400592560277632010-11-16T19:04:00.000-08:002010-11-16T19:20:50.110-08:002010-11-16 Tuesday at Balboa IslandDon was off today. We spent much of the day preparing for a camping trip, and then made a stop at the Newport Beach Public Library where I bought a couple of biographies: Zane Grey and Julie Andrews, and a book about angels. On the way home, drawn in by dramatic lighting, we detoured to Balboa Island and stayed long enough for a few photos.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5182990109/" title="DSC_0013 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1020/5182990109_af549947c5.jpg" alt="DSC_0013" height="500" width="468" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5182990087/" title="DSC_0037 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1019/5182990087_36cb64ac51.jpg" alt="DSC_0037" height="334" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5183588948/" title="DSC_0038 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1291/5183588948_d4b8dbc53c.jpg" alt="DSC_0038" height="334" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5182989885/" title="DSC_0039 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5182989885_24fa1082ee.jpg" alt="DSC_0039" height="334" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5183588684/" title="DSC_0033 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5183588684_2489e3292d.jpg" alt="DSC_0033" height="334" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5183588530/" title="DSC_0029 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5183588530_68c90a61bb.jpg" alt="DSC_0029" height="419" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5183588476/" title="DSC_0026 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1404/5183588476_fd3087ee65.jpg" alt="DSC_0026" height="347" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5183588362/" title="DSC_0022 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1026/5183588362_c2013ec178.jpg" alt="DSC_0022" height="500" width="334" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5182989259/" title="DSC_0017-1 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/5182989259_0c748acedd.jpg" alt="DSC_0017-1" height="496" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5182989241/" title="DSC_0009 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1303/5182989241_740f29900b.jpg" alt="DSC_0009" height="334" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5183588122/" title="DSC_0008 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1013/5183588122_d992cf86d8.jpg" alt="DSC_0008" height="409" width="500" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-82434412691118629932010-11-15T17:11:00.000-08:002010-11-15T17:38:16.381-08:002010-11-15 Photo dayDon and I took a week off from work, but then Don had to work today after-all, so I spent the day with my 70-300 mm lens. I left the camera on automatic most of the time--which caused a lot of my images to be out of focus either because of a very shallow depth of field, or because of too slow of a shutter speed, or both. I just didn't seem to have the patience today for constant lighting changes--being in and out of shade and then missing a good shot all-together because the setting was wrong--so for spontaneity's sake I settled for automatic. Another day I might try less magnification for greater clarity, but this was fun. I did use a wide angle lens for one shot of a large tree, but found I really needed the long lens for the caged creatures if I was going to have any hope at all of eliminating the cages--not all that much success on that front though. The Orange County Zoo at Irvine Regional Park in Orange has rather finely meshed cages, much to my consternation.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5180389474/" title="DSC_0036 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1435/5180389474_73aaaaa47f.jpg" alt="DSC_0036" height="334" width="500" /></a><br />Nearby sign reads "Pony Rides".<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5179789019/" title="DSC_0074 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/5179789019_fc6c4a0f2d.jpg" alt="DSC_0074" height="500" width="339" /></a><br />Woodpecker in Sycamore tree.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5180388966/" title="DSC_0091 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1381/5180388966_5a3577cf64.jpg" alt="DSC_0091" height="334" width="500" /></a><br />Bald Eagle<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5180388538/" title="DSC_0102 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5180388538_63443ba77c.jpg" alt="DSC_0102" height="334" width="500" /></a><br />For my HBPL friends.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5180388322/" title="DSC_0080 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/5180388322_a692d90384.jpg" alt="DSC_0080" height="334" width="500" /></a><br />Sycamore tree.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5179787897/" title="DSC_0073 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/5179787897_e30dd3b946.jpg" alt="DSC_0073" height="500" width="459" /></a><br />Woodpecker in Sycamore tree.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5179787853/" title="DSC_0063 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1253/5179787853_0ca39ac43a.jpg" alt="DSC_0063" height="334" width="500" /></a><br />Peacock<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5179787367/" title="DSC_0027 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1033/5179787367_63376a27ac.jpg" alt="DSC_0027" height="334" width="500" /></a><br />Train tunnel,<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5180387498/" title="DSC_0019 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1317/5180387498_a9874b6b4d.jpg" alt="DSC_0019" height="334" width="500" /></a><br />Peacock<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5179787093/" title="DSC_0001 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1356/5179787093_1f3f722666.jpg" alt="DSC_0001" height="344" width="500" /></a><br />Is this a pepper tree?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5180385950/" title="DSC_0146 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1340/5180385950_d40ec22924.jpg" alt="DSC_0146" height="334" width="500" /></a><br />Coyote<br 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/><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5180385134/" title="DSC_0069 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1303/5180385134_f7900325f2.jpg" alt="DSC_0069" height="334" width="500" /></a><br />Mine<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5180384834/" title="DSC_0067 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1437/5180384834_efb7761bcb.jpg" alt="DSC_0067" height="500" width="334" /></a><br />Peacock<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5179784513/" title="DSC_0066 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1008/5179784513_0f38f4035d.jpg" alt="DSC_0066" height="500" width="334" /></a><br />PeacockUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-49372410288038323872010-11-15T06:02:00.000-08:002010-11-16T19:04:15.775-08:002010-11-14 RosesGreetings and salutations!<br />So, not too long ago when I posted a photograph of a rose on my Flickr account, I discovered a message attached to it inviting me to join the "il ROSETO" rose photo group. I viewed the group's photos and even though at least half of the comments attached to photos there were languages I didn't understand, or maybe because of that, I joined.<br />Seeing the really beautiful images there of roses, and how the ones that stand out get umpteen million comments on them-agreements that they are as exquisite as I thought, I've been inspired to improve my rose photography--which is why if you go to my Flicker account these days, you will probably be bombarded with roses. And now, lucky you, they are spilling over to the blog.<br />Fortunately for me, I only have to travel about 3 miles to get to an excellent rose garden, as the Westminster City Hall has sponsored the Orange County Rose Society for years---I think since 1969 actually.<br />So here are a few practice shots from yesterday afternoon.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5176949266/" title="DSC_0291 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5176949266_98b52aaa19.jpg" alt="DSC_0291" height="500" width="461" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5176948050/" title="DSC_0275 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/5176948050_d287d8c675.jpg" alt="DSC_0275" height="500" width="436" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5176344669/" title="DSC_0268 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/5176344669_8d9831dc6d.jpg" alt="DSC_0268" height="334" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5176946276/" title="DSC_0260 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5176946276_95808c59a6.jpg" alt="DSC_0260" height="334" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5176944738/" title="DSC_0246 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5176944738_c4e286e6fe.jpg" alt="DSC_0246" height="334" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5176940168/" title="DSC_0213 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/5176940168_1fcdb2dd70.jpg" alt="DSC_0213" height="334" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5176333371/" title="DSC_0190 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/5176333371_05599acf3f.jpg" alt="DSC_0190" height="334" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5176332975/" title="DSC_0185 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/5176332975_06c3df77dd.jpg" alt="DSC_0185" height="447" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5176329369/" title="DSC_0133 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5176329369_4111bc7f33.jpg" alt="DSC_0133" height="334" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5176327967/" title="DSC_0085 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/5176327967_ffcc6eba6e.jpg" alt="DSC_0085" height="334" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5176327787/" title="DSC_0073-1 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5176327787_f829b7c946.jpg" alt="DSC_0073-1" height="305" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5176327405/" title="DSC_0280 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/5176327405_895b3b44de.jpg" alt="DSC_0280" height="334" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5176317901/" title="DSC_0059 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5176317901_782e66f10c.jpg" alt="DSC_0059" height="334" width="500" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-5537657886849750852010-10-19T05:54:00.000-07:002010-10-19T06:21:59.076-07:00Friday at the Aquarium of the PacificSaturday (Oct 16) was a workday for me, so I had Friday off. Friday was the last day that our free Chapman tickets to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach were good, so after Don's doctor visit (he checks out in top shape after his ablation surgery two weeks before), off we went to the Aquarium. Many of the tanks are open at the top to the outside, so get natural sunlight. This being an overcast day though, lighting was a bit dim and my camera settings were set for the dimmest of conditions; with a "Hi1" ISO (equivelent to 3200) which I hoped would allow me some depth of field and reasonable shutter speeds--hee-hee, as it turns out though, silly me didn't notice that I had previously set the camera to a -2.3EV adjustment. Grrrrr. <br />So images are a bit dark, but here are a few, and later I'll post a few of Don's videos:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5090378459/" title="DSC_0211 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/5090378459_eb0fbc08b3.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0211" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5090741290/" title="DSC_0150.NEF by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5090741290_e51d43ae0e.jpg" width="500" height="335" alt="DSC_0150.NEF" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5090977840/" title="DSC_0234 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5090977840_66658027d0.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0234" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5090145271/" title="DSC_0170.NEF by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5090145271_1454602f1f.jpg" width="500" height="335" alt="DSC_0170.NEF" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5090882236/" title="DSC_0024 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/5090882236_797807018a.jpg" width="334" height="500" alt="DSC_0024" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5090897550/" title="DSC_0049 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/5090897550_39532267e1.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0049" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5090377415/" title="DSC_0202 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/5090377415_ca5f9727a5.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0202" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5090969434/" title="DSC_0302 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/5090969434_3d97464f7d.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0302" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5090840530/" title="DSC_0065.NEF by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5090840530_450eef8229.jpg" width="500" height="335" alt="DSC_0065.NEF" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5090806164/" title="DSC_0205.NEF by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5090806164_97c772af28.jpg" width="500" height="335" alt="DSC_0205.NEF" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-72178405492803376322010-10-18T06:37:00.000-07:002010-10-18T06:51:49.119-07:002010-10-18 HorsesLast weekend Don and I saw the movie "Secretariat", about a horse of the same name who was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, who in 1973 became the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in twenty-five years. The cinematography in the movie was so great that I decided it had been way too long since I'd photographed a horse. (Probably the last time was when I photographed a fund raising horse show as a part time photographer for Western Medical Center in the early 1990's)<br />So on my lunch a couple of days last week I went to horse stables.<br />This first place was listed as Hunters Pointe and is in Anaheim off of Phoenix Club Drive:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5078330944/" title="DSC_0030 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/5078330944_6823f5e00e.jpg" alt="DSC_0030" height="334" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5078331596/" title="DSC_0035 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/5078331596_29d54cff06.jpg" alt="DSC_0035" height="334" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5078329070/" title="DSC_0012 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/5078329070_2efe9c2989.jpg" alt="DSC_0012" height="334" width="500" /></a><br />OK, it's not a horse but isn't he a cute kitty?<br /><br />And this second place is at Irvine Regional Park. It's listed as Peacock Hill Equestrian Center:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5080001050/" title="DSC_0016 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/5080001050_a52052548d.jpg" alt="DSC_0016" height="334" width="500" /></a><br />I think I'll see if I can learn Photoshop well enough to eliminate those pesky flies.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5079407843/" title="DSC_0017 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5079407843_4851940b29.jpg" alt="DSC_0017" height="334" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/5080001406/" title="DSC_0037 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/5080001406_81aabaae56.jpg" alt="DSC_0037" height="334" width="500" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-79051264504405398202010-09-19T15:08:00.000-07:002010-09-19T15:35:15.687-07:00Newport Back Bay August 21, 2010A few weeks ago I visited Newport Back Bay to take some morning shots. I was surprised at how crowded the one way road was, with the occasional car, streams of bicyclists, and teams of runners. Happily this didn't do much to detour the wildlife from going about Summer as usual.<br />I managed a few shots of this little fellow. You'd think the chirps would help to locate him, but they only helped me generalize an area I might see something. I mostly had to rely on glimpsing the tip of a moving reed and then followed it half down the stock, tricky when most stalks were obscured by several more reeds,<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4916339424/" title="DSC_0043 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4916339424_4f947b6d02.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0043" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4916339540/" title="DSC_0042 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4916339540_d851a2a6ce.jpg" width="409" height="500" alt="DSC_0042" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4916342548/" title="DSC_0070 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4123/4916342548_5a2b6441c5.jpg" width="500" height="435" alt="DSC_0070" /></a><br /><br />According to The "National Audubon Society Field Guide to California", he is a "Common Yellowthroat" bird (technically known as a "Geothlypis trichas") of the Wood Warbler Subfamily.<br />They are 5". <br />"Male upperparts and sides uniformly olive-brown; throat and chest yellow; midbelly white; black mask over forehead and cheeks; broad white line above mask. Female and imm. olive brown above; pale eye ring; throat yellow. Imm. male has blackish cheek. Feeds low; often raises tail at wren-like angle. <span style="font-weight: bold;">VOICE</span> Song: rollicking <span style="font-style: italic;">witchity-witchity-witchity-witch</span>. Call: flat <span style="font-style: italic;">chep</span>. <span style="font-weight: bold;">HABITAT </span>Riparian thickets, marshes, shrubs. <span style="font-weight: bold;">RANGE </span>Resident in c and s CA on Pacific slope; inland valleys. May-Sept.: n CA, valleys east of Sierras. Apr.-May, Aug.-Oct.: all CA."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-64650134804817857332010-05-30T11:53:00.000-07:002010-05-30T11:58:28.367-07:005-30-10 Honoring Dan Colby for Memorial DayWestminster Memorial Park<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4653011737/" title="DSC_0023 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4653011737_108b637790.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0023" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4653627700/" title="DSC_0020 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4653627700_5927e4840b.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0020" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4653009123/" title="DSC_0017 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4653009123_e4d781d946.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0017" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-6649990362297936452010-05-14T19:32:00.000-07:002010-05-14T19:48:25.371-07:0005-14-10 Crystal CoveI gave you a break from Crystal Cove for over a year. Yes, I know it's hard to believe---you'd seen so many pictures of that little beach you probably thought my camera had become allergic to it. Actually, we were getting our "beach" fix on the sail boat. Now that it's gone we must revert to the old methods. Sorry.<br />So this is Mothers day at Crystal Cove. The wait at the restaurant was an hour and a half, so we passed on that feature, but still enjoyed taking a few pictures. Don had purchased a new camera that had arrived mid-week and wanted to try it out here. Those pictures are still in his camera though, so it may be awhile before they make their way here. Meanwhile, here's a few of mine. (Smile)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4607419751/" title="DSC_0109 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1309/4607419751_a81586d1bc.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0109" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4608028864/" title="DSC_0108 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/4608028864_6ff78606a0.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0108" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4607418891/" title="DSC_0096 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4607418891_25d455e399.jpg" width="500" height="409" alt="DSC_0096" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4608028146/" title="DSC_0088 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4608028146_e59624084d.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0088" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4607417069/" title="DSC_0071 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4607417069_a7bc3af2c8.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0071" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4607415205/" title="DSC_0061 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3409/4607415205_ef8420c0c0_b.jpg" width="1024" height="685" alt="DSC_0061" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4607413875/" title="DSC_0054 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4607413875_4c9515d711.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0054" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4608022418/" title="DSC_0050 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3350/4608022418_53e37b793e.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0050" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4607408739/" title="DSC_0031 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1327/4607408739_d04842284f_b.jpg" width="1024" height="685" alt="DSC_0031" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4608026236/" title="DSC_0070 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1222/4608026236_f6e8a374a6.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0070" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4607416541/" title="DSC_0068 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1058/4607416541_f9779427b7.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="DSC_0068" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555506.post-31903816645593883012010-05-09T17:48:00.000-07:002010-05-09T17:56:27.980-07:00Chicago?In my last post I promised a posting about Chicago, yes? Well, it IS posted, but not at So. Cal. Day Trippin', because, in case you were unaware, Chicago is not IN So. Cal.. (Smile)<br />Also, I went to Chicago for work, so it's on the "All in the Name of Work" page. There's not much there yet in the way of photos, but there are a couple, and there are links to the photos. Eventually I will get a few more on the blog though, because they look better with a black border. :-)<br />Here's the blog where it's (kind of) posted: <a href="http://all-in-the-name-of-work.blogspot.com/">http://all-in-the-name-of-work.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />Just to avoid any possible disappointment though, I'll post ONE here. (smile again).<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/4559685348/" title="DSC_0034 by tracie7779, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4559685348_d312360378_b.jpg" width="685" height="1024" alt="DSC_0034" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0