August 8th is National Leave a Zucchini on Someone’s Porch Day.  My garden will be contributing.

You can read more about this important day HERE

You can see my Zucchini pictures HERE and HERE

Any suggestions of what to do with a bumper crop of Zucchini would be greatly appreciated.

Life is good!

No matter what happens, there’s always somebody who knew it would.

Lonny Starr

from Paul D

Michael S. and I went down to Bellflower and Santa Fe Springs on Sunday morning to look at some public art.  Michael is an expert on the public art in LA and an excellent adventure companion.  It was sunny in Pasadena so I extrapolated twenty miles to sunny in Bellflower but was wrong.  Even with the overcast the “Invitation/Decalogue” in Bellflower was pretty impressive.

It is not clear what the circle of golden fiberglass tusks are supposed to represent but they looked cool and kind of hengy

The installation will be at the corner of Bellflower Blvd. and the railway tracks until November.  This more traditional bronze is a permanent installation at the old train station nearby:

Tomorrow public art in Santa Fe Springs.  A surprising collection.

A few years ago Rebecca and I were hiking in Ice House Canyon

It was late spring and we came across this amazing sight:

Millions of ladybugs in one place.

We suspected a convention or an orgy

Whatever the reason these photos will strike terror into the hearts of aphids everywhere.

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”

John Wooden

Famed UCLA Basketball Coach

The new bridge at Hoover Dam is nearing completion.  Here are some very cool pictures taken during its construction.  Thanks to Gene B. for sending them along.

To read more visit this site:

http://www.hooverdambypass.org/whats_new.htm

There is an opportunity for a book: A Hundred Bridges to See Before You Die It could be put out by the ASCE who publish a bridge calendar every year.

Help me with a caption please

Thanks for that information.

But what road is it?

“Life is what happens when you are not watching television.”

Jason Love

San Francisco again.  The City Council is considering a ban on selling pets.

Our Dog Missy

The article in the SF Chronicle says that the council wants to stop people from abandoning pets.  Message to the SF City Council: “Life is messy.  Leave us alone to make our own mistakes.”  Thanks to Frank M. for this nanny state story.

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