March 31, 2018
I first noticed the couple because they were at the pond at Pepperdine, feeding the...turtles? Usually it's the ducks that get the attention, but this woman was crouched at the water's edge, her husband taking photos with his phone, as she hand-fed six or seven of the dozens of turtles that make that pond their home.
It was kind of amazing because the turtles are notoriously shy, will leap from the banks into the water the minute they feel the ground vibrate with a footstep. But for her, they crowded around, waiting and jostling and taking tidbits from her hand. It was just so unusual.
And, as it turns out, so was their car.
March 30, 2018
To everyone who wrote regarding the recent (mis)adventures of the baby Labrador, thank you. The foreign objects have been safely removed, she suffered no physical harm, and is wondering what all of the fuss was about.
March 29, 2018
...in a field of green.
March 28, 2018
Green -- one of my favorite seasons in Southern California.
March 27, 2018
Yes, this is an x-ray, and yes, there in the upper left quadrant of the stomach, that short, straight line that you see is indeed a sewing needle. And yes, it's Daisy who, in the process of chewing up a spool of thread, swallowed not one but TWO needles, one of which somehow made it safely through her digestive tract and out her other end, where it was removed by someone who is not getting paid nearly enough. But this second needle is refusing to budge so our vet, the wonderful and brilliant Dana DePerno, will use a scope to retrieve the needle later this morning.
There goes Daisy's college fund.
March 26, 2018
One of those perfect days in the Santa Monica mountains when everything suddenly makes sense.
March 25, 2018
Just a little bit of rain and everywhere, green.
March 24, 2018
March 23, 2018
I don't know why but when the winds kick up, the ocean goes dark blue.
March 22, 2018
Headed out with the dogs this morning during a lull in the storm, which turned out not to be a lull at all but a strong and steady rain. Walt was fine in his raincoat. Daisy was fine in her naturally water-repellent fur. The humans were all fine with their jackets and umbrellas. And apparently the wild parrots were fine as well, perched on the topmost branches of the tallest tree, quietly chatting as the mist rose and the rain fell.
March 21, 2018
If only it was also possible to share the scent of wet dog gently emanating from the back seat.
March 20, 2018
It's always an honor to earn the baleful stare of the resident hawk in this beautiful oak.
March 19, 2018
They need a lot less water than you would think, which is why they so often struggle here in sprinkler-crazed Southern California.
March 18, 2018
Fun times with the sunroof.
March 17, 2018
Impressively single-minded.
March 16, 2018
On rainy days -- and boy is it profoundly satisfying to be able to use the plural when it comes to rain -- the mountains look like this:
March 15, 2018
The clouds and the mountains or the blue and the ocean so, both.
March 14, 2018
HAPPY PI DAY!
March 13, 2018
I just needed something pretty to look at while the world goes to hell in a handbasket.
March 12, 2018
One of my favorites, artemisia californica, is growing like mad right now, making the most of the fits and starts of this strangest of rainy seasons.
Oh how I wish you could smell it...
March 11, 2018
When it's raining, Walt actually waits until he hears the sound of his raincoat being unfolded before he commits to going outside.
The baby Labrador, on the other hand, is completely drip dry.
March 10, 2018
We all broke out laughing when the genius who had been aggressively tailgating our car on PCH, and then every car in front of us, turned out to have the vanity plate 'WIZDOM'.
March 8, 2018
That's how it felt this morning, like walking through a watercolor, everything pale, everything muted, everything leaning into the coming rain.
March 7, 2018
Every time Walt begs for sympathy because Daisy hasn't yet learned the concept of personal space --
...I wish I could show him this photo of a certain wild and crazy border collie squeezing in next to the late, great Maisie as she was in mid-nap.
March 6, 2018
Also making time for a bit of sun bathing during last week's seasonal chill, this gorgeous heron.
March 5, 2018
You'll almost never see other hikers here, even though it's right next to a popular trail. Lots of parrots, though, and hawks and finches and mysterious stirrings in the underbrush.
March 4, 2018
...the rain is gone.
March 3, 2018
With the scents and sounds and canyon light, this is one of my favorite places during a storm.
March 2, 2018
More, please.
March 1, 2018
There's talk of a storm and a new look to the clouds so perhaps (Walter's ready to rock his raincoat) we'll get more than a drop or two this time.
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